What is a fair prices for NOS SKCM Blue alps?
- hellothere
- Location: Mesa, AZ USA
- Main keyboard: Lots
- Main mouse: CST2545W-RC
- Favorite switch: TopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlpsHallEffectTopreAlps
Inside or outside of a keyboard? What kind of keyboard? How many switches?
There's at least one person that sells a bag of between 40 and 100 switches on ebay US. You might want to check that out. I don't recall if he's selling NOS.
I see your post from yesterday and the pics of that one switch looks like it's never been soldered into a keyboard, so that does make me think NOS. However, it also makes me think that you didn't just happened to know someone to sell you a bunch of blue Alps switches
There's at least one person that sells a bag of between 40 and 100 switches on ebay US. You might want to check that out. I don't recall if he's selling NOS.
I see your post from yesterday and the pics of that one switch looks like it's never been soldered into a keyboard, so that does make me think NOS. However, it also makes me think that you didn't just happened to know someone to sell you a bunch of blue Alps switches

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- Location: Canada
Outside of the keyboard, around 100 NOS blue alps switches. What would you say is a fair price for each switch in that regard? And yes, the photos weren't the best, but I can assure you they are blue!
hellothere wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 19:53 Inside or outside of a keyboard? What kind of keyboard? How many switches?
There's at least one person that sells a bag of between 40 and 100 switches on ebay US. You might want to check that out. I don't recall if he's selling NOS.
I see your post from yesterday and the pics of that one switch looks like it's never been soldered into a keyboard, so that does make me think NOS. However, it also makes me think that you didn't just happened to know someone to sell you a bunch of blue Alps switches![]()
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- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: Dell QuietKey SK-8000 with Zorro Blue
- Main mouse: Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500
- Favorite switch: Everything except MX Brown
I think at least $3 USD each for NOS switches.
It is very uncommon to find any unused Blue ALPS switch so perhaps more. You have found incredible pieces of computer history.
I'd say we should hold onto a couple and make 3D scans of all the parts. That would be the first step in creating replicas.
It is very uncommon to find any unused Blue ALPS switch so perhaps more. You have found incredible pieces of computer history.
I'd say we should hold onto a couple and make 3D scans of all the parts. That would be the first step in creating replicas.