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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: samuel on Sat, 10 May 2008, 18:57:14
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Hey all,
I've read through this forum and I've been convinced that the brown cherry Filco FKB104M/EB is the keyboard to grab.
Now my question is, where is the cheapest place to purchase it?
Thanks! :)
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I'd say direct from Diatec. They've given me the cheapest quote so far. Someone here was selling one recently so you may be able to grab that instead.
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It says on diatec's website that they don't ship outside of japan. I sent an order request to http://www.fdjp.com/ to try to get this board and they emailed me back today and said that item was sold out.
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They do ship outside of Japan, you just have to email Mr. Shikano via their contact email address. They only don't ship outside Japan for online orders - you have to deal directly with them.
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I ordred my hhkbproII from benippon and their service was excellent. They have the exact keyboard you're lloking for for $118, which I'll probably be getting from them once Iget my $600 economic stimulus check from the IRS. (Hey, they didn't mention *which* economy to stimulate, did they!? :-)
http://benippon.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=12735
Direct from diatech is 9400 yen but I don't know how much they'd charge for oversea shipping
http://www.diatec.co.jp/shop/det.php?prod_c=371
fdjp is way too expensive, they charge 30% commission on top of the domestic shipping from the retailer to fdjp and internation alshipping to you.
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I am emailing S. Shikano at Diatec. The FKB104M/EB is $86 with $45 for shipping. For a total of $131.
They want to do some kind of bank wire transfer which I need to pay for, haven't found out yet what that will run.
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I ordred my hhkbproII from benippon and their service was excellent. They have the exact keyboard you're lloking for for $118, which I'll probably be getting from them once Iget my $600 economic stimulus check from the IRS. (Hey, they didn't mention *which* economy to stimulate, did they!? :-)
http://benippon.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=12735
Direct from diatech is 9400 yen but I don't know how much they'd charge for oversea shipping
http://www.diatec.co.jp/shop/det.php?prod_c=371
fdjp is way too expensive, they charge 30% commission on top of the domestic shipping from the retailer to fdjp and internation alshipping to you.
Hey thanks for the link. I just ordered mine from there (benippon).... You guys rock!
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I went to the benippon site, and priced out the Filco FKB104M/EB
Right now it is priced at $113.74, with shipping and the paypal charge the price comes to $177.65.
Are these close to the same numbers you are getting?
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fdjp is way too expensive, they charge 30% commission on top of the domestic shipping from the retailer to fdjp and internation alshipping to you.
I used a different shopping service, Crescent shop (http://www.crescent-shop.com/). Their commission rates are closer to 20%. When I did the numbers, it worked out to be about the same as benippon's markup.
But I think buying direct from the manufacturer is the way to go, if the bank wire transfer fees aren't too high.
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I went to the benippon site, and priced out the Filco FKB104M/EB
Right now it is priced at $113.74, with shipping and the paypal charge the price comes to $177.65.
Are these close to the same numbers you are getting?
why not just pay with a credit card? when i ordered my HHKB proII I only paid $20 for fully insured shipping & no other fees. And also, the prices are different on BeNippon because of the exchange rate. A good strategy might be to hope for, say, 110Yen/dollar... thouigh with the dollar going down the toilet it may go the other way :-P
I am emailing S. Shikano at Diatec. The FKB104M/EB is $86 with $45 for shipping. For a total of $131.
They want to do some kind of bank wire transfer which I need to pay for, haven't found out yet what that will run.
international wires are $20 at least, sometimes much higher.
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I am at benippon now, the HHKB pro 2 with shipping to Florida is 27598 yen with a 4.5% credit card surcharge. They use paypal only, it seems.
On the benippon web site,the yen conversion works out to $287.19. With the 4.5% surcharge I am at $300.11.
Man, that seems like a lot of money to lay down on a keyboard, needless to say my finger hovers over the submit button. I need help, lol.
Can someone talk me down?
All this is typed on a model m space saver that I absolutely love and have no reason to replace.....
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That's still not a bad deal considering the HHKB Pro (v.1) is available from the PFU yahoo store (for US consumers) for $260 (BEFORE shipping).
So, $30-35 more buys you the Pro 2 with the built-in USB hub. I think it is worth it. I use a USB Logitech Trackman Wheel and being able to plug it into my keyboard makes it just as portable as the HHKB Pro itself.
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Yeah, I can see where you are coming from. I am at crescent-shop and they sent me this link.
http://www.tokka.com/goods/search.aspx?keyword=PD-KB400&tree=&nam
Hit the orange button when/if you hit this link to see the keyboards.
The price works out to 206.74, am waiting to hear back from them on the shipping costs.
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Man, that seems like a lot of money to lay down on a keyboard, needless to say my finger hovers over the submit button. I need help, lol.
Can someone talk me down?
Don't fight it man... you can only resist for so long. You might as well given in and order it.