I mail ordered it from pchome about a week ago. The ground mail option to Poland, where I live, is much cheaper than ordering a G80-3000 from the UK (funny...). It came from Taiwan after a week, and there were absolutely no problems with the order.
Compared to the early 90's IBM Model M that I got for free some 10 years ago and still use, even to the Razer Black Widow (which I use for typing this right now) the Aibo Alps is not as expensively made. The front plastic is cast a bit cheaply, and if you want to play the hair-splitting, the finish could be made with a closer attention to detail (I guess a beige version would look better, since black requires a careful finish).
This keyboard is loud, quite comparable to my IBM Model M, but the Aibo sound is more of a "clack" than the precise click of the Model M or the noble, smooth sound of the blue cherry switch. I guess this is because of the way the keyboard is built: the panel is on the front, between the PCB and the key caps, so the PCB sound is not damped by anything except the plastic case at the bottom of the keyboard. The PCB probably resonates more in this arrangement.
The letters on the key caps seem printed, probably not lasered, but I cannot verify that. However, the plastic that they use for the key caps on the Aibo feels hard and really durable. It is in fact harder than in the almost twice as expensive Razer Black Widow, where the plastic seems to look good at first sight, but is extremely soft (take care when putting the key caps off on the Black Widow!).
Overall, the quality of the Aibo keyboard seems to correspond to its price: a typical 90's style plain and boring mechanical keyboard, don't expect this to be your ultimate keyboard, but if you need a cheap and plain-looking instrument for writing, coding or hacking, you probably won't be disappointed: it does its job very well for a very little price: the keyboard plus the shipment from Taiwan to Europe in my case was two thirds of the price of the Razer Black Widow (not the Ultimate version) which I bought in a large Polish internet store (they offer very good prices) with no additional costs.
