Looks like Cherry are sending me a G80-3000LSCGB-2 to review: WOO HOO!

[glossywhite]

So, I just had a conversation with my contact at Cherry today... and it seems they are sending me a G80-3000LSCGB-2 to do a YouTube review on

Can't wait! I hear these are top notch input?

[pitashen]

I hear these are top notch input?

The switches themselves? top notch. Being PCB mounted? good stuff. The rest of the board?...all I can say is they will hold together and won't fall apart. For the price in europe? worth it. For the price in asia (as much as filco) I would think twice.

You'll probably like/love it as your first mech board.



I like how people ask for opinions only after they already made the purchase.

[alaricljs]

Purchase?  Sounds far more like someone getting free stuff for no good reason.

[pitashen]

Purchase?  Sounds far more like someone getting free stuff for no good reason.

lol, if it is for free and you can keep it, it is def. a win.

[glossywhite]

Purchase?  Sounds far more like someone getting free stuff for no good reason.

YouTube channel with 880,000+ views + (Thorough - none of this "unboxing" crap) Video Review = FREE product promotion for Cherry, on a high traffic YT channel.

"For no good reason"? For many good reasons, and maybe you're just irked because you didn't ask... so why don't you ask? Anyone can make a decent video review, given a balanced amount of common sense and semi-decent HD webcam + editing skills (these aren't vital, but a polished video is possibly going to attract more traffic).

The fact that the contact agreed immediately, barely wanting to know a thing amount me, shows that:

1/ They're very willing to send out products which end up in free propaganda for Cherry products.

2/ The actual retail cost of the board is a LOT higher than cost price, and since they have marketing budgets, review samples are an absorbed cost to the company, and they have an allotted stock for this.

I think the return they'll likely get in potential future sales of this board (and maybe other Cherry products) for sending out a board that costs them nowhere near RRP, is a VERY good one indeed.

I've had a Major RAM mfr send me 32gb of Mac Pro FBDIMMs, in 2008, for a review, and I got to keep it... and that's £1,200+ of memory (back then). I've had WD send me HDDs, Joby send me the Gorillapod SLR ZOOM + Ball head, Nintendo sent me FOUR Gameboy Advances + Unreleased games + Dev Carts (when the GBA was new out). Sega sent me Dreamcast consoles + games in the late 1990s... I'm no newcomer to this.

Marketing is worth BILLIONS overall. People who sit and watch others doing reviews, and get bitter because they don't feel comfortable *and* they see them being rewarded, often, by getting to keep the products... but why? You can do a review, if you have the confidence to, and the knowhow and right approach to PR departments. It's not "free stuff for no good reason", to promote products! LOL!

When you've know me personally for an extended period of time, you'll still have no right to judge me.

[alaricljs]

"For no good reason"? For many good reasons, and maybe you're just irked because you didn't ask... so why don't you ask? ....snip...

When you've know me personally for an extended period of time, you'll still have no right to judge me.

Not irked at all, I don't give a rats ass that you got it free.  as 'for no good reason':

Can't wait! I hear these are top notch input?

What did you just say there?  Why would you review a product that you don't seem to know much about, can you do a thorough job like that?

As for that last bit about judgement.  I can judge you all I want (definition: to form a judgment  or opinion of;) and there's nothing you can say or do about it.

[glossywhite]

Not irked at all, I don't give a rats ass that you got it free.  as 'for no good reason':


What did you just say there?  Why would you review a product that you don't seem to know much about, can you do a thorough job like that?

As for that last bit about judgement.  I can judge you all I want (definition: to form a judgment  or opinion of;) and there's nothing you can say or do about it.

Me being new to this forum, I can sense immediately that you're likely to be the "one" in "there's always one". You're welcome to think whatever crazy and malformed judgements about me that you wish to, and I wouldn't want to stop you... just don't expect me to lose too much sleep over them.

I'm not sure how you expect folk to react to you in a positive way, based upon your aggressive and reactionary approach, but I'll do my best to be courteous to you; it's your decision whether or not you reciprocate. You get bigger smiles with honey than vinegar.

God bless you.

[glossywhite]

Hahaha.  Welcome to Geekhack.

*******.

Lovely!

LOL.

[glossywhite]

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