As we approach the last 24 hours of this group buy, I just wanted to bring to people's attention that there is an agent on TaoBao running a "Round 2" of the GSX96:
https://world.taobao.com/item/545282990880.htmI originally had been speaking to this agent a couple months ago and had provided some design changes / initial steps to him as he stated that he was the factory, which was not the case. (i.e. removal of the shallow insert on the bottom of the case, change in PCB color as you see on the TB listing)
Shortly after speaking to some contacts of mine in China, I found out that he is in fact, not the factory and only a third-party agent. I did not, and do not have any issues going through an agent, but given that he had misled me to believe otherwise, I was not comfortable transferring tens of thousands of dollars to him.
A few days before the start of the GB, I broke off the arrangement with him and began working with an agent who was upfront about their relationship to the factory and has worked with me in the past (not to mention has communicated much better) - it was during this process that I was able to relay all the changes that you see listed in the first post correctly to the factory, as well as the new PCB layout and a few other small changes.
I'm giving this information because if people prefer to participate in the TB listing then I would like to give them the opportunity to do so before the 96KEE GB ends.
They seemed to have copied many of the small changes that I originally suggested, however I cannot guarantee that both products will be equal as additional changes have been made since ending the initial arrangement -- such as the PCB configuration and other various design changes meant to revert from the changes implemented in the acrylic GSX96, i.e. lack of switchtop opening in the plates, weird logo cutouts, etc.
I am hesitant to say negative things, but I would just caution that this also seems to be the same agent that misrepresented aspects of production in the Welfare96 GB to that runner and as mentioned before, also misled myself as well for a few weeks.
If you are participating in the 96KEE GB and would like to cancel your order, please e-mail me ASAP before the end of the GB and I'm happy to do so.
Thanks everyone for their orders so far and please check out the latest reddit post for giveaways!
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/6vwcox/vendor_96kee_gmk_mondrian_ending_tomorrow_august/