They work equally well. It all comes down to which you prefer: dark blue alphas or light blue alphas. I'm partial to the Dasher version because it was the Dasher terminal that caught my eye and inspired the set to begin with.
Yes, there are now two PayPal collectors in the U.S. helping 7bit with this.xtr0n wrote: ↑Does anyone have an update on the problems mentioned over the last few months?
Is there someone collecting PayPal now?
7bit has been 100% utilized just sorting, packing, and shipping phase 1. He hasn't mentioned where he stands with regard to payments collected previously by SL89.Did 7bit get the accounting details from the previous collectors?
Did 7bit or SP get all of the money that the previous collectors collected?
If the bot says that you've paid in full, does that mean that your money really got to 7bit and your payment is really accounted for?
should i be doing the same and dispute my paypal payment to SL89 for a refund too? Maybe then I could make payment to the current collectors to move this GB along nicely.Parjánya wrote: ↑I think we should 7bit have the peace to sort and ship phase 1, then we could get to all the problems...
About SL89, I disputed my payment to him the day 7bit suggested us to do so; I got the money back 3 weeks after, and days after that 7bot had accepted that payment, and again, days after that, it had removed the payment again. So I think SL89 sent all he had to 7bit.
I think disaster is way to strong a word for this one (or at least a premature sentiment). GBs often end up taking longer than expected, run into a few unforseen problems, etc. But I'd reserve the term disaster for those where the whole thing falls through, where the person running the group buy runs of with all the money, or where people end up having the worn things shipped to them. So far, none of those things have happened – people received their R5 orders just fine, and I have no doubt that people will get their Phase 1 R6 keys.Norman_ wrote: ↑I need to stop joining group buys, every one i join ends up in disaster
And I get it, stuff happens – PayPal collectors not doing what they where supposed to is something that does derail GBs from time to time, as does manufacturing errors. And at the moment, the focus is obviously on sorting and shipping Phase 1. But once the dust settles, we'll need to deal with the fallout of dividing R6 into what's effectively two GBs financed with the same pile of money. I for one am curious how the funds have been managed, e.g. if money paid for Phase 2 orders has gone into paying for the shipping of Phase 1 orders – which would seem to be the case, based on what 7bit has posted here: If that is the case, this effectively on its way to becoming something of a a Ponzi scheme. I'm not implying malice here – I highly doubt 7bit can buy himself an island in the Bahamas with the money he makes running GBs on DT. But if the scramble to get Phase 1 off the ground has made things worse for us Phase 2 guys, I'm not sure how I'd feel about that. If that is the case, and if Phase 2 remains in limbo, then I'd be inclined to use the world disaster. We're not there yet. But it would be nice to know if that's the direction we're headed in.7bit wrote: ↑I'm quite sure I will have finished sorting by the end of the upcoming week.
To all people who pay in EUR: I need your money to pay for shipping!
...got some keycaps today:
I'm ready to call it a disaster for at least phase 2 (Phase 1 is going perfectly smooth by 7bit standards. Someone posted a pic of the caps they got above in the time it took me to write thiscaligo wrote: ↑I think disaster is way to strong a word for this one (or at least a premature sentiment). GBs often end up taking longer than expected, run into a few unforseen problems, etc. But I'd reserve the term disaster for those where the whole thing falls through, where the person running the group buy runs of with all the money, or where people end up having the worn things shipped to them. So far, none of those things have happened – people received their R5 orders just fine, and I have no doubt that people will get their Phase 1 R6 keys.Norman_ wrote: ↑I need to stop joining group buys, every one i join ends up in disaster
Phase 2, however, that's a different story. And that's where all my R6 keys are at.If that is the case, this effectively on its way to becoming something of a a Ponzi scheme. I'm not implying malice here – I highly doubt 7bit can buy himself an island in the Bahamas with the money he makes running GBs on DT. But if the scramble to get Phase 1 off the ground has made things worse for us Phase 2 guys, I'm not sure how I'd feel about that. If that is the case, and if Phase 2 remains in limbo, then I'd be inclined to use the world disaster. We're not there yet. But it would be nice to know if that's the direction we're headed in.7bit wrote: ↑I'm quite sure I will have finished sorting by the end of the upcoming week.
To all people who pay in EUR: I need your money to pay for shipping!
) not necessarily because of the delay, but because there isn't enough money. And with 7bit giving people 25% off of round 7 it's not like he can afford to shift his margin from Round 7 to pay for an already delayed and incomplete GB. Nice!usopia wrote: ↑
This is why I don't buy GMK keysets from Massdrop. It's even worse because we have to pay import costs and VAT, like it wasn't made like a hundred km away
I think we don't generally pay customs on this sort of thing going to the US. I've never paid customs on anything I've ordered internationally at least.Nuum wrote: ↑The only thing that makes GMK sets from the US more expensive should be shipping. The Americans don't pay German VAT on keycaps from GMK, so we Germans have to when they get send from the US. If bought directly from Germany from GMK, VAT is already included, so the price for the keycaps alone is the same for Germans either way. I don't know about import fees to the US, though.
Me either and that includes packages with a few hundred dollars worth of items from Taobao.nafsasp wrote: ↑I think we don't generally pay customs on this sort of thing going to the US. I've never paid customs on anything I've ordered internationally at least.Nuum wrote: ↑The only thing that makes GMK sets from the US more expensive should be shipping. The Americans don't pay German VAT on keycaps from GMK, so we Germans have to when they get send from the US. If bought directly from Germany from GMK, VAT is already included, so the price for the keycaps alone is the same for Germans either way. I don't know about import fees to the US, though.
Now we need a R6 capening thread, how about you making the first post?
Well, if you don't like them, you don't like them - so you can sell them to me for cheap thenAil wrote: ↑Space Cadet looks incredible. Kinda wish I had gone with that, but the Honeywell looks great too. It's a shame I ended up disliking SA profile.
Yes.tofagerl wrote: ↑So if we have stuff from both phases, we get them shipped separately? Cause I have like 250USD from phase1 and a buck fifty from phase 2.
