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In what may one of the most consumer-friendly moves made by a company, Razer has announced that it will honor purchases made with a 90% off coupon that was mistakingly made public on the company’s UK store. Razer said that the coupon was put there by a third-party to test out the company’s online shopping cart, but it ended up making its way out into the limelight.

Of course, once shoppers noticed the coupon, many of them swiped it like an eagle catching its prey, and according to Razer USA head Min-Liang Tan, “thousands of orders were placed in the space of a couple of hours.” However Tan assured customers that they will honor these purchases at the expense of the company.

However, there is a slight catch. All single orders that were made using the coupon will be honored, while all orders asking for multiple quantities of the same item will have the opportunity to buy one unit at 90% off. Even by doing this, Razer will likely experience an “insane amount of losses to make good on the orders.”

It will take Razer a few months to get through all of the orders made, especially considering that a lot of the items sold out and are now on backorder. However, those getting something at a 90% discount can certainly wait a few months. It’s certainly a nice gesture on Razer’s part, especially considering that they could’ve canceled all the orders legally.

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The internet is often renowned for its amazing bargains, but in the uncharted waters of cyberspace the best deals are usually too good to be true. This isn’t one of those times. Recently, a bogus coupon for 90 percent off at Razer’s UK store went viral, which resulted in a frenzy of online purchases. While internet scams are all too common, the company’s response to this matter is somewhat shocking. Instead of canceling the shady orders, Razer has decided to honor them, but with some limitations. The company will uphold the discount on individual purchases for different products, but void repeat transactions on the same item. Due to some back-ordered items, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan warned that it’ll take a few months to fulfill all the orders, and professed that his outfit would incur “an insane amount of losses” in doing so. Good form, Mr. Tan, but we can’t help but cringe when trying to fathom how many of these were sold for around £11.

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When it comes to gaming peripherals, there is one name that would surely inspire confidence right from the get go, and that would be Razer. Here we are with the $129.99 Razer Orbweaver Elite Mechanical Gaming Keypad which will definitely help up the ante whenever you game. After all, if you still lose to your opponents after having the Razer Orbweaver Elite Mechanical Gaming Keypad in your hands, then surely there is no other explanation for your inability to break into the professional gamer fold (and hence, do keep your day job) other than the fact that you lack the relevant “gaming mind”, since the tools at your disposal are already at the very pinnacle of innovation.

What kind of goodies can one expect from the Razer Orbweaver Elite Mechanical Gaming Keypad? For starters, how does 20 fully programmable buttons sound to you? In addition, it is further augmented by an 8-way thumbpad, where that is accompanied by adjustable hand, thumb, and palm-rest modules. The main selling point of the Razer Orbweaver Elite Mechanical Gaming Keypad would be its technology that delivers a distinctive tactile feedback in the form of a light pronounced tap and click to your fingertips. Individual keys are accompanied by an optimized actuation force of 50g in addition to a reduced actuation distance of 2mm, allowing you to unleash commands and attacks without batting an eyelid, as your adversaries start to wonder since when did you have such blisteringly fast reflexes? With other features such as unlimited macro lengths, a backlit keypad for total control under dark conditions, and unlimited customizable profiles via Razer Synapse 2.0, you’ve surely got a winner here.

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That guard you just stealth-killed in Dishonored never heard you coming. But everyone else did. Which is why you might want to consider a noise-dampened mechanical keyboard of some sort. There are a few of ’em out there, not least the Matias Quiet Pro we reviewed last year, and now Razer has a keypad option solely for gamers: a new Stealth Edition of the original Orbweaver that came out in January. The price is unchanged at $130, as are the main specs and adjustable design, but Razer promises “silent tactile feedback” that provides an “entirely new feel,” alongside a slightly reduced actuation force of 45g (instead of 50g). Perhaps your long-suffering colleagues will throw in a decent headset to go with it.

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Back when the Razer Edge pre-orders kicked off, on March 1st, the company wasn’t quite clear as to when exactly the device would commence shipping to early adopters, only going as far as saying it would be later that very month. Well, the good news is today Razer took to its own Facebook page to announce that its new-era gaming PC is now on its way to folks who put in a pre-order “from the March batch.” Meanwhile, Razer’s hoping other gamers will also shell out the hefty amount of $999-plus for its novel piece of hardware, urging potential buyers on the social network to snag a unit (or two) before they go out of stock — just don’t expect to get a keyboard dock with your order, as the previously reported Q3 availability for this add-on remains intact. Above all, however, it’s a great thing to see that what was once just a project, is now getting ready to arrive at consumers’ doorsteps.

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