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Offline eksuen

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #50 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 15:55:14 »
Will the price of the case go up after groupbuy ends?

if there sold after the group buy I would think the price would go up a fair bit. I might be mistaken but the 80 dollar price tag was for a MOQ of 200.. currently the group buy is up to almost 400. I wouldn't expect the 80 dollar price tag instead I would think it be more reasonable for it to be expected in the 99 dollar range which is still really good value for a solid looking case.

From the listing on their site, it would appear that $99 is the intended retail price.

https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/products/pre-orderkbdfans-5-60-case

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #51 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 15:56:43 »
Will the price of the case go up after groupbuy ends?

if there sold after the group buy I would think the price would go up a fair bit. I might be mistaken but the 80 dollar price tag was for a MOQ of 200.. currently the group buy is up to almost 400. I wouldn't expect the 80 dollar price tag instead I would think it be more reasonable for it to be expected in the 99 dollar range which is still really good value for a solid looking case.

From the listing on their site, it would appear that $99 is the intended retail price.

https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/products/pre-orderkbdfans-5-60-case

This guys have very good pricing.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #52 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 16:33:42 »
KBDfans have been hitting it out the ballpark lately - not only when it comes to pricing but just the things they offer as well as their lead and fulfilment times, free shipping, customer support... Everything is stellar.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #53 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:20:02 »
KBDfans have been hitting it out the ballpark lately - not only when it comes to pricing but just the things they offer as well as their lead and fulfilment times, free shipping, customer support... Everything is stellar.

Not my experience.

I've had trouble ordering from the multiple, disorganized storefronts that they operate (Shopify, AliExpress, eBay), with my attempts at payment often rejected for no reason that I can understand.  Sometimes offerings are different depending on which storefront you use (DZ60 kit with plate on Shopify, plate not offered through eBay?).  When I finally manage to place an order, then there's the long wait on the fabled Slow Boat From China.

They do have cool looking stuff.  I'd love to see some retailer import those products so I don't have to order direct from China anymore.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #54 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:33:42 »
Shipping from China is extremely extremely slow unless you pay extra. I always just pay a bit extra cause why not pay extra. My thought process is I can get it quicker in America maybe.. but most likely paying twice as much. I do agree it can be a bit challenging to find exactly what your looking for. I do wish he had a single store front but I also kinda just chalk that up to a language barrier.. His primary language isn't English I am sure.  I also know he takes feedback very seriously.. funny enough just played my 3rd and 4th order with him just yesterday. I ordered a GK64.. and one of the cases. I am excited!

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #55 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:42:28 »
just bought an enjoypbt set from kbdfans on aliexpress with free shipping.  took 19 days to arrive which is the exact minimum quoted for free shipping  :thumb:
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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #56 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:51:32 »
Will the price of the case go up after groupbuy ends?

I contacted KBDfans to ask this and the answer was yes.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #57 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:58:00 »
Not my experience.

I've had trouble ordering from the multiple, disorganized storefronts that they operate (Shopify, AliExpress, eBay), with my attempts at payment often rejected for no reason that I can understand.  Sometimes offerings are different depending on which storefront you use (DZ60 kit with plate on Shopify, plate not offered through eBay?).  When I finally manage to place an order, then there's the long wait on the fabled Slow Boat From China.

They do have cool looking stuff.  I'd love to see some retailer import those products so I don't have to order direct from China anymore.

Yea ordering from China does have its disadvantages, I can't argue with that - regarding your other points I also only use their direct website so I've not had any issues with listing discrepancies between storefronts. My payments have always gone through but I guess **** happens some times, my credit card actually got locked one time because a purchase I was trying to make on Orginative tripped some security fail-safe.

The shipping times are a problem though but if I gotta wait like 2 months for my board to be produced anyway what's another 5 to 10 days for free shipping over the $30-40 that FedEx would charge? Depends on the exact rates obviously but still.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #58 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:58:47 »
1 more day...
Already in for a blue but at 80 bucks and at that correct shade of purple do I need another one?
I think so!

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #59 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 17:58:55 »
I usually order direct from his website rather than bother with eBay or aliexpress. My Tina C was delivered in the uk 4 days after shipping which I was really impressed with


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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #60 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 22:07:39 »
With only 1 day left to order, I'm getting tempted to pick up 2 since they're only $80. So many decisions!

I was feeling the same way... but do I really want two of the same case? I mean, it is a nice case at a nice price, but something else will come along eventually... but who knows when...

It's all about options. One day I might want a red case and the next I might want a cyan case. It'd also make an excellent gift.

Yeah it would be cool gift for a starter case since it is so cheap. Also I know what you mean. I was thinking about getting a red case as well. I went with purple since I don't think I will ever get a purple fjell, but god red is looking mighty fine indeed.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #61 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 22:25:50 »
I seriously considered getting every color except the cyan.  But in the end I picked gray and silver.  I figured since those are the two that sold the most (most popular), I would be able to sell them easier on the aftermarket if I change my mind.  I think the orange or red could look awesome.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #62 on: Wed, 04 October 2017, 23:12:55 »
the red is ****ing nice

but i don't like 60 so oh well
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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #63 on: Thu, 05 October 2017, 03:59:12 »
The more I look at the blockers, the more I feel they shouldn’t be chamfered. Hopefully I’m proven wrong once we get the boards.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #64 on: Thu, 05 October 2017, 04:10:56 »
I probably won't bother with the blockers on this build. I appreciate them including them but just don't think they look great, plus I have a Tina on the way which will handle the HHKB layout
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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #65 on: Thu, 05 October 2017, 04:58:51 »
I seriously considered getting every color except the cyan.  But in the end I picked gray and silver.  I figured since those are the two that sold the most (most popular), I would be able to sell them easier on the aftermarket if I change my mind.  I think the orange or red could look awesome.

Yeah, I couldn't make up my mind so I bought a handful  :D

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #66 on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 14:23:43 »
When I saw that partial refund come in this morning I was first scared something had gone wrong, then realized it was just the $19 overhead from the original price I paid, and then I got excited all over again thinking about this case getting closer to being mine.  :D

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #67 on: Sun, 08 October 2017, 15:06:25 »
anyone else kinda feel bad for KBDfan's  :p.. I wonder if he was prepared for how popular this case was. It went from like 250-300 buy ins to over 500 in the course 24hrs it seemed like. Its a slick sweet looking case and for 80 bucks you have to be insane not to have bought in.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #68 on: Thu, 02 November 2017, 14:29:43 »
@Kbdfans: any news here???

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #69 on: Thu, 02 November 2017, 14:38:44 »
@Kbdfans: any news here???

Best place to check is the blog.  There's an update from 10/28.

https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/blogs/updates

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10-28  5° case update
Update: 2017-10-28 The upper part of the shell is finished,300 sets, first send gray, 2017-09-29 drak purple & dark blue color sample arrived 2017-9-30 Block samples arrive, if the order is more than 270, add 2 1U blocks free  2017-10-15 


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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #70 on: Thu, 02 November 2017, 14:45:54 »
@Kbdfans: any news here???

Best place to check is the blog.  There's an update from 10/28.

Thanks man!

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #71 on: Fri, 17 November 2017, 04:12:53 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #72 on: Fri, 17 November 2017, 04:54:59 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update 
« Last Edit: Fri, 17 November 2017, 05:04:06 by KaosJ »




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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #73 on: Fri, 17 November 2017, 09:02:37 »
Received shipping notification.  I think only the Gray are shipping.  The others are Anodizing.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #74 on: Fri, 17 November 2017, 09:12:41 »
Yay! I also got my notification. Now I guess I gotta get serious about picking a PCB to go in it, or maybe I just do a transplant...

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #75 on: Fri, 17 November 2017, 13:34:30 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #76 on: Fri, 17 November 2017, 19:45:33 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))
 

Guess i will have to wait for mine, Italian too but mine was Dark Purple :D 




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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #77 on: Sat, 18 November 2017, 01:40:46 »
I ordered purple, guess I'll have to wait longer.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #78 on: Sat, 18 November 2017, 13:14:52 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))
 

Guess i will have to wait for mine, Italian too but mine was Dark Purple :D

I know you're ITA too, saw your brass plate IC.....
So, Dark Purple?? Mmmm, GMK Laser incoming??? Me too, and a Banana Split pcb, hope it will fit the case....

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #79 on: Sat, 18 November 2017, 13:41:51 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))
 

Guess i will have to wait for mine, Italian too but mine was Dark Purple :D

I know you're ITA too, saw your brass plate IC.....
So, Dark Purple?? Mmmm, GMK Laser incoming??? Me too, and a Banana Split pcb, hope it will fit the case....
I have the gray coming for the bs so I'll let you know if it fits

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #80 on: Sat, 18 November 2017, 16:05:46 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))
 

Guess i will have to wait for mine, Italian too but mine was Dark Purple :D

I know you're ITA too, saw your brass plate IC.....
So, Dark Purple?? Mmmm, GMK Laser incoming??? Me too, and a Banana Split pcb, hope it will fit the case....

No laser for me, but will definitely match it with something purple (And a brass plate ofc :D)

« Last Edit: Sat, 18 November 2017, 18:31:36 by KaosJ »




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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #81 on: Sat, 18 November 2017, 16:18:45 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))
 

Guess i will have to wait for mine, Italian too but mine was Dark Purple :D

I know you're ITA too, saw your brass plate IC.....
So, Dark Purple?? Mmmm, GMK Laser incoming??? Me too, and a Banana Split pcb, hope it will fit the case....

No laser for me, but will put something other, definetely something purple    (And a brass plate ofc :D)

I'm doing nautilus or oblivion or muted on mine... :)

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #82 on: Sun, 19 November 2017, 09:43:47 »
Shipping notification this evening  ;D

Wut, is shipping already? 

edit: yeah it is https://kbdfans.cn/blogs/updates/5-case-update

Confirmed, he's shipping: I received my notification today, mine is a gray one (from Italy... ;))
 

Guess i will have to wait for mine, Italian too but mine was Dark Purple :D

I know you're ITA too, saw your brass plate IC.....
So, Dark Purple?? Mmmm, GMK Laser incoming??? Me too, and a Banana Split pcb, hope it will fit the case....
I have the gray coming for the bs so I'll let you know if it fits
Great, let me know (finger crossed...)

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #83 on: Sun, 19 November 2017, 23:31:57 »
Anyone got shipment not found on FEDEX?

Offline Atredl

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #84 on: Sun, 19 November 2017, 23:48:50 »
Anyone got shipment not found on FEDEX?
When did you get your tracking number?

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #85 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 02:09:39 »
Anyone got shipment not found on FEDEX?

for me it typically takes 24-48hrs for it to start tracking.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #86 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 02:47:21 »
Anyone got shipment not found on FEDEX?
My shipment is tracked on JCEX. You try and track with 17track.net.
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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #87 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 02:48:41 »
Anyone got shipment not found on FEDEX?
My shipment is tracked on JCEX. You try and track with 17track.net.

I think thats DHL shipping least it has been for me its really funky cause it goes JCEX > US DHL > USPS Delivery

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #88 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 03:14:16 »
Don't know if you guys have seen but KBDfans put a post up asking us about which purple to go for, there's a link to a poll in the thread too..

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/7e5alo/5_degrees_case_purplethe_color_is_uncertain/

Poll: https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/pages/5-case-purple

Choices:

KBD75; Alps64 trio; some other stuff

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #89 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 04:38:27 »
Don't know if you guys have seen but KBDfans put a post up asking us about which purple to go for, there's a link to a poll in the thread too..

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/7e5alo/5_degrees_case_purplethe_color_is_uncertain/

Poll: https://kbdfans.myshopify.com/pages/5-case-purple

Choices:

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Let's be serious on this one, B is something really special and you need it! 




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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #90 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 04:59:27 »
I'm all about B, I think it looks great and exactly what I was hoping for. It has that deep, almost Fjell-like shade.

Hoping that ends up as the final colour - not that A doesn't look nice - but B is definitely what I'd prefer personally.
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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #91 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 06:34:48 »
I prefer the B too.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #92 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 14:19:26 »
I’d prefer B, but I’d probably buy another one in A lol.


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« Reply #93 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 17:01:42 »
I’d prefer B, but I’d probably buy another one in A lol.


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^ What he said, lol

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« Reply #94 on: Mon, 20 November 2017, 17:04:59 »
I’d prefer B, but I’d probably buy another one in A lol.


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^ What he said, lol

Translated from purpledude-to-human: "i want everything that is purple" 




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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #95 on: Tue, 21 November 2017, 09:38:04 »
Wow, I went with grey, but I must say B looks awesome  :cool:

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #96 on: Wed, 22 November 2017, 01:32:34 »
Didn't get a purple case, but B is def the winner!

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #97 on: Wed, 22 November 2017, 18:11:02 »
Poll seems to be closed now. Interested in knowing the result but people seem to like B fromwhat i’ve seen

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #98 on: Wed, 22 November 2017, 21:56:24 »
Mine arrived today. Looks nice.
The only keyboard I have at home is a Pok3r and the plate seemed to be a little too wide for it to fit, which is a bit worrying.
Will bring my banana split home from work tomorrow and see how that goes.

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Re: [GB]KBDfans 5° 60% aluminum case
« Reply #99 on: Thu, 23 November 2017, 01:10:56 »
Mine arrived today. Looks nice.
The only keyboard I have at home is a Pok3r and the plate seemed to be a little too wide for it to fit, which is a bit worrying.
Will bring my banana split home from work tomorrow and see how that goes.

The poker plate is slightly larger than normal I think, at least my RGB it is. I totally scratched the **** out of a sentraq case trying to use it on my RGB Pok3r and the plate was just a tiny bit too wide. But that was AFTER i had been using the case with my Zeal60 and Mekanisk plate. For me tight tolerances is a positive not a negative :D.