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Offline pm_

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« Reply #50 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 03:00:00 »
Ordered browns.  

It specifically says on the page that it "Ships end of March."
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Offline fds

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« Reply #51 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 03:14:12 »
in line for the rat race. hopefully didn't get backordered
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Yeah I\'d defo keep it. I got 3 filcos here and all of them ping.  Didnt think anything of it until I read on here. Its 2 gen1\'s and a ninja and they all do it. I just hear it as all part of the filco sound and I quite like it. It must be extremely common as all 3 of mine and my friends does it. So out of the 4 Filcos I\'ve used all of them from different gens and batches all do it. I\'m sure if I get another and it doesnt ping you\'ll see a thread from me saying "WTF my filco doesnt ping!! return?!?"

Offline zakazak

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« Reply #52 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 03:35:40 »
I just wanted to pre-order but...51$ just ehipping to europe (austria) must be a bad joke..rofl thats 150$ then + custom fees.. no thanks i will get the filco with blank key set for the same priceb.
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Offline db_Iodine

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« Reply #53 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 04:24:34 »
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I just wanted to pre-order but...51$ just ehipping to europe (austria) must be a bad joke..rofl thats 150$ then + custom fees.. no thanks i will get the filco with blank key set for the same priceb.


There's a good change that buying from Asia is cheaper for us Europeans.
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Offline 3one5

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« Reply #54 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 05:29:09 »
Otaku brown ordered.  Probably shouldn't have, but I did :)
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Offline pyee

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« Reply #55 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 07:32:35 »
First time looking for a mechanical keyboard here, do prices usually go up from the pre-order price on elitekeyboards? Still deciding between a filco and this unfortunately.
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Offline Brummell

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« Reply #56 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 07:39:52 »
I bought a blue, I can't imagine the price ever being better than $99.
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Offline snowball

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« Reply #57 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 08:37:13 »
Put in an order for an Otaku.
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Offline msarchet

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« Reply #58 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 09:09:52 »
Picked up the "Otaku" as well, currently rocking a Das Ultimate III at home and wanted some a little quieter for work.

I was very sad when I saw the ship "date"
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Offline placebo guy

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« Reply #59 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 09:11:54 »
Got me a brown too.  Dattebayo!!
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Offline Brummell

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« Reply #60 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 09:12:57 »
Quote from: msarchet;306813
I was very sad when I saw the ship "date"


Yeah, I hope EK is being conservative, but as long as this has already dragged out I suspect it is otherwise.
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Offline kidchunks

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« Reply #61 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 09:28:57 »
Quote from: kalrykh;306805
Ordered a brown, I feel like a traitor. But the mushiness of clears is annoying me when I'm gaming and blues make too much noise.  Besides, I needed another board with cherries to put the round 3 double shots on :p


LOL! Converted! :biggrin:
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Offline jomiyo

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« Reply #62 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 10:28:53 »
Forgot to say I went for the FCR200RT/AB. Otaku was tempting, but figured I'd play it safe and just switch caps later maybe (or buy another, with Blues :biggrin:) Again, this will be my very first mech 'board :smile:
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Offline zakazak

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« Reply #63 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 10:38:06 »
well.. even with custom fees and shipping it would be cheaper than the filco from keyboardcompany.com i just saw that prices were without VAT.

So i might buy the leopold tenkeyless otaku. I´m just not sure if i will be fine with blank keys. I firstly thought i would buy a filco + blank key set and leave some keys printed and make the rest blank (w,a,s,d and some special characters maybe).

the blue w,a,s,d for leopold looks **** :(

anyone had the same problem and can tell me that blank keys arent a problem at all ? :P
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #64 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 10:43:50 »
Got my pre-order in for one with brown switches..  Need something to go along with that bag I bought from them ages ago. lol
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Offline RiGS

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« Reply #65 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 10:43:52 »
PChome sells the Filco occasionally, and the shipping is only 20 bucks to Europe. They probably falsify the value for you if you ask them.
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Offline rustybarnacle

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« Reply #66 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 11:17:40 »
Otaku w/browns ordered!
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Offline wideyes

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« Reply #67 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 11:58:57 »
Just preordered my own browns board.

All you otaku posers need to get the memo - you're only l33t enough to have a blank board if you wear through the printing on the keycaps yourself ;)
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #68 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 12:00:12 »
Quote from: wideyes;306933
All you otaku posers need to get the memo - you're only l33t enough to have a blank board if you wear through the printing on the keycaps yourself ;)


Strong.  I like that.
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Offline muchadoaboutnothing

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« Reply #69 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 12:04:18 »
Quote from: ripster;306935
Damn that is tacky.  Although once I transhipped a IBM Model M Industrial to Webwit from "Aunty Ripster" with Snoopy stickers on it and marked the Green form "Gift".


I shipped one of those Datavac blowers to a guy in Brazil and wrote messages on the outside in Portugese asking him if he got all the ladies, signed by his friend muchadoaboutnothing.

Apparently he would have gotten charged 80% tax had I not done so.
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Offline Moneyless

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« Reply #70 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 12:05:01 »
Quote from: wideyes;306933
Just preordered my own browns board.

All you otaku posers need to get the memo - you're only l33t enough to have a blank board if you wear through the printing on the keycaps yourself ;)


What if you have double shot keys? :ohwell:
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Offline wideyes

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« Reply #71 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 12:10:26 »
Quote from: Moneyless;306940
What if you have double shot keys? :ohwell:


Better get crackin' on them... gonna be a while!
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #72 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 12:15:19 »
Every time I have shipped something overseas for a member, I always claimed the value as $20.
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Offline Mazora

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« Reply #73 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 12:20:22 »
is elitekeyboard going to offer leopold with MX-Reds ?
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Offline mjacob

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« Reply #74 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 13:47:20 »
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Hopefully soon since CC gets charged immediately.


It wasn't really a pre-order in the Amazon sense (i.e., order now, it'll ship on X date, pay when it ships). This was more of an order now, pay now, sit around and wait until it ships on a date TBD.

Call me cynical, but I wonder if EK has even ordered the boards yet, or if our pre-orders are fronting the capital for that.
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Offline wideyes

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« Reply #75 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 14:05:52 »
Quote from: mjacob;307006

Call me cynical, but I wonder if EK has even ordered the boards yet, or if our pre-orders are fronting the capital for that.


Same thought crossed my mind. Shipping at the "end of March" is pretty cryptic, and considering these were supposed to show up "Jan/Feb 2011" according to their previous estimates, I'm wondering if having my board by April 1st is gonna happen.
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Offline EZjiji

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« Reply #76 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 14:46:40 »
Just ordered Leopold browns. Better start coming up with excuses to buy a $100 keyboard.
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Offline CephalicCarnage

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« Reply #77 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 14:55:10 »
Quote from: EZjiji;307067
Just ordered Leopold browns. Better start coming up with excuses to buy a $100 keyboard.
If someone wants to scold you about it, tell them it's a budget board vs. $300 varieties.
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Offline 3one5

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« Reply #78 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 14:59:19 »
Quote from: wideyes;307032
Same thought crossed my mind. Shipping at the "end of March" is pretty cryptic, and considering these were supposed to show up "Jan/Feb 2011" according to their previous estimates, I'm wondering if having my board by April 1st is gonna happen.


That would suck but I doubt it.  I would have thought they'd started the pre-ordering a lot earlier.  I went through a kickstarter project with items being made in China.  Ordered in Oct and got it in FEB.  Times like those would put EK out of business.
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Offline 3one5

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« Reply #79 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 15:01:11 »
Quote from: ripster;307078
You can buy ALMOST 3 for one Realforce/HHKB.


I don't think anyone here needs the temptation.
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Offline Lpb45

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« Reply #80 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 15:02:20 »
More then likely the steamship these are coming over on has been delayed multiple times because of Chinese new years.  All of E. Asia right now is just a total mess after Chinese new years, happens every year but is alot worse for some reason this year.  Pretty much the entire country shuts down for about a week and its screws up any estimated timelines massively as it just creates a big domino effect of freight waiting for vessels.  

In all honesty the steamship lines do not care and will continually delay and bump your freight if someone is prepared to pay more for that space you have.  Especially out of China for example I work in A/F but the rates are very similar.  If I was to export something to China it would cost me around 1.50/kg All in now if China was to export something to the US it would cost around 6-7/kg All in because of the amount of stuff being exported and the amount of available space.  I am sure EK is trying to keep costs down as much as possible and delays around this time of year are inevitable (SP) trying to go the low cost route.

Rest assured they will arrive though.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #81 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 15:17:38 »
Quote from: ripster;307056
Hmmmm.... maybe that backfired for Insurance purposes with Webwit's keyboard.


Yes, it did.
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Offline Satisfaktion

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« Reply #82 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 16:18:35 »
Chalk another Otaku up for me. :) Currently own a Rosewill RK-9000 and been wanting a tenkeyless with blank keys for a while now, but I didn't want to spend $250+ on a Happy Hacker or Real Force. Time to start searching for some blank red keycaps, I want to go for a checkerboard pattern of red + black keycaps. :D
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« Reply #83 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 16:20:39 »
Quote from: Satisfaktion;307112
Chalk another Otaku up for me. :) Currently own a Rosewill RK-9000 and been wanting a tenkeyless with blank keys for a while now, but I didn't want to spend $250+ on a Happy Hacker or Real Force. Time to start searching for some blank red keycaps, I want to go for a checkerboard pattern of red + black keycaps. :D


Check down at the group buy section...there's a group buy for keys in there and there's a few blank options. I'm getting a full set of blank black keys for my white filco...going to be TOO sexy.
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Offline Satisfaktion

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« Reply #84 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 18:27:56 »
The group buy threads are so intimidating. :x I have no idea whats going on in them, lol.
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« Reply #85 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 19:13:10 »
Quote from: Satisfaktion;307207
The group buy threads are so intimidating. :x I have no idea whats going on in them, lol.


Tell me about it, God. . . so confusing :(
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« Reply #86 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 19:28:09 »
The first doubleshot group buy was very clear and not confusing at all. WhiteRice did an excellent job. 7bit is doing a good job catering to everyone but since everyone is customizing everything it's made the whole thing really confusing. And Moogle's kit...don't even get me started...
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« Reply #87 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 19:30:49 »
I LOLed. I have no idea, he stopped posting at DKT too. Not that I'm complaining.

I think some people can't handle the Internet.
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Offline Wogrim

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« Reply #88 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:00:20 »
Anyone get a confirmation email from EK yet?  I know it says wait 24 hours and check your spam before contacting support but I'm impatient =(
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Offline krazymunky

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« Reply #89 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:01:58 »
Quote from: Wogrim;307347
Anyone get a confirmation email from EK yet?  I know it says wait 24 hours and check your spam before contacting support but I'm impatient =(


i got a paypal confirmation. does that count ? lol
i thought i did when i saw a email from EK...but it was their newsletter
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Offline Wogrim

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« Reply #90 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:05:21 »
Quote from: krazymunky;307348
i got a paypal confirmation. does that count ? lol
i thought i did when i saw a email from EK...but it was their newsletter


that's exactly what i have, oh well i guess i'm not as worried
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Offline EZjiji

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« Reply #91 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:13:32 »
I also got a paypal confirmation.
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Offline fds

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« Reply #92 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 22:28:21 »
paypal only here too
and it only charged 30% of the cost for some reason
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Yeah I\'d defo keep it. I got 3 filcos here and all of them ping.  Didnt think anything of it until I read on here. Its 2 gen1\'s and a ninja and they all do it. I just hear it as all part of the filco sound and I quite like it. It must be extremely common as all 3 of mine and my friends does it. So out of the 4 Filcos I\'ve used all of them from different gens and batches all do it. I\'m sure if I get another and it doesnt ping you\'ll see a thread from me saying "WTF my filco doesnt ping!! return?!?"

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« Reply #93 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 23:08:16 »
Leopold for $99 or Das for $129?  Which should I get for an intro to not only Cherry springs but Cherry Blue?
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« Reply #94 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 23:11:39 »
Quote from: Engine;307371
Leopold for $99 or Das for $129?  Which should I get for an intro to not only Cherry springs but Cherry Blue?  I would spend the extra 30 clams if enough peopld thought it would be worth it for the Das.


Unless you REALLY need a numpad,

Leopold seems to have better aesthetics in my eyes.
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« Reply #95 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 23:19:31 »
I don't need a numpad.  I like one but don't need one.  I'm more for performance and yes you're right about Leos being better looking.  Well, I suppose the switch will be the same in any board right?  It's just about "packaging".  By the way, are you getting a Leo?
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« Reply #96 on: Mon, 07 March 2011, 23:52:54 »
Quote from: Engine;307375
I don't need a numpad.  I like one but don't need one.  I'm more for performance and yes you're right about Leos being better looking.  Well, I suppose the switch will be the same in any board right?  It's just about "packaging".  By the way, are you getting a Leo?


Not now!

I will probably get one with Reds later when I settle down at my new dig, if EK does end up selling them.
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« Reply #97 on: Tue, 08 March 2011, 00:00:16 »
The email from EK did "suggest" a future batch of kbs but I don't know if that means the same or different leo switches.  Maybe Reds or dunno.
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« Reply #98 on: Tue, 08 March 2011, 00:05:20 »
Quote from: Engine;307382
The email from EK did "suggest" a future batch of kbs but I don't know if that means the same or different leo switches.  Maybe Reds or dunno.

It also suggested that the pre-order price won't be the final price:

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Leopold Tenkeyless Cherry MX Keyboards are finally available for Pre-Order at a GREAT introductory price!

I wonder what they'll jump to when all the dust settles. Maybe I should hedge my bets by buying 2 now just in case I like them and end up wanting one for home and one for work.
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« Reply #99 on: Tue, 08 March 2011, 00:20:22 »
you could, but i'm guessing regular price won't be significantly higher if it goes up
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