Everyone, for the record, I'm getting a refund because KIN25 sold my custom TX1800 order to someone else, and it is no longer available.
What is the point of having people give a $100 USD order deposit if he is not going to honour the order, and sell it off to someone else, after months of no communication?
I am beyond choked with this sort of behavior, but I won't shoot the messenger (yuktsi) for trying to help out.
KIN25 is arguably the worst business-minded person I've ever dealt with on this website, and just wanted to express my discontent with how things have been handled.
To repeat: I ordered a black TX1800 without the NCS engraving, and KIN25 had it made, took photos and emailed it to me.
Now yuktsi is telling me that it has been sold and is no longer available. My only option is a refund, and I will gladly take it.
This entire GB has been a cluster****.
I strongly urge those who are considering picking up an "extra" to consider how things have been handled, and whether or not you'll have the patience and tolerance to deal with the lack of accountability from the GB runner.
Edit: Photos of my custom no-NCS-engraving TX1800 that KIN25 had sent me many months ago: