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AltF4irl t1_iwczawo wrote

And then there's me who doesn't even have a mechanical keyboard or money to buy one

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danshakuimo t1_iwddgx1 wrote

I got one for $30s off eBay. It was used but I'm still using it and hasn't broken down on me yet.

Of course, you don't really need one and that money could be better spent elsewhere.

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FinancialTea4 t1_iwen3d3 wrote

I bought an extremely inexpensive model on Amazon. Chinese knock off TKL for $23.00 with hot swappable Outemu blues, double shot PBT with single color LEDs, and it was worth every penny. I don't like to shill on here but if you're interested I'll send you a link. I have another board I bought open box that I really like too but it has one issue which is the LED for the P key flickers but I don't usually use the lights on that one anyway. It kills the battery which lasts a long time with minimal lights enabled. I paid $29.99 for that one directly from the manufacturer. Even with the flickering it was worth every penny. I used a full sized Amazon basics membrane board for work for a couple of years and that thing looks like it's been dragged down a gravel road for a month. I don't think I'll ever go back to membrane boards. It's much more comfortable and satisfying to type on even a cheapo mech.

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stutche OP t1_iwdxntz wrote

Check local craigslist, I actually got one off there for $10.

Plus I found a Havit 89 key for $7 at a local liquidation sale. There's tons of stores that buy pallets of amazon returns and sell them for dirt cheap! Hope to see you become one of us!

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Neon_Lights12 t1_iwe4043 wrote

Damn, for $7 you just gotta havit!

Okay I'll leave

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stutche OP t1_iweacvf wrote

No, no. Please stay bad puns turn me on

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AltF4irl t1_iwdxt06 wrote

Craigslist doesn't exist where I live

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TeamRedundancyTeam t1_iwe005w wrote

Is there nothing similar? A lot of countries have some sort of online local marketplace that is popular. Facebook marketplace at the very least?

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Hatedpriest t1_iwf6dhm wrote

I got a 65% with cherry blues and a mouse, new, for like 50 or 60 bucks.

I keep checking my local secondhand stores for mech boards. If they have em, they'll be $5-10.

I like the click-clack, and this keyboard has it. It's a "magic-refiner." Idk, it works shrug

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