looks good :thumb:
what about the price drop when these kits hit certain moq?
looks good :thumb:
what about the price drop when these kits hit certain moq?
No price points mentioned currently since the quote was apparently a bit rushed. If some of the kits make it to MOQ I'll inquire about the next price drops.
Why are the Alphas so expensive? Is it due to the pad printing? Last time I checked, the cost for a similar set was lower.
Why are the Alphas so expensive? Is it due to the pad printing? Last time I checked, the cost for a similar set was lower.
For users, pad printing coming at a premium is nonsense, if it will make the keys looking ugly while fading. Cost-wise for GMK pad printing is an extra manufacturing step that would rise the price.
x1 Alphas + x1 mods on mechboards is $216.
Unfortunately, GMK isn't gonna undercut their costs just because some users see their extra processing time and costs as a drawback. In reality, GMK pad printing is the best quality pad printing you'll ever see and may actually rival some dye-sub. I've never seen a set of Royal Alpha so far that has any wear on the printing, so it does seem durable enough for enthusiast use.
I would be all over this, but the pricing is steep. I understand how everything is separated but I could essentially get two other sets for this one. Gotta think on it.
question - will i be charged at checkout or on November 7?
At this time, orders are going to be temporarily unavailable. I'm going to be consulting with GMK over the next couple of days concerning a method to lower the prices of the kits, if my idea actually makes any sense and I'm not missing something important. If the kit changes do go through, anyone that has already ordered will be refunded the difference in pricing of the kits that they have ordered. If the changes can't actually be implemented, orders will reopen as usual.question - will i be charged at checkout or on November 7?
Orders are charged at checkout since this goes right through my store rather than through delayed invoicing.
Just order the full set and then split them into addons. 60 USD alphas.
Just order the full set and then split them into addons. 60 USD alphas.
That is an interesting idea, tho I'll have to wait for a quote from GMK to compare the numbers to know for certain. It would make hitting MOQ very easy, but there's also the issue that I would have to order as many sets as the highest kit reached, and I could be left having to foot the cost of like 50 mod kits or something. Not only could I not afford to do that, but then I'd just have a bunch of mod kits laying around that I probably would never get my money back out of. Oh well, after exhausting every option I'll just have to pick the one that upsets the least amount of people.
You could put the sets for sale on a first come first serve basis. The last ones of us that will order will accept the fact that their order could be cancelled if there are more orders for the alphas than for the modifiers, or vice versa.
About the EU proxy, if you find someone who has a vat number, he can have a fiscal benefit from purchasing the goods from GMK, so he can share the benefit with you.
Huge difference going from +210 for alpha+mods to 150 for base. Looks good!
How is the 3k colorway? I've seen the picture of GMK colorways. It looks quite simular to CP - is it?More of a "subdued" white, if you will. Doesn't feel as sharp on the eyes as CP.
Huge difference going from +210 for alpha+mods to 150 for base. Looks good!
Will we be able to order through mechboards.co.uk again?
The only difference regarding alpha legends between rounds 1 and 2 seems to be with the R4 1u \| <> keycap. R1 had the <> symbols doubleshot with pad-printed \|. It is reversed here in R2. Is that on purpose?
MOQs are listed below and I will be updating them every day.
Green Base Kit – 267/150 units
White Mods Kit – 18/150 units
International Kit – 7/100 units
Spacebars kit – 58/150 units
QuoteMOQs are listed below and I will be updating them every day.
Green Base Kit – 267/150 units
White Mods Kit – 18/150 units
International Kit – 7/100 units
Spacebars kit – 58/150 units
The number of the Green Base Kit is insane! A price drop maybe?
The only difference regarding alpha legends between rounds 1 and 2 seems to be with the R4 1u \| <> keycap. R1 had the <> symbols doubleshot with pad-printed \|. It is reversed here in R2. Is that on purpose?
I went by the original GMK mockups for the R1 of the set which had the \| doubleshot with <> pad printed.
are u sell it at en.zfrontier.com, i dont have acc at zfrontier.com (china) :(
Live at https://donutcables.com/product/gmk-royal-alpha-round-2/
EU proxy from MechBoardsUk at https://mechboards.co.uk/shop/all/gmk-royal-alpha-r2/ , China and Asia proxies at zFrontier http://www.zfrontier.com/m/3232 and KP Group https://shop105902419.taobao.com/ .
Current MOQs:
Green Base Kit - 110/150 units
White Mods Kit - 30/150 units
International Kit - 11/100 units
Spacebars kit - 95/150 units
Numbers are going pretty strong and we still have almost 2 weeks to get there.
Current MOQs:
Green Base Kit - 110/150 units
White Mods Kit - 30/150 units
International Kit - 11/100 units
Spacebars kit - 95/150 units
Numbers are going pretty strong and we still have almost 2 weeks to get there.
Unfortunately, white mod seems to be hard to reach the MOQ. :-[
Hey,if i order this from DC website,can you shipping it to asia,especially indonesia ? because i want to order this from zf and KP but i dont even understand their chinese language at their website tho
Current MOQs:
Green Base Kit - 110/150 units
White Mods Kit - 30/150 units
International Kit - 11/100 units
Spacebars kit - 95/150 units
Numbers are going pretty strong and we still have almost 2 weeks to get there.
Current MOQs:
Green Base Kit - 110/150 units
White Mods Kit - 30/150 units
International Kit - 11/100 units
Spacebars kit - 95/150 units
Numbers are going pretty strong and we still have almost 2 weeks to get there.
Massdrop actually has the grey mods in stock if you wanted to get them to match lol. Who knows how well the colors would match tho.
Current MOQs:
Green Base Kit - 110/150 units
White Mods Kit - 30/150 units
International Kit - 11/100 units
Spacebars kit - 95/150 units
Numbers are going pretty strong and we still have almost 2 weeks to get there.
Massdrop actually has the grey mods in stock if you wanted to get them to match lol. Who knows how well the colors would match tho.
? Where do you see things that are "in stock" on Massdrop?
Massdrop actually has the grey mods in stock if you wanted to get them to match lol. Who knows how well the colors would match tho.
Massdrop actually has the grey mods in stock if you wanted to get them to match lol. Who knows how well the colors would match tho.
The colors are the same exact GMK color codes, so they should match fine. I'll actually encourage anyone that is dead set on the white alphas(like myself) to try and grab them from the sale. They're only 3 keys less than my white mods kit, are $3 cheaper, and there's no MOQ on them. At the moment of my writing this there's still enough to allow me to attempt to check out with them. The GB white mods are only at 31/150, so this might be your only shot at them.
I just mean like general batch to batch plastic color variation. Plastic color is a complex science. Vendors change and such. It should be the same or very close, but ya never really know.
Will any of the kits in this group buy coming in trays or bags?
Fairly sure GMK automatically include trays unless specified. It saves them a lot of work as they don't have to replace scratched keys from bags.
all trays now. not sure if you can request without.
Fairly sure GMK automatically include trays unless specified. It saves them a lot of work as they don't have to replace scratched keys from bags.all trays now. not sure if you can request without.
Yeah, GMK's quotes are by default including the trays, and I'll know within a few days whether or not the option to get the sets without the trays is available, though more than likely I'll be sticking with the trays, especially where I found out we may be a lot closer to 200 base kits than I thought we were.
So it turns out that I'm bad at math and knowing how to navigate my proxies' store pages, so we actually have a good deal more base kits than I previously thought, just over 200 currently. This means we're actually pretty close to the 250 price drop point, which I don't have a quote for at the moment and will need to get from GMK, but expect a 10-15USD drop from my current prices. I'm currently awaiting some email responses to get exact other kit numbers since the only numbers I can actually see on the store pages are base kit orders.
But yeah, turns out we're actually doing better than I expected and could actually hit that 250 point with a little bit more help. Might even extend the buy period a little longer to try and hit that. As always, here's the store page links:
- https://donutcables.com/product/gmk-royal-alpha-round-2/
- https://mechboards.co.uk/shop/all/gmk-royal-alpha-r2/
- http://www.zfrontier.com/m/3232
- https://world.taobao.com/item/559758168503.htm?fromSite=main&spm=a1z10.1-c-s.w13608044-14986162198.3.6785be76EtJZgv
Have spacebars hit moq yet?
Have spacebars hit moq yet?
I don't have the numbers to know for certain until I get email responses, but based on the current numbers I'll say that they're at MOQ and boost them there myself if they aren't.
how about white mods?
Got a reply back from GMK, the pricing for the Base Kit at 250 units is going to be $135 for my store, and expect a similar price drop for the other stores.
In that case you don’t actually need to hit 250. Just 225. With 225 kits you can buy 250 at price drop for the SAME price.
Won’t be any savings up front, but you at least could increase your margin or just do the refund on the back side.
Will the price be lowered by the proxies too, once we reach 250 orders?
Will the price be lowered by the proxies too, once we reach 250 orders?
Any update on the participants number count?
Did we meet 250 for the base kit? :)
Am I missing something, or is the GB still open? Seems like it's still possible to order via donutcables.com (https://donutcables.com/product/gmk-royal-alpha-round-2/) and mechboards.co.uk (https://mechboards.co.uk/shop/all/gmk-royal-alpha-r2/).
now about those PBT keys someone was mentioning :cool:
Small update, payment was finally sent to GMK today after several issues and miscommunications that needed to be resolved first. Payment confirmation and a production timeline should be given within the week.
Got a nice update today:
(https://i.imgur.com/kQPj1zR.png) (https://i.imgur.com/kQPj1zR.png)
Hopefully we'll be looking at the sets on me and the proxies' doorsteps by the end of Feb.
I see extras on your website for when the GB orders all ship. Do you plan to offer extra modifiers at any point?
I see extras on your website for when the GB orders all ship. Do you plan to offer extra modifiers at any point?
What modifiers? The grey mods weren’t produced. Didn’t hit moq.
I see extras on your website for when the GB orders all ship. Do you plan to offer extra modifiers at any point?
I see extras on your website for when the GB orders all ship. Do you plan to offer extra modifiers at any point?
What modifiers? The grey mods weren’t produced. Didn’t hit moq.
Okay. I was confused by the packaging I guess. So the base is the full kit plus dark geeen mods in the little add on pack?
Update 2-22-18
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All orders placed via donutcables.com have been shipped as of approximately 1530 this afternoon. There should be an email from PayPal with your tracking number, but let me know if there isn't since PayPal did give me a bit of trouble with the very earliest orders.
I did not receive any mail regarding shipment regretfully. :(
Love your Truck :D
How about the european seller? Did he recieved everything from GMK directly, or was it send to you first?
Happy with the Caps they look amazing, didn't receive my spacebar kit but hopefully it can be sent fairly soon ;D
Happy with the Caps they look amazing, didn't receive my spacebar kit but hopefully it can be sent fairly soon ;D
In the mail now.
i picked up an original set with white mods also. thanks again for running the gb, donutcatShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/i1CYOBH.jpg)
i picked up an original set with white mods also. thanks again for running the gb, donutcatShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/i1CYOBH.jpg)
Yeah, I picked up a set of R1 alphas and white mods in order to put the mods with my R2 alphas, all because I like bars over scoops :3 There might have been something else but I don't remember currently.
Update 2-22-18
(https://i.imgur.com/Ax9r6z6.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/Ax9r6z6.jpg)
All orders placed via donutcables.com have been shipped as of approximately 1530 this afternoon. There should be an email from PayPal with your tracking number, but let me know if there isn't since PayPal did give me a bit of trouble with the very earliest orders.
Big thanks to Donutcat and Mechboards.
Recieve my kit today, love it. Looks so cool, pretty nice colours. Bit worried about the pad printed sublegends :-[ Will post some pictures on monday or tuesday.
Extras available at https://donutcables.com/product/gmk-royal-alpha-round-2/ still 4 base and 4 spacebar left even though it's been open since 1300EST.
Bit of a status update on the extras, I may have had a bit of an oversight. Two weeks ago I actually ran out of bubblewrap in the middle of packing up the GB orders, so I had to go sell my soul to UPS for enough to finish the orders that day. Turns out that for some reason my new rolls of wrap aren't supposed to be delivered until wednesday-friday sometime, so extras orders will need to wait until then so I can properly get them packed for shipment. Good news is I've now made a promise to never run out of bubblewrap again, so I've ordered 1400ft of it this time, meaning I should be good for a couple weeks at least.
Bit of a status update on the extras, I may have had a bit of an oversight. Two weeks ago I actually ran out of bubblewrap in the middle of packing up the GB orders, so I had to go sell my soul to UPS for enough to finish the orders that day. Turns out that for some reason my new rolls of wrap aren't supposed to be delivered until wednesday-friday sometime, so extras orders will need to wait until then so I can properly get them packed for shipment. Good news is I've now made a promise to never run out of bubblewrap again, so I've ordered 1400ft of it this time, meaning I should be good for a couple weeks at least.
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I'm going on vacation next week and it's going to end up sitting at my door. Can you ship mine later, like end of next week?
Good news, got all the extras shipped today(except the ones that requested to be held.) In a few days I'll put the few other extras back up late this week. I had pulled them down since there was an error in my order tracking on the store and I wanted to be sure I wasn't selling sets I didn't have.