类型: GB
作者: donutcat
发布时间: 2017-02-07 14:14:00
更新时间:
2018-01-24 19:02:13
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=87518.0
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Important update space : We have hit MOQ on the main kit!
2
days until the end of the buy and we need 10 more orders to
hit MOQ. We are getting close!
It is currently 1 week
until the end of the buy and we need 44 more orders of the
main kit in order to hit MOQ. Unfortunately the China and UK
proxies aren’t pulling orders like I thought they would at
this point so we really need to pull together to get this
into production! I am fully devoted to this and am willing
to float as many orders as I am financially able to in order
to see this hit production, but I still need you guys’ help.
WE CAN DO THIS!
Severe tl:dr: $150 at 150 units, $135 at 250 units,
shipping from $14-$21 CONUS, proxy in both UK and China, buy
period ends 11:59pm 2/28, set ships in June.
NA/SA
order page,
http://donutcables.com/coniferous.php
China proxy,
https://world.taobao.com/item/544742307995.htm?fromSite=main&spm=0.0.0.0.gcdwSs
UK proxy,
http://mechboards.co.uk/gmk-coniferous/
One of the sticker designs that I’ve commissioned
from my good buddy @Ashenai on the Mech Keys West Discord
just for this set, the Mighty Conifer:
There is also a second sticker in the works, but
you’ll just have to wait until MOQ to see what it is
These stickers will be available sometime before the set is
shipped, and I’ll have a special deal for those ordering
stickers that also ordered the set, even if you didn’t order
from my site.
Renders!
These renders were done up by an awesome dude that
goes by kolruds over on Reddit, and just give a great feel
for what this is gonna look like. I’ll have some more ready
for you soon, but hopefully this will get some excitement
and orders going to push us down that home stretch
This
is the official group buy post for my set, GMK Coniferous.
This is probably the first of this set that any of you who
don’t frequent Reddit or DT have seen, so I’ll go a little
into depth on it. Around October of last year I finally
moved on from my weird handwired ortho build to a B.mini EX,
and in doing so I realized that I wanted a fancy shmancy
keyset for it. Lo and behold, there was basically nothing
available at that time in green, basically my favorite.
Drawing inspiration from sets such as Carbon, Pyro/Flames,
and yes Hyperfuse, to create a nice base of beige on grey, I
then just threw green at it. People showed quite a bit of
interest in it, so I pitched it to GMK. After a few months
of back and forth and lapses in communication for periods of
time, it’s finally group buy time.
So, what are the details? This set contains 173 keys
in the base kit(plus 3 more in the N7 spacebars kit) that I
picked to try and meet compatibility for as many layouts as
I could think of. Not including ergodox, I think you can get
this set to be row correct on most boards, aside from a few
mismatched legends, and that’s what I wanted. Alongside
wanting this set to fit on as many boards as possible, I
also wanted this set to be as accessible as possible, so
that is why I am running the set with two proxies; one in
China running the set via
Taobao, and the other is at
mechboards.co.uk
for those that are in Europe, while orders from North and
South America will be handled from my site,
http://donutcables.com/coniferous.php. For our friends in Australia, I’m actually not certain
which location would give you the best shipping, so I would
suggest contacting the shop owners from each proxy for a
shipping quote, or if there is enough Australian interest I
could look at the possibility of a proxy there as well, who
knows.
Now for the important part:pricing. Everyone
loves when a set is aggressively costed, that’s why I
attempted to keep the price low on this set at $150 at the
150 unit MOQ and then $135 at the 250 unit MOQ, with
opportunity for further price breaks from GMK. The N7
spacebar kit is $10 at 150 unit MOQ. This is not including
shipping, which will be different from each seller. Since
this set is shipped in GMK’s trays, the price is higher than
if it were just baggies of keys.
If you buy from my
store, there are a couple different shipping options I’m
offering. For CONUS, you have USPS Priority “Large Package”
which the USPS site estimated at $12.75 from me to
California before insurance, and then USPS Flat Rate “Large
Board Game” Box which is $18.75 before insurance. $150
insurance is right around $3.75. For international locations
such as Canada, you have USPS First Class International
“Large Package”, which the USPS site estimated at $14.73
from me to Canada without insurance. Not included in this
price is the $2.50($1.50 for flat rate) that I am including
in the shipping cost for the cost of materials associated
with packing and shipping, such as packing tape, bubble
wrap, shipping labels, and boxes for the non-flat rate
orders.
How this buy will work: I currently have an
order form at
http://donutcables.com/coniferous.php
that is open from now until Feb 28th. Once the buy period is
closed, I will then be sending out PayPal invoices to all
those that submitted the form. I expect the invoices to be
all paid by the end of that week and the order submitted to
GMK on the next Monday or Tuesday. After the payment is
submitted, there is then a 10-12 week production time on the
order, after which it is shipped to me and the other
sellers. I expect the order to reach me no later than the
middle of June, at which time I will be putting other
projects on hold, mainly my cable making, and pretty much
devote my waking life to processing and shipping these sets.
Included in this processing is sending the invoice for the
shipping costs of your set as well as confirming your
shipping address at that time. I know that shipping
addresses can easily change in the span of a couple months
and would hate to send your nice new keyset to an old
address. After the invoice is paid and your address
confirmed, I will then ship out your set within 24 hours,
unless it’s a weekend.
What happens if there is
damage/mistakes? In the event of something major, like all
the sets have some pretty substantial damage or are all
missing keys, I of course get GMK involved and attempt to
resolve the issue. If there are only minor issues, like one
set has some scratched caps cause they came loose in the
tray, I am actually buying approximately 1 set per 10 orders
through my store for the purpose of replacing instances of
minor damage. This does cost quite a bit on my end, but it’s
much preferable to having to ship someone a set that is
damaged or wrong in any way. And also this way there will be
a chance of sets being available for those that didn’t get
into the buy and have had 3 months to wish they did, who
knows.
I’ve tried to answer every question I can think
of in this initial post, but there’s probably at least a
dozen that I haven’t considered, so feel free to ask.
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At this point in time, it would appear that PayPal is done
trying to help me. I have been told that my release amount
will not be adjusted by them, and I will have a chance to be
evaluated for a release adjustment in 30 days. Currently
they are holding over $12k of the funds from Coniferous that
are actively needed in order to submit the payment to GMK,
and these funds will not be released to me until 21days
after the invoices are paid.
What this means is that we
are looking at approximately March 26th before I can submit
my payment to GMK, which contains the bulk of the Coniferous
orders. This would also mean that if the original production
time estimate were still true(10-12 weeks) that I would be
looking at late June as the earliest point at which I would
have my hands on the sets, and a highly likely early July
ship date.
I am quite upset at this whole thing,
probably more than I need be, and I’d love nothing more than
to let PayPal know how I actually feel, but I realize that
will do nothing in my favor. This is also another severe
blow because I cannot at this time spend any money from my
PayPal(material costs, shipping costs, other group buys that
I had previously discussed) because of the “staggered”
release of the funds from each payment. This means I will be
relying on a credit card in order to finish shipping my
current backlog and that reopening of sales may
unfortunately be delayed as well.
At this time, I am
honestly not certain how to proceed. Waiting is not ideal at
all but appears to be the best choice I have. I am prepared
for drops as I can certainly understand you not wanting your
money in “purgatory” for that amount of time, but I am still
hoping that we will still keep the majority of people to
keep the set at MOQ. Any suggestions and comments are more
than welcome.
Good news everyone! As of 2pm this
afternoon I have wired the main payment to GMK and am
currently awaiting confirmation of payment from the proxies
as well as confirmation of receipt by GMK. As this point in
time there’s a whole lot of waiting until I can start
preparing to receive the shipment from GMK.
In other
news, PayPal has finally increased my release amount by a
substantial number, so this should not be an issue in future
buys like it was in this one.
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Update: Got an email from GMK yesterday that sets are
currently being sorted into trays and should hopefully ship
to me this week, so a slight delay from the original receipt
date of 7/5.
Now that we’ve hit the invoicing stage,
I’ve collapsed the rest of the info in order to make current
and relevant information easier to be found.
Schedule -
adjusted for PayPal issues
1/30-2/28 - GB period -
Complete
3/1 - GB period is over and invoices are being
sent
3/7 - Expected date of mass payment to GMK and
order placement - PayPal Purgatory
3/31 - Payment sent
to GMK
3/27-6/16 3/31-7/5 - Packing materials are
bought and prepared, sticker designs are finalized, matching
cables mini-GB happens <– we are somewhere in here
6/16-30
- Expected dates of production completion and payment for
shipment from GMK to me
6/30-7/30 7/5 7/10-7/14 - Sets
are received by me, inspected for order correctness and
damage, orders are packaged, invoices for shipping costs are
sent as well as shipping address confirmation, orders are
shipped. When this point is reached, I will be adding a more
detailed list that will be updated as I reach each stage and
will include individual invoice number statuses.
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UPDATE:
Update: All shipping confirmations/invoices have been
sent at this point. If you’ve got any questions or concerns,
please contact me BEFORE paying the invoice, less work that
way.
All of the orders have been shipped besides a few
people that appear to not want to pay for shipping. At this
point, I will have the very few extra kits I have available
up for grabs on Monday at my site
https://donutcables.com/
at 1500EDT/UTC-4. OOS
Pending any major issues, it’s
about time to mark this GB complete and successful.