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Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Netdewt on Mon, 04 June 2012, 00:26:33: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Tony on Mon, 04 June 2012, 00:31:55: Leopold FC700R

(http://www.pccasegear.com/UserFiles/FC700RW-WH-BK.jpg)
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: net2522 on Mon, 04 June 2012, 01:20:13: KMAC, KMAC mini, 356....etc
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: mkawa on Mon, 04 June 2012, 01:26:05: OTD/kbdmania boards require a friend in seoul, and someone who will follow the boards and F5 obsessively to try and get an order in lol
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Netdewt on Mon, 04 June 2012, 07:25:24: Why does FC700 have a lighted F5 key?
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: ped on Mon, 04 June 2012, 07:38:45: Clearly it's so you can lock it instead of continuously tapping F5 to refresh. :D
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Netdewt on Mon, 04 June 2012, 09:37:24: Sad...
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 04 June 2012, 09:48:05: Quote from: Netdewt;607139
Why does FC700 have a lighted F5 key?
Perhaps it's like the lighted F9 on the CMstorm: To show you when windows is locked? It's not labeled, though (also having the indicator on the winkeys sounds like a better idea anyway.
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Sad...
I think he was kidding :D
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: ped on Mon, 04 June 2012, 10:11:28: Quote from: dorkvader;607174
I think he was kidding :D

Yes. :)
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Netdewt on Mon, 04 June 2012, 10:12:22: Spacebar is twisted in the pic posted, haha.

I do actually have a friend in Seoul, just not sure if I should bother him.
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: ped on Mon, 04 June 2012, 12:08:43: Are you kidding? You could get in on all the AMAZING custom keyboard!!! If I had a friend in Seoul I would totally bother him about getting me some ****ing awesome keyboards! O_O
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 04 June 2012, 12:11:27: Quote from: ped;607272
Are you kidding? You could get in on all the AMAZING custom keyboard!!! If I had a friend in Seoul I would totally bother him about getting me some ****ing awesome keyboards! O_O

It's not as easy. Even people FROM seoul have troubles to get custom keyboards. You either need to spam refresh yourself with gtranslate, or ask your contact to spam refresh. A bit like Click clacks on here.
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Netdewt on Mon, 04 June 2012, 12:21:18: Yeah I won't be asking him to do that. He doesn't speak Korean anyways, he's from the Midwest.
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: The_Beast on Mon, 04 June 2012, 12:40:50: .......everything....
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: ped on Mon, 04 June 2012, 14:51:19: Quote from: Djuzuh;607273
It's not as easy. Even people FROM seoul have troubles to get custom keyboards. You either need to spam refresh yourself with gtranslate, or ask your contact to spam refresh. A bit like Click clacks on here.

Well, that's slightly not very smart... Why don't they just make however many people request? You know, more orders tends to equal lower prices. I understand with Click Clack cause it's a lot of work, but with the custom keyboards I assume they just pay some company or another to make the custom parts. So wouldn't it make sense to make it like the Phantom where we get the PCB and plates made because people are interested, and as many people as are interested/pay can get one? If only 200 of a certain keyboard is made, isn't that more expensive (per unit) than making 500?
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 04 June 2012, 15:16:34: I believe they run group buys differently. Sombody upfronts all the money, orders everything and then sells all the keyboards back. And he can't upfront an unlimited amount of money.

I assume it's this way because I have never seen any part of a custom keyboard being selled alone.
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Netdewt on Mon, 04 June 2012, 15:32:56: Would a Filco be cheaper to buy and ship from there to the US?
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 04 June 2012, 15:33:50: I don't think so. Shipping hurts a lot.

Maybe if you ever go visit and take one in your package back, it'll be cheaper.
Title: If you had a friend in Seoul, what would you get?
Post by: ped on Mon, 04 June 2012, 23:24:40: Quote from: Djuzuh;607373
I believe they run group buys differently. Sombody upfronts all the money, orders everything and then sells all the keyboards back. And he can't upfront an unlimited amount of money.

I assume it's this way because I have never seen any part of a custom keyboard being selled alone.

I got that someone puts the money up front when you said that it's like Click Clacks. What I'm saying is that that is not a very rational way to go about it IF they know that those keyboards are going to sell like hot cakes. The only way that I can explain that kind of behaviour is if they are deliberately trying to make the keyboards rarer and therefore make their perceived value to be greater than that which was originally paid for. It would make much more sense to just do it our way. Gather money and buy as many as people want. Then the prices are lower, and everyone who wants one gets one. Everyone wins.