KBC Poker aka "KBC 60%" aka "KBC 40%"

ynih · 08 Feb 2011, 20:28

Chinese new year is 2 weeks long, it's not officially over until 15 days after the first day of Chinese New Year.

JC. · 10 Feb 2011, 14:10

sixty wrote:Chinese New Year is over and stuff should start moving again. I hope the samples finally manage to leave Asia this week.
My tongue is getting sore, having it hang out casually all the time.

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Hi Guys~

Sorry my late reply

Already shipment by DHL today

ENJOY YOUR FEELING!!

sixty · 10 Feb 2011, 14:17

Yay! Good stuff. It still is going to be a review this month then

webwit · 10 Feb 2011, 14:20

Happy new year!

ripster · 10 Feb 2011, 23:53

This forum seems like a lot of work just to get free keyboards. Does the pencil to flip the DIP Switch come with it?

And even younger models would be appropriate here. It IS a European forum after all.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 07:53

FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Friday, February 11, 2011 7:18 AM
TRANSIT THROUGH DHL FACILITY.

Could it possibly arrive already today?

Ascaii · 11 Feb 2011, 08:53

sixty wrote:
FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Friday, February 11, 2011 7:18 AM
TRANSIT THROUGH DHL FACILITY.

Could it possibly arrive already today?

no...binnenzollamt is yet to be passed.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 08:57

I'm not sure.. this is DHL EXPRESS, so I will likely be charged customs at the door, if there are any.

I am just surprised that the thing is already in the country like 15 hours after posting it from Taiwan.

Anyway, steps so far:

FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Friday, February 11, 2011 8:14 AM
DEPART FACILITY.
Friday, February 11, 2011 7:18 AM
TRANSIT THROUGH DHL FACILITY.
Friday, February 11, 2011 7:03 AM
PROCESSED AT DHL LOCATION.
Friday, February 11, 2011 7:01 AM
CLEARANCE PROCESSING COMPLETE.

I still have hope for today

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 12:42

DORTMUND, GERMANY
Friday, February 11, 2011 12:27 PM
WITH DELIVERY COURIER.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 12:48

btw, i think we should make that one of the official emoticons here.

:casualtongue:

webwit · 11 Feb 2011, 13:02

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Friday, February 11, 2011 	Location 	Time
7 	Clearance delay 	AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS, THE 	11:50
6 	Processed for clearance at AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS, THE 	AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS, THE 	08:36
5 	Arrived at Sort Facility AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS, THE 	AMSTERDAM - NETHERLANDS, THE 	08:22
 
Thursday, February 10, 2011 	Location 	Time
4 	Departed Facility in TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	19:20
3 	Processed at TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	18:18
2 	Arrived at Sort Facility TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	18:05
1 	Shipment picked up 	TAIPEI - TAIWAN 	15:45

I wouldn't be surprised it will take 4 days for the last 15 km.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 13:05

I wouldn't be surprised if mine gets delivered to the customs instead. Worst case scenarios!

Clearance delay for you huh.. must be some dutch drug bust.

webwit · 11 Feb 2011, 13:25

You have to translate the jargon used for customs delays as stated by mailing companies. What it really reads is: we advertise the shipping takes only x days, and that we are not responsible for customs delays, but the truth is mailing companies like us simply buy customs services, we buy capacity, and we buy as little as possible with which we can get away with. USPS at one point bought so little capacity here, their queue was 3 weeks. Which they blamed on Dutch customs, but USPS were just being cheap. If you buy 1000 customs checks a day, you get 1000 of them.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 13:34

Ah, that is called "natural phenomena beyond the control of DHL" here

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 14:30

More later. Probably when coworkers leave the office so I can fully slack and write keyboard reviews.

JC. · 11 Feb 2011, 14:42

sixty wrote:

More later. Probably when coworkers leave the office so I can fully slack and write keyboard reviews.

kidchunks · 11 Feb 2011, 15:27

Very...Very Nice!

Looking forward to the review.

itlnstln · 11 Feb 2011, 15:48

Deskthority better get the exclusive on the review. On GH, all we'll see is Ripster bitching about no arrow keys.

(I know you're lurking, rip...)

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 15:50

In theory there are arrow keys. The layout is actually extremely smart. I was shocked

itlnstln · 11 Feb 2011, 15:56

I guess I should have specified "dedicated" arrow keys, but whatever. I'm glad to hear that the layout works pretty well. That was a big concern of mine with the Poker.

7bit · 11 Feb 2011, 15:58

sixty wrote:

More later. Probably when coworkers leave the office so I can fully slack and write keyboard reviews.

Netherlands vs. Germany: 0:1

PS: Wasn't there a girl to come with the keyboard? At least their advertisement said so, I believe.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 16:03

Probably confiscated at the customs

keyboardlover · 11 Feb 2011, 16:15

I posed as a customs officer

webwit · 11 Feb 2011, 16:41

Mine is still at the same point. I bet they threw it on a big heap and thought: we'll get to it by Monday. DHL Netherlands look so lame on that tracking list, frantic action and speed on the first 10000km when the Taiwanese are handling it, moving it here in less than a day, and then DHL Netherlands get to do the last 15km and it all stops.

Minskleip · 11 Feb 2011, 16:45

Which layout is better: hhkb or poker?

Mrinterface · 11 Feb 2011, 16:47

Minskleip wrote:Which layout is better: hhkb or poker?

We will know soon enough

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 17:43

The learning curve on this one is much lower at least. It has been two years or something since I last used an HHKB, so I'm not sure right now.

keyboardlover · 11 Feb 2011, 17:52

I say poker is better, because when you're typing on an HHKB singing "Poker Face" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

sixty · 11 Feb 2011, 18:30

fap fap fap

keyboardlover · 11 Feb 2011, 18:33

fap fap fap poker face fap fap poker face!