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mikes41720
29
Jul 17, 2015
How unlucky! I didn't think the first batch would sell out as quick as it did!
I'm here in the Philippines and I just got into mechanical keyboards late last year. I have a Ducky Shine 3 with Cherry MX Browns and white PBT keycaps as well as a CM Storm Quickfire Rapid-i with Cherry MX Blues, and I wanted to get into Topre switches. I decided that the Realforce 87U with 55g switches was the one, since I didn't like the 60% HHKB lay-out.
My best friend just transferred to New York last year. He's coming home to the Philippines on the 26th of August, so if I had ordered and made it to the first batch, the estimated shipping date of August 14 would have been perfect for him to bring it home with him. He's bringing my Ducky 108 PBT keycap set in green/cream from Massdrop so that's a consolation prize, I guess.
I still decided to pull the trigger and take the drop. Shipping straight to the Philippines wasn't as expensive as I thought it'd be. It comes up to a total of $215.00 for the keyboard and $10.35 for shipping, so $225.35 total. Which is more than reasonable. The only reservations that I have is that my country has shitty and questionable customs tax practices. I've heard horror stories of people paying up to 300% of what the product was worth ($90 tax for a $30 item) because that was what the customs officer declared.
Had I made it to the first batch, I would have had my keyboard shipped to my best friend in NY and he would have brought it home with 0% chance of getting taxed.
So I'm taking a major risk here by having it shipped straight to my house. Fingers crossed they don't charge me a ludicrous amount for it.
superxtian
58
Jul 17, 2015
mikes41720I'm still waiting for my mionix naos 7000, was shipped on June 4 and on June 23 it was handed over to philpost and there is no update since then
mikes41720
29
Jul 17, 2015
superxtianThat really sucks. I have a friend coming home in October, so I might as well wait an extra month and let him bring it rather than have it shipped her an pay a ridiculous amount in tax.
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