Minimalistic packaging
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
Just received and opened a parcel:
But well, the keyboard seems to be intact and all keycaps are present
But well, the keyboard seems to be intact and all keycaps are present
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- zoidbergslo
- Location: Slovenia
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 2
- Main mouse: Logitech G600
- Favorite switch: Cherry MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: -
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- nathanscribe
- Location: Yorkshire, UK.
- Main keyboard: Filco tenkeyless w/blues
- Main mouse: Kensington Expert
- Favorite switch: MX Blue
- DT Pro Member: -
:facepalm:
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- Location: Germany
- DT Pro Member: -
Lol the keyboard stays intact but all rivets breakGilgam wrote:Buckling spring keyboards are stupidity-proof ...
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- Location: Sweden
- Main keyboard: KBC Poker
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos
- Favorite switch: Cherry Red
- DT Pro Member: -
I recieved my M in a nonpadded cardboard box that was too small for the keyboard. He had ripped the end of they box in two and taped it together with duct tape.hoggy wrote:...Just makes me mad...
I was quietly weeping when I saw the box at the postoffice. Opened it up and that keyboard proved to me that the Model M is built like a WW2 Soviet tank. There where no damages at all... not even a scratch.
- attarian
- Location: China: Tianjin / France: marseille (I'm french)
- Favorite switch: Pink :p
- DT Pro Member: -
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Very nice !!! I often face the same problem, most of the boxes are not suitable for the keyboard. ( but i never send that kind of package...) I think that this package must be a domestic one without any airplane. Otherwise the box would ... not be there anymore.
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
I think I can top that ... A few weeks ago I bought a G84-4400PTBSF on an auction site. It is a slim keyboard with Cherry ML switches and a small trackball. It was wrapped only in two plastic bags! (and from a discount store at that...) While the switches worked, the trackball was busted. I had paid ~9.50 Eur for s/h. I gave the seller negative feedback.
This is the only keyboard I have received that was busted in one way or another. I have got one or two that were packed in boxes without padding, and one Dell AT101W that was packed only in bubble wrap, but they were fine.
This is the only keyboard I have received that was busted in one way or another. I have got one or two that were packed in boxes without padding, and one Dell AT101W that was packed only in bubble wrap, but they were fine.
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- Location: Hong Kong, PRC
- Main keyboard: Wyse Topre Cherry Filco
- Main mouse: logitech m570
- Favorite switch: cherry black
- DT Pro Member: -
I think I have seen at some Korean KB site that they have made box especially for keyboard to be shipped. Normally it is quite difficult to find box that fit keyboard, they are either too big or too small.
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
Well, in that case it is Cherry who deserve the complimentGilgam wrote:Buckling spring keyboards are stupidity-proof ...
Actually sent from France to Germany. Two nations involved in taking care of my keyboardattarian wrote:(…) I think that this package must be a domestic one without any airplane. Otherwise the box would ... not be there anymore.
I rather doubt Louis Vuitton or Dior bags would have been any betterFindecanor wrote:I think I can top that ...(…) It was wrapped only in two plastic bags! (and from a discount store at that...).
This obviously would be the next step:
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- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=674heliar wrote:I think I have seen at some Korean KB site that they have made box especially for keyboard to be shipped. Normally it is quite difficult to find box that fit keyboard, they are either too big or too small.
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- Location: Belgium, land of Liberty Wafles and Freedom Fries
- Main keyboard: G80-3K with Clears
- Favorite switch: Capacitative BS
- DT Pro Member: 0049
That's not 100% right...Gilgam wrote:Buckling spring keyboards are stupidity-proof ...
I had my model F keyboard shipped in a big box with one side taped closed with "customs" tape. It contained a lot of polystyrene chips, and when I took it out, my heart stopped: two or three keycaps were missing!
All kinds of questions cam up, if the seller just played me like a fool, if the customs somehow managed to open the box and lose the keycaps, if the box was replaced during shipping because the shipping service trashed the keyboard and keys... Turned out they were at the bottom of the box, in the pile of chips, and the springs were unharmed.
So remember, always wrap the keyboard in some cling film or a plastic bag and only then add enough stuffing material.
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- Location: Oregon, USA
- Main keyboard: Kmac 1 and Kmac Mini
- Main mouse: G400
- Favorite switch: Ergoclears
- DT Pro Member: -
i had something similar happen as well from an ebay seller. they sent me a full size model M in a flimsy box and they didn't bother to full tape the sides. When i got it in the mail I could see the keyboard easily without even opening the box. needless to say a handful of caps were missing since they fell out of the box. the seller was supposed to give me a small refund. I paid $15 or so including shipping for it though so i wasn't too worried. I think i used it for parts anyways.
- attarian
- Location: China: Tianjin / France: marseille (I'm french)
- Favorite switch: Pink :p
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
By the way, when i ship keyboard it's most of the time just "Buble wrap + Delivery bag". ( as the keyboard is already protected inside the box on KBC / KBT brand) For the noppoo and ducky i put more and more buble wrap in case customers really wish to admire the box...
I don't have any bad feedback . One time i was in lack of buble wrap, i had to cut a box during 10 minutes to make it the most " robust and soft as possible.
I don't have any bad feedback . One time i was in lack of buble wrap, i had to cut a box during 10 minutes to make it the most " robust and soft as possible.
- Half-Saint
- Location: Slovenia, Europe
- Main keyboard: Raptor Gaming K1
- Main mouse: Logitech G5 Mk.2
- Favorite switch: Cherry MX Blue
- DT Pro Member: 0058
My Ambra model M came literally wrapped in two layers of cardboard. While the case looked OK on the outside, it was pretty bad on the inside...
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
Got two keyboards and two mice from a 5 EUR crap shoot in a plastic shopping bag today. The G80-3000HAU seems fine.
- Mrinterface
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: UHK
- Main mouse: G203
- Favorite switch: Monterey blues
- DT Pro Member: 0012
Gotta love that cat....
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
Old cat is old. She's 18 now.
- guilleguillaume
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Main keyboard: Kmac Mini
- Main mouse: Razer Abyssus 2014
- Favorite switch: Topre
- DT Pro Member: -
When you post pics without that cat I actually miss it.
Mine always comes to the door when I receive packages and waits until I open it
Mine always comes to the door when I receive packages and waits until I open it
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- Location: Oregon, USA
- Main keyboard: Kmac 1 and Kmac Mini
- Main mouse: G400
- Favorite switch: Ergoclears
- DT Pro Member: -
Really not fair seeing awesome US layout boards show up everywhere but the US :\webwit wrote:Got two keyboards and two mice from a 5 EUR crap shoot in a plastic shopping bag today. The G80-3000HAU seems fine.
- Icarium
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: These fields just
- Main mouse: opened my eyes
- Favorite switch: I need to bring stuff to work
- DT Pro Member: -
After ordering a couple of things from Ebay I have grown to HATE those damn shredded paper fillings.
What's next? People packaging stuff in clouds of dust? That sounds soft too, doesn't it? And it smells like dust already when you open a package with shredded paper..and you have to vacuum at least three times to get rid of all of those little strips. And it wouldn't even be that hard to improve, just put the damn shredded paper in a couple of sealed plastic bags. There, problem solved.
*sigh*
What's next? People packaging stuff in clouds of dust? That sounds soft too, doesn't it? And it smells like dust already when you open a package with shredded paper..and you have to vacuum at least three times to get rid of all of those little strips. And it wouldn't even be that hard to improve, just put the damn shredded paper in a couple of sealed plastic bags. There, problem solved.
*sigh*
- 7bit
- Location: Berlin, DE
- Main keyboard: Tipro / IBM 3270 emulator
- Main mouse: Logitech granite for SGI
- Favorite switch: MX Lock
- DT Pro Member: 0001
At least it says BREEKBAAR such that the automatic package sorting machines can switch to the "Handle with care" mode.webwit wrote:
One day, you will receive a package which you didn't order. That will be the one your cat was waiting for....guilleguillaume wrote:...
Mine always comes to the door when I receive packages and waits until I open it