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Offline PointyFox

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These sites are expensive!
« on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 22:42:04 »
Check this out: http://www.overclock.net/t/1173838/kbc-poker-x-w-cherry-mx-reds-blue-skull-key-price-dropped

This stuff would sell instantly for like $200 here.  :eek:

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 22:47:47 »
LOL, guess if I need any clacks I'll go to OC.

This post is from 2011 by the way...maybe they were valued differently back then? [im still kinda noob so im not sure]

Offline alaricljs

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 22:48:44 »
Ya, that's ancient history.
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Offline noisyturtle

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 04 June 2013, 23:39:32 »
Really just the CC circlejerking on GH that would bump the price to moronic levels.

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 00:06:05 »
It's called fishing.
Looking for a sucker to take the bait.
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Offline PointyFox

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 00:12:09 »
Little plastic skull in a vending machine : 25 cents.
Little plastic skull on GeekHack : priceless.

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 00:13:44 »
Now....where did I put that time machine.......

Offline calavera

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 00:14:44 »
Why would you bring back a thread back from 2000 ****ing 11?

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 00:19:54 »
Why would you bring back a thread back from 2000 ****ing 11?

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Offline tsangan

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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 03:53:57 »
Check this out: http://www.overclock.net/t/1173838/kbc-poker-x-w-cherry-mx-reds-blue-skull-key-price-dropped

This stuff would sell instantly for like $200 here.  :eek:

In 2011 that was the price, you could have just asked any of us that's been here for awhile

EK had CC's in stock for weeks and weeks and weeks, the Tri colour one was what $18? and no one was buying it iirc
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Re: These sites are expensive!
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 07:56:42 »
LOL, guess if I need any clacks I'll go to OC.

This post is from 2011 by the way...maybe they were valued differently back then? [im still kinda noob so im not sure]

You buy the clack and get the keyboard for free  ;)

Though really, those prices were in 2011, guess a lot has happened since then (most notably , the market value of clacks quadrupled)
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