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There are loads of independent folk selling stuff like this in the EU just fine. In fact the modding community in the EU is massive. The reason they’re fine is
by hnlmorg 4y ago
There are loads of independent folk selling stuff like this in the EU just fine. In fact the modding community in the EU is massive.
The reason they’re fine is because this is a really niche audience who generally know what they’re doing. The few occasions things do go wrong, it’s almost always the fault of the person the bought it, and we accept that.
Those that do want something like this and who isn’t a hacker themselves would go via a 3rd party to mod it, usually paying them too (That scene is also massive in the EU).
The very few times I’ve had to return something has been simple enough. Full refund for an item that is either dead on arrival or they person just sent out the wrong item accidentally. Either way, we are talking same week rather than 2 years later.
- thatguy27 4y agoDo you perhaps have a few pointers to discover the modding communities here? I am only aware of the mechanical keyboard community. (I'm in the Netherlands.)
- hnlmorg 4y agoThey’re often desperate communities based around specific hardware. Like the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Atari ST or other retro computers. Plenty in retro consoles too. I’ve not found a single forum where people lurk but rather independent message boards. I believe there’s a few Facebook Groups, possibly Redit too, but I don’t personally use Facebook nor Redit. You generally find them when looking to do something interesting on a specific device. However if anyone knows of a more centralised place then I’d be interest to know too.
- Eisenstein 4y agoThis might be obvious but there are a lot of Europeans on tindie. You might want to reach out to some of them that make things you find interesting.