How can one get a German internal keyboard in North America?

Global_Eyes,

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If Dell Germany is like Dell US, this subsidiary will only be able to ship within the borders of the country.  You might want to contact Dell Germany to verify this. 

Hello again Ramiza,

No, IBM didn't either but, as opposed to Dell, it was not a problem to find an authorized IBM service centre who would send me one as a replacement part.  In the end, I opted to purchase the keyboard as a replacement part directly from IBM Germany (not the authorized service centre) and have it sent to a friend in Germany, who then forwarded it on to me.  I only did it this way because it was a little be less expensive than having the service centre send it to me since there was no markup involved.

There is a list of authorized IBM retail outlets and authorized service centres on the German Web site, however ordering direct from IBM was also very easy.  I just had to send a fax with my signature.  The keyboard showed up COD at my friend's house a couple of days later (I couldn't purchase with a credit card without having a customer account).  I then just sent a wire transfer to my friend for the amount plus his postage.

I don't imagine that there's a lot of turnover for non-English keyboards in North America, but I've always thought that I'm surely not the only person who'd desire one and it might make a nice little eBay business.  The German keyboard is also quite good for writing French, since it has most of the required accents.  The French keyboard is _very_ weird!

Best,
Global_Eyes

Hello Ram,

I gave up on Dell and bought an IBM.

Best regards,

Global_Eyes