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Title: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Sun, 25 August 2013, 09:00:56
Here's the site , I don't know chinese and i really would need some help.
http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220m.1000858.1000725.61.PGRaL7&id=19311481106&user_id=721470024&is_b=1&cat_id=2&q=KBC+PBT&rn=7bc2ab7a102c14f960ec1750c5e9c0b2

How much does this cost and does it ship to Europe?
If it doesn't, could a person that has access to it order it for me while I make it up to him with paying a reasonable amount of extra money to him?
Any help would be much appreciated!
By the way, this forum is awesome, people respond and help eachother, it's cool! :) Just wanted to write this  :thumb:
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: CPTBadAss on Sun, 25 August 2013, 09:14:07
Try talking to Qtan or Feng about getting help to buy. That looks like a tao bao site but I'm not 100%.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 25 August 2013, 09:52:16
tmall is a part of taobao, with same regional restrictions selling only to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Just like taobao you would need a buying agent or Chinese member to proxy your purchase.
37 set is about €10, 87 set €25, 104 set €28 before shipping cost.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: Tym on Sun, 25 August 2013, 09:53:45
tmall is a part of taobao, with same regional restrictions selling only to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Just like taobao you would need a buying agent or Chinese member to proxy your purchase.
37 set is about €10, 87 set €25, 104 set €28 before shipping cost.

Would you mind telling me why taobao only sells to China?
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 25 August 2013, 11:54:25
It's mostly the individual sellers. Theoretically it's now supposedly possible to buy direct from taobao/tmall internationally if you pay with visa or mastercard, but I haven't seen sellers that want to ship internationally. It's much the same situation for US person trying to buy something from ebay.de or ebay.co.uk where you more often than not have sellers that are simply unwilling to ship it for whatever reason.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Sun, 25 August 2013, 14:58:13
Try talking to Qtan or Feng about getting help to buy. That looks like a tao bao site but I'm not 100%.
Thanks a lot, i contacted feng already since i also need to ask him something else about some other caps.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Sun, 25 August 2013, 15:00:24
tmall is a part of taobao, with same regional restrictions selling only to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Just like taobao you would need a buying agent or Chinese member to proxy your purchase.
37 set is about €10, 87 set €25, 104 set €28 before shipping cost.
THANKS, that was fast and accurate! :D Really appreciate the info! I'll try and contact some vendors on this forum, see if they can help me out.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: Mine on Sun, 25 August 2013, 19:53:13
Here's the site , I don't know chinese and i really would need some help.
http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220m.1000858.1000725.61.PGRaL7&id=19311481106&user_id=721470024&is_b=1&cat_id=2&q=KBC+PBT&rn=7bc2ab7a102c14f960ec1750c5e9c0b2

How much does this cost and does it ship to Europe?
If it doesn't, could a person that has access to it order it for me while I make it up to him with paying a reasonable amount of extra money to him?
Any help would be much appreciated!
By the way, this forum is awesome, people respond and help eachother, it's cool! :) Just wanted to write this  :thumb:
hello 我是中国人 I am chinese,
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Mon, 26 August 2013, 01:15:59
Here's the site , I don't know chinese and i really would need some help.
http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220m.1000858.1000725.61.PGRaL7&id=19311481106&user_id=721470024&is_b=1&cat_id=2&q=KBC+PBT&rn=7bc2ab7a102c14f960ec1750c5e9c0b2

How much does this cost and does it ship to Europe?
If it doesn't, could a person that has access to it order it for me while I make it up to him with paying a reasonable amount of extra money to him?
Any help would be much appreciated!
By the way, this forum is awesome, people respond and help eachother, it's cool! :) Just wanted to write this  :thumb:
hello 我是中国人 I am chinese,
Troll or do you mean it? :D
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 26 August 2013, 02:10:53
Why do you even want these?

you'd look so n00b
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Mon, 26 August 2013, 03:39:06
Why do you even want these?

you'd look so n00b
Lol why? Are they considered bad? They look okay to me, they're PBT and i love the font and the price. Why dont u like them/consider them bad?
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: domoaligato on Mon, 26 August 2013, 04:05:24
I have a few sets of kbc pbt caps. They are nice. Thick Pbt vs thick abs is a very big point of arguement here. Just buy them and see if you like them. If not plenty of others here will be interested in rebuying them from you.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Mon, 26 August 2013, 05:02:48
I have a few sets of kbc pbt caps. They are nice. Thick Pbt vs thick abs is a very big point of arguement here. Just buy them and see if you like them. If not plenty of others here will be interested in rebuying them from you.
Thanks for the additional info. Dont really know if those are thick, since everything is in chinese. From what ive heard and read, the thick pbts are much much better from the ordinary ones. Abs dont really get my attention since they tend to her the glossy shiny look when they are used for a longer period of time.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: Tym on Mon, 26 August 2013, 05:17:52
hello 我是中国人 I am chinese,
Troll or do you mean it? :D

He is legit Chinese. Also don't worry about Tp he has issues.
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Mon, 26 August 2013, 07:50:15
hello 我是中国人 I am chinese,
Troll or do you mean it? :D

He is legit Chinese. Also don't worry about Tp he has issues.
Thanks for clarifying that! :D Don't know the trolls on this forum yet, so i'm really happy that someone helps me out there! Thank u kind sir! :D
As for "Mine", i've sent u a PM!
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 26 August 2013, 08:47:59
hello 我是中国人 I am chinese,
Troll or do you mean it? :D

He is legit Chinese. Also don't worry about Tp he has issues.
Thanks for clarifying that! :D Don't know the trolls on this forum yet, so i'm really happy that someone helps me out there! Thank u kind sir! :D
As for "Mine", i've sent u a PM!

Give it a month, you'll look back and think.. .wow this looks so n00b... I can't believe I used to like these...


To clarify, I'm not saying it looks "bad",   I'm saying it looks N00b  (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/1b38f9e2.gif)
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Mon, 26 August 2013, 10:27:58
hello 我是中国人 I am chinese,
Troll or do you mean it? :D

He is legit Chinese. Also don't worry about Tp he has issues.
Thanks for clarifying that! :D Don't know the trolls on this forum yet, so i'm really happy that someone helps me out there! Thank u kind sir! :D
As for "Mine", i've sent u a PM!

Give it a month, you'll look back and think.. .wow this looks so n00b... I can't believe I used to like these...


To clarify, I'm not saying it looks "bad",   I'm saying it looks N00b 
Show Image
(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/1b38f9e2.gif)

ugh, ok w/e :D
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: JoanneLee on Mon, 26 August 2013, 15:46:34
Hey, I actually have the same set of keycaps on my QFR, and I got it from qtan's site: http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps/104-pbt-white-side-printed-key/lid=19686618.

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/9213999106_d4ed36c83c_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/98431455@N03/9213999106/)

I know the font is not the same on the site, but when I received the caps, they were the ones you want (as you can see in my pictures).
I got these around two months ago, so maybe you can ask qtan if he still carries them.

Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: geekTH on Mon, 26 August 2013, 22:15:13
It's mostly the individual sellers. Theoretically it's now supposedly possible to buy direct from taobao/tmall internationally if you pay with visa or mastercard, but I haven't seen sellers that want to ship internationally. It's much the same situation for US person trying to buy something from ebay.de or ebay.co.uk where you more often than not have sellers that are simply unwilling to ship it for whatever reason.

good explain, can't agree it more :thumb:
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: isaske on Tue, 27 August 2013, 03:48:22
Hey, I actually have the same set of keycaps on my QFR, and I got it from qtan's site: http://www.vendio.com/stores/E-sports-Gaming-equipments/item/pbt-key-caps/104-pbt-white-side-printed-key/lid=19686618.

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2819/9213999106_d4ed36c83c_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/98431455@N03/9213999106/)

I know the font is not the same on the site, but when I received the caps, they were the ones you want (as you can see in my pictures).
I got these around two months ago, so maybe you can ask qtan if he still carries them.
Thanks, i already contacted qtan, he said he can arrange for those items to be sent to me when i gave him the link to the same sites i mentioned in this thread. Looks phenomenal if u ask me, i like your customized keyboard. Btw, out of curiosity, what are those shiny keycaps that u have for arrow keys and esc button?
And what's that penguin on the spacebar lol :D I hope that doesn't come with this set i linked, i dont want a penguin :DDD
Title: Re: I need some help with this chinese site
Post by: JoanneLee on Tue, 27 August 2013, 16:29:57
Thanks, i already contacted qtan, he said he can arrange for those items to be sent to me when i gave him the link to the same sites i mentioned in this thread. Looks phenomenal if u ask me, i like your customized keyboard. Btw, out of curiosity, what are those shiny keycaps that u have for arrow keys and esc button?
And what's that penguin on the spacebar lol :D I hope that doesn't come with this set i linked, i dont want a penguin :DDD

The shiny keycaps are just zinc keycaps I got from Feng, and the penguin is custom printed from WASD, so you don't have to worry about that haha!