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Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:28:39 »
I see them on eBay for just above 300 shipped but want to know if, short of going to japan and buying one while i'm there, where's the cheapest vendor at?

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:35:10 »
Finding a used one in the classifieds.


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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:37:15 »
Finding a used one in the classifieds.

That would definitely be cheapest, but I don't buy used unless I'm trying it out, in which case I'd sell it and buy a new one... And I'm currently in the looking for a new one to buy stage.  :cool:

I apologize for the confusion, probably should have worded it better.

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:37:30 »
This is the one I want:

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:43:18 »
Nice! what's the ergonomic board in the background?
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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:46:02 »
This is the one I want:

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https://www.justmyshop.com/camp/realforcehipro/

Hmmm, not a bad price either! 24948 or 25380 yen

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:56:12 »
This is the one I want:

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https://www.justmyshop.com/camp/realforcehipro/

Hmmm, not a bad price either! 24948 or 25380 yen

I didn't see that color scheme, though.
Unicomp Classic | Chicony KB-5181 (Monterey Blues) | IBM Model M (1391401) | IBM XT Model F | IBM AT Model F | Dell AT101W | 122-key IBM Model F
IBM Model M13 | Apple Extended Keyboard | Apple Extended Keyboard II | MTEK K104 | NTC KB-6251/2 | Realforce 87U | Realforce 104U | Type Heaven

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 20:03:30 »
This is the one I want:

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https://www.justmyshop.com/camp/realforcehipro/

Hmmm, not a bad price either! 24948 or 25380 yen

I didn't see that color scheme, though.

Oops, thought you meant the red esc/japanese keys. Well.... I'll probably buy it, so that's good enough  :thumb:

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 20:33:12 »
This is the one I want:

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https://www.justmyshop.com/camp/realforcehipro/

Hmmm, not a bad price either! 24948 or 25380 yen

I didn't see that color scheme, though.

Oops, thought you meant the red esc/japanese keys. Well.... I'll probably buy it, so that's good enough  :thumb:
Them sculpted keycaps look like the feel amazing...

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Re: Buying a HiPro new, ebay, amazon.co.jp or somewhere else?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 20:48:50 »
This is the one I want:

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https://www.justmyshop.com/camp/realforcehipro/

Hmmm, not a bad price either! 24948 or 25380 yen

I didn't see that color scheme, though.

Oops, thought you meant the red esc/japanese keys. Well.... I'll probably buy it, so that's good enough  :thumb:
Them sculpted keycaps look like the feel amazing...

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Ya now you know why I'm buying a HiPro!  :cool: