For those who are in Europe and interested in these boards, PLEASE affirm the fact that you realize you will have to pay $35-$45 for shipping to Europe. I don't want to take your money just to have you realize you can't quite afford shipping.
Everywhere else: $93 + shipping
While these shipping costs might be a new thing for you, Europeans who signed up for the group buy already know how high shipping costs are. It comes as no surprise to us, and we were already aware when we voiced our interest in the first thread ;)
In other words, it's fine by me.
Sorry, I am only interested in blues. Thanks for trying though!
Hi .XL,
I'm new to the forums and mechanical keyboards in general but I'd like to buy the MX brown version. Since I've never participated in a group buy before, I'm somewhat concerned about the protocol. Can you clarify the buying process? Do you know that your supplier is reliable? Have you dealt with him before? Thanks, just wondering...
welcome, supplier is aminglau and he is very reliable
I want a brown switch one, sent to Norway, and I'm fine with all the shipping stuff.
(Shut up and take my money! :P)
Note, I'll be away until Sunday evening, local time, and probably won't be able to pay you until then at the earliest (Monday more realistic)
Hi .XL,
I'm new to the forums and mechanical keyboards in general but I'd like to buy the MX brown version. Since I've never participated in a group buy before, I'm somewhat concerned about the protocol. Can you clarify the buying process? Do you know that your supplier is reliable? Have you dealt with him before? Thanks, just wondering...
Incidentally, if vhaarr lives somewhere near me (oslo area) it might be easier/cheaper to send us one package, and then we can sort things out between us.
Thanks for your responses noodles and XL.
.XL, any delivery estimate to Texas? Do you think a month is the usual length of the entire process?
I'll take a brown.
So, what's the typical procedure when paying through Paypal? Mark it as a purchase or a gift? If it's a purchase, should I use a fee calculator to take into account what Paypal is going to charge? Or, is this fee already included in the quoted price?
Was lurking for awhile, wasn't sure if I wanted to get a brown.
But the hell with it, here I am. Brown please. I'm in Canada.
Thanks for setting this up btw.
payment sent, thanks for putting this together
Does the $100 include shipping to my house?
Why wouldn't you have fifteen keyboards in the shipment? I thought nearly all were spoken for already. Exactly how many browns do you have left?
Incidentally, if vhaarr lives somewhere near me (oslo area) it might be easier/cheaper to send us one package, and then we can sort things out between us.
Are we supposed to pay already?! oO
I am at work at the moment but will get right on it when I get home. So what was the total then for international shipping - $145?
just made payment. I didn't get any email though.
Still possible to get a brown or only blacks?
Just got back home.
I sent you my payment now :)
Sounds good, and thank you for all your hard work so far :)
My Noppoo including packaging materials weighed 1.3kg. So estimate around there.
Could you give me the exact box measurements?
W 6 7/8 in.
L 13 3/4 in.
H 2 in.
Hope that helps.
Great news guys! The package seems to have landed not 30 min driving distance from me this morning at 6am! That means I should have it some time early next week!
I'll update you when I receive the boards!
The package has BEEN RECEIVED! I'll drive up tomorrow and grab it so you guys can get em a few days earlier :p
What I WILL need, though, is an extra $3 from every West Coast member and an extra $7 from every Canadian! I'll send you guys individual PMs tomorrow if you haven't paid. I checked with the post office and it turns out I will be losing out ~$25 if you guys don't pay me :(
How about us Europeans? :-)
Will you be testing each of them before shipping out? I ask because these seem to have a higher rate of defect.
IF the European members would like me to send the keyboards out for them tomorrow PLEASE send me US$45 on paypal and we can negotiate any refund or extra payment as necessary! Otherwise I will get an exact quote for you and send out the package Monday!
I'm still waiting on my refund from 7bit so I can pay you the 3 bucks but I don't know when that will happen. Can you just ship my keyboard tomorrow though? I'll pay you once I get the money back from 7bit.
It's done, so please send the keyboard tomorrow.
Is it too late to send you $45 to get it shipped today? (I need to check the forums more often :P)
Why not go on your lunch break? That's what I do.
Those pictures look wonderful. Guess I'll receive a newegg box!?
Yessir! I bought a box for you at the Walmart Supercenter near my house (at like 1 am :p 24 hour shopping FTW) but I ended up not having enough packing peanuts for the box. So I just used a Newegg box I had lying around :p
Just wondering if you have any extra boards? I might want a blue switch one as well.
If you DON'T receive it .XL doesn't wanna hear about it.
Whiners.
Dude...tell your gf she ain't gettin' no necklace until she gets out of bed and buys you that damn bleach!
I guess I was lucky enough to be closer to .XL than most everyone else as I got mine today :p Which is quicker than expected considering these were just shipped what, friday?
I hooked it up briefly and it seems to be in good working order. I can't wait to use this everyday at work now. Thanks again .XL for doing all of this, I don't think I would have gotten one of these otherwise.
Screw Europe. USA is where it's at yo. :P
Also, I don't know if I will be offering spots in the next Group Buy to Europeans, as the shipping varies widely so I cannot estimate it. $21 with tracking to Finland, but I have to pay over $50 to ship to Norway with tracking? Wuuuh...?
<-- From Europe
SEND ME THAT KEYBOARD BACK!
That might have something to do with norwegian toll and VAT restrictions. They're quite.. strict. I'm anticipating my keyboard getting snagged in customs and them wanting all sorts of paperwork for it. At any rate, I reckon I'm not done paying for it :P
Did you come up with a way to get 87u's from China or Japan yet? Was it you who I was talking to this about?
I don't lie on customs forms. The keyboard is used. The value is stated. They rarely check used items.
I doubt it. I marked it as a $35 used keyboard. That should be enough to get through customs with no issue. The keyboard box itself has no plastic on it so I don't know if they'd be able to tell if it's new without opening the box (it's firmly secured amongst lots of bubble wrap)
you sir are bad for lying to me and for lying to customs.
I just thought I'd call you out on your contradictions thats all. Please continue this wonderful thread.
rationalizing your lies and contradictions still doesn't make it right, besides you're free to do whatever you like because I'm not the POPO. I think you'd have a harder time rationalizing your actions to the real POPO though.
Nothing will come of it. Nothing at all. I'm not a major importer, I exported a handful of these things - Customs wouldn't even look my general direction.
Now, move on Panda. I already gave you my apologies.
you didn't give me any apologies, i'll stop harrasing u if u give me a HUG.
.XL, watch out it's a trick!
Panda: I waited until your business was done before I started asking questions. You couldn't show the same courtesy, I can see.
I apologized in your thread, stating that had I know that you were charged customs duties on both items I would not have commented.
i am a panda man, you ever tried reasoning with a panda that just wants to eat ur bamboo, wait no i want u to eat my bamboo...
besides i'm not threadcrapping your group buy, i think it's great whatever it is you are doing but I'mma still call you out on your lies and contradictions.
However I am willing to look the other way if u give me that hug u promised.
I never promised any hug...
I never lied, either. The keyboards were tested in Hong Kong to see if they were functioning. They were used ;)
no hug no leave.
spock would be proud of your logic. I should be angry that amazon sold me a used keyboard then.
you have no integrity or honor. dood i caught u in ur big fat lies already u should just come clean already. your a customs form hacker.
**** I wish I could hack.
And you're saying I have no integrity or honor because I marked several packages as used, and then said I don't lie on customs forms? LOL!
Hugs are forms of submission. I again refuse.
I can set you up a nice panda bed over there in the corner if you think you'll be spending the night...
you aren't qualified to drive the ferd f-teenthousand because you can't man up and say you lie on customs forms.
panda's don't sleep on bed's stupid.
Are you sure they don't?Show Image(http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/463120/463120,1286751328,1/stock-photo-cute-animal-little-baby-giant-panda-in-bed-lhinping-in-chiangmai-zoo-thailand-62755594.jpg)
*hug*
Is everything okay now?
Received my board yesterday and as far as I can tell, it's in perfect working condition.
Thanks again for putting this group buy together. The purchasing process was simple and it came faster than I expected.
WOAH. I can't believe this. Today I received a letter that I've received a package. Apparently the local post office tried to deliver the board to me *yesterday*. That's ridiculously fast.
Aanyway, the keyboard is in perfect condition and feels really nice. :-)
Thank you so much!
Just got mine today (although I have yet to test it). Thanks a lot for setting this up. Death to PayPal!
Good to hear! Damn - USPS was really moving this week! I still can't believe it made it to Finland before California though....
This keyboard is a ****ing scam. The print on the keycaps are uneven, some keys are almost not printed and only one or 2 are really golden printed.
Recommending that keyboard is really not willing to help people.
High disapointment.
- look at the "{[" keys difference over the enter key: one is really printed the other one almost not at all.
- look at the 2 keys on the left of the enter one: almost not printed at all.
- The only really printed key (too much???) is the Q (by the way in phonetic "Q" means ass in French... ironic isn't it?) and almost the "7".
And I'm not talking about the kind of white veil covering unevenly the keys...
They don't do any QA.
(Sorry for my bad English)
I already admitted the keyprinting isn't good...that's the biggest downfall of the board. However if you notice almost all people that own the Noppoo prefer the layout and the feel to Filcos/Leopolds/etc.
You pay for the experience, not just the printing. If you wanted great printing and didn't care about a quality typing experience you'd be fine with a quietkey...but of course that's not why we're here.
Most people that have their Noppoo's love them, some people say it's the best keyboard they own. Shoddy lasering on the keycaps shouldn't prevent you from getting a great board, and definitely doesn't warrant calling it a '****ing scam.'
What do you think about Filcos? Are they a ****ing scam because the keys get shiny? You can always swap the stock keys if you don't like them, anyway.
Seriousl, I can understand what you say but here it's really not professional from a company. And the comparison with Filco keys is maybe a bit too much ;)
I can't imagine that stuff sold in Europe nor in US in stores.
Anyway, am i the only one to see only one or 2 highly printed keys and some almost not at all?
Based on what you said, I'll give it a try. Maybe I'll love it... if I manage to see the keys as i'm not an otaku-like typer ^^
I'm trying.. but I can't see anything on the keyboard. So as I'm getting from ISO to ANSI that's making it harder ^^
I don't believe the choc mini was intended to have all bright gold keys, I'm pretty sure it was intended to have the key symbols fairly faint for a somewhat stealth look. I hope you didn't buy it thinking otherwise
The argument vs Filco and Blackwidow is stupid. Those are two different cases, the Noppoo's lettering is faded due to bad QA. The Blackwidow and Filco faded lettering is due to heavy use.
NOT a fair comparison in my opinion
People who bought the keyboard without reading the reviews deserve what they get.Totally... Anyone who took a look at any pictures of one before they bought it could tell "Hey, the printing on those keys look quite faint/dark."
I must have posted this pic 20 times and commented on the Poo Noppoo keys.
So suck it up and stop whining.
Sorry for the nub question but is it possible to replace all the keys on a Noppoo with something else if it bothers people so much?
Front row and far right column is going to be a big problem on the Noppoo (glad I posted that pic so I could check it out). Also small RShift normally.
Isn't the space bar an odd size also? I thought that was brought up in the doubleshot group buy, someone wanting keys for their choc mini
I knew there were problems with quality control but didn't think it'd be that much noticeable. I don't really care about whether the prints are dark or light; it's the inconsistency of the prints that is the problem.
It bothered me for a few secs but I was planning on replacing all the key caps so it's not a big deal, but the whole "that's to be expected, deal with it" attitude isn't right either. Just because it's made in China doesn't give them the excuse to ship out half-assed key caps. People aren't "whining" because it's ABS or PBT or pad printed or whatever. It's like they set the laser to random before edging in the letters. lol
Anyways, as I said earlier even with this QC issue it's still a great keyboard. Compact size, plate mounted, thick key caps (this I liked a lot despite horrible prints)...etc.
Btw, can anyone check if the backspace came with stabil pieces? I don't know what they're called exactly. I was switching out key caps earlier and noticed it was missing the black plastic pieces that attach to the key cap side slots. Hard to explain. :P
I am thinking about buying one of these boards from the classifieds. The keys look fine, is this problem something to do with manufacturing or do they wear like this over time?
The stabilizers? I think that may be a cherry/filco thing. Is the backspace sitting on only the switch?
group buy 3 can't come soon enough. :( moogle kits I need it...nao!
That looks awesome! Doubleshot noppoo is pretty beastly :p It's a shame you don't have the Fn keys visible now...guess you just have to memorize them :p
Aside from the key cap printing issue, what's the general feel for the keyboard? Was thinking about getting one and keypad printing on it doesn't really matter to me. I read the reviews up on the site but was just wondering what people who might've received theirs from this group buy think about it.
EDIT: Actually went through the entire thread again and noticed some people already responded, it looks like general consensus is keypad printing does suck but the keyboard itself feels really solid. Actually sold me, picked up one for myself. :-)
I'm wondering what is KBC POKER overall quality compared to this Noppoo Choc Mini.
It's not as solid, the keycaps aren't as nice (they're ABS). I wish the Poker was plate mounted - I love the solid feel of plate mounted boards.
The next batch of poker x's are supposed to use PBT key caps and/or plate mounted.