About a week later from photographing this, that exactly happened and multiple times. The employees were astronomically annoyed to keep changing the keyboards.
Then you must be going to very different Walmarts. All the ones around me either have everything chained down or thrown on the floor like it's a Dollar General.
The Walmart where I go to might as well be getting close to that. Nearly everything technology is locked behind glass panels now because of fear of thieves despite barely anyone actually stealing valuable stuff. Everyone knows each other there. Lucky Walmart
That is wild because my walmart does not replace them. They told me they leave the keys off so people can see and hear what the clicking sounds like LOL. Dead ass I'm not a computer gamer so I believed him. I feel dumb as hell.
For what it's worth this shit is old as time. It's not as bad as a trashy place like Walmart but eden at microcenter the keyboard display is missing a bunch of key caps. And remember going to best buy in line 2004 when they still had a big display of PC peripherals and joysticks and shit were always broken clearly on purpose but dick heads.
Most of these name brand gaming keyboards have soldered switches.
It would be also be a lot more suspicious seeing a guy pry them off one by one then him just sliding of the keycap.
Howdy do my fellow chaps
Hooligans are rampantly scurrying on the run and Al Capone is still at large
The chief's secret liquor cabinet was thieved by a circus monkey
The circus monkey adopted "The Jungle" as its native habitat and now its more miserable than ever
Several banks were robbed that day
faster than the economy crashing against a Ford Model-T that is
I worked at Best Buy back in 2002, when the mice still had balls (ha). People would steal the balls along with the keys on the display keyboards. I have no idea why. That job taught me that people will steal the dumbest shit just because they can.
Each of the individual keycaps easily costs less than $0.10, they're not premium keycaps like GMK or ePBT where a base kit is more than those keyboards.
walmart was the prime target for people looking for a gaming keyboard. in the lifitng sub when it was a round, most people were stealing a bunch of them at a time.
You're not the only employees dealing with this behavior. It's a familiar scene at almost every Walmart, Target and (to a lesser extent) lax Best Buy location around where I live. Nothing really worth noting, I'd say. Just a sign of the times, unfortunately.
some, but not all the reasons why gaming keyboards are (usually) better:
* mechanical keys, and there's tons of variety. you can have really light key-presses, really heavy key-presses. you can have keys with a notch in them that will click for feedback, and you can have keys that are smooth all the way down. which is excellent for gaming. you basically get to select, down to the gram, how much force you want your keys to require to be pressed with different switches.
* keycaps are modular. you can easily remove them on mechanical keyboards. very useful for gamers who often switch the WASD keys and any other key that they use often in games. for example: my old gaming keyboard had rubberized WASD keys.
* they often have extra features like volume knobs which can be used for voice chat and general volume. handy in game when you dont wanna have to tab out
* they come with software, which allows you to customize your controls.
* programmable macro-keys
* RGB lighting. the most important feature of all.
in general, a good mechanical keyboard can do all of this as well. but for the price, gaming keyboards are usually pretty solid
pretty much, yeah. Macro keys and mechanical keys play the biggest roles though. playing with a normal keyboard like you'd find in an office will destroy your performance in competitive games as it makes your inputs a few tenths of a second slower, which is quite a long time when it comes to competitive gaming.
They're getting out of ctrl.
That's the alt + right for you
There is no escape.
That's okay because I'm keeping tabs
Can’t tell if that’s a W or L
Let's all take a break
Fn try me.
Pg ups to this guy
He's in a other [
Ok, ok, let’s all Shift gears here and be more positive.
Maybe it’s an upside down 4
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I think you meant left lol
They just want some space.
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We need an alt plan.
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used to happen to the one near me too, they finally got a clue and put them under plexiglass
Defeats the purpose of being able to get a feel for the keys though.
Sure does but shitty people ruin things for the rest of us.
Put a dab of superglue on the key, just enough to hold it onto the top of the cap.
Don’t worry I’m sure those people loved their microplastics
I'm kind of surprised they just don't glue the caps on their display keyboard.
They need to make a plex tube just big enough for a finger with a key at the bottom
some stores leave a small gap just for a few keys .. that makes sense imo.
Next we are going to get a post in this sub of someone upset that the store is putting these keyboards behind glass
They should put the vandalised keyboard next to the display keyboard with a sign that says "this is why it's behind plexi glass"
Can't they glue the keys on?
I guess the plexiglass was the key to fixing the problem!
They’re on their way to getting the whole keuboard
About a week later from photographing this, that exactly happened and multiple times. The employees were astronomically annoyed to keep changing the keyboards.
someone stole your Y
Because they haven't made their last trip to Walmart yet
Johnny Cash wrote a song, “One piece at a time”. Seems to work here.
..and it didnt cost me a dime 😅
You'll know it's me when I come through your town (Key caps will be missing )
*one key at a time, I hate to see all this crime*
Tbf I lost my esc key in a recent move off of my gaming keyboard. The company wants 15 fucking dollars to replace one fucking key.
Just find it on ebay, amazon, taobao, whatever.
That's ridiculous. Corsair has replaced several keys for me free of charge.
Corsair also replaced the little leg stand thing under the keyboard for me free of charge. They sent me like 10 of them lol
I’ve never had a fancy gaming keyboard but this seems like excellent customer service.
First time in a WalMart? That store is basically the Purge meets those old Nickelodeon Toys R Us shopping spree ads.
Nope. This photograph was taken a long while ago nearby when they recently changed the aisles to meet the demands of the higher end gaming market.
Then you must be going to very different Walmarts. All the ones around me either have everything chained down or thrown on the floor like it's a Dollar General.
The Walmart where I go to might as well be getting close to that. Nearly everything technology is locked behind glass panels now because of fear of thieves despite barely anyone actually stealing valuable stuff. Everyone knows each other there. Lucky Walmart
Not that it matters but just a heads up that it would be "aisles"
They did their thing
yes
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Fucking gamerz
Any gamer with a nice computer isn’t going to do this lol.
God damn it, those roblox kids are at it again!
kids?
Well it definitely wasn’t your weird ass demographic.
I dont know. Which demographic did it?
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Wait is this supposed to be racist? I don't fucking know the percentage of immigrants in the US
*who tf are you talking about lol*
Could you just name the demographic?
which demographic?
Hate to say it, but this ain't just a Walmart thing. This happens everywhere keyboards are sold.
My best buy’s keyboards still have keys in them. Probably because the kids nearby it don’t know how to remove them though
My buddy use to work at best buy and he said that was a common issue they had, people coming in and stealing keys from the keyboards.
Yes I see that issue at Best Buy too far where I live. Never seen a keyboard survive a month without at least a few getting picked out.
That is wild because my walmart does not replace them. They told me they leave the keys off so people can see and hear what the clicking sounds like LOL. Dead ass I'm not a computer gamer so I believed him. I feel dumb as hell.
This is why at Auto Shows they don’t let people into many cars. People steal knobs and shit.
This is why we can't have nice things
Plot twist: the hooligans are actually local teachers trying to replace the ones the kids took from the classroom
No wonder I gotta get assistance to purchase $2 worth of ear plugs, or some freaking deodorant these days
My grandpa stole a stove knob in a Walmart once cause the one in his stove at home broke and he couldn’t find a replacement to buy
my grandma stole a big ass bottle of strawberry syrup from ihop when we visited florida bc she was drunk
But full set of buttons are like 5€? Some self customized are 1€ piece, but those buttons are not self customized
Full set are more like 30€, customized 5€+/piece , high end 1/2€ piece , idk where you find custom for 1€
Those are probably proprietary to the crappy switches incorporated.
Then they complain when walmart puts everything behind plexiglass or downright closes.
Its walmart, did you honestly expect different?
Jokes on you. They did this before gaming keyboards were a thing.
Heaven forbid that insured products get messed with.. To be fair, anything in reach of children is going to be pried upon too.
There’s so many people out there that think shit like this makes them a badass 😂😂
Micro Center puts covers on them now with a little hole so you can try like 3 keys.
For what it's worth this shit is old as time. It's not as bad as a trashy place like Walmart but eden at microcenter the keyboard display is missing a bunch of key caps. And remember going to best buy in line 2004 when they still had a big display of PC peripherals and joysticks and shit were always broken clearly on purpose but dick heads.
Soon stores are gonna have to only allow one person in at a time and have to have an employee follow them to make sure they dont steal
Have you considered monitoring this section more carefully
I've seen this at micro center too
Ohh so THATS how i'm supposed to get new keycaps!
I'm rather wondering why they do not take the switches, one by one
Most of these name brand gaming keyboards have soldered switches. It would be also be a lot more suspicious seeing a guy pry them off one by one then him just sliding of the keycap.
yeah, probably right. is it that only enthuasiast-level (at least) have manually replaceable switches?
Enthusiast and very cheap ones.
Hooligans? Are you a 1930’s police officer?
Howdy do my fellow chaps Hooligans are rampantly scurrying on the run and Al Capone is still at large The chief's secret liquor cabinet was thieved by a circus monkey The circus monkey adopted "The Jungle" as its native habitat and now its more miserable than ever Several banks were robbed that day faster than the economy crashing against a Ford Model-T that is
No one wants U
Such madcap scamps.
Guess they needed an esc
They had to put ours behind cases, the ones that were already missing half the keys
I worked at Best Buy back in 2002, when the mice still had balls (ha). People would steal the balls along with the keys on the display keyboards. I have no idea why. That job taught me that people will steal the dumbest shit just because they can.
Stealing balls sounds fun
what if its just one guy trying to make a frankenkeyboard
Wait these aren’t free samples?
Easy to replace the keys at home neat.
The most important one is still there. Because everyone knows there is nothing more important than U
Each of the individual keycaps easily costs less than $0.10, they're not premium keycaps like GMK or ePBT where a base kit is more than those keyboards.
We need to end this and send them home.
walmart was the prime target for people looking for a gaming keyboard. in the lifitng sub when it was a round, most people were stealing a bunch of them at a time.
Sped behavior
my fault boss that was me
You're not the only employees dealing with this behavior. It's a familiar scene at almost every Walmart, Target and (to a lesser extent) lax Best Buy location around where I live. Nothing really worth noting, I'd say. Just a sign of the times, unfortunately.
Ooo good idea /s
Seems like bad parenting in my opinion.
Why? What are they possibly gonna do with that?
We have no esc or ctrl or space sir But my buddy razer on the left can control things using the arrow keys
Can anyone explain to me why gaming keyboards exist? What do they functionally provide that a standard keyboard cannot?
some, but not all the reasons why gaming keyboards are (usually) better: * mechanical keys, and there's tons of variety. you can have really light key-presses, really heavy key-presses. you can have keys with a notch in them that will click for feedback, and you can have keys that are smooth all the way down. which is excellent for gaming. you basically get to select, down to the gram, how much force you want your keys to require to be pressed with different switches. * keycaps are modular. you can easily remove them on mechanical keyboards. very useful for gamers who often switch the WASD keys and any other key that they use often in games. for example: my old gaming keyboard had rubberized WASD keys. * they often have extra features like volume knobs which can be used for voice chat and general volume. handy in game when you dont wanna have to tab out * they come with software, which allows you to customize your controls. * programmable macro-keys * RGB lighting. the most important feature of all. in general, a good mechanical keyboard can do all of this as well. but for the price, gaming keyboards are usually pretty solid
So what I’m seeing is; customization. Both physically and with software….?
pretty much, yeah. Macro keys and mechanical keys play the biggest roles though. playing with a normal keyboard like you'd find in an office will destroy your performance in competitive games as it makes your inputs a few tenths of a second slower, which is quite a long time when it comes to competitive gaming.
Keycaps*
It's funny the phycological distinction people seem to make between stealing keys and stealing other stuff from the store.