Round 5 and Round 6 kits for sale!

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@alexofthewest: The first post of this thread, as well as both links in @janvkn's post above, all have links to a wiki page detailing what you can order and how to do it.

[mashby]

The following payments have been received for this group buy: Ferco


Has It Shipped?
If your payment came via PayPal, your invoice has been marked as shipped to keep them from locking up the PayPal account. Keep checking this thread for the actual ship date(s).

Additionally, note that the address on your Paypal notifications/notes are not necessarily the addresses 7bit will ship your order to, he ships to the address on your invoice.

Questions?
Either ask in this thread, or PM 7bit.

[altemark]

@7bit: I have a question about my order #0497. According to my internet bank, it was paid 2014-11-14, but I still get invoice reminders. Maybe there was a problem with the formatting of my street adress or something? (it features umlauts)

[whitecitadel]

7bit any new delays or do SP still think they will be done by the end of the week?

[Willwas]

Hey 7bit,

I've made a 3 part order, 1st payed via paypal, 2nd via bank transfer.
Now i've made another order via paypal and your bot didn't deduct the money i've already payed for the 2nd order via bank transfer (which was approximately 2 weeks earlier).
Can you check this out and send me an updated invoice for the last order pls?
MX 0727 Willwas

[barkweed]

"Send a message to 7bot" (to make a preorder) is ambiguous; PM or mail?

[Nuum]

PM.

[barkweed]

Ok, then I guess something went wrong, or 7bot is just taking a beauty sleep.

[chzel]

7bot doesn't auto-respond, it gets tickled by 7bit and replies with an email invoice. Your PM will not leave the outbox, don't get alarmed!

[Nuum]

Sometimes it takes a while until you get an invoice. Invoices come per mail and not via PM, btw.

[barkweed]

Ah. Guess I'm too used to bots being fully automated and in 24/7 service.

[Data]

Typical meatbag, treating bots like your personal slaves.

BOTS HAVE FEELINGS TOO.

[Muirium]

Damn right.



(And holograms. The physical manifestation of the artificial mind is irrelevant.)

[barkweed]

Feelings are irrelevant. There shall be only logic.

[7bit]

What makes you believe
feelings are irrelevant?

[Laser]

Feelings are irrelevant. There shall be only logic.

The Borg has infiltrated Deskthority! Run still you can

[barkweed]

Resistance is futile.

[barkweed]

And there was great derailment.

Got my invoice a couple of hours ago, all is well (except maybe for the MOQ's if I understood it correctly; I suspect I'm in for either a long wait or great disappointment... or both).

[Data]

Yeah, I got a little... carried away with my HONEYB order. I don't think anything on my list has met MOQ yet. Should have just grabbed the SPH TKL kit and called it a day. Oh well, we'll see.

[SL89]

Yeah, I got a little... carried away with my HONEYB order. I don't think anything on my list has met MOQ yet. Should have just grabbed the SPH TKL kit and called it a day. Oh well, we'll see.

I still need to update my order. I felt like i dropped the ball to everyone else when i canceled it.

[7bit]

I wait until Round 5 has shipped to me, to decide about MOQs and what to order first and what to skip.

[Memoren]

I wait until Round 5 has shipped to me, to decide about MOQs and what to order first and what to skip.

Is there an ETA on when Round 5 will ship to you?

[7bit]

The last time I asked:
"End of this week."

So maybe I will have them in 10-14 days.

[beltet]

and a month of sorting... Maybe more?....

[whitecitadel]

Sounds like Santa is bringing the delivery, maybe see if he has some elves to help sorting?

[JohnVenture]

Once SP ships them to you, will you post the tracking number here so 300 people can anxiously track the parcel's journey to you?

[barkweed]

I wait until Round 5 has shipped to me, to decide about MOQs and what to order first and what to skip.

Ok, so the MOQ of 25 for each doesn't necessarily apply to round 5a? With luck, it could be lower?

[pcaro]

This is worse than childbirth. I've been waiting almost nine months and I have not yet clear the delivery order corresponding me.

Since I am a novice with mechanical keyboards maybe I choosed bad my keyboard layout. This uncertainty can not be good

[urbancamo]

Please don't flame me if this is close to the bone - regardless of how you interpret the words below please know that I am truly, sincerely, posting this with my tongue firmly in cheek. Hopefully it will raise a smile, even if an ironic one.

With that said

I'm surprised this group buy hasn't attracted the attention of psychologists. I think I've seen every stage to date of the Kübler-Ross model...

The Kübler-Ross model, or the five stages of grief, is a series of emotional stages experienced when faced with the indeterminate end of a group buy. The five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

Stages
The stages, popularly known by the acronym DABDA, include:

• Denial — As the reality of the time the group buy is going to take is hard to face, one of the first reactions to follow the realisation is Denial. The person is trying to shut out the reality or magnitude of his/her situation, and begins to develop a false, preferable reality.
• Anger — Once in the second stage, the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue. Because of anger, the person is very difficult passify by other forum members. The person in question can be angry with himself, or with others, or at a higher power (7bit), and especially those who are close to them. Certain psychological responses of a person undergoing this phase would be: "Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; '"Who is to blame?"; "Why would 7bit let this happen?"
• Bargaining — The third stage involves the hope that the individual can somehow undo or avoid a cause of grief. Usually, the negotiation for a set of keycaps from a previous round is made with 7bit in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. Other times, they will use anything valuable as a bargaining chip against another human agency to increase their PBT keycap collections. In essence, the individual cannot totally move into acceptance yet acknowledges the fact that what has happened cannot be undone. People facing less serious trauma can bargain or seek to negotiate a compromise. For example, one may say "Can we still be friends?" when facing 7bit. Bargaining rarely provides a sustainable solution, especially if it is the difference between PBT or ABS.
• Depression — "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"; "I'm going to have to use ABS keycaps forever so what's the point?"; "I miss PBTs, why go on?"
  During the fourth stage, the grieving person begins to understand the uncertainty of the result of the group buy. Much like the existential concept of The Void, the idea of living becomes pointless. Things begin to lose meaning to the griever. Because of this, the individual may become silent, refuse visitors and spend much of the time crying and sullen. This process allows the grieving person to disconnect from mechanical keyboards, possibly in an attempt to avoid further group buys. Depression could be referred to as the dress rehearsal for the 'membrane aftermath'. It is a kind of acceptance with emotional attachment. It is natural to feel sadness, regret, fear, and uncertainty when going through this stage. Feeling those emotions shows that the person has begun to accept the situation. Oftentimes, this is the ideal path to take, to find closure and make their ways to the fifth step, Acceptance.
• Acceptance — "It's going to be okay."; "I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it."
  In this last stage, individuals begin to come to terms with their inevitable future. This stage varies according to the person's situation. People who have experienced multiple group buys can enter this stage a long time before the people on their first, who must pass through their own individual stages of dealing with the grief. This typically comes with a calm, retrospective view for the individual, and a stable mindset.

I'm looking forward to receiving my keycaps, whatever year that might be.

[7bit]

This is worse than childbirth. I've been waiting almost nine months and I have not yet clear the delivery order corresponding me.

Since I am a novice with mechanical keyboards maybe I choosed bad my keyboard layout. This uncertainty can not be good

Woman's children take 9 months, 7bit's key caps 12.


Where is your problem?


Different things take different times!