[GB] M65-A | Made with RAMA.WORKS (Complete)

[therealmckellar]

Recent posts have me panicked too, but look at how big and how many of these things there are. It would have taken a few guys and/or a big-ass truck to run off with so many boxes. That is assuming a thief would even identify these as something of value.

It is a good day.

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Day 2 is over, and today I got through a lot more than expected.

There are boards that have this small anodization issues, but our amazing manufacturer is going to fix them. The anodization issue is only apparent when you shine light on it a certain direction. But it bugs the hell out of me.

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I should be done with most of the gb this Friday, and then I will be forwarding the units to them, and they will be fixed in a week or two.

Extra units are being used to make sure everyone gets their unit within the GB. After that, the units that come back will be used for extras, and we'll have our r2 colors as well.

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They could've pulled a truck right up to that location there and loaded the pallet on and been gone in under a minute.

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[jjwax]

This is ridiculous.

Speculating solves nothing.

Jchan, I hope you and your family are alright.

I agree, and sincerely hope that he and his family are ok - just having some fun

[sixdeuces]

Yeah, there's no justification to think that's what's happened, and it's probably best if we just drop it. No need for misinformation to spread.
There's enough to deal with already without needing a heist sub-plot.

[jchan94]

Hi everyone,

I got some message about a robbery happening?

Fortunately, nothing of that sort has happened.

Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

[Corgi Butts]

Hi everyone,

I got some message about a robbery happening?

Fortunately, nothing of that sort has happened.

Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

Dude, if you popped in and posted something like this every few days, with a few bits of details, I think most everyone would be satisfied.


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[jjwax]

Hi everyone,

I got some message about a robbery happening?

Fortunately, nothing of that sort has happened.

Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

I truly appreciate the brief update!  Hopefully this will put a lot of people at ease!

[Dominathan]

Hi everyone,

I got some message about a robbery happening?

Fortunately, nothing of that sort has happened.

Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

Is all the QCing done?

[Puddsy]

Hi everyone,

I got some message about a robbery happening?

Fortunately, nothing of that sort has happened.

Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

Thanks, Jchan.

[Tally810]

Once again no info on whats really going on.  Just another I will ship some next week....

Sent from ur mam

[clickstops]

Here's my HIGHLY speculative theory of a "worst-case scenario."  I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS IS SPECULATION - it is not intended to cast anyone in a negative light (except maybe one unknown individual, which I'll explain), nor is it intended to cause chaos in this thread, speculation ONLY, based on a largely unverifiable source I was able to dig up online.
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SERIOUSLY - take this with a grain of salt (in fact, take all the salt from delayed GB's and take all of it)

This is quite a ridiculous post.

[TheDisappointingGatsby]

Once again no info on whats really going on.  Just another I will ship some next week....

Sent from ur mam

 Was really hoping for some Ocean's Eleven style heist story.

[therealmckellar]

Yeah, there's no justification to think that's what's happened, and it's probably best if we just drop it. No need for misinformation to spread.
There's enough to deal with already without needing a heist sub-plot.

Yes, because your tactics have yielded such tremendous results. No way could anything like that have happened! Like it doesn't happen every day in the real world.

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[therealmckellar]

Once again no info on whats really going on.  Just another I will ship some next week....

Sent from ur mam

What I don't get is why they can't just be shipped en masse and the extras listed on the site and sold so this can all be done with. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to anything here.

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edit: I pmed you a while back, btw

[FioraCorp]

Hi everyone,

I got some message about a robbery happening?

Fortunately, nothing of that sort has happened.

Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

...right

[sixdeuces]

Yeah, there's no justification to think that's what's happened, and it's probably best if we just drop it. No need for misinformation to spread.
There's enough to deal with already without needing a heist sub-plot.

Yes, because your tactics have yielded such tremendous results. No way could anything like that have happened! Like it doesn't happen every day in the real world.

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No need to get your knickers in a twist. People are welcome to write as much fan fiction as they want. Maybe ninjas next time?

[robbles]

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Ill be shipping as many units as I can in the following week.

If you requested a refund, I'll be processing them tonight.

Sorry for everything.

It would be nice to hear a status update from those who have posted that they are waiting for a refund. Maybe let us know in the next couple of days if your refund went through instead of disappearing.

[TheDisappointingGatsby]

Did anyone that requested a refund get it yesterday or today?

[gt1989]

I had sent an email requesting a refund on the 3rd and I was refunded on the 6th.

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[dead_pixel_design]

I want to see more pics from the people who got theirs

[Unforgivable]

Did anyone that requested a refund get it yesterday or today?

No refund yet for the MC Rebirth group buy.

Hoping maybe he’ll get to it today..

[MikeTheTiger]

I want to see more pics from the people who got theirs

Lol. I was thinking the same thing.

[imorhi]

Excuse my deskspace, I'll clean one day.

SA Hyperfuse





Great so far...I don't know if it was me or shipping but I'm missing a resistor for the home key and the pipe/backslash doesn't seem to be working either.
Anyone know where I could get a new resistor? Or what I can do to diagnose the other key?

[pixelpusher]

Excuse my deskspace, I'll clean one day.

SA Hyperfuse

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Great so far...I don't know if it was me or shipping but I'm missing a resistor for the home key and the pipe/backslash doesn't seem to be working either.
Anyone know where I could get a new resistor? Or what I can do to diagnose the other key?

Do you mean diode?  it is my understanding that the resistor is there so the leds don’t get the full 5v from the usb power (which pops them quickly)

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1613

Those are probably the right diodes but you should double check the numbers printed on yours.

[duynguyenle]

Excuse my deskspace, I'll clean one day.

SA Hyperfuse

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Great so far...I don't know if it was me or shipping but I'm missing a resistor for the home key and the pipe/backslash doesn't seem to be working either.
Anyone know where I could get a new resistor? Or what I can do to diagnose the other key?

A picture of the suspected failed component would help/ Failing that, just take a high res shot of the back of the PCB, no one can help you troubleshoot without knowing what the failed component look like.

For what it's worth, resistors are there to facilitate the functioning of LEDs (limiting current). If the actual switch is not registering, it's probably a defective PCB (broken traces) or defective diode.

If it's the diode, you can get a replacement 1N4148W (SOD123 packaging) from your favourite electronic retailer.

[BAS1C]

I heard some of you looking for pics! I got mine a while ago... Hope the rest of you can get your hands on them soon! Rather unfortunate circumstances, but the wait will be worth it in the end!

[ihalatch]

I heard some of you looking for pics! I got mine a while ago... Hope the rest of you can get your hands on them soon! Rather unfortunate circumstances, but the wait will be worth it in the end!

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Cool. Where did you get the mouse pad?

[BAS1C]

I heard some of you looking for pics! I got mine a while ago... Hope the rest of you can get your hands on them soon! Rather unfortunate circumstances, but the wait will be worth it in the end!

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Cool. Where did you get the mouse pad?

Also keyclack!

[SakeJams]

I know this isn't m65 related but I haven't really heard much on the ZKW-II gb yet? other than when I messaged him on Reddit about 2 weeks ago and was told "they're about to ship." I guess I'm not too worried about it since I only paid for one (which was like $25) but I wouldn't mind getting it haha. Anyone else have any info?

[KINGPIN]

After all this time still haven't shipped all board yet. Who the **** don't get bumps in life? If I am in the same situation as he is, or hell, even all of my family, friends and my leg amputated, I will buckle the **** up and ship every single thing that I owned someone no matter how much it cost, I will even consider using the fund from my life insurance of all of my dead family members just to achieve it.
To those who get your board half years ago and saying" be well soon Jchan" **** you. And **** whatever you stand for.
Oh, and to those ****tard who say "you didn't invest anything but money, don't ***** about it" well, money don't ****ing work that way, the value of money is equal to the "work" people "invested" to get the money, and money tends to increase value (positively or negatively). You take the money to a casino and at least you have a possibility of increasing it's value. This project is now becomes one of those dead loan, the value of your invoice keep decreasing since the
uncertainty of the board being delivered is getting higher over time, and we have all the right to chace around the board, not get our cash back, we(I) am not that kind of a person to throw money into project with 0 or negative gain.

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[kmba]

Dude's pissed.

[jjwax]

I will even consider using the fund from my life insurance of all of my dead family members just to achieve it

 

Dude

[Valaris]

I don't know why but that dude's angry post made me laugh. It brought a bit of levity needed in this thread.

[kitchenace13]

Yeah, at some point you just gotta laugh at some people. needs to be on r/iamverysmart

[clappingcactus]

Heck, if it can't be managed otherwise, I think people should just start killing their family members off to use life policy payouts to ship their products.

[Marutks]

I will even consider using the fund from my life insurance of all of my dead family members just to achieve it.

 

[Tally810]

Any progress being made on these?

Sent from ur mam

[pixelpusher]

Any progress being made on these?

Sent from ur mam

I think we have to chop off our leg or kill a family member to get them, right? 

[Tally810]

Any progress being made on these?

Sent from ur mam

I think we have to chop off our leg or kill a family member to get them, right?

Only if they have life insurance it seems.....

Sent from ur mam

[pixelpusher]

Any progress being made on these?

Sent from ur mam

I think we have to chop off our leg or kill a family member to get them, right?

Only if they have life insurance it seems.....

Sent from ur mam

Oh ****, I just axed 2 of my family members and they don't have life insurance!  Welp, guess I'll have to wait patiently.

[Tally810]

After all this time still haven't shipped all board yet. Who the **** don't get bumps in life? If I am in the same situation as he is, or hell, even all of my family, friends and my leg amputated, I will buckle the **** up and ship every single thing that I owned someone no matter how much it cost, I will even consider using the fund from my life insurance of all of my dead family members just to achieve it.
To those who get your board half years ago and saying" be well soon Jchan" **** you. And **** whatever you stand for.
Oh, and to those ****tard who say "you didn't invest anything but money, don't ***** about it" well, money don't ****ing work that way, the value of money is equal to the "work" people "invested" to get the money, and money tends to increase value (positively or negatively). You take the money to a casino and at least you have a possibility of increasing it's value. This project is now becomes one of those dead loan, the value of your invoice keep decreasing since the
uncertainty of the board being delivered is getting higher over time, and we have all the right to chace around the board, not get our cash back, we(I) am not that kind of a person to throw money into project with 0 or negative gain.

Jokes aside i understand your frustration.  All we can do at the moment however is wait for a relevant update. 

Sent from ur mam

[kitchenace13]

Frustration is one thing.  Violating GH TOS for personal attacks and language is another.  Not understanding the risks for delay and failure associated with a speculative group buy for a product that has never been produced before is yet another.  Admittedly being in the GB for their own profit with little or no consideration for how GBs are only possible through the continued contributions of individuals of this community is icing on the cake. 

Combine it all together and you get a statement so ugly and ridiculous that its easier to see it as satire than to believe it comes from a human being sitting behind a keyboard who really believes what they type. 

[Brammm87]

Frustration is one thing.  Violating GH TOS for personal attacks and language is another.  Not understanding the risks for delay and failure associated with a speculative group buy for a product that has never been produced before is yet another.  Admittedly being in the GB for their own profit with little or no consideration for how GBs are only possible through the continued contributions of individuals of this community is icing on the cake. 

Combine it all together and you get a statement so ugly and ridiculous that its easier to see it as satire than to believe it comes from a human being sitting behind a keyboard who really believes what they type.

If this was reddit, I'd upvote you so hard.

[dohmain]

If this was reddit, I'd upvote you so hard.

your avatar...............

[amnesia0287]

After all this time still haven't shipped all board yet. Who the **** don't get bumps in life? If I am in the same situation as he is, or hell, even all of my family, friends and my leg amputated, I will buckle the **** up and ship every single thing that I owned someone no matter how much it cost, I will even consider using the fund from my life insurance of all of my dead family members just to achieve it.
To those who get your board half years ago and saying" be well soon Jchan" **** you. And **** whatever you stand for.
Oh, and to those ****tard who say "you didn't invest anything but money, don't ***** about it" well, money don't ****ing work that way, the value of money is equal to the "work" people "invested" to get the money, and money tends to increase value (positively or negatively). You take the money to a casino and at least you have a possibility of increasing it's value. This project is now becomes one of those dead loan, the value of your invoice keep decreasing since the
uncertainty of the board being delivered is getting higher over time, and we have all the right to chace around the board, not get our cash back, we(I) am not that kind of a person to throw money into project with 0 or negative gain.

Keyboards are purchases, not investments. You may feel entitled to turn a profit, and that is your prerogative, but that DOES NOT mean you are entitled to one.

If you can’t deal with waiting, ask for a refund and invest your money somewhere else. No one is forcing you to wait. jchan will refund you as previously mentioned.


People need to chill. This could be so much worse. You need to realize this is NOT the same as a scam or a similar situation where someone is holding your money hostage. You have been given the option for a refund and best I can tell anyone who has asked has received one.


The real issue is people are flipping m65 for like $600-700 and you want in on that action. That does not suddenly change your circumstances.


The entire concept that waiting somehow decreases the value because “it might not be delivered” is redicuous and baseless. If you are legtimately worried you won’t get your board ask for a refund. If your only concern is losing out on profit when you flip it, well, tbh, **** you and everything you stand for. You think anyone gives 2 ****s that your scalping is going poorly? We are here cause we want the board, not a profit opportunity.

[yokken]

Wow... still lots of drama. Kingpin didn't say he/she was trying to flip an M65-A for profit nor do I think it was intended that way. It is easy to see how people are getting frustrated because jchan has dropped the ball on this. Life happens but we must press on. Find some other people to come to the office and ship them out, it really is not a hard problem to solve. If nothing else, jchan just needs to ask for help instead of holding it all up himself. It just isn't sustainable. I am personally itching to build my board and I would really like to see a return on my investment (aka get my board) but I am not attacking anyone about it, and no one else should be either. Take some time away from the keyboard community, take up another hobby for a few weeks or another month or two, do something more productive with your time. I have no doubt we will all either get our product or our money back, but it sucks to be in the dark.

[kitchenace13]

Kingpin didn't say he/she was trying to flip an M65-A for profit nor do I think it was intended that way.

He spent half his post talking investments including, what I'm assuming is, an effort to refer to the time-value of money.  Literally his last sentence included "we(I) am not that kind of a person to throw money into project with 0 or negative gain". 

[Dominathan]

Kingpin didn't say he/she was trying to flip an M65-A for profit nor do I think it was intended that way.

He spent half his post talking investments including, what I'm assuming is, an effort to refer to the time-value of money.  Literally his last sentence included "we(I) am not that kind of a person to throw money into project with 0 or negative gain".

I saw that being the investment of time working to make that money, then spending that money to eventually get something down the road.  It's an investment until we can realize the gains (receiving the keyboard). 

If we were given a more concrete time frame, I feel like a lot of us could easily forget about it and do other stuff.  But right now, we're kinda being strung along weekly. We're having to invest our thoughts in this, even if we don't want to.  Especially when every new keycap set is shown on this thing.  It's like the hobby as a whole keeps teasing us with this thing that's ready to go, but stuck at the last step.

[jchan94]

Hi everyone,

Shipping will commence now. We'll have about 12 units packaged by the end of the day.

They will be rolling out 2 days out of the week.

Sorry for the mishaps - if you contacted us for a refund, it will be processed today.

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Also, business aside - I think it's important to note that everyone takes things differently. To me - family is everything. I only have 4 family members - my brother, my sister's (2), and my mom. We have cousins/aunts/uncles, but none of which have been around in my life, if at all. This is in fact the first time I've had any instance of "death" come near me to those which I love.

Tldr: I'm sorry that my personal life has affected business as usual.

[Puddsy]

Great to see some progress.

Thank you for the postscript window into your life.

I hope you're doing alright.

[merlin64]

Jchan, family should always come first. I was very touched by your speech here in Seattle when you said your mom was very proud of you. I can see how important family is to you, no need to apologize for it.

In other news, I'd still love to have a chance at an M65-A. LOL.