VorTex PBT Keycaps (black, white, engraved, lasered, otaku!)

[webwit]

I think I can adjust the price and skip the Euro if it makes most people happy. In the end it all comes out almost the same after importing + taxes.

Same price is no good either. IMO you shouldn't be taking the hit for their pricing mistake anyhow. You are the volunteer group buyer, they should fix it, or not, and I can choose not to buy. I don't think this is like Cherry keycaps, where there is a production line and the keycaps are printed as part of the process, and it would take adjusting the production line and running it again to get blank keycap sets, which is all very expensive. Vortex caps are different, since they are separate sets. I think the producer has a base material, blank caps, and then they either engrave or laser them in a step 2. Like IBM caps, where the blank ones are considerably less expensive. What remains would be a claim that handling an extra type of lesser quantity would increase the cost. But they don't have shelf space. It's all the same boxes. And they use group buyers. So I think they are just trying, and insulting my intelligence. The Filco blank sets were 15 EUR before VAT btw.

[sixty]

The pricing is more or less up to me to a certain margin. I have a suggested retail value and the average prices on TaoBao to go by as a guideline. I calculated the Euro prices based on those values and the VAT and import fees that I end up paying for the group. I think the price is fair, considering Filco sets go for 28 without shipping over at Bruce and are inferior material. At least they don't have rests of glue underneath I guess...

[ripster]

Are white caps white as in cherry cream white or filco white? Would be interested in cream blanks or black blanks.

I suspect that the legend will not be level with the surface?

Whiter than Michael Jackson's final days (see the White Ninja in the Pics subforum). Should be perfectly level, more level than that Strauss-Kahn guy.

[TheSoulhunter]

2x "Black on Black"
1x "White on White"
2x "Otaku"
1x "Otaku Pure"

[webwit]

The pricing is more or less up to me to a certain margin. I have a suggested retail value and the average prices on TaoBao to go by as a guideline. I calculated the Euro prices based on those values and the VAT and import fees that I end up paying for the group. I think the price is fair, considering Filco sets go for 28 without shipping over at Bruce and are inferior material. At least they don't have rests of glue underneath I guess...

It's not the price. It's that the price of a blank set which costs less to produce is the same as the price of a labelled set which costs more to produce. Pah, I pity people who glamor over their silly printed sets, like I'd pity musicians who'd glamor over the printed set of their toy pianos. All this overhead for amateurs... but I have to pay the same overhead costs while they aren't there? So I can't buy any of them out of principle, you see.

[sixty]

I have been informed that delivery time for these will be one week from date of order. So once we have enough orders, I'll get this out.

[prava]

I'll buy some Now that I have my Pokers at home I need something to dress them out, although the best would be to buy a set with the Fn functions specially for pokers.

Any change it could happen?

[RiGS]

Does it have the new compatible spacebar with Steelseries/Leopold?

[ripster]

Hope so. That one compared to my KBC PBT spacebar makes BearForce1 look straight.

[sixty]

Sent a mail to figure it out. I'll update the thread accordingly when I get news.

[sixty]

YES! it is our new type of spacebar and suitable for Cherry, Leopold, Steelseries 7G/6GV2.

[ripster]

Good. Sorry if I offended any Bearforce1 fans.

[Shiny]

1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill)
1x "Otaku Pure" (White keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank)

Please . Seems like a good way to spice up my boring black keyboards...

[Swede]

I'll take "white on white". Just need to paint the case white as well

[mass]

I am in for a set.
1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
Thanks.

[F u r u y á]

As he is not replying my PMs, here is my order:

• 1 Otaku
• 1 Otaku Pure

[prava]

In for

1x "Pink on Black" (Black keycap, laser etched with a pinkish color font) - EUR 25,00
1x "Black on White" (White keycap, laser etched with a black/grey color font) - EUR 24,00

SPAIN

[BMASTER]

Very interesting

I'm in
1x "Black on Black" (Black keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
1x "Otaku" (Black keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank) - EUR 25,00
1x "Otaku Pure" (White keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank) - EUR 25,00

Switzerland

[BiNiaRiS]

No chance you'd ship to the us?

Sent from my EVO

[sixty]

No chance you'd ship to the us?

Sent from my EVO

Normally iMav does the distribution of all VorTex stuff.. but I can ship to the US if he does not have these for sale atm. No problems.

Lets get this order done soon. My stress level is still pretty high, but I will have time to sort and order this stuff this week.

[ihhbui]

Finally just got back from holiday.

I would like:
1x "Black on Black" (Black keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
1x "White on White" (White keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00

UK

Thanks =]

[BMASTER]

When do you close the order?

[ak89]

I'd like:
1x Pink on Black

Finland

[sixty]

I will be closing this order on monday.

[webwit]

It seems the end goal of Chinese key cap makers is the acquire the skills to make real silly Constellation key caps (I think you need to be logged in to see the pictures, not sure). For me, if a person starts yapping about constellation it is like she failed some kind of basic intelligence test. However, I wouldn't mind some RGB deskthority keycaps in this style. Big D and deskthority underneath.

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[Minskleip]

They are kind of cool, however I don't really see the point... Aries looks like an ovary.

[webwit]

I don't see the point either when they could have spend their time on making keycaps with various duck silhouettes instead.

[guilleguillaume]

I don't see the point either when they could have spend their time on making keycaps with various duck silhouettes instead.

I would be interested in those keycaps as I already own the T-Shirt

[WarNutts]

any chance u can get ur hands on some white ninja style (side printed) keycaps?

[alxhrt]

I would like:

1x "Black on Black" (Black keycap, engraved font, no fill) - EUR 25,00
1x "Otaku Pure" (White keycap, no engraving, no labelling, blank) - EUR 25,00

to Germany