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Offline trenzafeeds

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Buying from Korea
« on: Thu, 03 September 2015, 18:57:22 »
I know that all the shipping for one pcb or one kit can be pretty expensive, but if I want to get korean parts without waiting for a groupbuy, what are my best options?
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Re: Buying from Korea
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 03 September 2015, 19:05:33 »
Is the thread below any use or are you thinking of shopping elsewhere?

Would anyone from the U.S. like to combine a winkeyless order with me?
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Re: Buying from Korea
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 03 September 2015, 19:26:37 »
Is the thread below any use or are you thinking of shopping elsewhere?

Would anyone from the U.S. like to combine a winkeyless order with me?

Thanks, but I know about Winkeyless and GON, I was wondering more about the less common korean products.
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Offline Chedda7

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Re: Buying from Korea
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 04 September 2015, 12:32:22 »
I'm also interested in this.  Winkeyless and GON are nice, but what else is out there that can be ordered?

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Re: Buying from Korea
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 04 September 2015, 12:50:30 »
Are you looking for a shipping proxy? Google finds a bunch of options. Here's a Reddit thread I found (in a sub that buys cosmetics from Korea):
https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianBeauty/comments/33c48r/using_avecko_service_korean_shopping_proxy_service/

Pretty decent shipping quotes for light items. They also offer a complete proxy service a la Taobao proxy, except for Korean goods. No personal experience with them, so YMMV.

EDIT: or you're looking for vendors and I'm an idiot.
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Offline logomachy

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Re: Buying from Korea
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 06 September 2015, 02:10:24 »
sprit is another. Mechanicalkeyboards.com has his pcbs and ostensibly will stock his cases in the future.

Unfortunately there aren't any secrets--at least that most of us would be keen to. Look for yourself at the Korean message boards and see that they're talking about the same things.