[GB] DSA Deep Dish Blank Black PBT Keycaps - Completed

[Jagriff]

Update: Leftovers available
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44841.msg932106#msg932106

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These keys are an alternative to the traditional homing bumps/nubs found on the F/J keys on most keyboards. Instead of a raised part, these keycaps are instead with a deeper center. If you can't quite picture what I am saying, click here. This picture was posted by Matt3o in the DSA Retro group buy thread and is purely here to illustrate the difference between DSA deep dish and normal DSA keycaps.

The main target for this group buy is recent ErgoDox buyers that also purchased the Massdrop DSA keyset. That keyset comes without any home-row indicators, so we hope to remedy that with this group buy.

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This is going to be a small and quick group buy. Please PM me with how many keys you want, the address you want them shipped to, and your paypal email. I will send the invoices no later than midnight on Wednesday, April 24th. The invoices must be paid by midnight on Thursday, April 25th because I wish to put in the order to SP on Friday. I realize this is a very short period of time to order and then pay. I apologize if this causes an inconvenience, but the people in this group buy (myself included) want to get this over with as soon as possible. This means that you must be sure to include all of your information with the PM and be ready to pay by Thursday. Mark your calendars!

Price breaks:
<25 keys                    $6.00 each
25 keys                      $2.75 each
50 keys                      $1.75 each
100 keys                    $1.25 each
150 keys                    $1.00 each
200 keys                    $0.80 each
300 keys                    $0.75 each <------------- we are here
500 keys                    $0.65 each

Shipping:
The price of shipping will depend on the expected weight of the package and how far away you are from me (Texas). This will be calculated on a case-by-case basis.
In my haste of doing this group buy I haven't really done a good job of planning ahead for shipping costs. For that I apologize.
In the mean time I am trying to get everything calculated so that I can charge the correct amount with shipping. For most orders (<=55 keycaps), this will mean a shipping cost of $10 (US) and $15 (international) via USPS.

[CommunistWitchDr]

I'm up for 12 no matter what.

If it either

a) gets to be to where they are 1.25/1 each
or
b) my order of up to five more will push it over a price break

I'll be in for a few more.

[Jagriff]

Given the posts in the interest check and the ErgoDox DIY thread, I think 50 will be reached easily. It may be a stretch to 100 though. We'll see.

[brtaylor92]

Count me in for at least 8, possibly up to 12 depending on final price.

[Jagriff]

brtaylor92,

Please PM me with the information (amount of caps, address, and paypal email) so that I can keep everything in one place. You can also change your order anytime by sending me another PM.

[mikelanding]

Jagriff,
Count me in for 16pcs confirmed.

I will pm you my detail around 24 Apr 2013

[Zalusithix]

Given the number of keys that I'll end up wanting, and the number of people that I expect will want these keys in one form or another eventually, I propose a slightly different take. I want to take the price break to the $0.76/key level that was at 200 keys. This was the best price that we could reasonably hope to hit. (250 was a small drop, and 500 is really pushing it.) Whether that means I pitch in the difference to reach that level and become the handler for the remainder of the keys, or simply take over the buy in general I don't really care.

Edit: It appears the price breaks are different this time than the first quote you got. $0.80 now instead of $0.76

[r3dx]

Just submitted my order.

Thanks again for running this and congrats on your first group buy! 

[F u r u y á]

DSA Blank PBT is very tempting! But too expensive

I'd order if a TKL (87 keys) set would go for about $60.

[Jagriff]

Since there are already a lot of orders, I went ahead and added a few more price breaks for the high end to the OP.

@Zalusithix:
I would say just to place your order now of the number of keys that you want. Then on Wednesday, if you still want to, PM me again to add however many extra keys are needed to reach whatever break you choose.

Just submitted my order.

Thanks again for running this and congrats on your first group buy! 

Thank you very much

DSA Blank PBT is very tempting! But too expensive

I'd order if a TKL (87 keys) set would go for about $60.

This is just for 1x1 deep dish keys, so you'd only want 72 keys. It would be less than $60 before shipping to get 72 keys if we hit the 200 key mark.

[F u r u y á]

As for white keys, would it have a separate price break? (I think so, but just confirming)

[Jagriff]

Non-black keys would have a different set of price breaks, yeah. That's why we decided to do only black keys for this buy. There may be a future buy for different colors depending on how successful this is.

[F u r u y á]

Ok. I'll be following the price break until next week. Expanding the deadline is not a possibility? With more time maybe you get more orders?

[CommunistWitchDr]

DSA Blank PBT is very tempting! But too expensive

I'd order if a TKL (87 keys) set would go for about $60.

These are deep dish, usually used for home row or keys like ESC. You could in theory replace every letter, but it's more to compliment a full DSA set.

[wolfv]

Thank you for doing the leg work Jagriff.  Much appreciated!!!  I Buy 8 keys.

[F u r u y á]

oh, I should have read more carefully. I thought they were a lower profile DSA, and I'm looking for a set of low profile keycaps. I guess I will just wait for the eSports keycaps! Thanks for the info.

[daerid]

I thought DSA were fairly low profile as it is?

[brtaylor92]

I thought DSA were fairly low profile as it is?

They are. http://keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php

[F u r u y á]

I don't know if a full set of deep dish DSA would be weird to type on. Definetly a full set of normal DSA would be worth trying imo. Especially when it's blank PBT!

[sadbox]

Count me in for 8 or so...

What part of texas are you from? I'm out of the San Antonio area...

[Jagriff]

Please submit the order via PM.

I'm near SA

[ksm123]

I would be happy to buy two blank deep dish 1x1 keys.

How much would shipping to Poland cost?

[Jagriff]

I would be happy to buy two blank deep dish 1x1 keys.

How much would shipping to Poland cost?

I'm still waiting to hear back from SP on shipping costs. I'll update the OP with more detailed shipping information before Wednesday.

[BlueByLiquid]

I'm in for 12.

[ElectronicFur]

Non-black keys would have a different set of price breaks, yeah. That's why we decided to do only black keys for this buy. There may be a future buy for different colors depending on how successful this is.

Cool, I'd be interested in coloured ones.

[tp4tissue]

Non-black keys would have a different set of price breaks, yeah. That's why we decided to do only black keys for this buy. There may be a future buy for different colors depending on how successful this is.

Cool, I'd be interested in coloured ones.

SUNBURST ORANGE

[mikelanding]

I would be happy to buy two blank deep dish 1x1 keys.

How much would shipping to Poland cost?

I'm still waiting to hear back from SP on shipping costs. I'll update the OP with more detailed shipping information before Wednesday.

You got PM regarding my concern on shipping fee on Non-US order. US30 is just too much for me. Are there any cheaper alternative?

[eviltobz]

heh, I was thinking much the same. I'd expect a jiffy bag from the US to the UK with 16 keys in it to come in more around that $10 cost shown for stateside orders. the OP does state that these are maximums though, so hopefully the real costs will come in plenty lower.

[eviltobz]

in other news - Jagriff, are you going to cross post this to the deskthority marketplace http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/ i'd guess that a lot of people check both sites, but it might help get a few more orders in, and may be the difference between hitting a lower price break. which is nice.

[xythian]

For US shipping, you might just save yourself the time/hassle and go with flat rate padded envelopes or small boxes. Those are < $6 each to ship and come with free shipping supplies.

[Jagriff]

The shipping estimates listed in the OP are over approximations. International shipping will be closer to $15. $10 is about right for shipping within the US.

I will start sending out invoices tonight and tomorrow.

[daerid]

I'm still definitely in for 6, I just don't have an address for you to send them to yet

[danielucf]

In for 4+ if you can do super cheap parcel post shipping around $2-3. I just need to do F and J for my ErgoDox and a couple spares.

[Tarzan]

Put me down for 40.  PM sent.

[eviltobz]

In for 4+ if you can do super cheap parcel post shipping around $2-3. I just need to do F and J for my ErgoDox and a couple spares.

nooooo, you need to do asdf and jkl; for your ergodox. treat your fingers, they'll love it

[tricheboars]

Put me down for 40.  PM sent.

are you making an entire board out of these? are others planning on doing this?

[Tarzan]

Put me down for 40.  PM sent.

are you making an entire board out of these? are others planning on doing this?

I got a TG3 BL-82, which has key caps that are all the same profile.  I figure I can replace the alphanumeric keys with the blanks, leave the weird modifiers as-is.  Since most of the modifiers are 1x, the deep-dish caps will help me touch-type on the "regular" keys. 

Also, there are no F or J indicators at all on the TG3, so finding home row without looking is a matter of trial and error. 

[CommunistWitchDr]

Paid.

[brtaylor92]

Paid also.

[sahihe]

Paid.

[vorn]

meeeeehhh.. I can't believe I missed this

[brtaylor92]

meeeeehhh.. I can't believe I missed this

Zaluthisix posted on the previous page that he might buy extras and re-sell them. Don't know if this actually happened, but if it did I expect you could get some from him.

[Tarzan]

Paid.

[cpf]

meeeeehhh.. I can't believe I missed this

You should still be able to get in - the OP is updated to say orders will be accepted until Friday.

[seferphier]

woah. international shipping is quite costly. I was originally going for 2 only. now that the keycaps are 0.75, i should increase my order.

how much keycaps are u guys getting? what keys are u guys replacing?

[eviltobz]

i've said it before, and i'll say it again. you really want each home key to be dishy, so that's 8 per keyboard, just having 2 homing bumps isn't nearly as nice.

on my kinesis i also find that i sometimes hit the bottom row instead of the zxcv lot, so i'm going to set them up as deep dishes too, although i'm hoping that with the flat layout that won't be as much of a problem as the curved kinesis board.

[seferphier]

i've said it before, and i'll say it again. you really want each home key to be dishy, so that's 8 per keyboard, just having 2 homing bumps isn't nearly as nice.

on my kinesis i also find that i sometimes hit the bottom row instead of the zxcv lot, so i'm going to set them up as deep dishes too, although i'm hoping that with the flat layout that won't be as much of a problem as the curved kinesis board.

home key? u mean asdf? or home, end, page up? cuz i dont use those.

[eviltobz]

home key? u mean asdf? or home, end, page up? cuz i dont use those.

yup. not the full home row, but the 8 keys that your fingers rest on as the home. so asdf and whatnot for a qwerty layout, arst neio in my case using colemak. it lets all your fingers snuggle in nicely when they're at rest between keystrokes

[Zalusithix]

meeeeehhh.. I can't believe I missed this

Zaluthisix posted on the previous page that he might buy extras and re-sell them. Don't know if this actually happened, but if it did I expect you could get some from him.

That was based on a much lower projection of order quantity. Once the count soared past the 200 mark, I was no longer concerned with getting the funding to the next price break by myself.

Suffice to say, this has been a lot more popular than any of us had initially thought it would be. It bodes well for the color version group buys though! I think those buys should be started soon after this one completes, but given a longer run for orders (a month perhaps?).

[r3dx]

Paid.

Thanks again Jagriff!