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I paid close to $400 for my current keyboard, and it’s just a ordinary mechanical keyboard, no fancy features. I’m very happy with it, and how much I paid for it.



Was it a custom or semi custom job? You can get amazing keyboards for 200, just wondering what it is.

Anyhow even if not custom/limited run product, you paid x2 not x10 of the cost.


I wanted a very specific Filco model. It was out of production, and I had to order it from overseas, which drove up the cost a fair bit. I probably did pay about 2x the original price for it, but I’m not really sure because it was never sold in the US as far as I know. Filco make high quality keyboard in any case, and they’re not exactly cheap under normal circumstances.

My point being that I knew what I wanted to get, and I was happy to pay that price for it, even if some (or a lot of) other people would think that’s ridiculous. I think I’ve gotten more value out of it than I paid for it in $$$. If charging high prices is what it takes to convince people to produce high quality products, then (for certain products) I’m happy to pay them.




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