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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: cactux on Thu, 16 June 2011, 06:48:21

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: cactux on Thu, 16 June 2011, 06:48:21

Looks like the Red CTRL Keycap will be sell by a very short period of time so lets put a group buy in place
Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB (http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/type-s_campaign2011)

Any help from any HHKB user with previous group buy experience  is more than welcome

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: chongyixiong on Thu, 16 June 2011, 07:04:19

Woot - almost USD$400 for a red CTRL keycap..

Anyway, I believe that it is not worth it, and it's only for the first 100 buyers.

Might as well get the coveted Leopold 87U All 45g that is supposedly launching soon - or 2 used HHKB Pro2s - which you can use to dye whatever colour you want.

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: cactux on Thu, 16 June 2011, 07:26:59

400 USD where did you see such price? I could not find the price

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: chongyixiong on Thu, 16 June 2011, 07:53:25

If you click Buy It Now, it will lead you to a page to buy it.. @ 29,800Yen.

Crazy **** ass pricing.

I remember last time they had a promotion for the Red CTRL keycap it was more like a raffle.
You could purchase the HHKB + Case + something else for the same price as the HHKB itself though - 24,800 Yen.

http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/hhkb/

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: cactux on Thu, 16 June 2011, 08:02:50

Man that is the whole keyboard not the keycap. I emailed my Japanese contact an hopefully tomorrow I will post full price

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: chongyixiong on Thu, 16 June 2011, 08:05:52

Quote from: cactux;361641

Man that is the whole keyboard not the keycap

I know - why that when you can get this (http://www.amazon.co.jp/PFU-Keyboard-Professional2-USB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89-PD-KB400WN/dp/B000F1HWFU/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1308229426&sr=8-11) shipped in Japan for less than 20,000 yen?

That 5,000 yen could get you almost a brand new set of 60 keys from EK itself - which you can dye and experiment by yourself.
5,000 yen for a CTRL key is just crazy man - and I thought I was crazy enough to bid on one red CTRL key on Yahoo! JP few months ago for 1,000 yen.

I say we go ahead with the Topre custom keycap thing man - for that pricing we could even get the Korean aluminium keyboard tenkeyless TypeSolid man

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: Mazora on Thu, 16 June 2011, 08:25:16

could we also organize a group buy for the new Type-S model :)

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: Mazora on Thu, 16 June 2011, 08:26:17

I'm in in both case...

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: cactux on Thu, 16 June 2011, 09:47:41

Quote from: Mazora;361652

could we also organize a group buy for the new Type-S model :)

Call EK they maybe considering getting some

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: noodles256 on Thu, 16 June 2011, 09:52:17

dur

Title: Red CTRL Keycap for HHKB
Post by: HaveANiceDay on Thu, 16 June 2011, 12:23:44

Looks like the red CTRL is a promotional gift for the "new" HHKB. I don't think they will sell those separate as it would make the promotion meaningless.