So the good news is that the interview went very well!
The kind of good news is that I've been slowly working through the order checking.
The kind of bad news is that I was asked to do tons of supplementary shifts this week for my current job (which is on/off during the summer).
The bad news is that a decent portion of the orders I've checked had some sort of scratching. Mostly on the bottom plate but 1 in particular had a scratch on the top plate along the edge which would be noticeable when you look at your keyboard. Of course there's the order with the triple acrylic mid section... I'm going to have to ask GFW what happened with that one, maybe it was the specific acrylic color, I have no idea. Also the gold flake acrylic only has gold flake on the faces of the plates which means you really can't see it when it's sandwiched between the aluminum plates =/
I did receive a spare set of acrylic, the same orange from the sample that I received last year. This will be offered to someone if their acrylic is broken, then after to the person (people?) who have triple stacked acrylic and finally if none of the above apply, to be purchased as an extra if someone is interested.
It's not feasible to remake all the parts and spend another $200+ on shipping for new aluminum / acrylic (especially since GFW didn't account for fees properly and ended up with less than expected, we decided that since orders were paid for already that we wouldn't ask for more) so it is what it is in this GB.
I'll hopefully ship out the first 10-20 orders this week since there's a good portion that are defect free aesthetically.
