I see there is some confusion regarding the deskmat situation, so here is a breakdown of what happened. Hopefully this should help clear things up. My apologies for not posting earlier.
- Kono Store was in charge of handling the manufacturing and distribution of deskmats to other vendors.
- Kono had the first (and I believe only) batch of deskmats manufactured right after the GB closed, in Q1 2020, and soon started fulfilling their buyers' orders. However, they did not ship the deskmats intended for other vendors at this time.
- According to Kono, during their warehouse move from UT to CA, “a lot of inventory got jumbled and [the Yugo deskmats] slipped through”. Unfortunately, they only realized this recently, when the set was completed and the other vendors started asking about the unfulfilled deskmat shipments.
- Having been made aware of the issue, last week mykeyboard.eu placed an express order for an extra batch of deskmats with their own manufacturer. This batch will cover orders for MKEU and DailyClack customers. zFrontier will have done the same thing with their own orders and manu.
- The new deskmats will hopefully be done and the remaining orders will start shipping ASAP. I will try to get an estimate as to when exactly.
Once again, we apologize for not catching this issue earlier. I would kindly ask everyone not to lay blame on their vendors. If you have to blame someone, you can blame me for not checking and just assuming that the deskmats have made their way to all of the vendors.
There is one upside here, though: the new batches of deskmats that are being manufactured use an updated version of the design, which fixes some of the issues that were present in the original. This entails better margins, typography, as well as more accurate colors. So buyers will at least be getting something in return for the extra wait.
Anyway, I'm really happy that you guys are enjoying your sets. The photos I've seen so far look
awesome! I can't to get my hands on my own set. Until then, best regards from sunny Split, Croatia. I saw a Yugo (the car) on my way to the beach today
P.S. If you decide to share your Yugo photos on Instagram, feel free to tag me at
@const.keyboards.