[GB] Alpine Winter (Shipping Replacements)

[Muffinbottoms]

I'm already buying three personal sets of AW plus blanks for an Ergo Dox and a Planck (neither of which I even own yet).

You know what my momma always told me? "Muff, life is like a box of chocolates, always buy multiple cap sets because you know you're gonna get multiple keyboards"

[jdcarpe]

I'm already buying three personal sets of AW plus blanks for an Ergo Dox and a Planck (neither of which I even own yet).

You know what my momma always told me? "Muff, life is like a box of chocolates, always buy multiple cap sets because you know you're gonna get multiple keyboards"

Your momma was a real smart lady.

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm already buying three personal sets of AW plus blanks for an Ergo Dox and a Planck (neither of which I even own yet).

You know what my momma always told me? "Muff, life is like a box of chocolates, always buy multiple cap sets because you know you're gonna get multiple keyboards"

My momma told me to stop buying **** I don't need.


I did not listen.

[E3E]

Great, now I'm imagining someone taking a valentine's box full of chocolates and replacing all of the chocolates with a key cap set. )

[njbair]

Okay, folks. We've got some unpaid extra sets available. If you missed out on the order window, now's your chance to score some Alps goodness! Here's what's available:

Base kits $70
6U Spacebar kits (Infinity) $5
6.5U Spacebar kits (AEKII) $5
Novelty kits $5

To order, just shoot me a PM with the items & quantities you want, your shipping address, and email for invoicing.

Ordering is first come, first serve, so get 'em before they're gone!

[kinglukas38]

Ordering is first come, first serve, so get 'em before they're gone!

Ordered, my infinity can't wait

Edit: paid

[linkshine]

Okay, folks. We've got some unpaid extra sets available. If you missed out on the order window, now's your chance to score some Alps goodness! Here's what's available:

Base kits $70
6U Spacebar kits (Infinity) $5
6.5U Spacebar kits (AEKII) $5
Novelty kits $5

To order, just shoot me a PM with the items & quantities you want, your shipping address, and email for invoicing.

Ordering is first come, first serve, so get 'em before they're gone!

woohoo! I'm in!

[joey]

Hopefully got one of the extras!

This is good motivation to add Alps support to my PCB!

[E3E]

Good luck getting in, guys!

[childofthehorn]

Any idea when everything will be heading out?

Too bad I live nowhere near at all as I am sure many of us would love to help.

[merlin64]

Is it too late to get anyone of the extras? I'd love to get one.

[kinglukas38]

Is it too late to get anyone of the extras? I'd love to get one.

might still be some left over. Pm njbair and hope that luck shines upon you

[njbair]

Is it too late to get anyone of the extras? I'd love to get one.

I may have one left, still waiting on a follow-up PM. Feel free to PM me your info if you're still interested.

[njbair]

Okay folks, so I have an interesting dilemma. I'd like to get your opinions.

As you know, some of the original orders went unpaid and I've resold those sets. Well, three of those orders were entered in the nubs raffle, which means we are now down to 47 entries in the raffle instead of the original 50. I could enter the next three eligible orders into the raffle, or I could leave it at 47 entries and increase those folks' chances by a tiny bit. What should I do?

One part of me thinks I should enter those next three folks who ordered sets at the 50 MOQ. But the raffle was really there to encourage early orders, and in that sense, orders #51 through #53 didn't really help us meet MOQ, so they don't really belong in the raffle.

What do you think?

[stoic-lemon]

I say early orders only, but it sounds a bit selfish doesn't it?

[jdcarpe]

I don't have any skin in that game, but I think you should draw from the 47 remaining.

[skullydazed]

I think there are very good arguments to be made for both. At the time that #51, 52, and 53 ordered did they know that MOQ had been hit? If not I think intention counts for something and they should be included. If so I'd say leave it up to luck and flip a coin to see whether they get to be included. 

[cheddarbek]

I'm with stoic-lemon.

[E3E]

I also agree that it should be drawn from the initial 47.

I definitely see Skully's point, but it'd be impossible to know if someone's being honest or not if they know a raffle spot is on the line. They could easily fib on their intent, haha.

[Muffinbottoms]

Great, now I'm imagining someone taking a valentine's box full of chocolates and replacing all of the chocolates with a key cap set. )

probably the best kinda of chocolate box you could receive! 

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I'm already buying three personal sets of AW plus blanks for an Ergo Dox and a Planck (neither of which I even own yet).

You know what my momma always told me? "Muff, life is like a box of chocolates, always buy multiple cap sets because you know you're gonna get multiple keyboards"

Your momma was a real smart lady.

I like to think so, but her texting makes me think otherwise

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I'm already buying three personal sets of AW plus blanks for an Ergo Dox and a Planck (neither of which I even own yet).

You know what my momma always told me? "Muff, life is like a box of chocolates, always buy multiple cap sets because you know you're gonna get multiple keyboards"

My momma told me to stop buying **** I don't need.


I did not listen.

Haha I'm sure everyone on geekhack didn't follow that rule from their moms


Also I'm probably one of the few who will say this, but, I personally believe in the hippie idea of including those three people  . The chance of winning a custom cap is cool, but to me they were always just icing on the cake that is Alpine Winter.

[RyanArr]

Any spacebars and novelties left? (Also PMed)

[linkshine]

NJBair, coming from one of the dudes picking up an unpaid order, I assumed I wasn't in the raffle. Definitely not going to be upset if not entered- just happy to be here! If we do get included it's just a pretty sweet bonus So no worries bra, don't think about it too much

[njbair]

Hey all, I've got a stack of PMs to go through, and I'll get to each one of you soon. But just to put it out there, the extra spots have all been filled. I just have one more invoice to send out and that's it.

Once all orders have been shipped and received and any potential missing or damaged keys have been replaced, I may have some extra blanks and/or spacebars (I rounded some quantities up on the order just to cover mistakes). If so, I'll post them for sale in the classifieds. But once the caps arrive I'll need to focus on the full orders to get them packed and shipped as quickly as possible.

Thanks so much to all of you for your interest and support.

[CPTBadAss]

I'm now offering a Snapchat and Periscope subscription for the cap sorting party at njbair's. We're going to sip on the finest, swim in keycaps, and generally talk **** about all things not Alps related. $5 to lolno@gmail.net.

In slightly more related news, I'll probably make a mini-zine with pics from the cap sorting party.

[Lurch]

yeah yeah YEAH

so stoked about this

[tofgerl]

Put it on MFC. Hot keycap action!

[vivalarevolución]

I'm now offering a Snapchat and Periscope subscription for the cap sorting party at njbair's. We're going to sip on the finest, swim in keycaps, and generally talk **** about all things not Alps related. $5 to lolno@gmail.net.

In slightly more related news, I'll probably make a mini-zine with pics from the cap sorting party.

What's that exact cap sorting party date again?

[njbair]

I'm now offering a Snapchat and Periscope subscription for the cap sorting party at njbair's. We're going to sip on the finest, swim in keycaps, and generally talk **** about all things not Alps related. $5 to lolno@gmail.net.

In slightly more related news, I'll probably make a mini-zine with pics from the cap sorting party.

What's that exact cap sorting party date again?

Not sure yet. I'll start bugging SP for hard dates as we get closer. But probably late December.

[vivalarevolución]

I'm now offering a Snapchat and Periscope subscription for the cap sorting party at njbair's. We're going to sip on the finest, swim in keycaps, and generally talk **** about all things not Alps related. $5 to lolno@gmail.net.

In slightly more related news, I'll probably make a mini-zine with pics from the cap sorting party.

What's that exact cap sorting party date again?

Not sure yet. I'll start bugging SP for hard dates as we get closer. But probably late December.

I can do January, but not late December, unless my Christmas travel plan are affected.  I'll need something to look forward to in January, winter in the Midwest has a tendency to darken my soul.

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm now offering a Snapchat and Periscope subscription for the cap sorting party at njbair's. We're going to sip on the finest, swim in keycaps, and generally talk **** about all things not Alps related. $5 to lolno@gmail.net.

In slightly more related news, I'll probably make a mini-zine with pics from the cap sorting party.

What's that exact cap sorting party date again?

Not sure yet. I'll start bugging SP for hard dates as we get closer. But probably late December.

I can do January, but not late December, unless my Christmas travel plan are affected.  I'll need something to look forward to in January, winter in the Midwest has a tendency to darken my soul.

If it does end up being early January, I might be able to tack it on the end of my road trip. 

[vivalarevolución]

Just wanted to check in and see how things are going with this one.

[njbair]

Just wanted to check in and see how things are going with this one.

My last communication with SP was on November 23. Melissa was just double-checking some details for the add-on packs, presumably because they were getting ready to start churning out keycaps.

I've already shared that invoicing took a bit longer than I expected, both on the GB side and the SP side. I didn't realize that getting an invoice from SP takes about a week after you request it. There were also some errors with SP's original invoice and that cost us another week. I probably should have requested it sooner, although I'm not sure how that would have worked because so many orders had changes after the ordering closed, and those changes affected the final order quantities. If this had been a for-profit buy I could have used some of the proceeds to cover a bigger error margin and get the order out sooner. But I had very little wiggle room, especially considering as it happened I still had about 15% of the invoice total still outstanding from buyers when I finally paid SP (I have since collected all the outstanding funds).

All this means that the actual date of payment to SP was November 13. Add six weeks manufacturing lead time to that and you get...December 25. So I'm expecting the caps to arrive here in Cleveland some time right around the new year.

The good news is, I should be settled in to the new house by that time. The bad news is, I may not end up having the help I expected for sorting and packing. We'll see what happens. As we get closer to the six week mark, I'll start bugging SP for a more specific delivery estimate. This will help me make plans for sorting, packing and shipping.

TL;DR - Christmas is cancelled this year.

[vivalarevolución]

Wonderful update.  Thank you.

[stoic-lemon]

This guy does updates right.

[CPTBadAss]

The good news is, I should be settled in to the new house by that time. The bad news is, I may not end up having the help I expected for sorting and packing. We'll see what happens. As we get closer to the six week mark, I'll start bugging SP for a more specific delivery estimate. This will help me make plans for sorting, packing and shipping.

I'M SORRY I FAILED YOU. If the caps arrive later in January (read towards the end of January) and you still need help sorting. Or you still need help sorting then, let me know and I'll be happy to come out.

[njbair]

Don't sweat it, CPT. We'll make it work. I think viva and Hoff may be able to help, depending on timing.

In the meantime, I'm getting the packing supplies figured out. I already bought a big roll of bubble wrap. We're using it to pack our plates for the move, and I've still got a ton of it left for shipping orders.

[HoffmanMyster]

Don't sweat it, CPT. We'll make it work. I think viva and Hoff may be able to help, depending on timing.

I'm bummed CPT will likely be unable to help.    But yes, I "should" be able, if it's in 2016.  It would be especially convenient if it lined up with my road trip. 

[E3E]

Damn, I wish I wasn't -10339 miles away from Cleveland.

[jdcarpe]

Damn, I wish I wasn't -10339 miles away from Cleveland.

Actually, only 1052 miles! Closer than I am.

[vivalarevolución]

Don't sweat it, CPT. We'll make it work. I think viva and Hoff may be able to help, depending on timing.

In the meantime, I'm getting the packing supplies figured out. I already bought a big roll of bubble wrap. We're using it to pack our plates for the move, and I've still got a ton of it left for shipping orders.

I'm currently in a period of vehicular transition, so I am now unsure of my availability in January.  I hope to have that solved by January, but we'll see.

[HoffmanMyster]

vehicular transition

That sounds painful, I hope the transition is successful.

[nathanrosspowell]

A GB where the let down is coming from the participants and not the leader. Ya did good, njbair!

[njbair]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

[vivalarevolución]

vehicular transition

That sounds painful, I hope the transition is successful.

Translation:  My car is an 18-year-old piece of **** and it is time for me to sell it on Craigslist for whatever I can get and buy a replacement or something else.  Anyone heard about Blue Indy? Welcome to the era of electric car sharing.

[geniekid]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

If it wasn't over the holidays I'd try to con Hoff into giving me a ride to Ohio to help you.

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

If it wasn't over the holidays I'd try to con Hoff into giving me a ride to Ohio to help you.

Maybe there will be some delays!

Oh who am I kidding, delays in a group buy?  That'll never happen.

[geniekid]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

If it wasn't over the holidays I'd try to con Hoff into giving me a ride to Ohio to help you.

Maybe there will be some delays!

Oh who am I kidding, delays in a group buy?  That'll never happen.

Lol.   

[digi]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

If you were on the West Side (best side) I would help you out, but you're stuck in the East 1999 My Nina's

[HoffmanMyster]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

If you were on the West Side (best side) I would help you out, but you're stuck in the East 1999 My Nina's

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mfw digi thinks Ohio is on the east coast.

[digi]

I'm grateful for any help I end up with. Worst case scenario I'll have to box up about 130 sets on my own, could be worse.

If you were on the West Side (best side) I would help you out, but you're stuck in the East 1999 My Nina's

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mfw digi thinks Ohio is on the east coast.

He's in Cleveland Ohio, Bone Thugs territory, come on Hoffanato.. don't let me down..