Author Topic: Elitekeyboards Pushes Filco Browns to Nov 10th (Read 15376 times)

phate408 · « **on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 14:51:02 »

Quote from: ripster;241172

You can always buy a Das.

I did.

Tavisto · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 20:13:34 »

Although I did get my notification that my Filco with Brows shipped before the backorder date, so who knows.

muchadoaboutnothing · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 20:22:07 »

What's very possible is that EliteKeyboards got so many backorders that they used up all the stock they were expecting on the 31st and are getting more around the 10th.

So many who backordered when the ETA was 10/31 may be getting them shipped now (if they haven't already).

Fwiffo · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 22:06:23 »

It's the SC2 nerds, I'm tellin' ya. There are at lese 7 filco-related threads on teamliquid.net with 900+ replies and 110k+ views collectively.

muchadoaboutnothing · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 22:14:57 »

Quote from: ripster;241387

Makes sense although I'm surprised that we seem to be going through the same drill as last Christmas 2009.

Majestouch must think we are in a recession or something. All that Schwarzenegger pessimism.

You have to hedge your risk. I don't think Brian has a Newegg sized warehouse to store all his keyboards. The longer keyboards sit, the longer he has to worry about keeping them safe, the possibility that Diatec introduces a new model exists, etc...

washuai · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 02:12:33 »

lol, backordered to my B-day - though doesn't matter, since I'm not getting another one at the moment. I'm already forgetting how long I've owned my Filco . .

Wogrim · « **Reply #6 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 02:31:46 »

Quote from: Fwiffo;241411

It's the SC2 nerds, I'm tellin' ya. There are at lese 7 filco-related threads on teamliquid.net with 900+ replies and 110k+ views collectively.

I haven't bought one yet... I guess I'm not nerdy enough =(

zefrer · « **Reply #7 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 08:07:20 »

Maybe someone should point out that a better keyboard won't necessarily make them a better SC2 player?

vicariouscheese · « **Reply #8 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 10:31:26 »

Quote from: Fwiffo;241411

It's the SC2 nerds, I'm tellin' ya. There are at lese 7 filco-related threads on teamliquid.net with 900+ replies and 110k+ views collectively.

its funny cuz its true

seriously, a thousands of people now know what mechanical keyboards are because of several big names that showed up at gsl (the best korean tournament) were playing on filcos. alot of kids used the qsenn dt35 just because almost all the original brood war progamers use it, its kind of silly.

i honestly do think elitekeyboards ran through their stock because of all the sc nerds...

muchadoaboutnothing · « **Reply #9 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 10:44:03 »

Quote from: ripster;241593

I sense a disturbance in the Force.

80 yen to the dollar.
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Price increase anyone?

The YTD change isn't THAT huge, it's around 10%. Pricing is usually not modified heavily by suppliers or sellers with minor changes in currency valuation because most people get pissed when the price of something fluctuates.

Who knows what deal Brian has with Diatec anyways regarding pricing.

adamlau · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 05:49:35 »

I was on a Filco Brown in Taipei for just over a month this past March. Soft, durable key feel

.

TastesBetterOutdoors · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:25:28 »

I was going to wait until I got my Filco tenkeyless brown before I popped in officially--I'm on pre-order--but maybe this is the right time and place to say hello as well as note that there are now some healthy price-rises on EKB for all the Filcos and the HHKs.

Though not a serious SC player, I found you all via their talk about mechanical boards. I certainly went from zero to sixty quickly as I read just about everything here. Thanks for being such a great source of info!

I'll try not to make this an expensive hobby. I confess that I find the thock-thock of the Topres very soothing. By the time I might go for such a board it'd be more than $300. Small sigh.

RickyJ · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:44:02 »

Damn, their new prices sure are making the Rosewill look that much better. :mmph:

BlueRain · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 12:51:09 »

Doh! Just noticed the price jump too... /sadness

Quote from: RickyJ;242165

Damn, their new prices sure are making the Rosewill look that much better. :mmph:

RickyJ · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 13:02:19 »

I was watching for a hike after I saw your post, you were bang on. Sure it's "only" $9usd, but that's 10% of a Rosewill. Now it'll cost $165-170cdn to get a Filco, versus $112cdn for a Rosewill.

I seem to remember you joking that Brian has his kids testing blue switch boards, is there actually any more QC going on than buying from Newegg?

muchadoaboutnothing · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 13:42:21 »

Quote from: ripster;242171

Was it something I said? I don't remember the prices being that high yesterday.

What a quickly validated prediction! Looks like every keyboard got a $9 price bump.

ironman31 · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 15:11:58 »

the 86u got a 20 dollar price jump

CodeChef · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 15:37:15 »

Any idea why the Tenkeyless versions are most expensive than the full versions? Seems like less plastic + less switches would = lower price, but the opposite is true... Hm...

mjacob · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 15:38:50 »

The tenkeyless versions have NKRO by default.

CodeChef · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 15:54:17 »

Quote from: mjacob;242224

The tenkeyless versions have NKRO by default.

That would make sense, as they are the same (or really close) price as the NKRO full ones. Thanks bro!

mjacob · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 15:57:39 »

Quote from: ripster;242232

But then the 86U costs more than the 103u.

Now *that* is probably more of a market-driven demand thing.

elbowglue · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 15:59:16 »

Same thing about the separate numpads. No reason for them to be so expensive expect they are so niche.

BlueRain · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 19:14:39 »

Supply/demand or any other economic principles assume people to be rational. In real life, people are really, really, really, really far away from being rational.

Quote from: ripster;242301

This supply/demand thing doesn't seem to be sticking. Glad I don't teach economics.

elservo · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 20:01:43 »

I love the fact that mech keyboards are getting so popular with gamers. Awesome.

It may not make you a better player, but it makes the experience of playing a bit more pleasant.

TastesBetterOutdoors · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 20:11:42 »

Or in my case, not so extreme a gamer and not always busy typing, but if I would have bought such a nice keyboard back when I got my first PC (1989) I might even conceivably have been enjoying it for a couple decades. Looking at it that way, it's a reasonable expenditure even if it's not cheap. Reasonable for anyone, not just a keyboard fanatic.

Instead it's been crappy boards all that time and I never felt that I was typing well on them ever to be honest.

sealcouch · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 20:19:22 »

Gahhh. That 9 dollars kind of pushed it over my "impulse buy" limit....]=

Tavisto · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 21:59:26 »

Looks like I bought one just in the nick of time. I also got the Rosewill from newegg before the prices jumped back up on there as well. They both will be here tomorrow amusingly enough.

muchadoaboutnothing · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 23:28:57 »

Quote from: BlueRain;242310

Supply/demand or any other economic principles assume people to be rational. In real life, people are really, really, really, really far away from being rational.

Supply/demand doesn't evaluate the relative value/sanity of a purchase since these are relative based on the individual. Merely how much people want a product and what the supply of that product is.

Product in relatively high demand as of late (I'm sure Teamliquid, OCN, a few other forums have been helping with that) to the point where Brian's having trouble staying in stock.

Exclusive supplier who has more demand than supply.

Raise prices a few bucks and you'll probably get the demand a bit lower, closer to the supply.

teiresias · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 05 November 2010, 09:57:46 »

Still waiting on getting mine that I ordered on 10/12. I apparently didn't get one from the 10/30 stock, so I'm hoping I get one from the 11/10 stock. If not, I'll have to consider getting a Das. At least I got the older price.

Only issue is they charged my credit card already (which the order email said would not happen, said it would be charged when shipped), so I'd need to go through getting a refund if I decide to cancel.

CodeChef · « **Reply #29 on:** Fri, 05 November 2010, 10:00:40 »

Quote from: Tavisto;242357

Looks like I bought one just in the nick of time. I also got the Rosewill from newegg before the prices jumped back up on there as well. They both will be here tomorrow amusingly enough.

Once you inevitably decide you like the Filco better, can I have the Rosewill?

tjweir · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 05 November 2010, 15:18:08 »

Quote from: Tavisto;242357

Looks like I bought one just in the nick of time. I also got the Rosewill from newegg before the prices jumped back up on there as well. They both will be here tomorrow amusingly enough.

Hm, I did the exact same thing. When my Filco Tenkeyless Brown was pushed back I picked up the discounted Rosewill.

The Rosewill is really nice, considering I'm moving from the laptop keyed Apple boards, and an HHKB Lite2.

mrsone · « **Reply #31 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 01:30:22 »

I am bummed out that the prices for the HHKB Pro 2 went up about $10. It did push that out of my impulse buying range as well. I mean, I know the price is sky high for the HHKB anyway, but since I already have a Topre board, I was wanting to try the new layout. I guess I won't be getting one too soon now. Not that it has anything to do with the people at Elitekeyboards.com....I understand why they did it. They are almost never in supply of those things anymore. But still, I'll be waiting for a little bit to jump in to the HHKB myself.

elservo · « **Reply #32 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 02:04:57 »

Yeah, that's quite a price on HHKB's now! They sell out instantly, so it doesn't hurt to up the price a tad. I'm sure they'll still get all of them sold, but I have to say I'm glad I got mine before the price went up. i doubt I would have gotten it if it was $275.00

viviwill · « **Reply #33 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 05:16:30 »

Quote from: Fwiffo;241411

It's the SC2 nerds, I'm tellin' ya. There are at lese 7 filco-related threads on teamliquid.net with 900+ replies and 110k+ views collectively.

lol

I'm one of the SC2 nerd whos looking for a filco....
elite keyboard is my only option ?

Cheese101 · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 05:32:20 »

Quote from: mrsone;245292

I am bummed out that the prices for the HHKB Pro 2 went up about $10. It did push that out of my impulse buying range as well. I mean, I know the price is sky high for the HHKB anyway, but since I already have a Topre board, I was wanting to try the new layout.

probably should pick one up before the exchange rate gets even worse

tjweir · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 07:34:19 »

Just an update because I'm sure Brian is busy.

The Tenkeyless Brown I ordered on Oct 15th is in stock and said to ship out on Friday.

Now if I had only got on the Dolch Replica order in time.

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=230467

jaynoon · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 20:23:19 »

Quote from: tjweir;245328

Just an update because I'm sure Brian is busy.

The Tenkeyless Brown I ordered on Oct 15th is in stock and said to ship out on Friday.

Now if I had only got on the Dolch Replica order in time.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?p=230467

Is that info on the EliteKeyboards site anywhere? I ordered one a couple of weeks back, and all I see on EK now is that the Browns are out of stock, with no ETA for more...

WhiteRice · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 20:27:54 »

Quote from: viviwill;245313

lol

I'm one of the SC2 nerd whos looking for a filco....
elite keyboard is my only option ?

For a US distributor, yes. If you're willing to look around a bit check out the geekhack market place.

If you have money to burn you could always order from www.geekstuff4u.com.

There is also going through Asian buying agents to shop internationally.

TastesBetterOutdoors · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 20:31:18 »

Tenkeyless browns briefly showed in stock--he's run out again it seems. I ordered mine almost 3 weeks ago and would not be happy if it wasn't in his latest delivery.

jaynoon · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 20:41:05 »

Ugh, I only ordered mine 2 weeks ago, I have a bad feeling about this...

Fwiffo · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 20:41:31 »

Jeeze, that was less than a day. That's some hot product.

jaynoon · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 21:09:15 »

I guess I probably don't need to worry too much.. If they didn't have enough new stock to cover outstanding orders, it never would have shown in-stock today...

ironman31 · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 21:13:29 »

Quote from: viviwill;245313

lol

I'm one of the SC2 nerd whos looking for a filco....
elite keyboard is my only option ?

I have a few friends that were unsure of my willingness to spend that much money on keyboards, and now that they learned that their favorite pro gamers use mechanicals, they jumped all over getting a filco.

sealcouch · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 21:21:27 »

I hate my life. I will end up getting the replacement keys without a keyboard to put them in. =[

jaynoon · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 21:21:31 »

Yeah, remind me not to get into something at the same time as the SC2 nation again

ironman31 · « **Reply #45 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 21:30:15 »

Well at least we know Brian at Elitekeyboards is a happy guy, lol.

TastesBetterOutdoors · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 22:34:14 »

I just received my FedEx notification. Jaynoon shouldn't be far behind.

jaynoon · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 11 November 2010, 22:47:45 »

Quote from: TastesBetterOutdoors;245784

I just received my FedEx notification. Jaynoon shouldn't be far behind.

Great news! I remain hopeful.

wordfool · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 12 November 2010, 01:09:35 »

bah... ordered Nov 3 so am probably SOOL

viviwill · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 12 November 2010, 03:59:30 »

Quote from: WhiteRice;245710

For a US distributor, yes. If you're willing to look around a bit check out the geekhack market place.

If you have money to burn you could always order from www.geekstuff4u.com.

There is also going through Asian buying agents to shop internationally.

thanks

Guess I will just find somebody to buy one for me in China and ship it...
bit worry about the shipping cost though

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Author Topic: Elitekeyboards Pushes Filco Browns to Nov 10th (Read 15376 times)