Meh. I'll get excited when you get a full set going. Or at least moogles/tsangans. People got excited about us finding this manufacturer because they want brand new sets of Dolch, Olivetti, Skidata, and the Cherry classics. Lead time is going to be there no matter what. The sooner we get something going, the sooner we can have it delivered. In the mean time, EK and others are beating us to the punch.
That was my initial reaction as well. Would much rather start with a full set, but I guess I see how testing the waters could be good. But to your "at least moogles/tsangans" thing, I think the "Modifer packs in various colors, including ISO enter and short R.Shift" option would cover the moogle part of that at least. Unless I misunderstand? Regardless, of the 4 things, that's the only one I'd be interesting in ordering. But I'm sure there will be plenty of orders to make a go of it. But, a full set of a safe color would go bonkers I think... hopefully someone else does this.
Trust me, I would have loved to do a Dolch set right off the bat. There's existing keyboards that could easily be used as a means of mockups and color matching would just make things relatively easy, I think.
But as I've mentioned a bunch of times already, GMK just doesn't have the time slots to do one in the near future. After we've submitted payment for this GB, lysol and I will once again be polling for full set requirements.
I guess I'm just stupid and not getting it, but why does "near future" matter in getting a price together for a full set? Will they not quote it if they can't deliver in less than a quarter? Or do they not have a sales department/head/person that can look in a pricing book?
This is their first time dealing with individual requests versus retailers, businesses, industrial manufacturers. So in short, no they don't have someone that can simply look at a pricing booklet and give us answers.
We are trying to build good grounds with them, and honestly, it has only been less than a week since I first communicated with them (including weekends) so pricing on a full set will be halted until the next couple weeks. I'm not 'stonewalling' the price, and I understand your need for it which is why it's on my list of questions. I've already submitted many questions detailing their capabilities, moq, price, colors, color samples, dyesub limitations, pbt usage, etc. So going forward, it's one thing at a time.
