类型: GB
作者: Ragnorock
发布时间: 2012-05-30 01:32:18
更新时间:
2014-04-01 13:47:36
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=31887.0
Ordering closed, keycaps SHIPPED!
Okay, so after much anticipation and hubbub, I
present to everyone, Red Alert Round 2! Generally
participants of previous group buys can skip most of this,
as not much other than prices and shipping have changed. As
these keys come in much higher quantities, bubble mailers
are not an option. There is no problem for those ordering up
to 3 base sets in a small flat rate box, but if you buy
several expect your shipping rate to increase for a larger
flat rate box. Generally the small box can fit about 300 1x
keys. If you have more than that, then you will need a
bigger box. Be sure to remember that modifier keys can be
equivalent to several 1x keys, so factor that in when
ordering the modifier add on kits. Those sizes have been
listed in the kits below, at the bottom of their info.
Red Alert Base Set:
88 Doubleshot keys in RBV on WFK
(No longer including Center Stemmed Stepped Caps Lock as
it is impossible, the GEEK HACK Esc key is still
included)
It will be similar to this, but without the custom
legends at this time. Standard WYSE SP font. We may use the
original legends shown in the picture above if permission
from Uranium over at OCN/KBD is obtained.
Here are a
few other pictures of the original set to give you a better
idea. We will not be doing the numrow of white on red keys
or the special keys though.
<- Photo credit to Inlikeflynn, DanGWang and the other
proud owners of the original set.
Anticipated demand is
over 200 sets. Please keep that in mind when looking at the
price tiers. I am likely to keep it open until we hit that
range unless momentum doesn’t get close. At an absolute
minimum we will be over 100. I will buy up to that if
necessary.
In addition, I am offering several
compatibility kits for use with various keyboards aside from
the basic 87 key set. How this works is that you buy the 87
key set, and then choose which, if any, add on kits you want
to suit your needs. That way the people just looking for the
base set, which is what this group buy was originally
limited to, don’t have to pay more for keys they don’t need.
The kits start off expensive, and to avoid confusion they
have been limited to only those kits most likely to succeed.
Any kits that get less than 15 takers will be dropped. I
expect to see a minimum of 50 for the modifier, Tsangan, and
104 kits, and at least 25 for the ISO kit. That puts
everything in an affordable price range.
Each base kit
is the equivalent of about 100 1x keys.
**Modifier Add
On Kits**
Okay so this kit is one of the cornerstones
why people love Red Alert. It consists of modifier and other
perimeter keys in accent colors. It is going to come in both
red on grey and white on red. Color codes are RBV on GAL for
the grey and WFK on RBV for the red set.
Here are rough
mockup images of the kits. They contain 33 keys.
The arrows will be normal arrows. The image above
from inlikeflynn’s WTT ad also shows what the actual red on
grey modifiers look like.
Spacebar is modern 6.25x and
the bottom row mods are 1.25x the rest range between 2x
(shift) and 1x (esc keys.) If you are using this to
calculate space requirements and you aren’t sure, I
estimated it at about 45 keys. Feel free to round up to 50
though, I did so with the base sets (to 100) and that was
about right after considering the bags and the inefficiency
in their placement.
**Tsangan’s Combatibility Kit-
Comes in 3 colors, make sure you pick the right one!**
Makes
the 87 kit compatible with winkeyless keyboards such as
Phantom, Dox, Cherry G80-3000, DKSaver, 356CL, Choc Mini,
and many more! Ask Tsangan for clarification if you are
unsure. This is being offered all 3 colors, (red on white,
red on grey, and white on red) **and now includes an extra
1x windows key and 1x Fn key (for KellyBear)
**
Contains 13 keys
**<- This picture plus a Win key and a Fn key, all
1x**
Ignore the colors of course, but that gives a good
idea of what you get:
2 Alt (1.5x)
2 Ctrl
(1.5x)
These are just the bottom row in 1.5x size
2
“Star” 1x keys that fit row 4
2 Diamond/Meta/Super (1x
keys) <- This will go between the Alt and Control and is
a 1x size key, with a **diamond** legend.
1 1x Win
key
1 1x Fn key
1 Stepped CapsLocks
Same size
as the capslock but it’s stepped. It is **off center
stem**.
1 1800 Shift (1.75x)
This is a short shift
in 1.75x size for the right shift so you can fit another 1x
key beside it
1 Spacebar (7x)
Just longer then
your average spacebar, this one would be 7x size and its
center stem.
Equivalent to about 20 1x keys
**The
104 Kit**
The 17 keys that make up the tenkey and its
surrounding keys. Basically making this set compatible with
full size ANSI keyboards. I may add the couple extra keys
for 0 and 00 option if there is enough interest. At this
point it is only being offered in red on white. I am pretty
firm on keeping at least this one that way.
Equivalent to about 20 1x keys
**The ISO Kit
(UPDATED TO INCLUDE COMPATIBILITY WITH ALL 3 COLORS)**
The
following picture but with a **blank**JRET. ISO people
please step up and get in on this or else its really spendy
per key. As the quantities for this are traditionally low,
rather than offer 3 different ISO kits or have people miss
out, the ISO kit is being expanded to offer all 3 colors of
the short shift and JRET that would limit ISO users from
having complete matching sets if they desired colored
modifiers. Thus, this set is now 8 keys:
3 blank JRET
keys, in WFK, RBV, and GAL
3 short shift keys, in WFK,
RBV, and GAL, with their corresponding legends, RBV, WFK,
and RBV
1 |\ 1x key in RBV on WFK
1 /#~ 1x key in
RBV on WFK
<- Does not show the majority of the keys in this set,
but does show some of them.
Equivalent to about 10-15
1x keys
**Rules and Notes**
Payment by Paypal
only, do not order if you do not have a verified account
yet, and get one if you want these.
Country must be
specified with your order, US, CAN or whatever country
you’re in, in fact don’t forget anything in the sample order
PM. I only listed the essentials.
I have rounded the
prices to provide a streamlined ordering process, and
include any markup I need in compensation for my time. The
sorting and all cutting/legend/misc costs (about $1500-2000)
have also been included in the prices. The shipping prices
have been lowered to essentially my cost for shipping,
instead of being marked up. I have made these adjustments in
light of recent feedback with the way I run these group
buys, so I hope the streamlined process works better for
everyone. The only extra costs that will be added to your
order price are the Paypal fees, which are listed near the
bottom.
No trolls allowed. (Except for happy rainbows)
>.>
I might be ordering extras, how many depends
on our total orders and quantity discounts, but they are
quite expensive to invest in. Whatever extra sets I do buy
will be marked up a reasonable amount. If we hit somewhere
past the “Magic Number” for the next discount, do not expect
me to give that discount to everyone and buy the extras that
make it cheaper, because if you do the math its easily over
$1000 for me to do it. Simply stated, the magic number
doesn’t exist, and doesn’t help anyone but me if I decide to
order more and not share the discount. There has been plenty
of vehement discussion on this, and I will not go through it
all again here. I will not cut off orders preemptively to
try and screw people out of a discount, orders close when
they close. If anything, I will only extend the deadline to
meet the next discount. I think everyone here knows by now
that this whole gig runs on mutual respect and amicability
between everyone. I’ve built a pretty decent reputation here
and I don’t intend to betray that.
Traditionally I have
been offering a full refund to those who have lost packages.
As I am trying to get tracking/delivery confirmation set up
for this group buy, that will no longer be the case if it
shows as delivered. If it shows as lost in the mail, I would
like to split the loss 50/50 as these are relatively
expensive sets, but we can work that out. I believe if I
have tracking/delivery confirmation I can file a claim with
USPS and get the value back up to a certain amount, (I think
$75-$100) in which case I will refund as much as possible of
your order.
Missing keys will happen, though they are
relatively rare (only 25 missing/defective keys out of about
15,000 in the last round.) Those missing keys SP will
replace, and I will cover shipping to you with a bubble
mailer. Any exchanges we cover shipping our way.
Instructions
- Specify which keys you want in both a response to this thread and a PM. I am tallying orders from PMs, not from responses to this thread. The only difference between your reply and PM is that you include your Paypal email and your shipping address this timein the PM. I will be sending the Paypal invoice to this email. When you get that email, please pay immediately. The thread response is just to keep the thread bumped and let everyone know how how awesome you are by buying 15 sets. The PM should also include which country you are in, US or Canada etc.
Please put Red Alert somewhere in the PM title. I am running concurrent group buys at the moment, so this
is very important. You can edit your order as many times as
you want up until orders close and invoices start going out.
In fact you can edit your order after orders close, but
after that point discounts no longer change. The reason
being that it is likely that I have already started sending
invoices and will not be resending new invoices if prices
change. Just be sure to send another pm and indicate
somewhere in it that you want to change an order and it
isn’t a new one.
2. Check for your name in the list of
confirmed orders in the OP. Expect it to be updated
generally within 48 hours, if you don’t see it, I haven’t
gotten your order yet and you need to resend your PM. If I
didn’t add you to the list it may be because
YOU DID IT WRONG. So double check you shiz and make
sure it’s correct before resending! I will try my best to
respond back to clear up any confusion as soon as possible,
but I will not be checking the thread’s replies for orders
that haven’t sent me PMs, so don’t count on that. Note:
Ragnorock is an intentional misspell of Ragnarok, make sure
you sent it to the right person.
3. Wait for the orders
to close, and when they do, expect an email from me asking
for payment. I’m going to be calculating everyone’s
individual cost via a very cool Excel doc I’ve whipped up
and it’s kinda what my major is so there shouldn’t be any
errors. Nevertheless, if you do the math based upon the
final count in the OP and calculate your cost to be
different, then respond ASAP to clear it up. When you pay
the invoice, your shipping address will probably be sent to
me by Paypal, but I will be shipping to the address in your
PM over what is in Paypal. This circumvents the issue with
outdated Paypal addresses.
4. Wait for keycaps to show
up. I will be providing updates in new posts as my work
progresses so keep an eye on the thread.
5.
??
6. Man your battlestations?
**Pricing
**
Bold
= current price
Red Alert (Price lowered by $1 for just the GEEK HACK Esc
Key, due to the impossible stepped caps being
removed)
25 keysets $87.00
50 keysets $75.00
75
keysets $64.00
100 keysets $57.00
150 keysets $52.00
200 keysets $48.00 <- Target Price
250
keysets $46.00
500 keysets $43.00
Modifiers(Keep in mind there will be 2 of these, and 3 Tsangan kits,
and they do not share a discount)
15 keysets $75.00
25
keysets $53.00
50 keysets $37.00
75 keysets $30.00
100 keysets $27.00<- Target Price
(Red made it, grey didn’t)
150 keysets $24.00
200
keysets $23.00
250 keysets $22.00
500 keysets
$20.00
Tsangan (Updated to 13 key set, price increased by
$1/tier)
15 keysets $36.00
25 keysets $26.00
50 keysets $17.00 <- Target Price
(White made it past 50, red and grey didn’t)
75 keysets
$14.00
100 keysets $13.00
150 keysets $11.50
104
15 keysets $30.00
25 keysets $22.00
50 keysets $16.00<- Target Price
75 keysets
$14.00
100 keysets $12.00
150 keysets $11.00
200
keysets $10.00
ISO
15 keysets $20.00
25 keysets $15.00
<- Target Price
50 keysets $11.00 75 keysets
$10.00
100 keysets $9.00
Quantity discounts are
not shared between keysets. For example, the Tsangan keysets
ordered do not count toward the 104 sets ordered, the
combined count does not matter. However, within the set, the
discount does come from the sum of those ordering. It is not
“You must buy 50 sets yourself to get the discount.”
Shipping + Handling
Note, these prices do not include tracking, which may
increase the cost a small amount if I decide to offer it.
US Options:
Small Flat Rate box
$5.50 A medium or large flat
rate box that may be necessary if you order a large quantity
of keys. Up to 3 base sets.
Medium
Flat Rate box
$11.50 More than
3 base sets
Canada Options:
Small Flat Rate box
Canada didn’t go up in price
so its still $13.00.
Medium Flat Rate box
$33.00
More than 3 base sets
International:
Small Flat Rate box
$17.00
Medium
Flat Rate box
$55.00 (comes with insurance)
All of
these will ship in the Priority flat rate boxes, which is
what these rates are based off of. Multiple boxes and
potentially insurance may be required for large orders. I
will work with those buyers to ensure fair shipping. You do
not need to tell me what shipping you need, I will determine
that based on your order.
I went to the post office yesterday and all domestic
orders will be receiving delivery confirmation, while it
is looking like international orders can’t. Though I will
try. Larger international orders will have insurance
either way though, so even if the order is lost, you get
your money back.
Extra large orders will be custom quoted via PM.
Paypal fees:
2.9% + $0.30 (3.9%
+ $0.30 for international) and is calculated in the
invoicing. If you must gift it, arrangements must be made
via PM.
Sample order PM:
1x Red
Alert
1x Red Modifier
1x Grey Modifier
1x
Tsangan White
1x Tsangan Red
1x Tsangan Grey
1x
104
1x ISO
Country: US
Email:
An.email@googlemail.com
(An.email@googlemail.com)
^Be sure it is your paypal email!
Address:
Frank Miller
234 S Doom St
Apt
666
Los Angeles, CA 123456
France
REMEMBER, for your own privacy, do not include your
address or email in your post within the thread, but DO
include it in your PM! The post within the thread is
unofficial and only serves to show the community how
popular the group buy is. Don’t be a derp!
Order counter:
Red Alert- 173
Red Modifier-
115Grey Modifier- 78
Tsangan White- 57Tsangan Red-
42
Tsangan Grey- 41
104- 41
ISO- 16
Do not forget any of the info in that sample order, I
need all of it!
Planned order close date: June 15th
Estimated
ship date: July 9-15th
ETA to your door: End of July-
Early September
I may be convinced to hold it open a
couple extra days to hit the next price break if we haven’t
hit 200 yet etc. We won’t know till we get there.
Confirmed
order list:
Ragnorock
Bavman
MagicMeatball
Szinn
Ovoxo
Sorok
mayhemw1ns
Choi
Young Gyoo
Boost
Jdcarpe
WorldExclusive
AKIMbO
Ekw808
Jrockroll
i3oilermaker
GaryOwen
Dmbr
DanGWanG
Wraul
Kaen
Jcrouse
Gus.s
Monja
FourtyFoxes
DeathAdder
Feng
Njvz
Nask
Korn1009
Kim
Minchul
Lightsout714
KellyBear
Rainb1ood
Grogbeard
Footofchaos
Paudash
Megnin
Jil_Jil32
Bellaisa
Fstop
Hoggy
Penoulum
Distilled
Chaosstep
Slavfot
Startac
Jinhan108
Separus
KylJoy
Laggy-Gaga
Icelove
Asoria
Pasph
Daxxjapxx
Longweight
Mr.Bean
Oyecomova
Palmyre
Abuseyoudna
Vrapan
Munchikin
BababooeyHTJ
Febriz
WRXChris
Net2522
Yuiop
Jonnybastard
Hugoboss
MarkPharaoh
Nightmare
Leeku
Remmeh
Chamdoo
Snooter
Naberius
Kaiserreich
Dsjbirch
Elrobo
Emptyk
Mark0331
Hirsti
Demik
Myramond
nntnam
Ithyobong
Leehleeh
Kain0079
SirClickAlot
Changdrew
ProjectD
Leen
Glissant
Hoochi
TheBackgammon
1391401
Bnp70kr
KoolAidMan
All
The Fire
Dewawere
Keros88
Prava
DanielUCF
M_Enanos
Jpm804
Lootbag
101
buyers!
Cheers!
Dave out.