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Title: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Sun, 12 April 2015, 21:41:54
I really want to buy a yamaha qx3 for the hirose cherry mx orange or clear switches, some pics of the switches: http://www.geocities.jp/wp_gopher/keyboard/ma287mxo.html
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Sun, 12 April 2015, 23:51:29
This? Btut not sure this is the best way to get just those switches.

http://page15.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t422447825

BTW, I can't proxy.
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Mon, 13 April 2015, 20:44:57
Then do u know any other ways of obtaining it?
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Mon, 13 April 2015, 21:36:40
I live in america, so that may not be the best option for me
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Tue, 14 April 2015, 00:05:12
I think it was exported quite a bit to your country.
Set ebay notification for it and wait for months?  if not in a hurry

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281493029134
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151587484821
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 09:52:42
It is a lot more expensive here though, and I don't understand the japanese captchas I need to get the yahoo japan account or even bid on anything.
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hwood34 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 11:01:06
Saw something in the last thread in these about the hirose stem being smaller? Would one be able to fit standard MX caps on these?

This? Btut not sure this is the best way to get just those switches.

http://page15.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t422447825

BTW, I can't proxy.
Do you know anyone who could? Or maybe you could just pick it up and I could find someone to proxy
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: KHAANNN on Tue, 14 April 2015, 11:09:29
wow geocities is alive
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: bazh on Tue, 14 April 2015, 11:19:58
the MX caps will fit on hirose sw, but not the another way around, that means you cant havest caps from the board for your other MX boards


but it has quad-shot keycaps worth  collecting though
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Tue, 14 April 2015, 15:23:13
You can just hire agent. I think many people use proxy service or agent.
google "yahoo action proxy" or "yahoo auction agent".

If you don't have address in Japan you can't create account, I think.

It is a lot more expensive here though, and I don't understand the japanese captchas I need to get the yahoo japan account or even bid on anything.

Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 20:09:06
Thanks, are you sure you need to have a japan address?
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Tue, 14 April 2015, 20:19:10
You have to receive registered mail from Yahoo to identify yourself. I don't think they send the mail oversea address.

Ah, Wait. It is needed only for seller. Just bidder don't have to do this process.
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Tue, 14 April 2015, 20:23:42

oh, it seems like someone from oversea placed a bid on this. Is it you? If so good luck!

http://page15.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t422447825
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 21:41:14
no, it isn't, so i just need the proxy thing?
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Tue, 14 April 2015, 22:09:45
how do i deal with captcha again?  I mean stuff like this:https://account.edit.yahoo.co.jp/registration?.src=auc&.done=http%3A%2F%2Fpage15.auctions.yahoo.co.jp%2Fjp%2Fauction%2Ft422447825&sr_required=birthday%20gender%20postcode%20deliver

Im not sure about any other way to do it other than some captcha bypasser.
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Wed, 15 April 2015, 02:56:21
Unless you are familiar with Japanese you better use proxy service. Most sellers don't ship to overseas or your country.

But you don't have to be in hurry for this QX3, it doesn't cost 60 bucks usually 20 or 30.
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: bazh on Wed, 15 April 2015, 03:31:36
really? I was asking my brother living in Jp watching this for me but he said the buy it now price was 158000 (that "希望小売価格: 158,000円(税抜)"  thing) which is crazy so I give up
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: hasu on Wed, 15 April 2015, 04:55:47
Its MSRP of 1987 :)

Hmm, vintage musical machine market is interesting...
Title: Re: YAMAHA QX3 please help i can't find one for sale
Post by: CHERRYFAN01 on Wed, 15 April 2015, 09:57:25
How do I use this proxy service?