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Nov 7, 2019
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I'm sorry but that price is absurd for a BOX Switch thats competing along the lines of the Novelkey's BOX Royal switches, even compared to other BOX Switches that price is ridiculous and I see no way for it to be justified other than it being marked up just because other "famous" tactile Switches like Zeal's or MD Holy Pandas are sold around that price per switch point.
BOX Royals being the closest thing are sold for around $0.45 - $0.50 a Switch, for a pack of 70 your would usually pay around $33.00 or $35.00 depending on vendor, here your asking for 70 switches for $52.00, that goes down to being $0.70-$0.75 a switch , literally $0.30 cents away from being a dollar a switch, compare this to the price of other more common BOX Switches that are usually sold around $0.30 a switch, its a markup of roughly 40%...
So how about explaining the big reason behind the 40% markup? The highest I would drop on these (no pun intended) would be $0.55 a switch or $40.00 for 70 switches and thats with the risk that these are even decent seeing as there is not currently much information on these at the moment.
Hard pass but I'd rather get these for a lower price elsewhere down the line than pay a markup of %40 when BOX Royals only have a markup of %20.
dinosaur_meat
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Nov 7, 2019
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SkinnyLegsAnd don't feel that good anyway (IMO) because the tactile force on the slider is asymmetrical. Not to mention the glassy sound and friction hot-spots inherent in all Box switches, even when lubed.
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StreakInTheSky
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Nov 12, 2019
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They’re priced accordingly to current market prices for “premium” switches like Gat Inks and Zeals. If they stand up to those switches, then it works out for them. If it doesn’t, it sucks for the earlier purchasers that tried them out, but it makes more sense for Kailh as a business. They can always lower prices if the demand is low, but there’s a limit to how much they can raise prices if demand is high (probably close to $0) before people think they’re getting ripped off. Would be a major loss in potential profit. Honestly, other then Cherry, Kailh is the only major switch company that doesn’t seem super shady, so I don’t feel too bad about giving them money. They already offer the best switches for the money and is the only company to offer truly different switch designs. They probably don’t want to be known as a budget MX clone brand anymore.
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