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PURCHASE HERE

It's finally here after long months of organising, fine-tuning and negotiating!

Q-Series is a profile never reliably available to the community before. Produced for UKKeycaps/MechSupply by Devlin in the UK! Thick, high quality keycaps. This is not a group-buy you're gonna want to miss.

Read more on the product page by following the link above.




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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 18 October 2016, 13:49:04 »
Interesting stuff. Might have to pick up a set to test the profile out :thumb:
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 18 October 2016, 14:20:45 »
First off, thank you very much for making this set available!

That being said, let's start off with some questions for a potential FAQ page.  :p

Regarding the space bar:

How does the texture differ between Devlin and DSA?

Is the space bar ABS or PBT?

Did you consider Signature Plastics G20 series caps for the space bar and why or why not?
[ie: If someone loves G20 would its space bar be a good fit for the Devlin profile?]

What Signature Plastics color code are you using?


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Did you consider a 1.25 Func or FN key?  I only ask because almost every keyboard has one.

Otherwise congrats on keeping this down to two options!  :p
« Last Edit: Tue, 18 October 2016, 14:30:09 by mushman »

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 20 October 2016, 20:59:56 »
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 23 October 2016, 22:38:16 »
Ummm, I'm not really understanding why you re-posted that picture. Was there meant to be something more?
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 23 October 2016, 22:52:16 »
Ummm, I'm not really understanding why you re-posted that picture. Was there meant to be something more?
Maybe to show the underlying structure and thickness of the caps?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 23 October 2016, 23:46:09 »
Ummm, I'm not really understanding why you re-posted that picture. Was there meant to be something more?
Maybe to show the underlying structure and thickness of the caps?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 24 October 2016, 22:15:58 »
I would certainly appreciate answers to my questions!

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 26 October 2016, 07:04:30 »
How exactly do these differ from DSA Keycaps, are they flatter ?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 26 October 2016, 07:49:06 »
How exactly do these differ from DSA Keycaps, are they flatter ?
Based on what they said from the GB page, they use the DSA spacebar, i assume the hight should be similar. The difference i can tell is the finish of the surface and their keys are significant thicker.
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 29 October 2016, 17:05:37 »
It seems the height is not exactly similar. Here you can find some detailed comparison

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 03 November 2016, 12:49:31 »
I know the Q-series is shorter and flatter than DSA caps.
How about K-series and SA? Aside from wall thickness, is there a difference b/w the two profiles?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 05 November 2016, 11:03:07 »
It seems the height is not exactly similar. Here you can find some detailed comparison
There we go, thats the kind of keyboard science we're looking for.  ;)

They make those K-Series keys really thick. Definitely some short DSA-like keys. Those stems kinda scare me though. Last thing I want is broken stems. :/
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 13 November 2016, 23:31:03 »
Will there be any left over sets available in January? I was all set to join both this one & Rad Away but a big ass vet bill has nuked my spare funds. :(

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 25 December 2016, 19:09:21 »
What is the expected ship date for the US?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 08 January 2017, 21:21:36 »
What is the expected ship date for the US?

According to their website January 10th so Tuesday.

UKKeycaps can you give an update?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #16 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 07:57:28 »
Shipping today?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #17 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 10:25:14 »
I posted the same question tonight at deskthority, cause I've noticed UKKeycaps was online there, but since there isn't an answer nor any update since some while I really doubt it. Hopefully there will be some news soon.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 10:37:08 »
"Life problems" got in the way as usual...? Don't group buyers see the responsibility in leaving even a short message?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 12:28:28 »
Per rededit:

Quote from: UKKeycaps
An email will go around today

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #20 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 13:43:01 »
An email will be sent around this evening to all customers!

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #21 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 13:52:24 »
An email will be sent around this evening to all customers!


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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #22 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 18:58:50 »
Quote from: UKKeycaps
Skidata & Rad-Away Group-Buy Update
Thank you all for making the first Devlin keyset group-buys a success!

Before giving an update on the status of the group-buy I first would like to offer my apologies for the lack of communication over the last 3 weeks, The Christmas and New Year break was a turbulent time for the future of UKKeycaps and MechSupply and the business is now starting to recover.

Unfortunately, due to these internal pressures and external delays (Devlin & Signature Plastics) the estimated shipping date has been delayed by 6 weeks to the 21st of February. This shipping date is an estimate and is not guaranteed (such is the nature of group-buys!) and I offer my apologies for this delay.

Additionally Devlin has let me know of some issues during the manufacturer of the keycaps to the original design, unfortunately after the order was placed. The K-Series Rad-Away Planck keyset will NOT have homing bumps, according to Devlin this is due to a lack of tooling, simply meaning they do not have the mould to create these keys. The keyset will be supplied in full, however the F and J key will not have homing bumps.

Devlin have also informed me that they do not have the moulds for 2.25u and 2.75u keycaps in Q-Series, and instead these keycaps will be produced in QS-Series for the Skidata set. QS-Series is essentially Q-Series but with a slightly profiled bottom edge. Therefore this change will make only a slight visual change to the keyset and no functional change. An image of the two profiles is shown below - the QS key is on the left and in use the raised profiled edge is on the bottom of the keycap. Please note the Q-Series Skidata set WILL have homing bumps.

Taking into account these changes and the delay, if any customer would like a full refund you can reply to this email requesting so. You can also do so via the contact form on the website at anytime. Apologies again for any inconvinience.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #23 on: Tue, 10 January 2017, 19:45:37 »
This keyset is turning into a profile sampler.  ISO = four different profiles??
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #24 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 02:45:42 »
Risks of doing a thing for the first time, I guess. Part of the calculation I took in to account when joining the group buy.

I am still looking forward in seeing how this set turns out, quirks and all. :-)

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #26 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 07:23:14 »
Changing Q-Series to QS-Series profiles is "only a slight visual change" and "no functional change"?



...Are you sure about that?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #27 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 09:15:03 »
When I first read about Q profile I was super excited; so much so that I didn't care what color way they went with and was ready to buy multiple sets on day 1.  And then it was revealed it would use a DSA space bar instead and that had me going back and forth.  Just before the GB ended I purchased 1 set.

Now this happens... I mean 1st world problems right?  But people shouldn't shell out over a hundred dollars on something they are not in love with.

HOWEVER to be more positive I do have a suggestion.  Is it too late to add a "Minivan/40% rescue pack"?  The non-standard kit could use a couple of blank enter keys amongst other things.  I am NOT a Minivan/40% layout expert but maybe someone here is and can suggest additional keys.

I don't know how much of a logistical nightmare this would be and who will be footing the bill.  If Devlin dropped the ball maybe they will add them and/or give a discount.

This would at least build a mini board using ALL Q series profile keycaps.

UKKeycaps what do you think?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #28 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 09:35:22 »
BTW I posted an SOS in the main forum looking for suggestions on theoretical keycaps to add for mini layouts.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #29 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 09:48:38 »
Does Devlin have Q series molds for a 1.75" shift key?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #30 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 11:33:44 »
A planck set or a Ergodox set would also be possible, BUT even if the planck or the Ergodox has some users, it's just a tiny minority. I guess it's even more worse with the minivan.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #31 on: Wed, 11 January 2017, 15:30:44 »
Changing Q-Series to QS-Series profiles is "only a slight visual change" and "no functional change"?

(Attachment Link)

...Are you sure about that?

That image was included in the email sent to all customers, so it's not like it's a secret.

Devlin informed me of these changes after the order was placed, I am not too thrilled with it either, but people will over-play how much this will effect the aesthetics of the keyset.

I'll say again - if anyone you like a refund do not hesitate to contact via the webpage!

EDIT: In terms of the posts regarding other layouts, it is too late to consider for this group-buy. Future group-buys will support more layouts.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #32 on: Mon, 16 January 2017, 17:24:44 »
Sorry I'm a noob. So this effects both shift keys and the enter key?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #33 on: Mon, 16 January 2017, 17:41:52 »
Sorry I'm a noob. So this effects both shift keys and the enter key?

It only effects the shift keys.  The ISO enter is another profile; ANSI enter should still be Q.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #34 on: Tue, 17 January 2017, 08:48:34 »
Sorry I'm a noob. So this effects both shift keys and the enter key?

It only effects the shift keys.  The ISO enter is another profile; ANSI enter should still be Q.

Isn't the ANSI enter 2.25u?

https://deskthority.net/wiki/Return_key#ANSI

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #35 on: Tue, 17 January 2017, 11:02:56 »
You're right. In ANSI both shift keys and the enter key are affected, in ISO only the right shift key.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #36 on: Thu, 19 January 2017, 11:21:14 »
This is hard. Basically I don't know if it is going to look and/or feel strange with those different profiles on those keys. Hard to find any pictures of those profiles side by side on a board as well.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #37 on: Thu, 19 January 2017, 17:21:05 »
This is hard. Basically I don't know if it is going to look and/or feel strange with those different profiles on those keys. Hard to find any pictures of those profiles side by side on a board as well.

That's becasue this is the first keyset in this/these profile(s) :D

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #38 on: Sun, 22 January 2017, 14:22:45 »
This is hard. Basically I don't know if it is going to look and/or feel strange with those different profiles on those keys. Hard to find any pictures of those profiles side by side on a board as well.

That's becasue this is the first keyset in this/these profile(s) :D

Surely this being the first keyset in this/these profiles doesn't preclude the existence of an image with them side by side on a keyboard, given that there are in existence images of them separately and an image of them back to back on a table. :D :D

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #39 on: Thu, 16 February 2017, 02:28:31 »
How likely will these keycaps ship on 21st of Feb?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #40 on: Thu, 16 February 2017, 11:18:06 »
I was about asking the same.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #41 on: Thu, 16 February 2017, 12:32:18 »
Further update with pictures (hopefully) will go out soon-ish

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #42 on: Mon, 20 February 2017, 16:15:34 »
So, about that update ..

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #43 on: Tue, 21 February 2017, 14:37:05 »
...and about the estimated shipping date. Things can go wrong and I bet it's not your fault, BUT the lack of communication is a bit worrying. I personally start to think about requesting a refund and not cause I don't want to wait a few more days, but cause I starting to loose confidence about this group buy.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #44 on: Tue, 21 February 2017, 15:04:26 »
An email update will go around later tonight.

I will post the email update here once it's been sent.

EDIT: It will be tomorrow instead (22nd) as I don't have all the info I need currently
« Last Edit: Tue, 21 February 2017, 18:24:49 by UKKeycaps »

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #45 on: Tue, 21 February 2017, 21:17:06 »
I hope it's good news.  The fact your website was updated to say "late February" sounds promising as that's only one more week.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #46 on: Wed, 22 February 2017, 09:21:12 »
Get ready for a 5th profile! :D

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #47 on: Wed, 22 February 2017, 18:40:31 »
Not a 5th profile, but an as equally upsetting change to one of the keysets :(

You can read the email update here: http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7ec8feb8af5335d32906c9f46&id=dcbc8bb5de

I'm aware of lot of customers will want refunds due to this colour change, apologies to all who have been discouraged by the events of this group-buy.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #48 on: Wed, 22 February 2017, 19:08:50 »
Seem a dramatic color change for Devlin to go ahead with manufacture on, especially as they have produced that dark green before.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #49 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 00:53:25 »
Glad i asked for a refund.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #50 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 04:19:37 »
With all the disappointments with Devlin I am considering cancelling the entire group-buy and offering the sets once they're actually available, with representative images that I have taken myself.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #51 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 04:23:36 »
Would that include Skidata or just the Rad-Away?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #52 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 05:16:29 »
Does Devlin not able to provide colour samples prior to production?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #53 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 05:26:43 »
Any solid color representations of the Skidata?

I wanna go in on this but after seeing that drastic change on Radaway its unsettling to base my decision off of renders..
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #54 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 05:31:31 »
Here is a photo of my orange keycap from the sampler, UKKeycaps have said that this is the orange colour

 

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #55 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 07:37:37 »
I'm still excited for the SkiData Q series.  The sample picture looks fine.  And I'm going to be using only 1U keys for my ortho boards so I don't care about the other profile keys.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #56 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 08:21:24 »
It's sad that it has come to this.  Hopefully a Chinese company can replicate this profile.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #57 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 13:33:42 »
With all the disappointments with Devlin I am considering cancelling the entire group-buy and offering the sets once they're actually available, with representative images that I have taken myself.

Last I checked you are able to fulfill SkiData orders. Can you explain why then you are considering not getting them to us? Seems to me like if the manufacturer ****ed up the product then you should have sufficient leverage to fulfill a portion of the order representative of the remaining demand for the product that they ****ed up. And if you can't, I would like to hear why not.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #58 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 13:37:24 »
I was referring to the Rad-Away keyset, apologies for not making that clear. They are technically 2 separate group-buys

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #59 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 13:39:40 »
With all the disappointments with Devlin I am considering cancelling the entire group-buy and offering the sets once they're actually available, with representative images that I have taken myself.

Yes, even after all the disappointments with Devlin, I'm still excited about the Skidata set. After the first update, I was certain I didn't want to get that QS profile mixed in my keyboard, so I came up with a unusual layout made up of a mix of a ISO (US?) and KBT Pure 60%:

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I'm really looking forward to use this layout. I must say I'm used to ISO-ES, ISO-UK and ANSI with different physical layouts.

That said, now for the disappointed me...

After the first update, I thought  Devlin should have made a commitment to make 2.25u and 2.75u Q series keycaps in the future, and for sure a Skidata add-on. They didn't, so no getting any standard ANSI/ISO layouts from them. Maybe they are fine just making some ortholinear keysets, more POS-compatible. I had committed to the GB so I decided not to cancel my order. Then I came up with my layout and, as I've already said, I'm really excited about it!

But this second update... I could expect quality issues, I could understand problems with molds which would justify missing sizes... But I can't believe this "dramatic color change" as rozakiin put it. Devlin must have been aware of it.

Well, anyway, I'm sorry you have to go through all this, Joe. It's nice you gave us the option to cancel orders with both updates.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #60 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 13:40:52 »
I was referring to the Rad-Away keyset, apologies for not making that clear. They are technically 2 separate group-buys

Ah okay, that makes more sense

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #61 on: Thu, 23 February 2017, 17:00:04 »
Rad-Away has been cancelled - full refunds will be issued to all customers. An email will be sent around shortly.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #62 on: Fri, 24 February 2017, 07:24:44 »
I'm interested in SkiData, please post some pictures when it arrives.
meh.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #63 on: Fri, 24 February 2017, 10:59:00 »
In real life the failed Rad-Away is an amazing set, the colour is very desirable. Still a huge shame about the error of course but my faith in Devlin's keycap quality has been restored upon seeing the caps. They are very nice indeed.

Without the colour issues in the future I hope to bring a lot more K-series sets to market.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #64 on: Sat, 25 February 2017, 05:01:46 »
I'm interested in SkiData, please post some pictures when it arrives.

I second this.

Really am super interested in Skidata but I dont feel confident/safe in purchasing without seeing some actual pictures of them first (especially because of the rad-away incident)
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #65 on: Sun, 26 February 2017, 14:59:03 »
[...] but I dont feel confident/safe in purchasing without seeing some actual pictures of them first (especially because of the rad-away incident)

[...] email update here: http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7ec8feb8af5335d32906c9f46&id=dcbc8bb5de

There's a picture of the UK ISO subset of Skidata in the update from UKKeycaps. There might still be some quality concerns, but looks great (that @ looks strange, but it might be the picture).

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #66 on: Mon, 27 February 2017, 07:56:44 »
So is everything okay now? March 3rd is definite shipping date?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #67 on: Mon, 27 February 2017, 10:48:13 »
Rad-Away has been cancelled - full refunds will be issued to all customers. An email will be sent around shortly.

Any news regarding refunds? They should have been completed yesterday but i haven't recieved it yet.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #68 on: Wed, 01 March 2017, 04:23:36 »
So is everything okay now? March 3rd is definite shipping date?

I second this question. Would be nice to get some update and maybe some pictures, if it's possible.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #69 on: Wed, 01 March 2017, 22:47:27 »
Rad-Away has been cancelled - full refunds will be issued to all customers. An email will be sent around shortly.

Any news regarding refunds? They should have been completed yesterday but i haven't recieved it yet.

I haven't gotten my refund either. :(

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #70 on: Thu, 02 March 2017, 09:00:56 »
Rest of the refunds will be done today!

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #71 on: Thu, 02 March 2017, 10:22:57 »
That's cool, but what about Skidata?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #72 on: Thu, 02 March 2017, 12:38:57 »
I'm experiencing a stress overload currently. Trying to not let my head explode, doing my best keep things moving! - Here's a representative pic of Skidata:


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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #73 on: Thu, 02 March 2017, 12:50:43 »
The set looks great! Cant wait to get it!

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #74 on: Thu, 02 March 2017, 12:55:36 »
The orange looks pretty bleached out, the black pretty grey and the A a bit wobbly, but except from this it looks nice. Thank you for the pic. I for myself like the grey/bleached out orange more then black/saturated orange, but now all my Ergodox mods won't fit. I guess I should buy the set first and then the mods in the future.
Do you got some pics from the Rad-Away-set too?

And why do you experiencing this stress overload? Is this whole group-buy situation too much?

(oh and by the way the S, the X and probably the Z key are upside down)
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #75 on: Thu, 02 March 2017, 13:40:45 »
Thanks for that pic - the set looks nice, looking forward to finally getting it  :thumb:

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #76 on: Tue, 07 March 2017, 16:20:11 »
Shipping of Skidata will start tomorrow or Thursday!





« Last Edit: Tue, 07 March 2017, 16:21:50 by UKKeycaps »

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #77 on: Tue, 07 March 2017, 16:30:36 »
Thank you for the pics and the update! It's really a nice set if you don't expect green.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #78 on: Tue, 07 March 2017, 22:49:48 »
The color may not what it original planned, but personally I like it. When will this available in your store?
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #79 on: Thu, 09 March 2017, 12:04:16 »
So I'm curious about something.  If the Nuclear sets colors were thrown off because of HEX values then how is the Skidata set so much closer to the intended look?  Shouldn't that be way off as well?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #80 on: Fri, 10 March 2017, 12:00:03 »
Did anyone get a shipment confirmation or something?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #81 on: Fri, 10 March 2017, 12:53:47 »
The skidata colors ARE also off (compare the photo with the renders and you notice the black is grey and the orange is pretty desaturated) and no I didn't get some kind of notification.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #82 on: Fri, 10 March 2017, 13:38:34 »
The skidata colors ARE also off (compare the photo with the renders and you notice the black is grey and the orange is pretty desaturated) and no I didn't get some kind of notification.

Skidata does normally have a grey base, just a very dark grey, but it was never black.  The Skidata+ buy used N9 from GMK, which is the same base color as the dark mods on a dolch set.  CR is the color code for GMK black which would be used on a WoB set.  So a proper skidata rendition should be grey.

That being said, the orange is washed out, and is not as saturated as expected, but not too bad either.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #83 on: Sun, 12 March 2017, 23:45:27 »
I made an account just to post. I've been a mech kb enthusiast for a while but just never joined geekhack, deskthority etc.

The faded orange legends to me is a complete dealbreaker.

This set was to replace the one I use at work, which is a dark grey orange set (forgot name) that had legends moulded too thin throughout the entire GB. This made the legends inconsistent and faded in most areas.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #84 on: Mon, 13 March 2017, 03:02:50 »
Shipping of Skidata will start tomorrow or Thursday!

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I think you can still sell the radaway set because the mint color is so nice if you do not compare and bash against the color it is intended to be. Would like to see that faded mint keyset on a silver planck.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #85 on: Mon, 13 March 2017, 03:29:25 »
Shipping of Skidata will start tomorrow or Thursday!

I'm sure you got a life and a job outside these group buys, but no matter how busy you're a short "I'm too busy it will take another five days" or  "Sorry guys I'm unable to geht these keycaps sent at the moment" would probably look a lot better than what you do at the moment.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #86 on: Mon, 13 March 2017, 09:48:55 »
Never fear! It's now shipping!

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #87 on: Mon, 13 March 2017, 10:48:02 »
Will the shipping be like DSA Royal Navy where we need to wait to request shipping information?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #88 on: Mon, 13 March 2017, 10:55:37 »
Never fear! It's now shipping!
Are there any leftover of Non-standard kit of Q series Skidata? I would add order thus ship with my TKL set together.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #89 on: Mon, 13 March 2017, 15:52:15 »
Cool, thanks for the update.

Whoever gets it first - post some pics, please  :thumb:

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #90 on: Tue, 14 March 2017, 18:01:56 »
Will the shipping be like DSA Royal Navy where we need to wait to request shipping information?

Yup, tracking codes can be requested via email from the 20th onwards.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #91 on: Sun, 19 March 2017, 09:44:32 »
Someone on reddit has received their Q-Series SkiData.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #92 on: Sun, 19 March 2017, 16:28:03 »
Someone on reddit has received their Q-Series SkiData.

That was me. I still think it's pretty nice even though there are some colour consistency issues. It certainly feels and sounds nicer than the price I paid, and I like the centre legends.

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« Reply #93 on: Mon, 20 March 2017, 15:46:55 »
Thank you very much, ambalek! They sure have issues, but they look really nice. The different profiles are very noticeable, and I didn't expect the differently textured ISO enter, but I'm really looking forward to try my layout! Exciting...

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #94 on: Wed, 22 March 2017, 05:29:37 »
Will the shipping be like DSA Royal Navy where we need to wait to request shipping information?

Yup, tracking codes can be requested via email from the 20th onwards.

I requested my code through the contact form on mechsupply.co.uk on the 20th. Do I have to do something else to get a tracking code?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #95 on: Wed, 22 March 2017, 05:40:22 »
Will the shipping be like DSA Royal Navy where we need to wait to request shipping information?

Yup, tracking codes can be requested via email from the 20th onwards.

I requested my code through the contact form on mechsupply.co.uk on the 20th. Do I have to do something else to get a tracking code?

So did I, but my query was regarding Mint-Away (Retroist), so I did it through the contact form on ukkeycaps.co.uk. No response yet.

EDIT: No worries, I've received my keycaps.
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #96 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 08:24:20 »
Never fear! It's now shipping!

Yea, kind of. While I admire your courage to deal with Devlin, this constant delays and your non existent communication about it are reason enough for me to never buy something from mechsupply again. The keycaps should have been shipped on the 24th February, then March 3rd, then a lot of tiny uncommented delays and now we have March 24th and still only a few sets seem to be send. I bet it is some hustle to do these group buys, especially problematic ones like this, but constantly posting shipping dates, which didn't work out, to be non responsive after doesn't seem like the best way to handle it.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #97 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 08:42:27 »
Never fear! It's now shipping!

Yea, kind of. While I admire your courage to deal with Devlin, this constant delays and your non existent communication about it are reason enough for me to never buy something from mechsupply again. The keycaps should have been shipped on the 24th February, then March 3rd, then a lot of tiny uncommented delays and now we have March 24th and still only a few sets seem to be send. I bet it is some hustle to do these group buys, especially problematic ones like this, but constantly posting shipping dates, which didn't work out, to be non responsive after doesn't seem like the best way to handle it.

Compared to other group buy runners he has had better than average communication.  If you want an example of "non existent communication" check over on Feng's POM group buy that has been running since August 2015.  I bet less than 1% of the posts are his.

If there was any perceived lack of communication or delayed shipping please at least consider Devlin totally boned this guy, HARD.  If I were in his shoes I'd probably have a nervous breakdown.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #98 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 09:12:04 »
I don't see why it should be ok to communicate once in a blue moon, cause there are people who doesn't communicate at all. Everybody is free to do what he/she likes, but I don't participate in any groupbuys from people which can't leave a short message, after missing another shipping date. I think it's really not much to ask for.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #99 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 10:01:16 »

Compared to other group buy runners he has had better than average communication.  If you want an example of "non existent communication" check over on Feng's POM group buy that has been running since August 2015.  I bet less than 1% of the posts are his.

If there was any perceived lack of communication or delayed shipping please at least consider Devlin totally boned this guy, HARD.  If I were in his shoes I'd probably have a nervous breakdown.


Just because there are plenty of straight up awful GB runners, doesn't make this okay.
Sure, it wasn't his fault (as far as we know, and let's leave it at that), delays are pretty much a given in this niche - but a quick update every few days or so isn't too much to ask.

It would be a whole different game if we knew each other personally and he was doing us a favor of sorts - but here's the thing:
we're not friends, and he collected our money. I consider that a business contract -
and if you're conducting business, there are some obligations to your customers.
Like regular updates, for example.

I don't want to sound rude, he's probably going through difficult times right now and I get that -
but can it be an excuse when, again, someone is doing business?
What would happen if I said
"Hey, I'm broke at the moment because personal reasons - but I'd like to order 2 sets, and I'll pay for those .. eventually. Here's my address, send them over when they're finished, and you'll hear from me .. sometime. Probably."?
It wouldn't exactly work, right?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #100 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 10:11:52 »
I see what you guys are saying......

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #101 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 18:36:31 »
Due to the quality issues Skidata will be refunded. Customers who have already had their orders shipped will be emailed and offered a full refund for returning their set or refunded the difference of the price of the set when it is made available on Mechsupply (at least £20 cheaper than GB price)

An email will be sent to all customers tomorrow and the refunds will start being sent out tomorrow.

The most damaging part of the faults of this GB are not the loss I will personally make, but I'm afraid people will not trust Devlin products. I know they're capable, just need more hand holding then I gave them. 
 
Geekhack exclusive edit: This GB has been a nightmare I admit, coupled with some pretty horrific personal events occurring at the same time. If you guys didn't know already both MechSupply and UKKeycaps are still run exclusively and only by me (Joe) including all email correspondence, forum posts, GB planning, order packing and shipping and logistics of storing and locating hundreds of items of Mech paraphernalia. Don't want this to get into sob-story territory but I'm doing the best I can with what I've got currently! You'll always get the product you paid for or a full refund.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #102 on: Fri, 24 March 2017, 19:48:26 »
I really don't see why the keycap quality issues your fault. I don't know maybe the wrong colors could be better next time, but the inconsistency in their molds, the QS issue and the pad printed caps are nothing which would be easy to fix for future group buys. Or am I wrong?

I'm really sorry for you regarding this personal events (whatever it is). I bet it's nothing small and I really understand that it can be really hard to wrap your head around something stupid and unimportant like a keycap group buy, if you currently have way bigger problems to handle. But the problem persists: Strangers trusted you and gave you their money to buy something with you/from you. And if you completely ignore them, instead of taking the few minutes to answer (how stupid it feels, if you got more important stuff in your head) your credibility will take damage from it.
That said I really take my hat off for the decision to completely refund this group buy (at own expenses) to sell the sets at a lower price. That's really a lot more than fair, especially since it doesn't seem to be your fault.

EDIT: Maybe you should send an email to all group buy members too, since not everyone is reading here or on deskthority.
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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #103 on: Mon, 27 March 2017, 20:00:18 »
I got out of the skidata buy a while ago and received a refund. While communication issues can be very annoying, the proof is in the pudding for me with this guy in that at the end of the day he took the loss instead of passing it on to customers. Not that this should be considered unique behavior, on the contrary I think its the ethical thing to do. But it is easy to imagine situations in which the gb leader just says "sorry guys, this is what we got." Although communication was sparse inbetween, there were in fact updates corresponding with each production issue that included offers for refunds, and he even offered refunds for products already shipped. Sure, you can apply traditional customer service axioms to criticism in this case, but is a keycap group buy really a traditional transaction? At some point we all should know what kinda thing this entails. Like I said, he made the option to get a refund profusely available to anyone and everyone at every point in this buy, which is more valuable to me than constant communication. I by no means am "never doing business" with this guy again. If anything, his customer service has left a positive taste in my mouth because he handled the most important part : making sure we don't get ****ed. And if he can get Devlin making good caps, then more power to him. But I'll sit out the next one and see how it turns out just in case.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #104 on: Mon, 27 March 2017, 20:10:02 »
I was buying on this mostly for the profile.  The quality issues suck but don't really bother me at all.  Since I'm working on ortholinear, I won't be using the Hold or |\ keys.  So I'll be buying it still.  I'm very thankful that you took the chance on another vendor and dealt with the pains of doing so.  I think in the end the community will be better for it.

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #105 on: Tue, 28 March 2017, 02:35:45 »
I guess it's a stupid question, but are there TKL sets and num-pad-sets? Cause I've only seen the set on 60% keyboards so far.
And will the people of the group buy be informed if the set is available in the shop?

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #106 on: Tue, 28 March 2017, 10:33:05 »
There are the Num+non-stan sets, they'll be available on UKKeycaps when the keysets are made available there.

There'll be a email sent to all mailing list subscribers when the keysets are available (the standard mailing list available on UKKeycaps and MechSupply).

They won't be put up for sale until all refunds are processed.

EDIT: The Hold and \| legends are engraved and infilled, not pad-printed.
« Last Edit: Tue, 28 March 2017, 12:07:14 by UKKeycaps »

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #107 on: Wed, 12 April 2017, 18:07:05 »
Now available on UKKeycaps for £37.00!!!

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Re: [MechSupply] UKKeycaps Q-Series Skidata Keyset (Produced by Devlin)
« Reply #108 on: Wed, 12 April 2017, 18:10:28 »
Now available on UKKeycaps for £37.00!!!

Good price. Sorry about the issues but like you said with a little more guidance they'll get there.