Cherry MY-3100 SBU (EARLYPRODUCED) HELP!

[Makoohr]

Hii,

I am interested have anyone heard any thing about this specific keyboard:

Cherry MY-3100 (G81-3100SBU)?

Becouse i cant find any record about it,how many were produced,how rare are they,why they arent on the list of G81 series,is there any on the planet that we know, and many more?



I will be very happy if any one out there knows or knows some one who knows some thing.



Thanks for youre time!

[Myoth]

how many were produced

There is no way to know about this, Cherry is, and was pretty big, so I doubt there is any kind of number I can give you

how rare are they

Actually pretty rare it seems

why they arent on the list of G81 series

the list of G81s on the wiki isn't very much a list, but it's more a certain number of exemples, for an actual list, you can refer to this document here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... kUafsFmb2U

is there any on the planet that we know, and many more?

Well, I don't keep up much with such specific keyboards, but there are a lot of very similar keyboards, yes.

[ball00n]

Do you have any pics of it? The manual from my G81-3100sav lists all possible variants of g81-3100S** but it doesn't include the SB*.

[ball00n]

I saw your pics on the other thread. Could you also take a picture of the manual where variants are listed? It should help with finding what does B in model number stands for. Thanks!

[Makoohr]

how many were produced

There is no way to know about this, Cherry is, and was pretty big, so I doubt there is any kind of number I can give you

how rare are they

Actually pretty rare it seems

why they arent on the list of G81 series

the list of G81s on the wiki isn't very much a list, but it's more a certain number of exemples, for an actual list, you can refer to this document here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... kUafsFmb2U

is there any on the planet that we know, and many more?

Well, I don't keep up much with such specific keyboards, but there are a lot of very similar keyboards, yes.

But there is no SBU?

[Myoth]

Well I told you it was rare, but the thing I linked is an actual list, we'll be sure to add your boards to it

[Makoohr]

[samuelcable]

Oh shoot, that's nice. Og dyesubs in their original box is aught to get you quite a wad of dosh

[subcat]

nice find, if they are unused and you’d like to sell, please shoot me a message

[photekq]

Makoohr, thanks for the pictures. As I thought, they're standard A-profile ANSI dyesubs.

As I explained to you in PM : Yes, the G81-3100SBU has never been seen before, but there is no difference between a G81-3100SBU and a G81-3100SDU or G81-3100SAU that would be of interest to any collector. The difference in the middle letter on 3100 boards signifies differences in the card reader or additions like a heavy duty cable. See below :



No collector today cares about differences like these. Realistically, most collectors only care about the keyset and some collectors (like myself) would value the whole NIB keyboard as a piece of history. However, nobody would pick and choose between a G81-3100SBU and a G81-3100SDU. They're the same visually, which is all that matters when it comes to G81s since the switches are so bad.

To illustrate what I mean further.. Do either of these look any different to yours? Because they have different middle letters. Actually, one of them isn't even a 3100; it's a 3116. But not even I would be able to tell you that from looking at it.




I hope this explains things fully. Great job finding them too.

[photekq]

Also, I should clarify since I saw your post in another thread about the middle letter corresponding to switch type: that only applies for Cherry G80 keyboards with MX switches. Yours is a G81 with MY switches, which were only offered in one type during each era of manufacture. On G81s that middle letter doesn't have a certain pattern; it means different things in different G81 series. Like I said, for the G81-31XX series it usually corresponds to variance in card readers or extras like thicker cables. We don't know what the "B" on yours signifies but, while I'd be curious to find out what it means, it's safe to say that it holds no bearing on market value which is what you seem to be interested in finding out.

[Makoohr]

Thank you very much for info, but we still dont know what B mean in this case since there is no SBU mentioned on the internet.
And what about these two with following serial numbers? Are they more valuable like a whole keyboard?

[photekq]

Actually, I probably should've looked at your photos more carefully. It's pretty clear what the B means.

Look at your card reader. It's shorter than the ones I've posted. As I showed above, it was common for Cherry to use the middle letter to distinguish between card reader types on the G81-3100 series, so the B probably signifies that specific card reader type.

I don't know of anyone who cares about serial numbers. Maybe there's somebody out there who'd pay more for unlucky 0000013 though.

[Myoth]

Thank you very much for info, but we still dont know what B mean in this case since there is no SBU mentioned on the internet.
And what about these two with following serial numbers? Are they more valuable like a whole keyboard?

The B is described in the manual in the boxes, the SAV find helped find what, in exemple, T means. So I have no doubts the manual in these will help know what B means.

[Makoohr]

So i found the explanation for B letter, but still don't know how many of this type are out there. Is this first find?

[Myoth]

It seems those are the first ones, yes

[Makoohr]

nice find, if they are unused and you’d like to sell, please shoot me a message

They are new never used, but i still don't know what will do with them, becouse to many people are interested to buy it.

[Makoohr]

Cherry answer me but not completely.

[Myoth]

nice find, if they are unused and you’d like to sell, please shoot me a message

They are new never used, but i still don't know what will do with them, becouse to many people are interested to buy it.

Well do you want to use them, or keep them, or do you not want them ? If you find an answer you know what to do

[Dingster]

If you want a gateway into mechanical keyboards try trading one of them and selling the rest. Maybe keep one if you like it?

[Makoohr]

Well i would like to keep one and sell the other two. But i want to get more info about it becouse my mom left this to me before she passed away, so i would like to keep one minimum.

[subcat]

Well i would like to keep one and sell the other two. But i want to get more info about it becouse my mom left this to me before she passed away, so i would like to keep one minimum.

i understand - i will pm my offer. all the best

[photekq]

I purchased all three of Marko's SBUs on the 31st of May. Since then, I haven't heard back from him once. Throughout the whole buying process he tried his best to make me pay with Skrill, which has no chargebacks.

I've just learned that he's been trying to sell more SBUs to other people, and has successfully sold at least one board. He's told the other buyer that he doesn't have money to ship his keyboard. Seems like a clear trend of overselling and lack of response.

Please, don't buy anything off this guy. If you've already bought something: get ready to do a chargeback if you don't hear anything from him soon.

[Makoohr]

And why didn’t you write down or even edit that you got refund and i backed out from sell…keyboards are still with me carefuly stored..

[photekq]

I didn't think to update the topic because you disappeared completely from the forum, after ignoring my last messages to you in 2019.

I of course received a refund via Paypal, since I had buyer protection, and you didn't ship what I had paid for. I didn't lose any money here, I only wanted to warn people of what you were doing: selling more than you had, and not shipping what had been paid for.

Also, sorry, but it's not truthful of you to say that you "backed out" of the sale. You never told me such a thing, you just ignored me.

[Makoohr]

Hi, i want you to know that i listed one CherryMY3100SBU keyboard on ebay 1$ is start price:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/393886695865

Good luck!

[kbdfr]

Do you intend to actually ship your items this time?

Remember:

[…] you disappeared completely from the forum, after ignoring my last messages to you in 2019.

I of course received a refund via Paypal, since I had buyer protection, and you didn't ship what I had paid for. I didn't lose any money here, I only wanted to warn people of what you were doing: selling more than you had, and not shipping what had been paid for.

Also, sorry, but it's not truthful of you to say that you "backed out" of the sale. You never told me such a thing, you just ignored me.

[-Space-NATO-]

Also $100 Shipping.

[stratokaster]

only $100? It's a bargain, the eBay app shows $200 as the shipping cost

[Makoohr]

Do you intend to actually ship your items this time?

Remember:

[…] you disappeared completely from the forum, after ignoring my last messages to you in 2019.

I of course received a refund via Paypal, since I had buyer protection, and you didn't ship what I had paid for. I didn't lose any money here, I only wanted to warn people of what you were doing: selling more than you had, and not shipping what had been paid for.

Also, sorry, but it's not truthful of you to say that you "backed out" of the sale. You never told me such a thing, you just ignored me.

Yes I will send dont worry about that, i will pay the best delivery option for extra safe of the package. Last time i drop out from selling didnt want to send, everyone get their money back. I have returned money and no one is left empty hands, paypal and photeqa got their balance back as it was before this , this time i'm willing to lose money on ebay fee and tax so no one will feel like they are loosing. I dont want to make money and feel good if someone is feeling bad and loosing money. Im sorry for my past actions and photeqa know that, he is helping me and i have only best to say for him, he is a really good man.