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Following on from the successful UKKeycaps Group Buy #1 for Tai Hao PBT ISO-UK/ANSI Keycaps in Orange and Black:

What?

This is UKKeycaps' group buy #2 for Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO-UK + ANSI Keys + Miami Blanks

* Material = PBT 
* Profile = OEM 
* Legends = Doubleshot OR Blank
* Layout = Full ISO layout w/ ANSI keys. Non-standard layout keys as optional extra
* Colours   
        - Miami (Light Blue & Pink)
        - Miami Blank (Light Blue & Pink)
        - Bumblebee (Yellow & Black)
        - Blood Red (Black & Red)
 

Layout?
 
The keysets will be a full ISO-UK layout with ANSI keys additional, so can be used on either keyboard layout 
 
Non-standard keys are available in a pack as an optional extra, these packs include: 
 
* 1x 7u spacebar 
* 1x stepped caps lock (off-centre stem) 
* 1x 1.75u shift
* 2* 1.5u control
* 2* 1.5u Alt
* 3* 1u blank bottom row keys
 
The Miami blank keyset includes the non-standard keys in the price as these are linked the MOQ of the main blank keysets

Where?

This is a UK based group-buy with the UK in mind, shipping is free to the UK and available at a fair price to the EU, Russia, the US, Australia etc. 

When/how long?
 
The group-buy will run for 4 weeks and will end on the 28th of September at 11:30pm. The lead time will be around 1.5 months, hopefully less. 

How much?

The price for one keyset (full ISO layout + ANSI keys + ring keypuller + wire keypuller + bonus keys) is £34 - This will rise to £38 after 2 weeks
 
Non-standard key packs will be £4.50 - This will rise to £6 after 2 weeks
 
Blank Miami keysets at £38.50 as they include the non-standard keyset - This will rise to £44 after 2 weeks
 
Shipping is free to UK buyers, shipping to all other countries is £10,

What is the MOQ / What if MOQ is not reached?
 
The MOQ for the double-shot PBT keycaps is linked between colour types, for all the double-shot keycaps the MOQ will be 60. So for example this could be 30 Miami's, 20 Bumblebees and 10 Blood Red's. 
 
The MOQ for blanks is seperate to the doubleshots and will be 30
 
As the double-shot and blank keysets are independant of each other one can go ahead if the other does not reach MOQ.

If MOQ is not reached you will be issued a full refund the date the GB ends 

How can I get updates on the group-buy??
 
Follow the UKKeycaps facebook page! Or you could just keep an eye on this thread :D

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UPDATE #1

5 days and 35/60 sets purchased! Thanks to everyone who has joined so far. Still plenty of time to go for those on the fence :D Only 1 blank miami set purchased so far though, no fear, if the MOQ for those sets is not reached, those buyers will be refunded in full :D

UPDATE #2

Being a new business, created and run by a single recent graduate I am still learning and working out the kinks of running UKKeycaps. Unfortunately I did not account for VAT charges in my initial calculation for the prices. This is a rookie error I know :( Those who have already purchased will get their keysets for the price they paid. To cover the VAT the prices for a keyset will rise by £4 after the 2nd week of the group-buy (14/09/15) see the 'How Much' section for more info. So you still have a chance to get the keysets at the cheaper price.

This mid-GB price change will not happen again, I have definitely learnt my lesson :O
 
UPDATE #3 (15/09/15)

13 days to go and only 5 more doubleshot sets needed! I have posted another thread to /r/MK and will post a couple more there and on mech market before the GB is over. I am pretty confident that MOQ will be hit easily for the doubleshot sets!

UPDATE #4  (18/09/15)
 
MOQ has been reached! This GB will definitely be going ahead! - 10 days remaining and then it will 'soft close' and the order will be made with Tai Hao. Soft close meaning the left over sets will be still for sale. Miami is very popular so there may not be any left overs! Act now if you want a Miami set!

UPDATE #5 (23/09/15)

All blank set purchases have been refunded! The MOQ for blank Miami sets was looking like it wasn't going to be reached (not even close :P) so I have refunded all 5 of you who purchased one. I have done this before the GB ends to give you a chance to purchase a double-shot set. Those of you who bought a doubleshot set AND a blank Miami set have been refunded for the blank Miami set only :D

5 days left until close!

UPDATE #6 (28/09/15)

The group-buy has now soft-closed! The product page currently displays 'coming soon' as I don't want any orders being placed before my order being received by Tai Hao and thus changing the numbers. Leftover keysets will be available after I have placed the order!. I will update once I have finalised the order and have been given an estimated lead time by Tai Hao!

UPDATE #7 (01/10/15)

I have made the order with Tai Hao and now the GB product page is open again and accepting orders for the leftover sets! Tai Hao have given me a estimated ship date of the end of October. I will update when I know a more exact date.

UPDATE #8 (26/10/15) 
 
I am hoping the keysets will be shipped from Taiwan soon, I will hopefully hear back from Tai Hao's representative on a more certain/accurate date soon :D - Still lots of bumblebee and blood red sets left!

UPDATE #9 (27/10/15)

I heard back from Tai Hao, the keysets will be shipped from Taiwan on the 1st of November at the very latest, given that they will take 1 week to arrive, and then another week to get to you, they will be at your house at the very latest on the 15th of Novermber if you're in the UK. This is later than I hoped but what's a group-buy without a small delay? :D

UPDATE #10 (04/11/15)

Keysets have arrived, and are now being shipped to customers!

UPDATE #11 (13/11/15)

All orders have been shipped. Refer to the reddit thread for closing comments. Thanks!


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« Last Edit: Fri, 13 November 2015, 08:02:12 by UKKeycaps »

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 03 September 2015, 06:02:44 »
Approval BUMP  :D

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 04 September 2015, 12:23:08 »
5 days in and 35/60 doubleshot sets bought! 3 weeks and 2 days to go!

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 07 September 2015, 13:18:35 »
I've finally managed to open my set from R1 (I was away from my house for a bit) and I'm really pleased with it.

Just thought I would chip in and say the keys were great and the UK layout additions are perfect. Might jump in for R2, but I already have too many different sets! :D
HHKB Pro JP with hasu's controller (waiting for MX sliders)

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 08 September 2015, 07:44:57 »
Update Bump!

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 18 September 2015, 08:46:17 »
MOQ reached bump! - This will be going ahead 100%, 10 days left!

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 18 September 2015, 11:58:30 »
Oh... I'm kinda tempted to get Miami blanks. ****... currency though tt
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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 18 September 2015, 12:02:06 »
Oh... I'm kinda tempted to get Miami blanks. ****... currency though tt

Keep in the the blanks are not part of the doubleshot MOQ

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 23 September 2015, 08:29:44 »
Update bump - 5 days left!

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 23 September 2015, 09:53:52 »
I'm assuming the spacebar is 6.25u in the base set? Just trying to figure out if this set will fit the novatouch with no problems.
thanks!

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 23 September 2015, 09:59:02 »
I'm assuming the spacebar is 6.25u in the base set? Just trying to figure out if this set will fit the novatouch with no problems.
thanks!

Yup! This set comes with a 6.25u space bar and a 7u spacebar is available in the non-standard pack.

This set should fit a Novatouch no problem, a customer in the last Tai Hai GB run by UKKeycaps posted some pictures of his set on his Novatoch here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3iu50q/tai_haos_on_my_novatouch_thanks_to_uukkeycaps/

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 23 September 2015, 12:46:10 »
Yup! This set comes with a 6.25u space bar and a 7u spacebar is available in the non-standard pack.

This set should fit a Novatouch no problem, a customer in the last Tai Hai GB run by UKKeycaps posted some pictures of his set on his Novatoch here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3iu50q/tai_haos_on_my_novatouch_thanks_to_uukkeycaps/

thanks a lot ;)
time to change the stock keycaps then.

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 28 September 2015, 11:04:55 »
How much the shipment would cost for a non UK buyer?

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 28 September 2015, 12:24:17 »
How much the shipment would cost for a non UK buyer?

£10 :D

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 01 October 2015, 09:10:38 »
Bump! - Order placed with Tai Hao. Product page is now open again and left-overs are available

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 01 October 2015, 09:36:44 »
I missed this but are the blank Miami sets gone?

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 01 October 2015, 09:37:21 »
I missed this but are the blank Miami sets gone?

They didn't reach MOQ so were cancelled

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 01 October 2015, 09:53:31 »
fair enough

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #18 on: Mon, 26 October 2015, 11:12:47 »
Still some bumblebee and blood red sets left, hoping the keysets will be shipped from Taiwan relatively soon.

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI (+Blank Miami)
« Reply #19 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 08:43:56 »
Arrived - now shipping  :D

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI - SHIPPING!
« Reply #20 on: Wed, 04 November 2015, 09:44:02 »
Slightly excited by not only my first key-cap set but also my first group buy...

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Re: UKKeycaps GroupBuy #2 - Tai Hao PBT Range in ISO & ANSI - FINISHED!
« Reply #21 on: Fri, 13 November 2015, 08:02:28 »
All orders shipped, GB finished!