kerunt

Hey all,

I'm looking to purchase a Think Outside keyboard, but none of the eBay sellers ship to Canada. Any other places I can check out?

Search didn't bring up much :(.

Thanks!

Haesslich

Tried SoftPocket.ca?

Here's their keyboard page - $10 flat-rate shipping, IIRC.

kerunt

Originally Posted by Haesslich

Tried SoftPocket.ca? Here's their keyboard page - $10 flat-rate shipping, IIRC.

Thanks for the tip, but their prices are outright ridiculous. They want $179 CAD for the ThinkOutside keyboard - eBay sellers sell them for $90 USD ~= $130 CAD. What makes them special enough to charge an extra $50?

Haesslich

Well, for one, this is a retail operation - the eBay people either don't have stores like SoftPocket, which runs a retail store in Toronto (IIRC) or else they're selling goods which were obtained outside of normal channels... like the B-series HT820s that have been all over eBay recently, which have markedly poorer performance.

For another, they probably imported it at that price. You didn't specify the prices you were going for here, after all - I just linked a store which is known to ship to Canada, from in Canada, and known to be reliable and reputable. Otherwise, I'd suggest checking the Classified forum and seeing if someone there's selling one - I've seen one or two there in the past month.

kerunt

Originally Posted by Haesslich

Well, for one, this is a retail operation - the eBay people either don't have stores like SoftPocket, which runs a retail store in Toronto (IIRC) or else they're selling goods which were obtained outside of normal channels... like the B-series HT820s that have been all over eBay recently, which have markedly poorer performance. For another, they probably imported it at that price. You didn't specify the prices you were going for here, after all - I just linked a store which is known to ship to Canada, from in Canada, and known to be reliable and reputable. Otherwise, I'd suggest checking the Classified forum and seeing if someone there's selling one - I've seen one or two there in the past month.

Well I understand that retail stores charge higher, but this is just ridiculous. I just talked to a friend of mine who works at a local Best Buy, he said they just got some new bluetooth keyboards (foldable - for mobile devices) a few days ago, but they aren't for sale just yet. He also mentioned a $110 CAD price tag. I'll have to check those out when they start selling :).

I'll also check the classifieds section, thanks for the tip :).

Haesslich

I don't see any wireless BT keyboards at the BestBuy.ca site yet - perhaps he was thinking about the Belkin keyboards which have been available for a while. All I know is that the ThinkOutside Stowaways usually include a driver disk for older versions of Windows Mobile.. although that keyboard your friend mentioned may be the same Freedom keyboard linked to on the SoftPocket page.

But remember, this is Canada - the land that sells 8GB CF cards for about $200-220 CDN when you can get them in the States for $120 US or less.

kerunt

Originally Posted by Haesslich

I don't see any wireless BT keyboards at the BestBuy.ca site yet - perhaps he was thinking about the Belkin keyboards which have been available for a while. All I know is that the ThinkOutside Stowaways usually include a driver disk for older versions of Windows Mobile.. although that keyboard your friend mentioned may be the same Freedom keyboard linked to on the SoftPocket page. But remember, this is Canada - the land that sells 8GB CF cards for about $200-220 CDN when you can get them in the States for $120 US or less.

Yeah I checked the site too.

I checked local CraigsList listings, there's a person selling a Dell Executive Keyboard (ThinkOutside rebrand) for $75 CAD, says it's in excellent condition. Hopefully I can pick that on up on the weekend :).

WTCC

I also live in Canada and know how hard it is to buy stuff at a decent price! I purchased the ThinkOutside keyboard and mouse combo for $148.95 CAN ($116US) last Christmas. It was the best price at the time that I could find. I bought it through MobilePlanet. They were selling it cheaper than their canadian counterpart at the time. Hope this helps.

lostjak

Does newegg.com ship to Canada?

Gigi

Originally Posted by lostjak

Does newegg.com ship to Canada?

Unfortunately, no.

kerunt, your best bet would probably be to get a used one privately. I purchased one off of a member here for a great price.

kerunt

Mobile planet is still pretty expensive - $140 CAD.

Hopefully that local seller replies to me soon...

w3iner

Amazon is a good place if it ships to canada. I don't know if it does.

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kerunt

Originally Posted by w3iner

Amazon is a good place if it ships to canada. I don't know if it does.

No, unfortunately amazon.com does NOT ship to Canada. And amazon.ca does not have any of those keyboards :(

mtgeorge

Have you tried www.CompUSA.com? They are the cheapest I have found for Think Outside BT Keyboards in the US, but not sure if they ship to Canada

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kerunt

Originally Posted by mtgeorge

Have you tried www.CompUSA.com? They are the cheapest I have found for Think Outside BT Keyboards in the US, but not sure if they ship to Canada

Thanks for the tip. Their price does indeed look nice!

They don't have options to ship to Canada in the shipping cart (all shipping options are within Continental US), but I'm going to ask about their shipping on another forum which has a few (ex)CompUSA employees on it :)