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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: qtan5370 on Tue, 04 October 2011, 14:58:09
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I got several people ask about this keyboard and I find it from Pchome in Taiwan and they do ship international(but only have Chinese webpage). Also, they carry some of ducky too. So here I checking how many needs for this board as long as some other staff from PChome T.W, than we group up order it so might get some discount.
http://global.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=DCAH28-A58428401&SR_NO=DCAH28&ROWNO=16&tm=u
Price is 98-99 dollar, shipping is 10 dollars to U.S./AU 20 Dollars to EU (up to 5KG/11 pounds!)
All staff have price at NT, but you can click the word "美金?" right next to the price to get dollar price. Google translation is enough for you look up item.
They don't have Filco...
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any white tenkeyless duckys?
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Does this one have the Chinese characters on them or is it just like the pic on the site?
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I'd be interested in CM Storm w/ brown switches
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I'm in for a CM Storm with MX Red Switches
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My interest has been checked. (I'm interested in the CMstorm)
Edit: that is to say: My check turned out to be interesting.
Here's an interesting cheque:
http://xkcd.com/verizon/verizon.jpg
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My interesting has been checked. (I'm interested in the CMstorm)
Fixed ;)
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I'd be down for a CM Storm with Reds.
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interested in one with red switches
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oh, we got 4 already, that's good. Wait until this week then I will ask for discount based on the amount interest.
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FYI, the price may fluctuate a little due to exchange rate. it costs me $114 totally for a red switch one. great alternative for a filco 87 red.
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I believes Noppoo Red is good alternative for filco 87 red. No much idea about CM staff, they are good at making cooler..
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I'm in for a CM Storm with Red Switches (Probable) I'd like to see a few more reviews , but it looks like the best deal for me to get a TKL in Red for a reasonable price.
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I'm also in for one CM storm with red switches.
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Red is out of Stock.....I will keep looking it.
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In for Red too. Was going to order from PCHome but they were out of stock.
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I am interested in one with red switches.
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Red is out of Stock.....I will keep looking it.
That sucks. Tenkeyless w/ Red switches are really hard to find. I may just end up going with a Poker for my small form factor Red switch needs.
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I am in as long as the pictures from the site are showing the proper keycaps.
EDIT: Red switch only
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I'm in also if more red switches come up...
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That sucks. Tenkeyless w/ Red switches are really hard to find. I may just end up going with a Poker for my small form factor Red switch needs.
This is true, and one reason I was looking forward to the CMstorm.
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I'm ok with out of stock if it's only for a week or two to replenish. Considering battlesheep was in the main thread talking to us I would say they are working to refill those orders quickly.
I don't want to end up like the Filco where just as I find out about it and decide to want Red switches they are impossible to find NEW for any kind of decent price.
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in for red, thank
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Filco ... Red switches they are impossible to find NEW for any kind of decent price.
Well it IS limited edition... Or should that be WAS ?
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@qtan,
PCHOME is not the only place selling it.
Maybe you can group buy from Armygroup/Inpad, or ask your taiwanese friend to visit the Guang Hua Business Center where they sell all kinds of electronics stuff, CM Storm included I think
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lol Yeah , I know ..... I was hoping it was a marketing gimmick and they would have " limited edition " like every 3 months.
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With 12 people interested.... My only concern with getting from somewhere other than PCHOME is the shipping costs. I love the $10 shipping Idea as that will allow me to buy some caps to put on it as well.
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Single CM Storm KBs from armygroup start at $128 shipped... the reds are of course more.
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That's $128 shipped anywhere in the world ? And what is the price hike on reds ? I saw I think it was the Keyboardco offering Filco 104 keys in reds for 50 lbs(?) more than the others and with convertion is was upwards of $220 for those here in the US.
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qtan, maybe you can contact CoolerMaster HQ themselves? They might be able to supply directly to you.
Or you could try contacting a user on this site. His acc name is: battlesheep
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Looks to be just another $10 for the reds. So $138. It's EMS shipping so I don't know how that changes for non-North American destinations. Should be the same cost for Canada, money conversions aside.
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Am I reading the currecny exchange rate wrong here ?
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=6978#
2790 Chinese = 437 USD ?
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I already call CoolerMaster HQ China they will help me with that. The price in China is 2-3 dollar cheap, but the problem is I can't not ship it like that low in PChome unless use cheapest air mail, it would be at lest 16 dollar shipping to U.S.
PLU or Noppoo TLK W/ Red Switches is in stock. Army goup or Ipad is hard to deal with, they would never replay me.
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So what is the turn around time ( typically ) for cheapest air mail ? Are we talking a week or 6 weeks ? What are you looking at as "final price with shipping " if you get from CoolerMaster direct ?
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Hmm.. I'll have to think about it. lol
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Am I reading the currecny exchange rate wrong here ?
http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=6978#
2790 Chinese = 437 USD ?
Wrong currency... google: 2790 TWD in USD
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Well, really high demand.....Next year would be more and more keyboards! I hear a lot companies planning on new keyboard....
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Lol D'OH ! Thank you for the currency correction.
And yes , Thank you Qtan for your efforts in checking on all this.
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I thought they would be back in stock on PCHome?
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I already call CoolerMaster HQ China they will help me with that. The price in China is 2-3 dollar cheap, but the problem is I can't not ship it like that low in PChome unless use cheapest air mail, it would be at lest 16 dollar shipping to U.S.
PLU or Noppoo TLK W/ Red Switches is in stock. Army goup or Ipad is hard to deal with, they would never replay me.
Armygroup you cannot email them, need to use the leave a message method. 给客服留言
Inpad you need to contact them via MSN Messenger
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I thought they would be back in stock on PCHome?
At some point, certainly... but when? We don't know.
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True. I would be in for a Reds one, by the way.
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I'm done lurking! Count me in for CM Storm in Reds!
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Interested in Reds, as well.
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Interested in one with browns.
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I already call CoolerMaster HQ China they will help me with that. The price in China is 2-3 dollar cheap, but the problem is I can't not ship it like that low in PChome unless use cheapest air mail, it would be at lest 16 dollar shipping to U.S.
PLU or Noppoo TLK W/ Red Switches is in stock. Army goup or Ipad is hard to deal with, they would never replay me.
What about shipping to EU? PCHome shipping to EU is 20 euro. You might not be able to do it cheap for US customers, but it might be a good deal for us Europeans.
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Well, I have to wait one more day to contact with Cool master China, there in holiday, if they don't carry it, I will ask them give me TW contact.
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Well, I have to wait one more day to contact with Cool master China, there in holiday, if they don't carry it, I will ask them give me TW contact.
Thanks qtan :)
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Any updates on this ? I keep hitting the PChome site and assume it's still saying out of stock when I get that popup window that I can't read.
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Out of stock :(
Checking in China, no replay yet, they just back to work.
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Gah, should of gotten this when it was in stock.. Heard that the boards were coming to the US but they said that reds were coming later.
Nvm: they are back in stock.
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Interested in one with browns.
Sorry I'm going to have to pull out...
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Hopefully when I get home , I can figure out the Taiwanese language enough to order. Come on GOGLE TRANSLATE
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Any idea what this means ? I tried placing an order with Paypal and I keep getting this failure. When I try with Credit card it seems that it's limited to Tawain issued Credit cards only ? And requires ID's and carious bits of information I don't have.
Dear customer, Sorry!
We found the information you provide can not approach the transaction via PayPal
We have to cancel your order, please re-order online again for any inconvenience caused if you must forgive me also, Thanks again for your support and love!!!
If you have any questions, please to PChome global shopping "customer center" contact us.
Sincerely, global call center PChome Shopping
Any suggestions ?
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is the email your using the same as the one with paypal? sometimes paypal gets mad at me for trying to enter a different email. It sounds like the information you provided for paypal is incorrect.
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Yeah it's the same Email and it asks me to confirm my bank number. Paypal lets me login and I get past the Paypal screen and back to PC home and through Translation the button on PCHOME says " Determine payment " ... then I get this error.
Now , The paypal Phone number is different than the account setup through PChome. But other than that.....
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Damn it looks like They've dropped one in stock too if I'm guessing correctly. Went from 4 down to 3.
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Maybe its the telephone number lol THINK QUICK!
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I find ordering on PCHome to be confusing and a little bit scary :\
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I tried changing the phone number to match , still no luck >_<
Asians hate me I guess /pout
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Well, it is back in store, let me call them to see.
Well, no luck, they're not answering phone on weekend.
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Well it seems that my issue is that Paypal had a block on foriegn transactions for security purposes. Hopefully within the next hour I will be unlocked and allowed to make the purchase. Hoping none of the fine folks here take advantage of my issues and buy them all up. lol
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hurry guise gets em before enoy21 does! 2 left >.<
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I just picked up an mx red... My first mech board but I actually quite like the design. A little over the top, but I kind of like it.
Only one left in stock.
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Just got one with reds, think I got the last one.
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damn it HWI... stole my board.
I'll need to wait for the next restock. :(
You guys ordered from PCHome global right?
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You guys ordered from PCHome global right?
Yep. (http://global.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=DCAH28-A58428401&SR_NO=DCAH28&ROWNO=1&tm=u)
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Yeah I have no idea what was going on with my ordering. The chick at Paypal I think pulled a fast one , because she told me to wait 2-3 hours to try to order again but to call back if I still couldn't. When I called back they were closed. Typical " I get off is 1 hour and won't have to deal with it anymore" routine.
I'm starting to wonder if just going with browns is the way to go since it's so hard to get the reds in TKL right now.
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Enoy - I would wait for the next restock if I were you.
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That's currently the plan. I put some money in my Paypal account so and supposedly they lifted any restrictions on international purchases at Paypal , so we shall see what happens. I figure I can give it another week or two for a restock. Perhaps sooner though Qtan can get in touch with someone. Even if all 4 of those sold from here in this thread we still have about 12 people wanting to get it.
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I really want it but I'll order from PCHome if I have to. $110 shipped to Israel is a bargain.
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Still hoping Qtan can get some info from the factory since the weekend is over. Otherwise I'll keep checking PChome frequently and hope that my Paypal issues are resolved next go around.
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Yes, the weekend is over. CM China said they don't carry it and don't have plan to carry it right now. Have to call Tai Wan agency to see if we can get some.
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OK, I got confirmed that I can order via someone, I will open a group buy threat, price might be a little higher than PChome price(depend on the final amount I order), since I have to pay someone doing that and the exchange rate in RMB is higher. I will still call PChome to see if they can do it for me.
Hope tonight can get it done.
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Awesome. Thanks Qtan ! So will you be direct shipping , or will it be shipping through China as well increasing the price further?
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I hope it is direct. The $10 shipping to Israel is great.
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Long time lurker! Okay I saw this possibility and so I had to hop on, I'm INTERESTED IN REDS!!
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I only can get Chinese version which look like this
[ATTACH=CONFIG]28334[/ATTACH]
Not those custom caps, just the regular caps with Chinese on it.
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I only can get Chinese version which look like this
(Attachment) 28334[/ATTACH]
Not those custom caps, just the regular caps with Chinese on it.
What is going to be the cost? sorry if i missed that
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I might be interested as well pending a response on price of course.
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Not quite sure yet, should be at least 113 dollar + shipping.
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I'm not concerned with the keycaps. I don't mind the Chinese once and I had considered some white Caps as a seperate purchase. So is the Shipping going to be the 10/20 shipping that's from PChome or is it going to vary dependant on location ? If It's going to be that much more ,then I will likely hold my breath and wait for PChome to come back instock so I can afford the extra keycaps.
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Hmm I don't really like the Chinese lettering.. I will probably wait for PCHome to restock them instead.
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All keyboard PChome offer is Chinese, the picture is English, but the title stated it is Chinese, so you will receive Chinese printed, which I showed, even if you order from PChome. I confirmed it from Factory...Well, might be very few English left..
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How much would it cost to ship to Israel?
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Part of me almost thinks the Chinese along with the English adds a little custom flair to it.
But yeah , Final cost after shipping and time frames for delivery will be my deciding factor.
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I'm ok with Chinese labels :)
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Ok, I will start a group buy. Price for Red switches has to be 117 dollars + shipping vary by location(16-28 dollars, stander/express,check my website for detail). Order Ship from Main land China, not from Tai Wan.
And if you combine a set of PBT caps with the keyboard, caps have 10% discount.
Brown is 110 dollars.
I know it is about 20 higher than PChome, but I have to pay someone to get it and it goes from TaiWan to Mainland China. The price might go down few dollars depend on the total order.
Got about 10 Red ready for ship, then have to order some from Factory. I might ship all 10 to U.S. Warehouse first, but other place order also welcome. I will decide by Friday, additional keyboard order from Factory take about 1-2 weeks.
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So for those of us here in the states we are looking at around $139 Give or take.
What is the expected shipping time if it goes from TW to China then to the States ?
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Well, I was been told that there is 10 red and some brown in China ready to ship by this weekend, then more will come in another week.
Shipping from China to state takes about 1-2 weeks.
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these are back in stock at PChome guys!
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Looks like they have ten and for $10 shipping and 2 day delivery ? That's a pretty awesome deal.
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Yup I snatched one up!
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Yes, I well place two order I got in PChome and adjust the amount, basically just refund the extra shipping but keep about 5 dollars to cover PayPal fee.
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Do they have the gun metal version?
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Red switches is the black case, brown/blue/black is the metallic case.
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Aren't these $75 shipped from PChrome?...
This is just my thought, but I think that Chinese "RE"sellers enjoy ripping people off.
BTW: over on overclock.net, one of cooler masters representatives stated that these keyboards will be releasing very soon with a starting price of $79.99.
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Yes but not in MX Reds for the US market. They are $100 + shipping on PCHome. Basically you're lying.
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$110 to the US from PCHome for the non-red switch versions.
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I got my Red switch for $110 shipped to Israel, it would also be $110 shipped to the US.
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Thought it was $110/$120... guess it's $100/$110 or the exchange rates have changed some more.
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I know a few weeks ago it was $98 + ten shipping to the US. I did read on OCN or Deskauthority that there was a plan for 79.99 . Quote was something like " 79.99 boys " Because I remember thinking it must be a woman saying that.
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I'm pretty sure that it's a dude. lol Anyway, he's the actual CM rep and here's the exact quote:
"$79.99 boys, waiting on the shipment. The first batch will be shipping with blues... More to come."
(link (http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/1102940-cm-storm-quick-fire-rapid.html#post15018980))
So from what I gather, first batch will be blues with browns and blacks to follow. Not sure about reds but I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't make it to U.S.
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I got mine(with reds) from PCHome and it was ~$110 shipped.
AFAIK, the version with reds will not be sold in North America.
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no reds in U.s. sucks. o well, time to get a leopold