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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (RAMA Brass cap with Moon PVD!)
« Reply #300 on: Mon, 18 March 2019, 13:52:11 »
Love the brass cap, and some full brass actions:

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Thanks for the support! <3 Nines looks the best out of any other set you rendered on the think6.5! ;)

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« Reply #301 on: Mon, 18 March 2019, 13:53:40 »
Love the brass cap, and some full brass actions:

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Thanks for the support! <3 Nines looks the best out of any other set you rendered on the think6.5! ;)

Totally agree, Nines is just such a versatile set which can work with all kinds of set ups. I am betting on it being one of the top 2019 sets.

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« Reply #302 on: Mon, 18 March 2019, 15:16:05 »
I have submitted an IX / IX design, to represent both nines in N9 U9. I think it'll look way cleaner and better than just the "9". Let's see! :)


By the way, if you plan on buying Nines in April, consider buying the blank N9 relegendables from the Skidata GB! It's universal N9, so you can use them with my set as well:
https://mykeyboard.eu/catalogue/gmk-skiidata-relegendable-blank-kit_955/
Win-win! :)


Now that you mention it, I WAS going to ask you about a split spacebars set, but the SkIIdata space bar kit solves this issue (although I WILL have to buy two of those and then trade/sell/give away the orange keycaps). :thumb:


Good call! That works perfectly!
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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (RAMA Brass cap with Moon PVD!)
« Reply #303 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 06:02:08 »
Yeah, it is an option for people who really need it, sorry it has to be that way. :(

So reminder about launch: my goal is the first of April, let's hope logistics are ready by then!

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (RAMA Brass cap with Moon PVD!)
« Reply #304 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 08:00:57 »
Yeah, it is an option for people who really need it, sorry it has to be that way. :(

So reminder about launch: my goal is the first of April, let's hope logistics are ready by then!

No worries! Looking forward to the launch!

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #305 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 09:46:22 »
Anyone know how closely this matches Carbon Bone colorway? I have some Carbon Ergo cap blanks from round 1 that are looking for some matching modifiers. Thanks!


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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #306 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 10:37:15 »
I don't have Carbon Bone, maybe t0mb3ry would be so kind to provide a comparison for us next to n9 and u9 from the gmk color wheel? I will message him on discord (anyone else, please feel free to compare as well if you have access to them)

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #307 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 10:53:03 »
The (R1) SP SA Carbon were WBO, OBC and GQM according to my notes.

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #308 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 12:07:22 »




As you can see those colors are little bit different. It does not make any set better or worse and provides rather a unique look imo. I for myself consider to join GMK Nines because of the colors. This will be a very nice dark grayish keyset.

Btw. let me be evil. If you missed GMK Carbon R2 and you have regrets

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So don't miss on GMK Nines ;)

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #309 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 12:11:12 »
N9 with the cream from carbone, now that would be something.

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #310 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 12:55:08 »
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As you can see those colors are little bit different. It does not make any set better or worse and provides rather a unique look imo. I for myself consider to join GMK Nines because of the colors. This will be a very nice dark grayish keyset.

Btw. let me be evil. If you missed GMK Carbon R2 and you have regrets
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So don't miss on GMK Nines ;)

AND HE DELIVERS! Thank you so much t0m! You da best <3

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #311 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 13:03:14 »
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As you can see those colors are little bit different. It does not make any set better or worse and provides rather a unique look imo. I for myself consider to join GMK Nines because of the colors. This will be a very nice dark grayish keyset.

Btw. let me be evil. If you missed GMK Carbon R2 and you have regrets
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 :p
So don't miss on GMK Nines ;)

Joined Carbon Bone stuff and joining Nines. Good life,
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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #312 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 14:54:20 »
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As you can see those colors are little bit different. It does not make any set better or worse and provides rather a unique look imo. I for myself consider to join GMK Nines because of the colors. This will be a very nice dark grayish keyset.

Btw. let me be evil. If you missed GMK Carbon R2 and you have regrets
Show Image

 :p
So don't miss on GMK Nines ;)

Wow! Thanks so much T0m!! Since the beige/cream on Ergo rd1 is just on the accent keys, I can definitely match Nines with my other keys. You've convinced me. In 4 1!


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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #313 on: Tue, 19 March 2019, 15:11:02 »
April can’t get here fast enough

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #314 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 03:14:34 »
April can’t get here fast enough

For me, time may slow down a bit as everything still isn't sorted and ready. :D I hope we can sort logistics asap so we can move into April with confidence!

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #315 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 07:55:19 »
April can’t get here fast enough

For me, time may slow down a bit as everything still isn't sorted and ready. :D I hope we can sort logistics asap so we can move into April with confidence!

Haha. Soon you'll get used to it.

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #316 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 08:58:05 »
April will be a month of fire!  :cool:

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #317 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 14:18:50 »
April will be a month of fire!  :cool:

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GMK competition in April will be insane! :D


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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #319 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 18:41:34 »
GMK competition in April will be insane! :D

GMK Competition? Haven't heard of that set.  :eek: How's it look like?

Oh don't you worry, it ain't got nothing on nines. ✌🏻️

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #320 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 18:55:28 »
What else is coming out in April beside GMK Metro?


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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #321 on: Wed, 20 March 2019, 19:11:29 »
What else is coming out in April beside GMK Metro?
GMK Eclipse, maybe? Or MD Keycap Recap?

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #322 on: Sat, 23 March 2019, 14:04:50 »
What else is coming out in April beside GMK Metro?
GMK Eclipse, maybe? Or MD Keycap Recap?

Is keycap recap confirmed for April? Where can I find out more about it?

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« Reply #323 on: Sat, 23 March 2019, 17:52:39 »
What else is coming out in April beside GMK Metro?

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #324 on: Sat, 23 March 2019, 19:06:10 »
What else is coming out in April beside GMK Metro?
GMK Eclipse, maybe? Or MD Keycap Recap?

Is keycap recap confirmed for April? Where can I find out more about it?
No, not confirm. It’s just me guessing. Sorry.

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« Reply #325 on: Sat, 23 March 2019, 23:13:06 »
Hello yes interested for sure!

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #326 on: Sun, 24 March 2019, 11:01:12 »
I can confirm that Nines is set to be available starting the 2nd of April! (skipping april the 1st for obvious reasons.. :D)

Pricing is about to be finalized! I am Ok with the price, but unfortunately it won't be as low as maybe some of us hoped as we can't base it on the 500 MOQ quote (because I am not confident enough that we will sell that many), nonetheless it's an OK price IMO!

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (En route for April Launch!)
« Reply #327 on: Sun, 24 March 2019, 14:33:54 »
I can confirm that Nines is set to be available starting the 2nd of April! (skipping april the 1st for obvious reasons.. :D)

Excellent news! :D

Pricing is about to be finalized! I am Ok with the price, but unfortunately it won't be as low as maybe some of us hoped as we can't base it on the 500 MOQ quote (because I am not confident enough that we will sell that many), nonetheless it's an OK price IMO!

What do you mean, I'm not getting a set for free here?! Sheesh, kidsh theshe daysh!!! :'(

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« Reply #328 on: Sun, 24 March 2019, 19:13:32 »
great news
i'm in.  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #329 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 03:30:34 »
Alright, so here's the pricing:
EU - Mykeyboard.eu - 119 Euro
US - Kono.store - 129 USD
Asia + Int. - KBDFans - 129 USD

RAMA cap pricing still being worked on, will update asap!

Hope to see you all the 2nd of April! <3

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #330 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 09:08:45 »
MOQ 150?

What is the price-break and at which quantity?

Thanks!


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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #331 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 09:10:25 »
MOQ 150?

What is the price-break and at which quantity?

Thanks!

No price breaks, aka staged pricing - I am sorry. :( MOQ is 150, as it uses standard colors.

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« Reply #332 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 09:12:54 »
Great price emir. Good luck :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #333 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 09:54:00 »
Guess no chance for a spacebar kit for alice? sorry very late seeing this

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #334 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 09:55:56 »
Guess no chance for a spacebar kit for alice? sorry very late seeing this

No, but I know some people are buying spacebar kit from Skiidata to use with Nines (N9 as well). A workaround... albeit expensive one. Sorry! <3

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« Reply #335 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 10:15:42 »
Guess no chance for a spacebar kit for alice? sorry very late seeing this

No, but I know some people are buying spacebar kit from Skiidata to use with Nines (N9 as well). A workaround... albeit expensive one. Sorry! <3

oh nice, that'll work! thanks for the reply

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #336 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 12:57:33 »
I'll still buy, but price seems high compared to other recent buys. I know that GMK pricing is complicated though, so I am sure there is some stuff I am missing.

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« Reply #337 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 13:01:52 »
Price actually seems pretty reasonable to me at 150 MOQ. Either way I'm definitely in.

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« Reply #338 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 13:04:00 »
Yeah I guess I didn't really consider the 150 MOQ part. If it had price breaks it would probably get to the level I was thinking it would be at.

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #339 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 13:08:13 »
I'll still buy, but price seems high compared to other recent buys. I know that GMK pricing is complicated though, so I am sure there is some stuff I am missing.

Hmm, which buys? For example, it matches Skiidata pricing which is based on a 500 MOQ pricing (this isn't) while having comparable kits. I really did what I could to bring the price down, I think it is OK and doesn't qualify as "expensive". :D

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« Reply #340 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 13:15:33 »
I'll still buy, but price seems high compared to other recent buys. I know that GMK pricing is complicated though, so I am sure there is some stuff I am missing.

Hmm, which buys? For example, it matches Skiidata pricing which is based on a 500 MOQ pricing (this isn't) while having comparable kits. I really did what I could to bring the price down, I think it is OK and doesn't qualify as "expensive". :D
I agree. One of the few sets that have support for almost every set out there without dividing it into a gazillion kits. Pretty stoked about the price.

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #341 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 14:39:06 »
I'll still buy, but price seems high compared to other recent buys. I know that GMK pricing is complicated though, so I am sure there is some stuff I am missing.

Hmm, which buys? For example, it matches Skiidata pricing which is based on a 500 MOQ pricing (this isn't) while having comparable kits. I really did what I could to bring the price down, I think it is OK and doesn't qualify as "expensive". :D

congratulations for the project, you have decided not to follow the current trend of dividing the core kit into multi kits, you have managed to keep a really competitive price considering also the accents with inverted colorway.

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #342 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 15:23:13 »
Alright, so here's the pricing:
EU - Mykeyboard.eu - 119 Euro
US - Kono.store - 129 USD
Asia + Int. - KBDFans - 129 USD

RAMA cap pricing still being worked on, will update asap!

Hope to see you all the 2nd of April! <3

Not sure why some are saying the price is high? $130 for US/Asia/Intl, 120 Euro for EU is right in line for what I was expecting for an all in one lower MOQ GB like this. I think some may see the smaller number for EU customers & not realize with exchange rate the set cost the same for everybody give or take a couple cents. For me at $130, plus probably another $10 for shipping, I'm definitely still in for this set & pretty happy with the price TBH. Think about it even with the buying power of of MD the now continuously stocked GMK WoB is going for $100, so I'd imagine MD is paying $70 to $80 per set themselves. $130 for a decently comprehensive set that only needs 150 orders to run seems fair enough to me.

The only thing I take a little issue with is that GMK is not offering any price breaks at all for this GB. I can understand not doing a price break structure like in a Zambumon or Mito GB, but damn give us a price break at 300 if it doubles MOQ & maybe another at 500 if it does real well. I could be wrong, but using standard GMK colors/fonts & having just a single all one set should make the manufacturing cost at least a little cheaper for GMK vs sets with custom matched colors, multiple kits, dual legends on the alphas, etc. Admittedly, I'm not sure how much of the costs for stuff like that get put on the designer/GB runner & how much of it GMK absorbs.

Anyways getting excited for this set now that is for sure going live. Great work on this set Emir & I look forward to getting one of these bad boys in my collection (hopefully one of those Rama caps too! :p)! So much better than WoB in my IMO! :thumb:
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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #343 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 17:16:50 »
Alright, so here's the pricing:
EU - Mykeyboard.eu - 119 Euro
US - Kono.store - 129 USD
Asia + Int. - KBDFans - 129 USD

RAMA cap pricing still being worked on, will update asap!

Hope to see you all the 2nd of April! <3

Uhh... mind if it's 4 of April instead? That way, I'll join in for 9/9 on 4/4. :cool:

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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #344 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 18:07:30 »
Bento just added a couple novelties or something instead of price breaks and that was a pretty neat solution, but that said it also moved 1000 (rather large) base kits, so I don't think it was planned that way from the start.

Either way I'm glad this set isn't spinning the numpad and ISO keys off seperately, because GMK child kits are punishingly expensive.

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« Reply #345 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 19:05:11 »
The only thing I take a little issue with is that GMK is not offering any price breaks at all for this GB. I can understand not doing a price break structure like in a Zambumon or Mito GB, but damn give use a price break at 300 if it doubles MOQ & maybe another at 500 if it does real well. I could be wrong, but using standard GMK colors/fonts & having just a single all one set should make the manufacturing cost at least a little cheaper for GMK vs sets with custom matched colors, multiple kits, dual legends on the alphas, etc. Admittedly, I'm not sure how much of the costs for stuff like that get put on the designer/GB runner & how much of it GMK absorbs.

This is a bummer. Minimal had the -10$ once 500 was hit and it used standard colors as well. It would be nice to see an incentive for garnering much more interest than might be expected.

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« Reply #346 on: Mon, 25 March 2019, 22:57:36 »
Any missing pieces for KBD67? ANSI 65% layout?

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« Reply #347 on: Tue, 26 March 2019, 01:31:08 »
The only thing I take a little issue with is that GMK is not offering any price breaks at all for this GB. I can understand not doing a price break structure like in a Zambumon or Mito GB, but damn give use a price break at 300 if it doubles MOQ & maybe another at 500 if it does real well. I could be wrong, but using standard GMK colors/fonts & having just a single all one set should make the manufacturing cost at least a little cheaper for GMK vs sets with custom matched colors, multiple kits, dual legends on the alphas, etc. Admittedly, I'm not sure how much of the costs for stuff like that get put on the designer/GB runner & how much of it GMK absorbs.

This is a bummer. Minimal had the -10$ once 500 was hit and it used standard colors as well. It would be nice to see an incentive for garnering much more interest than might be expected.

Agreed. This set could at least hit 250 and it would be nice to get something back for that.
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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #348 on: Tue, 26 March 2019, 05:49:54 »
Alright, so here's the pricing:
EU - Mykeyboard.eu - 119 Euro
US - Kono.store - 129 USD
Asia + Int. - KBDFans - 129 USD

RAMA cap pricing still being worked on, will update asap!

Hope to see you all the 2nd of April! <3

Not sure why some are saying the price is high? $130 for US/Asia/Intl, 120 Euro for EU is right in line for what I was expecting for an all in one lower MOQ GB like this. I think some may see the smaller number for EU customers & not realize with exchange rate the set cost the same for everybody give or take a couple cents. For me at $130, plus probably another $10 for shipping, I'm definitely still in for this set & pretty happy with the price TBH. Think about it even with the buying power of of MD the now continuously stocked GMK WoB is going for $100, so I'd imagine MD is paying $70 to $80 per set themselves. $130 for a decently comprehensive set that only needs 150 orders to run seems fair enough to me.

The only thing I take a little issue with is that GMK is not offering any price breaks at all for this GB. I can understand not doing a price break structure like in a Zambumon or Mito GB, but damn give us a price break at 300 if it doubles MOQ & maybe another at 500 if it does real well. I could be wrong, but using standard GMK colors/fonts & having just a single all one set should make the manufacturing cost at least a little cheaper for GMK vs sets with custom matched colors, multiple kits, dual legends on the alphas, etc. Admittedly, I'm not sure how much of the costs for stuff like that get put on the designer/GB runner & how much of it GMK absorbs.

Anyways getting excited for this set now that is for sure going live. Great work on this set Emir & I look forward to getting one of these bad boys in my collection (hopefully one of those Rama caps too! :p)! So much better than WoB in my IMO! :thumb:

Thank you so much for the kind words! <3

Regarding price breaks, GMK offers quotes at 150, 250 and 500 MOQ for every set using stock colors (to my knowledge). As far as I know, custom colors don't cost more than stock colors - they just raise MOQ. However, adding colors increases the cost - so a 3 color set will cost more than a 2 colored set (to my understanding). Regarding sublegends etc, I am not sure about that as my set doesn't offer any, but if GMK got molds for it, I don't think it increases cost significantly.

The reason many sets don't offer price breaks is because vendors, aside from Massdrop, don't have an automated way to refund each price break. This means there's logistical cost for vendors to refund orders, and if it's over 500 then that takes quite some times to manually refund each order, which means labour cost. For a set with very low margins, introducing price breaks might actually make the GB lose money when adding all the logistical cost of manually refunding. I hope that clears things up a bit!

For Nines it was a concious decision not to introduce price breaks, I hope you understand.  :(

Any missing pieces for KBD67? ANSI 65% layout?

You got full support for kbd67, 1.75u shift is in the kit and the extra profiled keys on the side. :)
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Re: [IC] GMK Nines (Coming 2nd of April! Pricing posted!)
« Reply #349 on: Tue, 26 March 2019, 14:51:16 »
This is relevant.
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I did white balance with my camera before taking photos so actually the colors should be correct. GMK Nines will be darker than this approximately by 10 to 20 percent. Also the shade will be different. All in all GMK Nines is going to be great so dont miss it ;)