Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
LivingSpeedBump let us know that sometimes datamancer keyset drop for 40 bucks, with similar(or the same?) keycaps. So this has me wondering, regarding the 125 listed ebay sale, how many men in the middle are cutting in, and why for, and how much money are they asking us to give them for nothing? I certainly didn`t see any cost breakdown detail offered for analysis. When maybe instead of; for 125 they could sell them for 50, or 25, and still turn profit. So don't think i'd give those ebay vendors any sale money at that listing price.. Geekhack gold. haha
A better price for the keycaps might be like, 15 or 30 bucks, and that's how they can get them into keyboards they sell for around 79 bucks. A price at 79 which includes the keyswitches, the pcb, the controller, the conctruction, and the fancy case, the manufacture, the shipping and handling, and the profiting of each of these parts.. So how much of the $79 could be going to the keycaps given all of those other parts? Or how much are we being charged for unsaid whatever elsewhere?
So it would be nice if someone reasonable sold the keyswitches alone on ebay or amazon, or here, Not for 125, but for 25. However, if you read up, there was a guy claiming his chrome plating on this product was flaking off.. you might want to check that out.. I`m about to suggest to him some replacement rims,or whatever, that are on ebay, heres a preview of the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/Typewriter-Vintage-Antique-Style-Keys-Ring-and-lens-unassembled-DIY-100pc/261868642258?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D21fd270d84234b0d953a0c52f52a0749%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D261845219705 I`d like some glass top keycaps myself.. :-) Anyhow peace and good luck with your board :-)