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Title: Filco in the US
Post by: NumberTwoinQQ on Tue, 03 June 2014, 15:31:14

Recently joined the club with a K70... looking at buying a new one and am set on filco.  However, checking Amazon, the only US retailer I have found, they have limited stock.  Are there other places that i havent found to purchase one?  Personally, I'm looking for the ninja tkl with mx blues.  The one sold on amazon is >$200 so I don't think that's a reasonable price as the one on NCIX Canada is $137.43 usd.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: intelli78 on Tue, 03 June 2014, 15:33:12

Your best bet is to get one from NCIX's Canadian site. The shipping is not too bad.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: kbman on Tue, 03 June 2014, 16:53:54

NCIX US also has a few options if you want to check that out.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: Firebolt1914 on Tue, 03 June 2014, 18:53:06

I honestly wouldn't use NCIX US, unless they've changed.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: radio_killah on Tue, 03 June 2014, 18:54:10

Check out the /r/mechmarket on reddit, the classifieds here, and ebay for sure. I was able to snag a MJ2 TKL for about $110 shipped.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: berserkfan on Wed, 04 June 2014, 08:37:40

Quote from: Firebolt1914 on Tue, 03 June 2014, 18:53:06

I honestly wouldn't use NCIX US, unless they've changed.

are they so bad? Please tell us your experience.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: D01 on Wed, 04 June 2014, 09:19:18

The Keyboard Company UK Amazon store.  The ones that say Sold by Keyboard Co UK and Fulfilled by Amazon.  Not a lot in stock typically, but if there is something they have you want it's probably going to be the best deal for US.

http://www.amazon.com/b?me=A104717BI2VJF7

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: tribade on Wed, 04 June 2014, 18:23:23

Quote from: berserkfan on Wed, 04 June 2014, 08:37:40

Quote from: Firebolt1914 on Tue, 03 June 2014, 18:53:06

I honestly wouldn't use NCIX US, unless they've changed.

are they so bad? Please tell us your experience.

Yeah, I don't think I've heard too much bad about their US site.  I could be wrong, though; and I haven't used it personally.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: Lu_e on Wed, 04 June 2014, 19:46:33

My only experience with NCIX is buying a SSD. Which went fine, normal as expected.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: nubbinator on Wed, 04 June 2014, 20:57:22

Quote from: Firebolt1914 on Tue, 03 June 2014, 18:53:06

I honestly wouldn't use NCIX US, unless they've changed.

Agreed.  My one try at using them was horrible.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: intelli78 on Thu, 05 June 2014, 13:46:38

My one order was also bad.  Website glitches, super slow to ship, unprofessional salespeople, etc. Overall pretty sour.

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: NumberTwoinQQ on Thu, 05 June 2014, 14:46:41

So if i want an tkl ninja with mx blues my only option is to order from ncix cad and pay international shipping?

Title: Re: Filco in the US
Post by: korrelate on Thu, 05 June 2014, 14:50:19

a lot of people disagree but I say avoid filco: to much pinging. in my mind they are keyboards: they ring so much I classify them as instruments. and it's a damn shame because they really do have great build quality (the pinging problem aside).


Cheers,

K