deskthority

I'm looking for cheap, non-functioning, even trashed Topre or Niz keyboards to harvest switch parts: housings, sliders, domes, and springs. Vintage boards are fine, I just need parts. HHKB Pros are good too, but while they can be non-functioning, they need to be in decent condition (aka not trashed) since the housings are part of the plate. Just switches parts (as before) are fine too, and I can consider buying all the parts except the sliders since I was planning to use MX-styled ones anyway, what's important is that I can get ~70 working switches in the end.

I don't need keycaps nor the rest of the keyboard, I plan to build a custom EC keyboard and I'm on a very low budget (context: getting a new job, need a silent keyboard since my quiet one is dead).
I can't spend more than €70 including shipping to Italy, which I understand that is quite tight, but my standards are quite low too.
Also posted on r/MechMarket.

EDIT: bought one somewhere else

https://www.sendico.com/mercari/item/m23276975139
108 keys and domes from a topre realforce 108 board for 56 GBP
under declare the value on sendico and you can have it shipped dirt cheap.

wobbled wrote: 20 Feb 2023, 19:23 under declare the value on sendico and you can have it shipped dirt cheap.

Sadly it's not that easy, I found some stuff on Buyee, but the problem is the weight that makes shipping expensive and, even more, EU customs. Still a decent deal, but not within my budget

Exentio wrote: 20 Feb 2023, 19:39

wobbled wrote: 20 Feb 2023, 19:23 under declare the value on sendico and you can have it shipped dirt cheap.

Sadly it's not that easy, I found some stuff on Buyee, but the problem is the weight that makes shipping expensive and, even more, EU customs. Still a decent deal, but not within my budget

I've always found sendicos shipping rates to be significantly cheaper than buyees.
Join the conical discord and put a message in the market section. You'll find something
https://discord.gg/topre

wobbled wrote: 20 Feb 2023, 20:02 I've always found sendicos shipping rates to be significantly cheaper than buyees.
Join the conical discord and put a message in the market section. You'll find something
https://discord.gg/topre

I checked both, and oddly enough Buyee was a tiny bit cheaper haha, but we're talking about keyboards that weight over 1kg, that's why it's expensive. Thanks for the Discord, I'll check there!