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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 31 May 2011, 15:35:34

Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 31 May 2011, 15:35:34
Just wondering why these are so cheap. It should be the same as the ones we get over here right?

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Majestouch%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9-%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89USB-PS2%E4%B8%A1%E5%AF%BE%E5%BF%9C%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E87%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC-N%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC-%E7%8B%ACCherryMX%E8%8C%B6%E8%BB%B8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%83%81/dp/B001BR4NLI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306873801&sr=8-1
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Tue, 31 May 2011, 15:46:29
Amazon Japan wont ship anything out of the country unless it is media or a few other select things

Sent from my EVO
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 31 May 2011, 15:54:19
Quote from: BiNiaRiS;353769
Amazon Japan wont ship anything out of the country unless it is media or a few other select things

Sent from my EVO
I'm just wondering since I have family that can bring it here.
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Tue, 31 May 2011, 16:02:23
Lucky SOB :)

Pretty sure they are the same just at good prices. I would 100% pick one up. If i had friends/family there I would totally grab one.
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 31 May 2011, 16:22:08
Oh thats good to know! I just don't know if I can wait for them to stock majestouch2...I can't believe some of the Filcos are in the 5000 yen range!

Realforce and HHKB are in the 20000 yen range too. Seems like paradise over there
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: eot on Tue, 31 May 2011, 16:29:12
God damn! Next time I go to Japan I'll make sure I order one to pick up there :D
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: redpill on Tue, 31 May 2011, 17:05:38
Quote from: Tennobanzai;353766
Just wondering why these are so cheap. It should be the same as the ones we get over here right?

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Majestouch%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9-%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89USB-PS2%E4%B8%A1%E5%AF%BE%E5%BF%9C%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E87%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC-N%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC-%E7%8B%ACCherryMX%E8%8C%B6%E8%BB%B8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%83%81/dp/B001BR4NLI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306873801&sr=8-1

Might want to test them for Cesium-137.

Just sayin.
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: redpill on Tue, 31 May 2011, 17:41:53
Yes
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: Haes on Tue, 31 May 2011, 18:27:56
damn, that's cheap... look at majestouch 1 108: about 70€... http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B0007TXT48/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i4?pf_rd_m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0TJETKQXPWMA0BPAT5Z7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463376736&pf_rd_i=489986
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: litster on Tue, 31 May 2011, 18:46:35
You can try using tenso.com as your shipping/forwarding agent.  You can buy it yourself if you can navigate around the site and can read Japanese, and then have the product shipped to tenso's address, then tenso send it to your oversea address.  If not, tenso.com can also buy the item for you on your behave and then ship it to you, for a fee.
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
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Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: jumpfroggy on Wed, 01 June 2011, 03:20:14
Yeah, filco's on Amazon.co.jp are cheap.  I got my Filco FKB104M/EB from there for $80 shipped... to a japanese address.  Then I had a friend ship it to me here.  That's what I'm typing on now.  If I didn't have a friend there that could ship it so cheaply, I'd have to go through the normal channels and pay a lot more.

I'd really like to get a Majestouch-2 full size with blues, but it doesn't seem like they sell in the US.  Plus, I could really use a backlit keyboard.  And more importantly - I've got a ton more toys on my "to-buy" list first.
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: Tennobanzai on Wed, 01 June 2011, 21:50:41
Just ordered REAL Filco Ninjas in Jpn layout because you know the other layouts are faking the funk
Title: Amazon Japan sell the same Filcos we get here?
Post by: n19htmare on Thu, 02 June 2011, 02:03:39
Maybe my definition of cheap is not same as others.

When you say "so cheap" and thinking of having family bring you one... I'm thinking to myself, damn, it must be THAT cheap.

But when I actually look at the price of 10,229 JPY, which is roughly $127........... All of a sudden, I'm no longer thinking OMG IT IS SO CHEAP. I'm thinking...it's only $12 cheaper.

$139 AMAZON US
$127 AMAZON JP
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$12 difference


Am I missing the "SO CHEAP" part or am I reading the prices wrong?