GMK white/dark grey US/GB full set + 'Gamer' add-on {Closed}

[ebacho]

Just wait after toxic when bunny starts doing GMK

in a week he'll hit moq

Somehow, I doubt it.  Just look at the CMYW buy; once the Koreans pulled out we're around what we have right now, 200 or so orders.  Would gladly be proven wrong though.

[LechnerDE]

Bunny is a commercial vendor. He'll make it happen just by buying the missing sets himself and selling them later. But this also means we won't get the sets for the awesome prices Ivan offers.

I assume Bunny will do another promotion thing with Bro or bundle the GMK GB with the upcoming wrist rests to encourage people to order.

[kekstee]

Damn. Doubled for good measure, still hope this can happen :|
Good colour, good quality, ISO support <3

/e also, what drove Koreans away? They must have been a good part of purple and cmyb 400 moq...

[CK Briefs]

The cmyw doesn't have the win and fn/menu keys
Most people have keys in between the dolch mods
And I wonder if everyone will flock over here if the dolch gb falls through

[yicaoyimu]

Just wait after toxic when bunny starts doing GMK

in a week he'll hit moq

^ This.

Even if I don't agree with most of what Pacifist said, I agree on this one. Bunny is our only hope for full set GMK!

[bueller]

Yeah I say let this set die, it's not going to make it.

No more Dolch for goodness sake, make something interesting! There are so many different mod colours we could choose that would look awesome. Red alert, raindrop and some sort of orange or green mods would all look great.

[quochung1989]

Why do small people interest classic or mono tone ?

[ideus]

Single color sets tend to be less popular in general. And for this particular set, it resemblance with Dolch makes people wonder why it should be single color while Dolch has darker mods.

[SpAmRaY]

Single color sets tend to be less popular in general. And for this particular set, it resemblance with Dolch makes people wonder why it should be single color while Dolch has darker mods.

This set is the same color as the dolch mods and the reason Ivan chose this was in the previous Interest Check for GMK this color was the popular vote.

[kekstee]

tl;dr: people have no clue what's good for them. I don't want ridiculous novelty ANSI GMK, but a decent base set for different keyboard needs and colour combinations D:

[ninjadoc]

Come on folks. You can mix multiple sets with this color. I don't think any of us can buy 60 sets to get to MOQ so lets get this done!

[Motan22]

I don't think the major problem in meeting MOQ is the colour path in particular. To me personally, the neutrality of the set is a bonus.

I think we are just hitting the upper limits of people who generally buy into any full set, key cap group buy on geekhack. Wider exposure may be what the set needs to break over the top.

How many other full key cap sets actually tend to hit over 200+ here in general?

[cphead]

Maybe it's the lack of options? There's too much included in the set that people might not need, which makes the price high.

People are less willing to pay 120 for a full set when they have a TKL board, 60% board etc. Plus not everyone needs the ISO kit and winkeyless mods (although I appreciate winkeyless being included ). People see colorful SP sets for 80 dollars a set and wonder why this costs so much. They don't know the sweet feel of GMK 

[IvanIvanovich]

This buy originally did have a lot of options. Things were all split up so one didn't have to get as much extra things, only what would be needed... and it cost more that way. Many people also seemed to be confused over that decision and of what they needed to order for X keyboard. So then I axed many of the less popular choices and rolled the rest into one solid set to make it simpler and less expensive.
Certainly there will be some keys that may not be used... but those also offer a lot of flexibility in case one would like to use the set on some other keyboard in the future. It also really doesn't add that much to the cost and ensures that some keys will reach the MOQ along with the others. Additionally it could make resale in the future more attractive to buyers due to the flexibility of the set.

I agree the biggest challenge to GMK buys is getting support beyond geekhack and deskthority. For whatever reason it seems many of the Koreans have gone back to thier separatist attitude and refuse to participate in international groupbuys and refuse to allow us to participate in theirs. Consequently we all fail due to limited numbers of people that are interested in such things per region.

[TDub]

It's really a shame that these GB fall shy of the MOQ. The amount of time Ivan puts in organizing and negotiating with GMK is freaking amazing and deserves better I especially liked the blue on black. Maybe a full set of those or a at least a full mod set might work?

[Motan22]

Might help to update the main thread title to indicate that the buy is still open beyond the 15th of March to newcomers who may necessarily brush over otherwise.

[Cafiend]

I would have gotten in on this if I didn't participate in the sherryton Dolch set.

[avtar]

The old Dolch set or the current group buy? Because it looks like the latter isn't going to go anywhere.

[lightsout714]

Is sherry doing a dolch buy right now? If so where? Just curious?

Also is this about what it costs do get a full set from gmk? (120)? Wish it could be a bit less.

[ebacho]

Is sherry doing a dolch buy right now? If so where? Just curious?

Also is this about what it costs do get a full set from gmk? (120)? Wish it could be a bit less.

$120 is a great price for all the addons you get.  Everyone complaining about price and comparing it to SP prices needs to consider both the quality and the quantity of keys.

[yicaoyimu]

Is sherry doing a dolch buy right now? If so where? Just curious?

Also is this about what it costs do get a full set from gmk? (120)? Wish it could be a bit less.

Sherry has been disappearing for a long time now. There is another Dolch groupbuy going on not by Sherry though.

[lightsout714]

Thanks guys. The add on keys are cool for resale value. I only need tkl but I understand you can't make every one happy.

[ebacho]

Thanks guys. The add on keys are cool for resale value. I only need tkl but I understand you can't make every one happy.

Think of it this way; it's insurance for any other boards you might get.  When I first bought custom keys, I thought I'd never deviate from the standard 1.25/6.25 bottom row.  Fastforward a couple years and all my boards are 1.5x/7x.  Same goes 1.75x shifts; I initially thought they were useless, but now I have equal the amount of boards with 1.75x shifts compared to a normal 2.75x shift.

[justnits]

Thanks guys. The add on keys are cool for resale value. I only need tkl but I understand you can't make every one happy.

Think of it this way; it's insurance for any other boards you might get.  When I first bought custom keys, I thought I'd never deviate from the standard 1.25/6.25 bottom row.  Fastforward a couple years and all my boards are 1.5x/7x.  Same goes 1.75x shifts; I initially thought they were useless, but now I have equal the amount of boards with 1.75x shifts compared to a normal 2.75x shift.

^true story.
i've always been using 1.25/6.25 bottom row, never wanted to walk the path of tsangan as it's costlier.
but now, for some odd reason i wanted to do tsangan layout for my next tkl custom >.< and kinda regret i didn't get tsangan kits for my previous keycaps sets.
heed the warning...if u choose to stick with 87 winkey layout, u might regret in future when u want to go into 86/84 layout without having bought tsangan kits in your previous gb(s).
but u will regret also for going into 86/84 layout because u'll be dishing out more money for that extra kit.  ) such is the life of gh'ers... 

[lightsout714]

Only thing stopping me from going with a winkeyless is money. Would be nice to have though as it seems like sourcing ds's would be much easier.

[justnits]

Only thing stopping me from going with a winkeyless is money. Would be nice to have though as it seems like sourcing ds's would be much easier.

^you and i both.
you'll find your own ways one day 

[IvanIvanovich]

That's exactly right. This set have a lot of other keys for a very broad compatibility from 60% to 11X key for ANSI, ISO and JIS... and it will fit on most board too even ones with 'funny' bottom rows like original Choc, CM TK, Corsair, etc. will cover all but odd sized spacebars. You never know when you will come across a bargain on some other keyboard that needs a set or filler keys, or when preferences can change if a new board is released or something.

[quochung1989]

After everyone know this, i hope order 'll increase  & even hit MOQ )

[justnits]

After everyone know this, i hope order 'll increase  & even hit MOQ )

i want but my wallet doesn't allow me

[lightsout714]

I'm getting tempted to just go with these. We still seem a ways off of the minimum though. What is the turnaround time on average for gmk once we pay them?

[IvanIvanovich]

GMK production is usually pretty quick. Typically just a few weeks.

[lightsout714]

GMK production is usually pretty quick. Typically just a few weeks.

Thats not bad at all.

[pix3l_fodder]

read a comment or two about this group buy looking like black on white, want to clear it up with the pictures or put more obvious text thats its grey in the OP?

[cphead]

read a comment or two about this group buy looking like black on white, want to clear it up with the pictures or put more obvious text thats its grey in the OP?

It says dark gray in the op and title.. And if you've ever seen WoB doubleshots you know these aren't it.

[gojira54]

another quick pic showing the grey colour, IMHO a perfect alpha colour...

[quochung1989]

another quick pic showing the grey colour, IMHO a perfect alpha colour...

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Yeah Mod Dolch is dark grey. It is different with Black

[ebacho]

read a comment or two about this group buy looking like black on white, want to clear it up with the pictures or put more obvious text thats its grey in the OP?

It says dark gray in the op and title.. And if you've ever seen WoB doubleshots you know these aren't it.

The problem is most people are cherry doubleshot illiterate, not so much a problem with the thread title I'd think.

[tadbitnerdy]

ALRIGHT FINE I ORDERED ARE YOU HAPPY GET OFF MY BACK!!!

*Translation*  I couldn't resist any longer.  Ordered the base set.  I hope we make it!

[Motan22]

That's the spirit!  )

[Dubsgalore]

Just a curious question, why is the scroll lock not windowed in the mockup?

[avtar]

another quick pic showing the grey colour, IMHO a perfect alpha colour...

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Damn that's such a nice grey...

[Halvar]

It  is a very nice grey, and thanks for that great photo gojira54! This should go in the OP.

Does anyone know if Skidata keys are the same grey as this GB?

[cphead]

It  is a very nice grey, and thanks for that great photo gojira54! This should go in the OP.

Does anyone know if Skidata keys are the same grey as this GB?

I would imagine so.

[avtar]

I posted info regarding this groupbuy on /r/mechmarket http://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/21h9c2/gb_gmk_whitedark_grey_usgb_full_set_gamer_addon/

Feel free to upvote it

[naasfu]

I posted info regarding this groupbuy on /r/mechmarket http://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/21h9c2/gb_gmk_whitedark_grey_usgb_full_set_gamer_addon/

Feel free to upvote it

Nice!    Upvoted and added a comment.

[lotus1109]

do we have any significant increment on the base set orders?
looks like I'd failed to get the dolch order and I don't wish to fail this as well
I must get a complete gmk set to complete my keyboard wish

[Motan22]

I posted info regarding this groupbuy on /r/mechmarket http://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/21h9c2/gb_gmk_whitedark_grey_usgb_full_set_gamer_addon/

Feel free to upvote it

Commented and upvoted! 

Would probably get a lot more exposure in /r/MechanicalKeyboards though.

[redeye]

Ordered, Thanks

[avtar]

I posted info regarding this groupbuy on /r/mechmarket http://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/21h9c2/gb_gmk_whitedark_grey_usgb_full_set_gamer_addon/

Feel free to upvote it

Commented and upvoted! 

Would probably get a lot more exposure in /r/MechanicalKeyboards though.

Done! http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/21hz2d/buying_group_buy_for_a_full_dark_grey_gmk_keycaps/

[SpAmRaY]

I honestly don't understand why people will pay $105 plus shipping for a dolch base set to a vendor who is absent, uncommunicative and has many outstanding unfulfilled orders but they won't support a community effort.

Why not buy the set Ivan is offering here?

He has great communication, flawless shipping and the price is right for a much larger variety of keys.

We can always do alpha group buys later to make this set Dolch or any other crazy combination people want.