Had a good long talk (3+hrs) with Sprit last night (I think i stayed up til 3-4am
). I've set up an import authorization w/ DHL to sprit's place, and he should have springs, switches, & 60% acrylic cases shipped Monday his time (which should arrive Monday afternoon here). 60% PCBs should be complete around Wednesday.
Some bad news: I unfortunately have to return back to Taiwan on the midnight of Oct 2 for 4-6 days to handle some unfinished business from last month's family emergency leave.
To compensate for the tight schedule, I will literally pack/ship all day/night until the last day before I leave on Oct 1. I'll pull an all night-er if I have to. To those that ordered via my site but didn't include PCBs, I'll be sending shipping invoices today.
Here's some Q&A that I had asked:
Q: What's the status of R1?
A: There's about 25-30 orders left to be shipped, and I'm extremely sorry for having it dragged this long. I'll be focusing on getting those out ASAP. **
I've asked about helping ship R1 to NA, but we'll have to see if the larger shipping boxes / PCB / Cases will fit in the importing boxes.**
Q: Status of R2 75, 87, 100/110% PCBs?
A: Total order for all the boards combined account for approx. 30-40. Factory pre-soldering requires a minimum of 50 orders per PCB size. There's ~15 orders for 75% and 87% PCBs in R2. **
I'll see what I can do about this. We may end up having it produced to get it over with**
Q: Have you gone over all the PMs / order change confirmation requests I forwarded?
A: I'll go over and read & answer each one in detail this coming week. I've read through many, but haven't had time to reply to all of them.
Zeal - Did send Sprit an PM some weeks ago regarding request for switch change on my R2 order, find that it was read by him but no reply that change was confirmed. Possible for you to confirm change of switch?
Could you please specify what switches you wanted changed? To all future confirmation requests, please PM me and provide your Order/Invoice #, what you had before, and what you want changed. Thank you.
I hope that includes my 60% PCB and springs that - according to his PM - were ready to ship on July 17th already...
While I do appreciate the effort that Sprit put into this, especially with hand-soldering the components that the factory didn't do due to not meeting the MOQ, it is getting somewhat ridiculous now.
I understand your frustration (I also ordered in R1 and have yet to receive my PCB), and the GB has become larger than he imagined. I've stepped in to offer a helping hand, and I'll do my best to make sure this doesn't happen in the future.
Hi Zeal, how about 87 key please? It's approaching 10 months of wait.
Anyway, thanks for the update. Do hope Sprit will pop up and give more details.
Getting R1 out is currently top priority. Sprit is fully aware of your order.
This.
I don't see how R1 shipping can keep being delayed month after month without much of a transparent update. I understand this is a GB, but have ANY of R1 orders been sent out? If not, what is the hold-up? I understand he's got a full-time job, but he could at the very least ship a handful of R1 orders PER WEEK.
I understand your frustration, and we've all been very patient for a long time. A good portion of R1 orders have been shipped out, and as mentioned above, there's about 25-30 orders left to be shipped, with about half being in NA. I'm trying my best to make everyone happy, but R1 is somewhat out of my control.
And we're still waiting for the MOQ to be met for sizes over 60% (R2)? I'm really puzzled why I had to pay an invoice for the 110% PCB when it hasn't met the MOQ yet.
Yes. Paying for the invoice is committing to your purchase. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to hold funds via a PayPal invoice.
Thank you in advance for understanding the situation at hand. I'm trying my best to get everything sorted & provide frequent updates for everyone, and hope that there will be no further delays. I'll be following up with sprit on Sunday and provide any updates if available.
