Wow, great walkthrough fssbzz. This should be part of the wiki or something.
Ok so the one thing your pictures dont tell is which option is which state. Take this pic for example:Show Image(http://yfrog.com/2fwhichonej)
Which one of those is texas?
How much is the shipping approx to US or Europe?
great guide Fssbzz, really helpful :)
I got there in the end using Google chrome and the auto translate to traditional Chinese.
Anyone have idea on shipping times? I've dealt with some foreign companies and waited months for them to ship out.
they are pretty fast.
they use EMS
it is equal to USPS International Express Mail.
The fastest int service available in USPS.
4~5days to deliver once it shipped.
Whoah Fssbzz - Nice Guide!!Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2409&d=1241763378[/QUOTE]
lol! thanks!
and here for those who need help finding their Filco Tenkeyless
[URL=http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1682][IMG]http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/images/200911/goods_img/1682_P_1257326439230.jpg)
FILCO TENKEYLESS CHERRY MX BLACK [English][/URL]Show Image(http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/images/200911/goods_img/1680_P_1257324504208.jpg)
FILCO TENKEYLESS CHERRY MX BROWN [English] (http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1680)Show Image(http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/images/200911/goods_img/1679_P_1257325874272.jpg)
FILCO TENKEYLESS CHERRY MX BLUE [English] (http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1679)
I'm getting this 未確認,未付款,未出貨 under the 訂單狀態 of the order section, does it take a while to confirm they have got payment?
Cheers.
Take that OOS elitekeyboards!
Fssbzz you are my hero.
Anyone order one yet, know how much was the total shipped to the states? (tenkeyless filco)
Thanks Fssbzz.
It took them about 5 days before my order was even shipped. If you have questions about your order, there's a button inside account management to send them questions. You can send them questions in english, and they'll respond in english. It's a little broken, but it's understandable.
Another note: if you mouse over their icons/links in the account management page and look at the link that appears in the bottom left corner of google chrome, all of the links are actually in english, so it helps you confirm that you're clicking on the right thing.
About the steps they take while processing the order.
They will confirm the order first. Make sure you've confirmed your e-mail address after creating the account by clicking the link in the e-mail they send. Chrome doesn't appear to translate e-mails inside of gmail, but you can paste it into translate.google.com to know which link to click.
After the order has been confirmed, they will check stock and verify that the order has been paid for. This took 3 days for me. Even though paypal showed that the payment was transferred as soon as I made the order, the information in account management did not update until 3 days later. Until that time, the account management window will show that you still owe them money and provide you with a link to paypal to pay it. Don't make a mistake and pay them twice.
After confirming that I had paid via paypal, it took another two days to ship it. I also ordered on a Thursday night. It may have taken longer due to the weekend.
Glad I could help. If I remember, I'll add more once the package arrives, such as condition of the product, whether the packaging was adequate, etc. I only ordered some blank keycaps for my filco tenkeyless, so I doubt there's much to mess up, but we'll see.
Does armygroup sell numpads?
I want a cherry blue numpad
fssbzz, you may want to add links to keys and such, since people have interest in ordering Blank keycaps and such.
I'm looking at the blank keycap set for the Filco, but think I am going to wait to see what happens with the double shot order and what not.
Only one they have is brown:
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1670
Can anyone translate this error mesage I get when trying to enter the shipping address?Show Image(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1618/capturesm0.jpg)
This is what I think, not 100%
Google translate "telephone format wrong" to 電話格式錯誤 (I dont understand the first 2 characters)
In asia, we dont have dash or space in our telephone numbers.
Can anyone translate this error mesage I get when trying to enter the shipping address?Show Image(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1618/capturesm0.jpg)
Can anyone translate this error mesage I get when trying to enter the shipping address?
I tried entering the damn number in several different formats including without any spaces.
I really should probably try and add the blank key caps to my order that I placed last night, since I'd hope they'd include the expensive shipping under one price with the keyboard.
Would probably just be too much hassle, I'll settle for the printed keys.
Make sure your number is in either a 6 or 11 digit format for either a home phone or mobile, you may have to also include your area code/ country code at the beginning of a home number
eg. 0000 123456 - home
or. 01234567891 - mobile
My number is 13 digits long including the area code and 10 digits without it. And that's for mobile since it's the only phone I have.
I'm honestly not sure, I tried googling it and the only thing I could come across was adding a "1" for US to make it 11 digits, so maybe it's something similar for Finland.
If your still having trouble it might be worth just putting in a made a number, I'm not sure what they use it for though as they say they delete it after the order.
I'll think about it. You're probably right about them not using the phone number for anything, so I might as well get an order with a fake number.
BTW, they added the extra set of yellow WASD keys and red ESC key because I've been talking to one of the people in charge over there. I did it for you guys! I know shipping is a lot but if someone is placing an order already they can order a bunch for ~$3.30 a set.Can you talk to them about what kind of discount we could get on bulk orders?
Edit: Oh, and it comes with a Filco key puller as well.
Can you talk to them about what kind of discount we could get on bulk orders?
Now have confirmed payment under my account, current delivery status is "stocking in the" hopefully that doesn't mean waiting for stock, original: 備貨中
If need bulk orders, I think would need a leader to deal with this matter.I have no problem organizing an order. I was just hoping F2a would be kind enough to inquire since he already has an established relationship.
Can you talk to them about what kind of discount we could get on bulk orders?
I have no problem organizing an order. I was just hoping F2a would be kind enough to inquire since he already has an established relationship.
Naw that must mean getting the item from stocking..it takes a few days for some reason. They'll ship it out eventually.
Nicole are you from armygroup?
:3
Armygroup just dropped the filco tenkeyless in white..too bad the keys ain't white or this would have been ordered already.Son of a b...Show Image(http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/images/201012/goods_img/5527_P_1291405051857.jpg)
son of a b...
I hope pchome gets some too.
I'm thinking about replacing the wide key with a smaller, normal sized key to prevent hitting it accidentally. I don't want to brazenly rip it out without knowing in advance though.
Additionally, since it was mentioned a page back, are the capslock keys on the Filcos stabilized? It wiggles more than the backspace, enter or spacebar, so I would assume not. I'm thinking about replacing the wide key with a smaller, normal sized key to prevent hitting it accidentally. I don't want to brazenly rip it out without knowing in advance though.
Can anyone figure out which of the (2) different White FILCO Tenkeyless keyboards armygroup shows comes with Cherry Brown switches?
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=5528
Has anyone ordered the Realforce 87U from Armygroup? If so how much was it and how much was the shipping(to the US)?
How much did you pay for your Filco Tenkeyless and postage? Is the postage all fixed for international? I am looking to ship one to Australia for X'mas or something.
Cheers.
If that is 150USD, then it is around 153AUD or so. Still $30 cheaper than my local store.. do I buy it from them or should I get them from my local store? Dilemma...
If that is 150USD, then it is around 153AUD or so. Still $30 cheaper than my local store.. do I buy it from them or should I get them from my local store? Dilemma...
Hi guys, after getting used to my keyboard I decided I'm gonna take the plunge and go for the blank keys on army group as well, since my brother wants to order a keyboard after using mine I may as well get the most out of the postage. I was just wandering is it possible to get blank white keys? I found the blank ones but white blank keys would be quite cool.
Mine was shipped to Melbourne, all up for $140AUD, give or take a smidge. Certainly buying from within the country will be an easier process, and faster as well, however I found the savings worth my time and effort.
What freebies are they giving out if I purchase a tenkeyless from them? The red and yellow keys? How long does it take to reach here?
My Chinese mailman was curious as to what I had shipped express from China from "Army group"
My Chinese mailman was curious as to what I had shipped express from China from "Army group"
Did I do something wrong if it says the status of my order is:
"Not recognized, no payment, no shipment"
It may just be a translation issue, but I'm a little concerned at "no payment". It shows my payment in my PayPal transaction history.
(again, sorry if this is a stupid question)
i was wondering how will i know the switch colors of each of the keyboards? can i tell just by looking at the pictures? or are those stock photos? i am interested in either blacks or browns, thanks ^_^
Got it four days later on Friday, I live in NH, USA. It was a Festivus miracle!
Web page isn't even up now... interesting. Hopefully it's only temporary.
Does anybody know if there are any keyboards with small shift, big enter and <> left from z layout? T_T Really want a mechanical keyboard but I can't afford the Filcos on keyboardco.com
Wow, 3k NTD each, with no shipping, you got lucky, my friend...
Just picked up my Filco Tenkeyless from the post office. It would have been delivered to my office after 4 days on Friday, but we were closed.
nice, do they send you anything letting you know it has been shipped? like tracking or something?
nice, do they send you anything letting you know it has been shipped? like tracking or something?
and i noticed something funny (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=zh-CN&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.newegg.com.cn/Search.aspx%3FN%3D1207505910%2B700028370%26pageSize%3D36&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com.hk&usg=ALkJrhhcxxoJC83Ot013DJO4pS77OI-uzw)
They give pretty much everything 5/5 stars. Easily impressed i guess.
First post here as well. I followed the guide and picked up the Filco tenkeyless brown switch board last Tuesday night. Just a heads up the next morning (around 4 am I forgot to turn my sound off on my phone its why I know haha) I received an email saying it shipped. My tracking number never updated (and still hasn't) and it says Data entry error when I click it. It arrived here in Kansas today through all the nasty weather.
Hope this helps. Thanks for the awesome write up on how to order. I actually found it enjoyable ordering for some reason.
Packaging was amazing.
I guess my only question is the yellow WASD keys sit a lot higher than my other keys I guess? Is this supposed to be like this? I just installed them and I can tell a big difference in the height of the keys. Thanks
I guess my only question is the yellow WASD keys sit a lot higher than my other keys I guess? Is this supposed to be like this? I just installed them and I can tell a big difference in the height of the keys. Thanks
I was curious what the chinese see when they try to buy from us:
and i noticed something funny (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=zh-CN&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://www.newegg.com.cn/Search.aspx%3FN%3D1207505910%2B700028370%26pageSize%3D36&prev=hp&rurl=translate.google.com.hk&usg=ALkJrhhcxxoJC83Ot013DJO4pS77OI-uzw)
They give pretty much everything 5/5 stars. Easily impressed i guess.
That looks right
It took them a few days to update my order. I think they do it manually lol
I just want to make sure I am looking at the right board. This one is the full sized with brown switches and is in english, correct?
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1675
Also, at the bottom of the page, you have the yellow wasd keys. Are those included? Google translate translated it to "gift" and I wasn't sure if it is included as a gift or you can get them for the keyboard for an additional cost. Thanks.
I guess my only question is the yellow WASD keys sit a lot higher than my other keys I guess? Is this supposed to be like this? I just installed them and I can tell a big difference in the height of the keys. Thanksedit* put them on again and make sure they were fully seated, and they are fine.
Dear Customer: We are very sorry for you wait a long time, Has acknowledged receipt of your payment from PAYPAL, will ship at the latest tomorrow, thank you. have a nice day Customer Service
I feel for you, evoli. I ordered mine just a few hours ago and already got my shipped email.
Crawl, let me know how browns works in SC2.
'Ello, great forum you have here :wave:
I was wanting to know if someone would be so kind to confirm the exact price, in USD, of a Majestouch Tenkeyless Brown shipped to Oklahoma City (Oklahoma, US)?
Welcome to GH! It'd probably be around $150 with everything included (paypal fees + shipping)...
Does it sound noisy since in SC2, we have to 'spam' a lot? Hahax.
Great thread. Ordered my keyboard last tuesday 1/4 and got the keyboard on 1/14. Like previously stated in this thread if you have a question you can send a message to armygroup and they will get back to you (in English). Ordered a Filco Tenkeyless with Cherry MX Brown switches. Spent about $155 and got it shipped to Connecticut. Easiest way to navigate their site is google chrome + the built in translation.
Thanks.
I believe those taxes they mentioned are the export tax and/or some kind of local taxes in Taiwan. You are going to have to pay import tax and/or any kind of taxes from your side.
You know what's weird. I follow the guide and go to paypal, pay as guest. Use my debit card that I've had forever. I think it's cuz my paypal account is deliquent $400 from like 7 years ago. Says "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different credit or debit card number."
Anyone else get that?
Just sprung on a tenkeyless Filco brown :)!
Hope I don't get hit with custom taxes in Canada...
Please advise what happens - PM me if you don't want to post publicly - thanks! You've just ordered what I an seriously thinking about getting from them...
XL, so you got it in 6 days from order date? Seems you ordered at the best possible time (saturday or sunday).
So it was shipped monday and arrived in NY tuesday? One day!?
Gah, Does anyone know if they ship to New Zealand? I translated New Zealand and got this新西兰 but can't find it in the Asia/Oceania list.
Gah, Does anyone know if they ship to New Zealand? I translated New Zealand and got this新西兰 but can't find it in the Asia/Oceania list.
Are you using Chrome browser? If you choose any country from the list, hit "show original" from auto translate bar, then select "Translate to English" (from context menu) the list of countries will be translated too.
Wow, they are extremely fast, even for Canada! Shipped out 4-6 hours later when I ordered it. And it's already in Vancouver:
2011/02/19 03:39 VANCOUVER International item arrived in Canada and will be reviewed by Customs
2011/02/17 21:11 International item has left the origin country and is en route to Canada
Woo! Now I just hope it's not going to be in customs too long :(
Wow, they are extremely fast, even for Canada! Shipped out 4-6 hours later when I ordered it. And it's already in Vancouver:
2011/02/19 03:39 VANCOUVER International item arrived in Canada and will be reviewed by Customs
2011/02/17 21:11 International item has left the origin country and is en route to Canada
Woo! Now I just hope it's not going to be in customs too long :(
Please keep us updated on how the experience went. Especially customs side. May I ask how much your purchase came out to?
Please keep us updated on how the experience went. Especially customs side. May I ask how much your purchase came out to?
No problem.
My total with shipping, paypal fees (if there was any? can't remember), and all that came up to just under $160. Was about $159.xx
Really good price shipped, especially for $CDN and if there's no customs.
I hope they don't give me customs since I wrote on the "order note" section on armpygroup to "please mark as a gift"... I hope that note was to them, and not to be put on the box, lol. Otherwise the customs could look at that and see it wasn't a properly marked.. maybe? Not sure.
No problem.
My total with shipping, paypal fees (if there was any? can't remember), and all that came up to just under $160. Was about $159.xx
Really good price shipped, especially for $CDN and if there's no customs.
I hope they don't give me customs since I wrote on the "order note" section on armpygroup to "please mark as a gift"... I hope that note was to them, and not to be put on the box, lol. Otherwise the customs could look at that and see it wasn't a properly marked.. maybe? Not sure.
Just want to say my order with them is going through just fine. I was concerned that after paypal hit I logged into their website it said I never paid yet (a day later mind you) and that the status of shipping is (no shipping) this worried me,
Wow! It's already here! Hands down best shipping experience I've had.
Ordered on Thursday, and arrived today went through customs in a breeze and is now here waiting for me at my house.
No custom duties/taxes! Will provide more info once I get home.
Thanks all.
Wow - nice. Please keep in mind what I said before - I have had EMS deliveries arrive which did not require tax/customs payment to be paid in order to receive the package. Instead, an invoice arrived at a later date with the charges. Please keep the thread up to date (and your fingers crossed).
Thanks!
This has been said before, but the delays in the status of you orders are because they update the status manually. Some people have had even a few days before their payment was "accepted" in the order status.
I didn't intend to sound rude or anything. I understand you not wanting to read through all the pages in this thread, and just wanted to state that you're not the only one with this "problem". IMO something like this should be edited in the OP so people could only read that and get all the information they need in order to purchase from Armygroup and understand what's happening, if there seems to be a problem.
I volunteer Wellington1869 to do the Wiki on Elitekeyboards.
This gets proposed a lot. Too much work IMHO. Just keeping the WW Shopping Links up to date is a PITA. If you can't handle the wild west of internet shopping don't go to Mexico.
From Canada Post? I have never gotten anything like that at a later date before. I order from the states/china a few times too. One time I got taxed (on delivery) for $12 for a $260 item lol. That's about it.
Not sure if I heard stories about this happening to Canada Post either. Ive heard it happening to UPS customers.
Oh well. Hopefully nothing shows up. It went in and out of customs on the weekend so it wasn't in there long at all.
Filco Tenkeyless RED MX available at AG!!!Correct me if I'm wrong, but the correct link/number for the tenkeyless seems to be 6092 (http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=6092).
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=6093 <-- tenkeyless
That's not a bad price. $114 + shipping is a lot less than Diatec was charging.
Where are you getting $114?
I'm assuming those are Taiwan Dollars. I show the tenkeyless and full versions are $4300 and $4980, respectively. Unless I'm missing something, those convert to $144.99 and $167.92, respectively, not including shipping...
On the other hand, it looks like the english tenkeyless tea axis is $3200, or $107.90 US, plus shipping, which is what, another $20? Tea Axis is browns right?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the correct link/number for the tenkeyless seems to be 6092 (http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=6092).
BTW, those are "FR-4", so I take it it's the new Majestouch 2, with the nice PCB ?
I take back my word above, sorry, 6092 is Chinese version, 6093 is English version, apparently they removed English version for some reason. Don't know what they are going to do with my order :D
So the pictures for the 6092 are inaccurate, as they clearly show English keycaps...
it's for illustrative purpose only, I guess... the layout lower down the page clearly shows the Chinese characters...Good point.
can someone tell me what the difference is between these two brown switches??
they both got NKRO from what I see but is one with bopomofo on the keyboard and one isnt? (the extra symbols on the letters)
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1671
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=1675
Hmm hopefully I get em soon
I also wanna order from armygroup from Canada, is there any problem with customs? What do they ship with?\\
Also, I kinda hate them for imposing fees for using CC and don't want to do business with them.
I also wanna order from armygroup from Canada, is there any problem with customs? What do they ship with?\\
Also, I kinda hate them for imposing fees for using CC and don't want to do business with them.
Anyone has a clue what is the shipping cost for a keyboard to europe?
i am trying to add items to my cart and no deal . just acts like it is loading .. anyone have any idea what is going on ?
I just did an estimate for some cherry white switches, it would cost me $33 USD for the switches but they want another $340 for shipping to US....
Oh man, I signed up years ago for Armygroup, and now they send me mails all the time without an unsubscribe button. Anyone figured that out?I was actually wondering the same...