Author Topic: Looking for cheap cherry MX blue/red keyboard (Read 5902 times)

Clickey · « **on:** Mon, 18 July 2011, 17:07:15 »

If anyone has a super cheap (~$40 shipped) keyboard with cherry mx blue or red please message me. As long as the board is in good working condition (keycaps not necessary) and they are genuine cherry mx switches, I dont care which model it is. Or if you can recommend a keyboard on ebay that can go for this price on ebay, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

REVENGE · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 18 July 2011, 17:54:58 »

Quote from: Clickey;382845

If anyone has a super cheap ($20-40 shipped) keyboard with cherry mx blue or red please message me. As long as the board is in good working condition (keycaps not necessary) and they are genuine cherry mx switches, I dont care which model it is. Or if you can recommend a keyboard on ebay that can go for this price on ebay, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

I imagine your best bet would be to look for a poorly described Chicony on eBay and hope for Cherry Blues, or look in thrift shops for Dolchs.

The Solutor · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 18 July 2011, 18:00:17 »

Two users with me in the signature, incredible :madgrin:

Clickey · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 18 July 2011, 18:00:58 »

Do chicony use real cherry mx switches though? I saw one board that had fakes in another post.

REVENGE · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 18 July 2011, 20:12:40 »

Quote from: Clickey;382872

Do chicony use real cherry mx switches though? I saw one board that had fakes in another post.

That's why they're cheap, no telling what you're gonna get! Of course, you can always ask the seller to pull a key cap, but that implies driving up the price if it turn out to be a board with real Cherries. Again, YMMV, but they DO have boards with real MX Blues.

Also, make a real effort to check the thrift shops, used computer part stores, and e-waste recyclers in your area. They may (or may not) have what you're looking for.

dux · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 03:31:51 »

Have you seen this already?

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?18933-a-few-boards-for-cheap

REVENGE · « **Reply #6 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 04:27:37 »

Quote from: dux;383218

Have you seen this already?

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?18933-a-few-boards-for-cheap

Waaaay out of his price range after shipping.

Ascaii · « **Reply #7 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 06:07:01 »

sadly shipping ruins most of my sales outside of europe...thanks for linking my thread dux!

The only thing I could imagine is trying to ship a g80-1000 LFADE in a large bubble wrap envelope for ~18€, but even that would be above your 40$ limit.
Best of luck on your search OP, I hope you can find something.

REVENGE · « **Reply #8 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 06:10:44 »

Quote from: Ascaii;383241

The only thing I could imagine is trying to ship a g80-1000 LFADE in a large bubble wrap envelope for ~18€

Wow, that would be impressive! How big are your shipping envelopes over there? I don't think I've seen something at USPS that would be able to fit a full sized board.

Ascaii · « **Reply #9 on:** Tue, 19 July 2011, 07:34:11 »

alright, Ive check on that option and it will not work. They have a max length of 60cm, so I thought a bboard should work, but they also have a second limit, all thee sides can be a max of 90cm. The g80-1000 is too wide to fit. A g80-1800 would actually work.

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