EU Mini EK Group Buy v2 - Shipped!

ne0phyte · 28 May 2013, 15:36

I'm going to revive this thread http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/ ... =mini%20EK

The rules are simple:

Accessories only (no keyboards)
Shipping is split among all orders (according to the EK FAQ max. $82)
Everyone pays 20% of their order value to cover the VAT
I will collect the money for the items + shipping to me first and send you another invoice for the shipping to you when I get the stuff
You can pay directly after the deadline via PayPal [or wire transfer in Germany]
No PayPal gifts! You'll pay 4% of the final price to cover the PayPal fees if you choose PayPal

Who            | What                                             | Price | Sum   
---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
ne0phyte       | 1x HHKB keycaps              [white, blank]      | $78   | $132.5  
               | 1x HHKB Soft Carrying Case                       | $50   |  
               | 1x Topre Escape              [red, blank]        | $4.5  |       
---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
mSSM           | 1x HHKB Soft Carrying Case                       | $50   | $54.5 
               | 1x Topre Escape              [red, blank]        | $4.5  |       
---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
akuji13        | 1x HHKB keycaps              [black, printed]    | $78   | $133  
               | 1x Topre WASD                [orange, printed]   | $15   |       
               | 2x Topre Mods                [orange, printed]   | $20   |      
---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------
Dgsbllx        | 1x HHKB Soft Carrying Case                       | $50   | $74 
               | 2x Topre Escape              [red, blank]        | $4.5  |     
               | 1x Topre WASD                [orange, printed]   | $15   |

mSSM · 28 May 2013, 18:48

I am still in:
HHKB Soft Carrying Case: http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... d=pdkb01sd
Non-printed Red Esc key: http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... hh_redescn

As regards the shipping: do you want to split it equally among all participants, or each according to the value of their order? (E.g., I buy stuff for 30, you buy stuff for 60, which means that I pay 1/3 of the total cost and you pay 2/3.) I'd much prefer to split it according to the value of what people ordered.

akuji13 · 30 May 2013, 09:45

Nice GB!

I like to have:
1x http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... pdkb400ktb
1x http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... =twasd_org
2x http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php? ... d=tmod_org

akuji13 · 30 May 2013, 10:01

@ne0phyte

Thats not correct, i linked the lettered blacks.

ne0phyte · 30 May 2013, 10:09

akuji13 wrote:@ne0phyte

Thats not correct, i linked the lettered blacks.

You're right! Fixed.

I wonder why the other thread had so much more orders..
Maybe I am still too new here so people don't trust me?

akuji13 · 30 May 2013, 10:25

Mayby.
I trust you.

ne0phyte · 30 May 2013, 11:10

mSSM wrote:As regards the shipping: do you want to split it equally among all participants, or each according to the value of their order? (E.g., I buy stuff for 30, you buy stuff for 60, which means that I pay 1/3 of the total cost and you pay 2/3.) I'd much prefer to split it according to the value of what people ordered.

The sole reason this group buy exists is the insane shipping from EK to Germany/Europe and I wanted this to be a good deal for everyone.
With the current orders the shipping per head will be $16 which is cheap in contrast to the $50+ they take.
Your order alone would be $56 for shipping.

I hope that we find one or two more people so we can get the shipping to around $10.

Muirium · 30 May 2013, 11:54

What goes wrong when keyboards are added into the equation? Does EK's shipping go crazy, or is it the group buy organiser >> final customer step that's the problem?

ne0phyte · 30 May 2013, 12:08

You're right, the reason is that I don't have a car and taking tons of keyboards home by bus is rather uncomfortable

I added 10 Realforce keyboards to my shopping cart and the maximum shipping (just like their FAQ states) is $82.56.

If someone definitely wants something I could probably order one or two keyboards. But like I said I don't want to end up with a huge package and if you consider buying a $300 keyboard the $50 shipping don't look that high anymore

EDIT: Oh and if we add keyboards the shipping goes up to 82 and we would need even more people (at least 6 orders) to get lower shipping per head than it is now.

Muirium · 30 May 2013, 12:32

Fair enough. Their shipping cap makes a lot of sense. I must do my own one-man group-buy someday!

Good choice on your blank white caps, by the way.

ne0phyte · 30 May 2013, 12:42

Muirium wrote:Good choice on your blank white caps, by the way.

I'm going to dye them

Muirium · 30 May 2013, 12:55

Argh!

Dgsbllx · 30 May 2013, 13:01

Really tempted to dye a white set myself, but I think I will make a complete mess and waste $78 XD
Are you using the rit-dye technique or whatever its called?

Anyway, for now I'll match my order from the previous GB;

1x HHKB Soft Carrying Case
2x Red Topre Blank Esc

I might be back for more, but I'll place those for now as a definite!

Thanks for running this!

ne0phyte · 31 May 2013, 23:30

Alright. We already reached the max. shipping EK charges ($82). Current shipping per head is $16.5.

I'm considering to remove the "no keyboards" rule since every order from now on will make it cheaper for everyone... hmm

brian · 01 Jun 2013, 12:46

Hi guys,

Thought I'd clarify our shipping policies, as some of them are buried deep in the FAQ. Namely I want to elaborate on one particular point for buyers outside the US:

"If you're ordering more than 3 keyboards, please e-mail us for shipping pricing"

The reason it's three keyboards has more to do with the value than anything else since the default shipping method is EMS. The soft boundary is 750 USD; much over this and we'll only ship with FedEx, for which we'll have to give you a custom quote.

Whatever the order is, if it is going to have more than five or so items in it, then I'd recommend you email us for a custom shipping quote. No we will probably not ship 10 keyboards to EU for $82:( However, if you're buying a bunch of smaller items, we may be able to give you a better shipping price than the shopping cart calculates since the minimum product weight that the shipping calculator will deal with can throw off calculations for large numbers of items.

Muirium · 01 Jun 2013, 13:02

I don't have the cash for an HHKB right now, unfortunately. And no one else has stepped in with a request for a keyboard of their own. So I think the order Ne0phyte has listed at the top of the tread is essentially complete.

ne0phyte · 01 Jun 2013, 19:27

Thanks for the info, brian!
No, we don't plan to order 10 keyboards

I will email you regarding the shipping.

Is everyone happy with their orders?

Dgsbllx · 01 Jun 2013, 23:28

I'll add a topre orange wasd please as well to my order. Thanks!

ne0phyte · 02 Jun 2013, 20:23

Dgsbllx wrote:I'll add a topre orange wasd please as well to my order. Thanks!

Added.

No more orders are being accepted!

EDIT: We lost one order (the HHKB) so asuming the cart price is correct the shipping per head went down to around $14.50.
I mailed EK for a custom shipping quote.

ne0phyte · 03 Jun 2013, 12:10

Invoices sent! Shipping from EK -> Germany is $56.56 = $14.14 per head.

Please pay ASAP so I can place the order

By the way: I charged 20% for VAT instead of 19% in case that the exchange rate changed when I'm going to get the stuff from the customs. I will use the leftover money if any to cover a part of the shipping to you.

Dgsbllx · 03 Jun 2013, 12:36

Paid

ne0phyte · 03 Jun 2013, 12:43

Got your and akuji13s payment. Waiting for mSSM

ne0phyte · 06 Jun 2013, 14:40

Still waiting for mSSM. I hope he read this

You can pay directly after the deadline via PayPal [or wire transfer in Germany]

akuji13 · 06 Jun 2013, 14:56

Waiting sucks!

mSSM · 06 Jun 2013, 19:38

Bad mSSM! I am a bit swamped at the university and was pushing this back. I have just wired the money to your account (German wire transfer). I have my doubts that it will arrive on your account by tomorrow though. Sorry about that. I took a screenshot of the bank transfer and could send sent it to you.

ne0phyte · 10 Jun 2013, 11:35

I finally received your payment and placed the order at EK. So much money for little pieces of plastic...

You have sent a payment of $454,56 USD to EliteKeyboards (support@elitekeyboards.com)

Dgsbllx · 10 Jun 2013, 12:04

We're all mad

akuji13 · 10 Jun 2013, 12:14

What me makes mad is the time that we have to wait until we get the stuff...

ne0phyte · 10 Jun 2013, 12:27

akuji13 wrote:What me makes mad is the time that we have to wait until we get the stuff...

You live just 140km from me! If you really can't wait you could come and pick them up as soon as I get the package.
That would cost you around 10 times of the shipping cost though

akuji13 · 10 Jun 2013, 12:45

10 times? Dont think so...i send a taxi.

What i mean is the shipping to germany, thats an endless period...

I WANT iT NOW!