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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4850 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 10:46:49 »
Having funds passed through paypal a few times definitely takes account of some huge chunks of missing funds as they chomp their 4%. Really should be doing bank wires, as even crappy US banks generally only charge a flat fee for it that will be minuscule in comparison to paypal for larger sums.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4851 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 11:32:40 »
As for other costs I didn't mention in the previous post:
We paid about $800 for the rev. B prototypes.
I also bought some kilogram of white 3mm LEDs out of pocket and I'll be sending these along with the switches from 7bit.
According to my knowledge, the only missing part as far as the electronic internals are concerned is the LED resistors, which are ridiculously cheap and are best bought as late as possible, so that they don't have to be shipped over and over again.
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4852 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 11:38:23 »
As for other costs I didn't mention in the previous post:
We paid about $800 for the rev. B prototypes.
I also bought some kilogram of white 3mm LEDs out of pocket and I'll be sending these along with the switches from 7bit.
According to my knowledge, the only missing part as far as the electronic internals are concerned is the LED resistors, which are ridiculously cheap and are best bought as late as possible, so that they don't have to be shipped over and over again.

i have a ton of those on hand anyway
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4853 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 11:44:16 »
As for other costs I didn't mention in the previous post:
We paid about $800 for the rev. B prototypes.
I also bought some kilogram of white 3mm LEDs out of pocket and I'll be sending these along with the switches from 7bit.
According to my knowledge, the only missing part as far as the electronic internals are concerned is the LED resistors, which are ridiculously cheap and are best bought as late as possible, so that they don't have to be shipped over and over again.

i have a ton of those on hand anyway

Now that I think about it, tjcaustin may have actually paid for these, and I paid duties or something, I don't remember now, so just in case I'll send them so they can be used for people's boards;)
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4854 on: Wed, 17 June 2015, 14:13:54 »
It's good that things are moving again. Thanks!
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4855 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 05:55:45 »
I definately appreciate the recent updates. Hopefully this can move to a conclusion now. :)

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4856 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 11:19:52 »
Many thanks to the A-Team for getting this back on track :)

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4857 on: Thu, 18 June 2015, 11:25:51 »
Many thanks to the A-Team for getting this back on track :)

Agreed.  And I finally feel like Murdoch about this GB:


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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4860 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 04:03:44 »
So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4861 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 04:30:39 »
So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.

well if that will be the case, if someone (specially from EU) wants to sell me their pcb, I'm interested ;)
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4862 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 07:02:05 »
Prelim I can sell you one of mine (located in Germany). I ordered 5 (and 6 plates 3 iso and 3 ansi), but now I will most likely only build one with ansi plate at most. Just drop me a pm.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4863 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 08:33:30 »
Prelim I can sell you one of mine (located in Germany). I ordered 5 (and 6 plates 3 iso and 3 ansi), but now I will most likely only build one with ansi plate at most. Just drop me a pm.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4864 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 11:11:17 »
woohoo!

the switches have been shipped to bunny! This is the very first step in reviving the GH60!

Now we wait for the remaining funds so we can unlock the boards that are still in China!

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4865 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 11:23:34 »
lol

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4866 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 11:32:15 »
woohoo!

the switches have been shipped to bunny! This is the very first step in reviving the GH60!

Now we wait for the remaining funds so we can unlock the boards that are still in China!
I would guess that is just the Euro switches... right???
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4867 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 11:35:46 »
woohoo!

the switches have been shipped to bunny! This is the very first step in reviving the GH60!

Now we wait for the remaining funds so we can unlock the boards that are still in China!
I would guess that is just the Euro switches... right???

Yes, switches for orders in the EU+rest of the world + switches from 7bit marked with GH60 label whose destination was originally EU+rest of the world.
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4868 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 16:42:46 »
So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.

Does seem to be the case:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kc60-mechanical-keyboard?mode=guest_open

Is this clone legal?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4869 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 17:16:03 »
Is this clone legal?

If you read the comments, the manufacturer is NKPC, or 'nobody knows; probably China." ... so, they're using Revision.B ... which has been out a while, and yes that's legal.

You guys are getting Rev.C, as has been pointed out before, which has some stuff changed to make sure everything is what it should be. Y'know, aside from timely.

 I'd get one from MD but I don't want a whole keyboard at this point ... just the PCB w/controller. So I'll be keeping an eye on the classifieds myself. Glad to see this GB moving!

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4870 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 18:59:20 »
So i think its safe to assume that when these end up shipping, 80% will be on classifieds. I remember this GB being a big deal when it started, then like a dozen different 60%'s came out.

Does seem to be the case:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kc60-mechanical-keyboard?mode=guest_open

Is this clone legal?
IIRC the GH60 is open source hardware, so yes, it is legal. The revision C sources were not released yet, though.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4871 on: Fri, 19 June 2015, 21:06:50 »
My address changed again. College housing yknow. Should I RE-fill out that Google form or should I wait until the stuff is ready to ship?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4872 on: Sat, 20 June 2015, 05:32:01 »
My address changed again. College housing yknow. Should I RE-fill out that Google form or should I wait until the stuff is ready to ship?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4873 on: Sat, 20 June 2015, 07:45:39 »
Any news on whether we actually need fresh money?

At any rate, I consider paying extra to upgrade my shipping method from a simple envelope to something more sturdy if there's a better option for a few plates and PCBs. I haven't been waiting this long to see it get bent or broken in the mail...
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4874 on: Tue, 23 June 2015, 05:26:22 »
small update

i received all the switches from komar today, so we are on our way

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4875 on: Tue, 23 June 2015, 05:36:49 »
Whey!

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4876 on: Tue, 23 June 2015, 06:46:11 »
That's great news BunnyLake!

that signature though

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4877 on: Wed, 24 June 2015, 20:39:46 »
If need be, I'd be happy to help with US shipping once my MX Lock switch GB is done
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4878 on: Thu, 25 June 2015, 12:03:37 »
just to keep folks updated

we are still waiting on the transfer of the money from TJ

once we have that we will be doing 2 things

we will have the non conus pcbs shipped to me from china (this postage is paid already but we cant action it until we have the money transfer so we can pay the import charges)
we will then be paying the shipping labels to have the US stuff shipped from TJ to someone else
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4879 on: Thu, 25 June 2015, 12:34:19 »
Glad to hear things are progressing! Excellent updates! :)

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4881 on: Fri, 03 July 2015, 18:22:56 »
Still waiting?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4882 on: Fri, 03 July 2015, 18:43:33 »
Still waiting?

i am yeah, although admittedly gh (our main platform for communicating with everyone involved) has been down, so id call the last week a wash
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4883 on: Fri, 03 July 2015, 22:43:10 »
Alright. Thanks, sir!

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4884 on: Sat, 04 July 2015, 02:58:33 »
I know GH was down for a week buthow long does it take to transfer funds?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4885 on: Sat, 04 July 2015, 20:15:08 »
a minimum of 3 days; about twice that if it's international.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4886 on: Sun, 05 July 2015, 09:34:09 »
two weeks have passed, but admittedly GH was down and then there's the Indipendence day week end. Let's see next week what brings.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4887 on: Sun, 05 July 2015, 10:51:48 »
a minimum of 3 days; about twice that if it's international.
PayPal transfers take three days now?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4888 on: Sun, 05 July 2015, 11:00:47 »
a minimum of 3 days; about twice that if it's international.
PayPal transfers take three days now?
Bank transfer instead now? It would cut down on the money that is taken every time, if I'm not mistaken.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4889 on: Sun, 05 July 2015, 12:06:15 »
Who said anything about a bank transfer? And if we're talking time then that (the transfer) could've been done the day they decided to transfer it. Skype really isnt that hard of a program to use.
It just feels like TJ is avoiding another situation, but that's just speculation. So whatever.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4890 on: Sun, 05 July 2015, 16:36:22 »
Yeah it takes 5mins to transfer money, no one "waits" for it?

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4891 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 01:42:28 »
to be fair is is a bit of a pain in the ass and costly to send bank transfers to/from the US to private individuals, many banks in the US don't even advertise the service
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4893 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 08:11:20 »
to end as much speculation this is whats happening to my knowledge

im expecting the money to come to me via paypal, its also my understanding that TJ doesnt have the money in paypal but a separate bank account possibly not linked to his paypal, so he needs to transfer it, then send it to me via paypal

until i hear different this is whats happening, but lets keep any speculation or negativity to a minimum so we can get this buy positive and back on track

i mentioned it earlier but right now the status is this

i have the non conus switches and leds etc on hand, the pcbs for non conus orders are in china, the postage has been paid on these, but we are waiting before having them shipped until i get the transfer, so i can pay the import fees on these

the plates, stabs and conus orders are on hand with tj, one i get the transfer, we will purchase shipping labels for these items to be sent to someone in the US, who will then send me the non conus plates and stabs, and either send the conus order, or send them to several people tho donate their time to either build or ship

the process should be relatively speedy once we have the transfer

the only road bump we have is this, i am in the process of moving house, and will shortly be having a baby, i didnt expect the transfer to take this long so from about the 20th of this month, until mid august im not gonna be around to much (limited internet access)

if i dont have the funds by sometime this week, i will most likely have to wait until about august 1st to have the non conus pcbs shipped to me, as ill have to send them to my new address and wont be actually there until august 1st, obviously nobody wants that many pcbs sat outside  a house i dont live in if the shipping takes longer than we would expect

as mentioned before, what with gh being down and july 4th etc, im not concerned about the late transfer, but fingers crossed it comes through soon

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4894 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 08:32:33 »
to be fair is is a bit of a pain in the ass and costly to send bank transfers to/from the US to private individuals, many banks in the US don't even advertise the service

Well I stand corrected, in the UK it takes me about 30 seconds to send a money transfer via my mobile! I didn't realise the US were that far behind.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4895 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 09:12:14 »
Right. As always your involvement is appreciated BunnyLake. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to try to get this group buy sorted. And a thanks to anyone else involved.

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4896 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 13:35:15 »
just to let you guys know, i have been sent some money from tj, im told there is also more coming, but we got a good chunk, and ill have the pcbs sent on to me now its here
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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4897 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 13:36:17 »
As Bunny said (ninjad) We've got money (at least some) but at least we can finally unlock the boards from China!

OHMY! This thing is finally moving!

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4898 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 13:38:40 »
As Bunny said (ninjad) We've got money (at least some) but at least we can finally unlock the boards from China!

OHMY! This thing is finally moving!

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Re: GH60 Group Buy (WAITING FOR ???)
« Reply #4899 on: Mon, 06 July 2015, 13:39:58 »
As Bunny said (ninjad) We've got money (at least some) but at least we can finally unlock the boards from China!

OHMY! This thing is finally moving!

yeah very exciting, what i will do now the pcbs coming, is spend the next week or so going through the spread sheet, working out what orders i can ship with whats on hand, and then once they arrive, ill contact people and see if they want their pcb and switches shipped ahead of there plate, although i dont have the gb stabs here, i do actually have a couple thousand sets of stabs here so i can also include those, and just take them back when i get the stabs in
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