DSA Retro Set (SHIPPED!)

matt3o · 22 Feb 2013, 12:01

it's just a crazy idea, but if I get support from 4-5 people willing to invest we could do pretty nice things I believe.

usopia · 22 Feb 2013, 12:32

Kurrk wrote:
matt3o wrote:..........
1) 250 keys limit (many have added multiple spacebars and mods, 250 seems legit)
..............
What do you mean by 250 keys limit?

...it's the limit that fits in a small USPS-Box.

matt3o · 22 Feb 2013, 12:45

ops sorry missed that, thanks usopia

pasph · 22 Feb 2013, 16:00

matt3o wrote:it's just a crazy idea, but if I get support from 4-5 people willing to invest we could do pretty nice things I believe.

Hmmm...

Fred · 22 Feb 2013, 16:20

zulios wrote:Especially now that both Lysol and vendors are already getting keycaps produced, I guess that demand will decrease drastically unless you come up with a great idea once again.

I don't read DT and GH that much, what exactly are "Lysol and vendors" producing?

rknize · 22 Feb 2013, 18:19

Lysol was starting to organize a small GMK group buy. I'm not sure what happened with that. Another one started here:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=39280.0

EliteKeyboards started sell red Esc keys and now sherryton has opened a new Business and is or will be selling at least 4 reproduction Cherry sets from GMK. He recently announced SkiData and there is one more he hasn't announced (but it's grey and more grey).

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=403 ... #msg805336

matt3o · 22 Feb 2013, 18:22

We want more sphericals

and more tasty colors!

rknize · 22 Feb 2013, 18:22

matt3o wrote:we will do from GMK next time. US residents will know what it means paying $60 in shipping Just checked and a package from IT to US costs €40-42. From IT to EU $12 1kg, $15 2kg. All tracked shipping.

Indeed, if that is the case you will get your wish.

rknize · 22 Feb 2013, 18:23

matt3o wrote:We want more sphericals and more tasty colors!

Does GMK have sphericals? What are they like?

matt3o · 22 Feb 2013, 18:25

rknize wrote:
matt3o wrote:We want more sphericals and more tasty colors!
Does GMK have sphericals? What are they like?

they do and they look pretty nice. There must be a sample somewhere. Is this it?

boondaburrah · 22 Feb 2013, 22:45

I just realised that the ~200 sets of keys is a relatively small number. It makes me feel like I have a collectors edition of something

I wish I could get deep dish on D and K as in the old mac keyboards (homing on middle, not pointer, fingers) but it's fine as it is. Besides, I'm not building My Perfect Keyboard™; just a really f@%*king cool one. (Not crazy enough yet. Also must keep reasonable budgets.)

7bit · 22 Feb 2013, 23:37

My order shows a value of $765.32 and when I sum everything up, I come to $661.07, $104.25 more!

In Round 4, people had only to pay up to $34 for 'shipping'.

matt3o · 23 Feb 2013, 00:16

7bit wrote:My order shows a value of $765.32 and when I sum everything up, I come to $661.07, $104.25 more!

In Round 4, people had only to pay up to $34 for 'shipping'.

there must be something wrong then. let me check your order.

consider that I could have everyone pay just $22. which is the absolute average

EDIT: oh all blanks cost +0.05 because we are "sorting" them into bags of 5

samwisekoi · 23 Feb 2013, 01:20

I am the US proxy for this group buy, and have begun contacting buyers using the e-mail addresses you entered with your GH or DT user name as a back-up. I have already found one large order where both were invalid.

Please make sure you've got one or the other correct in Matt3o's ordering system. I am certainly not going to chase people who leave bad/fake addresses.

Thank you.

- Ron | samwisekoi

p.s. If the person who ordered qty 5 of several items and provided a bad AOL address actually wants the order, please send me a PM. Otherwise I will just move along.

boondaburrah · 23 Feb 2013, 01:33

samwisekoi wrote:I am the US proxy for this group buy, and have begun contacting buyers using the e-mail addresses you entered with your GH or DT user name as a back-up. I have already found one large order where both were invalid.

So if the paypal address is fine in the order system all's good? 'Cause I don't know what address I wrote down in my deskthority account.

Acanthophis · 23 Feb 2013, 01:34

I think he means the email address you filled in on this order form: http://lab.cubiq.org/retro/index.php

boondaburrah · 23 Feb 2013, 01:44

Yeah, the paypal one. It's the mention of "GH or DT user name..." OOOH WAIT "with your GH or DT user name as a back-up" was a separate thing. You got me this time, English, but we WILL MEET AGAIN!

matt3o · 23 Feb 2013, 12:12

7bit wrote:My order shows a value of $765.32 and when I sum everything up, I come to $661.07, $104.25 more!

In Round 4, people had only to pay up to $34 for 'shipping'.

You have $680.53 in 1198 keycaps.

1198 + 1% = 1210 (rounded up) to cover SP errors and broken keys (this is an approximation because in reality it is calculated on kits not keys)

680.53 / 1198 * 1210 = $687.35

$687.35 + $48 shipping = $735.35 (please note that you are paying 48 and not 60 even though you need a medium box)

$735.35 + paypal = $757.34

$757.34 + $1 (added at the end of each order to cover packaging expenses) = $758.34

the difference between 765.33 and 757.34 (which is approx another 1%) is to cover people that is not going to pay their invoices and other contingencies.

Anyway being yours a big order you should have been contacted by Ron with more details.

7bit · 23 Feb 2013, 12:44

I understand.

Is it possible to ship in 4 separate small boxes?

jil_jil32 · 23 Feb 2013, 13:16

Hi matt3o,
Can you explain for me about my order just like that?
May I know why I have been asked for not using Paypal? And even though, still be charged the Paypal fee?

matt3o · 23 Feb 2013, 13:30

7bit wrote:Is it possible to ship in 4 separate small boxes?

I believe Ron can manage special shipping requests. Did you receive his email? (only for big orders)

jil_jil32 wrote:Hi matt3o,
Can you explain for me about my order just like that?
May I know why I have been asked for not using Paypal? And even though, still be charged the Paypal fee?

because special cases are indeed "special", not handled directly by my software but manually by Ron. If you don't pay by paypal you of course won't be charged paypal fees.

you have 1506 keys for a value of $810.30. Shipping for you is around $15 (big orders require more packaging material). The math is all above

jil_jil32 · 23 Feb 2013, 14:12

I see, thanks for the reply

RC-1140 · 23 Feb 2013, 20:57

Just to check, you haven't contacted everybody yet, right? Because I didn't receive any email about this.

matt3o · 23 Feb 2013, 23:02

next monday the madness begins

MadScienitst46 · 24 Feb 2013, 00:06

matt3o wrote:next monday the madness begins

You mean this monday, the 25th?

RC-1140 wrote:Just to check, you haven't contacted everybody yet, right? Because I didn't receive any email about this.

Haven't gotten a mail either, but got the address right in the form. Time to worry?

matt3o · 24 Feb 2013, 00:33

no invoice has been sent yet

the thread title will change to "invoicing" when we will start sending invoices (this Monday)

Bullveyr · 24 Feb 2013, 00:34

Any news for Caps Lock?

matt3o · 24 Feb 2013, 00:37

it is available but we need the release to use it. I don't have it yet, I hope next week. Otherwise we will start production anyway and I'll have SP make the tooling ready for next round.

Bullveyr · 24 Feb 2013, 01:03

Sounds like a plan.

matt3o · 24 Feb 2013, 10:13

Last day to review and modify your order!

Tomorrow we sill start invoicing!

Cancel your order now or forever hold your peace.

All incomplete or "weird" orders (you know who you are) will be removed!

Please understand that if you confirm your order now but you don't pay the invoice, all the community is paying for your keycaps... and actually we have such a small buffer that if more than a few is not going to pay, samwisekoi is paying from his very own wallet!