Hi All.
I've done my sums as far as is possible at this point and here is a pretty good estimate (I do expect to stick with this) of what UK pricing and timescales will be for Filco products.
Prices are in UK Sterling.
The first shipment we'll be getting is some smallish quantities of 'off the shelf' items which I decided to get in just to get the ball rolling.
This shipment should be with us by the end of August 2009 :-
FKBN104M/EB NKRO CH.BROWN USA/104 £95
FKBN104ML/EB NKRO CH.BLACKS USA/104 £95
FKBN87Z/EB-Y NKRO ALPS TYPE WHIT USA/104 £40
FKB22MB CH.BROWNS NUMPAD £40
NEO £40
Then the first real stocking order.
Diatech like to do things properly so I have a sample being made for approval prior to main production. It makes sense not to cut corners.
It means I'm not expecting these until the latter part of October and it could run longer.
I'm not putting part codes for this because I haven't got them to hand. It will be like the USA model code except 104 will become 105 and a UK or GB will be added on the end.
Majestouch UK 105key N-keyrollover with cherry brown sw £95.00
Majestouch UK 105key N-keyrollover with cherry blue sw £95.00
I then invisage another shipment with extra goodies early next year.
Full UK tenkeyless may be a while as that's another tooling charge and I need to see this working first.
TAX.
All us Happy Campers in the UK are paying 15% VAT at the moment (Going up soon!!) so i'm afraid you have to add that to goods and carriage.
In the EC if you are ordering as a VAT registered organisation and can provide the valid VAT registration number of that organisation you pay no tax (It checks the Euro DB so don't think it!). If not I am afraid that you get the same treatment as we Brits.
Elsewhere you pay none to us but you could possibly get grabbed at point of delivery. You need to check this out locally.
DISCOUNT.
Geekhack members with a join date prior to Aug 2009 (That's inclusive so there's time) buying 5 pieces get 5% and 10 pieces gets 10%.
CARRIAGE.
Ordering directly from
http://www.keyboardco.com (phone, fax, snail mail is all welcome but carriage is more.)
UK.
Orders are calculated by weight but the most you'll pay is £6.00 and orders over £50 in value ship FREE.
So most of this kit will ship free.
WORLD.
The website calculates this by weight and exact destination. There will be two options quoted:-
TNT International courier service which is most reliable and secure.
Royal Mail 'International Signed For' service which is OK.
Please feel free to get an idea by going
http://www.keyboardco.com select a similar weight unit and go to through to the last stage of the cart process.
It'll calculate before you have to give card details and you can abort. Just make sure you're the right side of 2 Kilos because pricing jumps on Royal Mail.
FINALLY
Thank you for bearing with me thus far. I apologise for making it such an epic but business works best when everyone knows the score.
I'm sure there will be some discussion around why things are always more in the UK and Europe - you can have my thoughts another time if you're interested.
One thing you can be sure of. These Filco keyboards are GOOD!.
More news soon on Cherry Keycaps.