I gave in. There’s no point obsessing about this forever. This evening after work, I drove down to the “User’s Side San Jose branch”:http://www.users-side.com and put in an order for the black “Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2”:http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/hhkeyboard/hhkbpro2/.
It was a bit more expensive: about $290 after tax, (that’s compared to about $220 or so at one of my favorite electronics stores in Japan) but if you think about shipping costing an extra $30 and having it in a few weeks vs having it 3 months later, I think it’s a reasonable price.
Besides, after using it for a few months, I’ll know whether I’ll want to buy a second one when I’m in Japan in the spring.
The guy at the store said barring any hiccups, it should get here next week or the week after that. When I asked over email, I was told 3-4 weeks, so I’m a bit skeptical, but here’s to hoping.
As cartman said.. “c’mon…. c’mon….”