Ducky Shine 3 TKL in Taiwan?

[Crazyblue]

Hi guys, I'm from Singapore, and headed to Taiwan in 5 days time for holiday.

Was considering some savings (considerable!) by buying a ducky shine 3 TKL in Taiwan.
Singapore: $180 SGD
Taiwan: 3290TWD -> $136 SGD. That's quite a huge % in my eyes, for a keyboard with just 1 year's warranty. I'm surprised I got an official response from ducky taiwan's facebook. That's where I got the pricing from. Not sure where to get this pricing on the streets though, it's my first time there.

Pro: saves up to $44 SGD
Con: no international warranty, must ship it back. May have chinese characters.

Questions -> Would there be standard english ANSI models (without the chinese characters) there? And where exactly do I get the best prices? It'll be my first time to taiwan (taipei/gaoshiung), so I'm not at all familiar with those names.
I dug out a thread here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42982.0, but since the tooltip suggests I create a new thread..well.

Anyway, first post in GH!

[amos5606]

Hi guys, I'm from Singapore, and headed to Taiwan in 5 days time for holiday.

Was considering some savings (considerable!) by buying a ducky shine 3 TKL in Taiwan.
Singapore: $180 SGD
Taiwan: 3290TWD -> $136 SGD. That's quite a huge % in my eyes, for a keyboard with just 1 year's warranty. I'm surprised I got an official response from ducky taiwan's facebook. That's where I got the pricing from. Not sure where to get this pricing on the streets though, it's my first time there.

Pro: saves up to $44 SGD
Con: no international warranty, must ship it back. May have chinese characters.

Questions -> Would there be standard english ANSI models (without the chinese characters) there? And where exactly do I get the best prices? It'll be my first time to taiwan (taipei/gaoshiung), so I'm not at all familiar with those names.
I dug out a thread here: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=42982.0, but since the tooltip suggests I create a new thread..well.

Anyway, first post in GH!

As my seeing,
ducky shine3 9087 is quite rarely in Taiwan,
due to most people are used to getting a fullsize keboard.
And all the shine3 9087 are released in Chinese characters in Taiwan,
 
There are two websites you can search for the ducky shine3 9087
http://search.ruten.com.tw/search/s000.php?searchfrom=searchf&k=ducky+9087+shine3&t=0
http://www.inpad.com.tw/goods.php?catId=300

the price of shine3 9087 is 3290 TWD+ free shipping in each website.
hope it will be helpful to you.

[Crazyblue]

It is! thank you so much. My chinese sucks but, these are english caps right?

I can't really tell if it's blue or brown switch unless there's a picture in the product page itself, not sure if it means the product I'm ordering is blue/brown or it is just an example of a blue/brown switch and that I have to select the option somewhere..haha!

[Zeal]

茶軸 = Brown Switch
青軸 = Green Switch
藍軸 = Blue Switch
黑軸 = Black Switch
紅軸 = Red Switch
白軸 = Clear Switch

中文 = Taiwanese + ANSI Characters
英文 = English / Regular ANSI Characters

白光 = White Light
藍光 = Blue Light
橘光 = Orange Light
粉光 = Magenta/Pink Light
紅光 = Red Light
綠光 = Green Light

You can also find some Ducky boards from PCHome: http://ecshweb.pchome.com.tw/search/v3.2/?q=Ducky
Or visit any authorized dealer in Taiwan: http://www.duckychannel.com.tw/tw/partners.html

[Crazyblue]

Fantastic information, thanks!

Can't find a blue switch red/blue backlight keyboard I'll check out the distributors in Taipei when I get there!