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11. Well, it *is* a grab bag after all

    Posted by Mark on Oct 28th 2016

    I'm not sure what I expected, I spontaneously bought the grab bag knowing I have three keyboards with three different key profile sets from PMK, so I figured it would be fun to get some random keys to mess with. Open the box and there's HUGE baggie stuffed full of keys, I couldn't believe it. I enjoyed sorting them by profile (DSA, DCA, etc.) and laughing at some of the graphics and colors.
    
    Yes, there are a lot of repeat keys I'll never use unless i give them away (how many teal space bars does one need?) and some clearly defective and unusable keys, but overall I'm very happy with the grab bag. Worth the price? I'm not a cheapskate, but if I'm honest about it I have to say I'd put a $50 price as what I would have been happier with now that I see what is in it. I'm not UNhappy with what I paid, but I'm not likely to do it again for that price.

12. Oct, 2016 PMK Grab Bag Review

    Posted by CHI LOK on Oct 27th 2016

    The Grab Bag:
    Bought in on the hype even though there was quite a bit of criticism on the price hike, but I have faith in SP to do its customers right and you guys did not disappoint. Personally I wish there would not be any prize keycap involved be sold at $35/bag. but I guess $50 ($67 to be exact) still seems to be a fair price for many. If there is one thing i can say about my grab bag it would not be 'random' on the contrary it would be 'very consistent'. My bag was invaded by spacebars, i mean while i appreciate some spacebar color variations from the Nantucket, and what i believed to be Ice cap and Industrial set I have no less than 20 spacebars! also many duplicates of the Carbon, Pulse, and 1976 shifts. this represented about 80% of my SA portion. For rest of my SA portion consist of a few repeats on the Nantucket 1.25u Mod. a few ice cap and industrial blanks among other random caps that I cant identify. DSA was the usual business with some granites, and i get to see few Overcast and Hana but i would sort them to misprint section as some of these cant be used. they are colorful though. Unlike those who got the bag early and post about a smaller amount of DCS caps (which was good news) but I still ended up with almost 1lb of it so i guess that part was actually random (the amount of unwanted caps you would get in a grab bag). So in a nutshell my random grab bag this time around was pretty predictable due to many duplicates. Good news is that I might have enough spacebars to run a mini group buy in the community because when grab bag gives you lemon, you would know what to make haha.. TBH, grab bags are grab bags I didn't cared about the special prize to me this is just a great 'sampler' and the best form of advertisement for a company like SP. I hope the price stays consistent and i hope many keyboard hobbyists may continue to be able to afford and enjoy this great product.
    
    The Contest:
    One other thing is in the future if there would be any speical prize keycaps hidden, I think it would be wiser to hint about a special announcement towards the end of the sale and only then announce the speical hidden prize. this way it would not be seen as potential gambling but merely a special hidden prize. I am glad SP did listen to its customers and gave everyone an acceptable answer in return by lowering the price I don't know if grab bag will ever go back to the normal price again should it be ran without any special prize but hopefully SP would realize this is one of the best form of advertisement out there for you guys. I got a few sets of PMK keysets because I get to see and feel the real thing from a grab bag, so I cant imagine how much others might have spent.
    
    May the grab bag price be fair and the quantity be plenty! SP all the way!

13. neat enough

    Posted by Unknown on Oct 27th 2016

    It was a fun little extra pile of keycaps. I have mostly smaller boards, so I was able to come up with 3 SA and 1 DSA set to cover them. The misprints are cool, but I mostly used the SA blanks with little imperfections on the edges.

14. Detailed Breakdown/Review of my Grab Bag

    Posted by Yottagray on Aug 17th 2016

    Overall the Grab Bag was very much worth the price for me. View my extremely detailed breakdown here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4wa166/review_a_detailed_analysis_and_review_of_my_sp/

15. My review of a grab bag of random keys.

    Posted by Unknown on Aug 2nd 2016

    I got everything I expected. A random bunch of keys shipped in a plastic ziplock bag.
    
    Con" Shipping two day priority across the country for $20 is a little steep though.
    
    Pros: I am really happy about two Cherry red Panic SA profile keys.
    
    
    In summary: I need more keyboards to play around with all the new keys I have now.

16. They live up to the hype.

    Posted by Blake McKee on Aug 1st 2016

    I bought three of these bags and they sure do live up to the hype. There are some weirdly amazing keys in here. I now am the proud owner of 5 DCS 9u spacebars. I don't know why or what I'll do with them, but I have them. The sheer amount of keys is staggering. There has to be a good 800-1000 per bag. I got over 200 1u DSA dark blue blanks in one of my bags. All in all, if you have the money for one, get it. It's like sorting through Legos, but for adults. You can also profit off of them fairly easy if you know how to sell things.

17. For fun

    Posted by Unknown on Aug 1st 2016

    Go into it expecting nothing. You're going to get a bunch of everything, 3lbs of keycaps is a lot of keycaps. Some will be garbage, others will be great. You aren't going to get a perfect set of anything.

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