$99 Leopolds at Elitekeyboards

IVXX · 05 Mar 2011, 18:54

should i buy a 10keyless blue... or wait for full sized reds T_T?

Sainesk · 05 Mar 2011, 20:49

wonder if they will have tenkeyless black/red ones... especially for around the same price as the pre-orders starting soon would be nice.

sixty · 05 Mar 2011, 20:51

IVXX wrote:should i buy a 10keyless blue... or wait for full sized reds T_T?

That switch is too different to give a general advice on that. Get both!

caprolactone · 05 Mar 2011, 22:42

looks nice, i hope it doesn't sell out fast x.x

snerual · 05 Mar 2011, 23:52

$99 is a very competitive (pre-order) price. If I didn't already own brown and blue Filco's I'd certainly be temped to buy one.

Culinia · 06 Mar 2011, 00:00

snerual wrote:$99 is a very competitive (pre-order) price. If I didn't already own brown and blue Filco's I'd certainly be temped to buy one.

Ya, amazing when I think about that I could have bought two keyboards for the price of this (one) filco at the moment here in the UK. Although the filco imo no regrets, best keyboard ever!

So that the 'pre-order price? Anyone guesstimate what price it would be after?

neo · 06 Mar 2011, 00:38

Culinia wrote:So that the 'pre-order price? Anyone guesstimate what price it would be after?

EK is on record that $99 is a permanent price for the time being and this is how it was planned all along.

Culinia · 06 Mar 2011, 00:49

neo wrote:
Culinia wrote:So that the 'pre-order price? Anyone guesstimate what price it would be after?
EK is on record that $99 is a permanent price for the time being and this is how it was planned all along.

Oh ok, that's pretty cool actually!

Is that price cheaper than the filcos that were on EK? - I know the Amazon lists $155 but was that the original price.

neo · 06 Mar 2011, 01:09

Culinia wrote:Is that price cheaper than the filcos that were on EK? - I know the Amazon lists $155 but was that the original price.

Yes, that's cheaper than Filcos were. Tenkeyless Filcos are $139 including shipping on Amazon right now, and I think they were $129 + shipping on EK.

Magna224 · 06 Mar 2011, 05:28

I think I will probably buy one on monday I have been waiting for a while.

espritsc · 06 Mar 2011, 09:16

Are they actually planning on ever selling red switches? They don't seem too fond of selling that rare of a switch or if they can even get one.

Anyone know when they will stock the Leopolds? I thought it was supposed to be early 2011.

bakageta · 06 Mar 2011, 22:31

That's quite a bit cheaper than I expected, glad to see more affordable options out there.

wanabe · 06 Mar 2011, 22:35

yeah this is a fantastic price, I'll have to pick one up once the reds are available.

mikethebboy · 07 Mar 2011, 08:10

Damn, right after i order my keyboard D:

mikethebboy · 07 Mar 2011, 08:11

Oh they're out of stock, never mind.

OrphaGn · 07 Mar 2011, 09:24

They're up for pre-order now

pita · 07 Mar 2011, 10:57

really looking forward to getting one. 99 bucks is just right!

vuga419 · 09 Mar 2011, 01:21

wanabe wrote:yeah this is a fantastic price, I'll have to pick one up once the reds are available.

Leopolds making red versions of these? Guess Id better start saving my money

Broncosoozie · 09 Mar 2011, 17:43

Yeah hopefully EK ends up stocking black or red, I've tried both blue and brown switches and am interested in black/red, especially at the $99 price! Judging by the popularity of these boards and the price, I'd assume they will eventually stock them, just that blue/brown are more popular and better for a first run.

strike015 · 10 Mar 2011, 11:56

might get the otaku tenkeyless xD dont have a brown tenkeyless yet so this might be good.
just checked shipping to Australia, it's gonna be $59

Dogi · 12 Mar 2011, 21:39

Wasn't there a new keyboard dealer in australia now?

ripster · 13 Mar 2011, 03:45

Bunch of them. Check the Geekhack WW Shopping Wiki.

Cyclonechuah · 13 Mar 2011, 16:09

Well, i owned the Leopold FC200R, i honestly the Keyboard quality is on par with Filco, and i agree with sixty, i'll pick Leopold anytime over Filco with those lovely price tag.

rockccf · 14 Mar 2011, 03:31

Too bad that the price tag 99 is only for tenkeyless, I want to get one full sized keyboard.

neo · 14 Mar 2011, 22:27

Cyclonechuah wrote:Well, i owned the Leopold FC200R, i honestly the Keyboard quality is on par with Filco, and i agree with sixty, i'll pick Leopold anytime over Filco with those lovely price tag.

And for the same price, which would you get?

javifast · 15 Mar 2011, 06:35

People says that is a Filco with detachable cable. Very interesting keyboard.

jnewkirk · 18 Mar 2011, 08:37

$99 wow. I wonder how much the full size Leopolds will be. If the price of the fullsize isn't much more than $99. I can't really see even thinking about getting a Das Keyboard or a Steelseries.

Although the "No return except for exact replacement" warrant does bother me some. I know you can resale your keyboard but that can be a hassle. I had a pretty bad experience with my last sale.

Das Keyboard have a 30 money back guarantee and Steelseries has a 14 day money back guarantee.

You could pretty much try out Cherry Blues, Browns, and Blacks for the price of shipping. Although I don't encourage this practice, and understand why EK might not want to deal with it, I'm sure it happens.

neo · 18 Mar 2011, 21:24

jnewkirk wrote:Although the "No return except for exact replacement" warrant does bother me some.

It's even worse than that. Replacement only for DOA items. Any other defects will be "fixed". That said, most people seem to be happy with the quality of service they receive from EK.

ripster · 18 Mar 2011, 21:48

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RiGS · 18 Mar 2011, 21:53

It seems that panda don't like Leopolds.