Author Topic: [IC] Topre "Red Alert" Keycaps [Red Print on White Caps] (Read 68923 times)

Kisakuku · « **Reply #100 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 09:16:40 »

Quote from: Typhaeon;566479

Wait, how do you know? We don't even have a definite Topre distributor for this buy yet. Who's to say pricing won't vary with order volume?

Because Topre.

Typhaeon · « **Reply #101 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 09:25:37 »

I think I'll dub this "EliteKeyboards Battered Wallet Syndrome".

Put me down for one, by the way.

litster · « **Reply #102 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 09:42:59 »

Quote from: Typhaeon;566479

Wait, how do you know? We don't even have a definite Topre distributor for this buy yet. Who's to say pricing won't vary with order volume?

Like wise, how do you know there *is* a price break? We don't even have a definite topre distributor that would consider this. Who's to say there will be pricing at all? Let alone price break?

Suggesting anyone one to double their orders to get to a 100 sets *at this time* without *ANY* additional information is premature at best.

Typhaeon · « **Reply #103 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 10:16:07 »

If it's an industry-standard practice with pretty much all small-batch keycap orders, much less literally any manufacturing wholesale arrangement, it is more reasonable to believe that more sets = lower price than more sets = same or higher price.

If the price remains firm regardless of the purchasing power we bring, we can tell them to go jump in a goddamn lake and submit 60-100 individual orders to the purchaser, since that's what you get if you don't offer group discounts as a distributor for a product. I'm sure the guys at the fabrication plant will be thrilled to have to reconfigure their molding 100 different times.

litster · « **Reply #104 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 10:19:20 »

Quote from: Typhaeon;566554

If it's an industry-standard practice with pretty much all small-batch keycap orders, much less literally any manufacturing wholesale arrangement, it is more reasonable to believe that more sets = lower price than more sets = same or higher price.

Oh yeah? How much cheaper can it get from the current 60 sets to 100 sets? Please tell us.

Do you know what is MOQ?

ekw808 · « **Reply #105 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 10:23:29 »

wooooosahh

litster · « **Reply #106 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 10:27:32 »

Quote from: Typhaeon;566554

If the price remains firm regardless of the purchasing power we bring, we can tell them to go jump in a goddamn lake and submit 60-100 individual orders to the purchaser, since that's what you get if you don't offer group discounts as a distributor for a product. I'm sure the guys at the fabrication plant will be thrilled to have to reconfigure their molding 100 different times.

Ninja edited, you.

Typhaeon, please read through the thread from the beginning. It is for your own good.

Reptile · « **Reply #107 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 10:39:11 »

Quote from: litster;566571

Ninja edited, you.

Typhaeon, please read through the thread from the beginning. It is for your own good.

As much as I would love to get these cheaper than a regular set from EK; I am sure me and many others did not expect this. Now if they try to say $250 or something then I would be upset.

mehkat1974 · « **Reply #108 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 18:10:07 »

I am going have to reluctantly pull out of this one, I know it's in very early stages and may never happen but my financial situation is about to take a big dive, sorry fellas!
will pm 002

jinhan108 · « **Reply #109 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 19:37:00 »

Geekhack destroys wallets

Typhaeon · « **Reply #110 on:** Wed, 04 April 2012, 23:33:59 »

Quote from: litster;566571

Ninja edited, you.

Typhaeon, please read through the thread from the beginning. It is for your own good.

You know what, this conversation is completely stupid and pointless. Not interested in anything but sometime in a future far, far away getting a set of custom Topre keycaps.

litster · « **Reply #111 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 00:14:51 »

Why did you edit your original post?

Quote

There's nothing in the thread that contradicts anything I've said. You should also work on your English skills; its "what MOQ is", not "what is MOQ".

Typhaeon · « **Reply #112 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 05:58:26 »

Because this entire conversation is irrelevant. End of derail.

litster · « **Reply #113 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 10:02:06 »

You edited you post because you didn't read through the thread the first time, and thought that you were right, hence your original reply. Then 8 minutes later, you finally read it and now you knew you were wrong, so you changed its content (or is it "it's?" ;-)) from "nothing in the thread that contradicts anything I've said" to "...stupid and pointless...", trying to downplay your ignorance.

You see, you edited your last post again.

the POINT is, devouringone3's suggestion, although good nature, is misleading to other thread readers, because there is no price break. There isn't even a price, or a distributor, or an agreement that topre would do this. Noobs like you who hadn't read the whole thread but just read that post would think that is true. Meanwhile you didn't read the thread, didn't know what really is going on, without any knowledge on how this group buy could or could not work, made ignorant statements, tried to defend that misleading post and your own ignorant post on "industry-standard practice". That is why I posted your original post back to this thread.

Do you know what MOQ is now? Is my grammar as good as yours now?

sth · « **Reply #114 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 10:20:10 »

Well I don't even own a Topre (YET) but if it will help, mark me down as interested. By the time this actually gets off the ground I'll have a white RF87 45g in need of red alerts!

Also, will this include the alternate white on red number row? Cause oooooooooooooooooooooooh.

Kisakuku · « **Reply #115 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 13:10:31 »

Quote from: sth;567668

Also, will this include the alternate white on red number row? Cause oooooooooooooooooooooooh.

No, because dye-sub.

fossala · « **Reply #116 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 13:17:39 »

Are these actully going to be for sale then?

sth · « **Reply #117 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 13:26:38 »

Quote from: Kisakuku;567888

No, because dye-sub.

<---- Derp

litster · « **Reply #118 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 13:29:53 »

IIRC, last update was that cactux was going to check with another Realforce vendor (IOMania?).

cactux · « **Reply #119 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 15:27:57 »

I talked to Iomania already and they are not interested in this project. Also I contacted Topre and I have not had any replay from them.

I have been sharring all my findings with 002. Just to clarify something here, I am not the one that organized this gb survey, I am just trying to help 002.

Next week I will try to reach another of my Topre contacts directelly, and try to get a the final answer from Topre.

dreamingftw · « **Reply #120 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 16:17:17 »

I'm sad because I don't think this GB will go through

002 · « **Reply #121 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 17:48:56 »

Topre do appreciate what we're trying to do here; they told me so.
The best thing this thread can do is serve as some sort of assurance that any distributor thinking of creating these keycaps is going to sell them all.

Ar3s · « **Reply #122 on:** Thu, 05 April 2012, 19:38:39 »

you can try posting this on topre's facebook page.

gimpster · « **Reply #123 on:** Thu, 12 April 2012, 10:48:53 »

So...they'll put..."this"...out, but not a gorgeous Red Alert set...

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access%2Ctoprekeys&pid=se09e0_ktf1

whiskerBox · « **Reply #124 on:** Thu, 12 April 2012, 11:34:24 »

It's not fair they teased us with pictures

tsangan · « **Reply #125 on:** Thu, 12 April 2012, 11:39:04 »

Quote from: gimpster;573751

So...they'll put..."this"...out, but not a gorgeous Red Alert set...

http://elitekeyboards.com/products.php?sub=access%2Ctoprekeys&pid=se09e0_ktf1

Topre knows what's up, good choice of pink they chose

sth · « **Reply #126 on:** Thu, 12 April 2012, 12:01:58 »

Quote from: tsangan;573806

Topre knows what's up, good choice of pink they chose

Good choice of pink.

Bad choice of color in general.

Reptile · « **Reply #127 on:** Thu, 12 April 2012, 12:13:41 »

Quote from: tsangan;573806

Topre knows what's up, good choice of pink they chose

I agree, now if they only had a better (darker) red and blue

RFVN · « **Reply #128 on:** Thu, 12 April 2012, 20:33:37 »

one set, please.
Thanks!

Omerta · « **Reply #129 on:** Mon, 16 April 2012, 19:56:02 »

I am also extremely interested in this.

Also there needs to be a Topre edition of the "Ragnorok red" Group buy that's going on.

a HHKP2 with Ragnorok red PBT caps with black on red legends, oh the orgasm.

MyNameIsFinn · « **Reply #130 on:** Mon, 16 April 2012, 20:48:22 »

In for a set if I like the price

Ovoxo · « **Reply #131 on:** Mon, 16 April 2012, 21:36:34 »

I would be interested as well for one set, if this ever happens.

Gothic860 · « **Reply #132 on:** Mon, 23 April 2012, 10:49:07 »

Im not interested in THIS, but there should be really more Topre GBs! :clap2:

noooi · « **Reply #133 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 03:51:17 »

I really want to get one! I'll participate!

pauleibye · « **Reply #134 on:** Wed, 25 April 2012, 13:05:33 »

I'd definitely buy a set.

litster · « **Reply #135 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 23:21:10 »

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29234-The-Topre-Thread&p=583672&viewfull=1#post583672

Quote from: 002;583672

By the way for anyone who registered their interest in the Topre Red Alert Keycap set, an interesting development is on the way... :wink:

Oooh....

Reptile · « **Reply #136 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 23:44:53 »

God I hope its not some crazy price :pray:

ekw808 · « **Reply #137 on:** Fri, 27 April 2012, 23:45:11 »

^I've been checking this thread constantly since I saw that =O

002 · « **Reply #138 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:04:23 »

Ok well cactux probably deserves the credit for this but I will spill the beans.
Topre really want this to happen and have agreed to talk to one of their distributors but we need to get more interest first...I wouldn't be too worried about the price either as I am still of the belief that they will not be much (if at all) more expensive than the coloured keycaps.

ekw808 · « **Reply #139 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:06:07 »

You should help push for topre to make a set of indigo purple keycaps as well =) those would be sooo amazing with the lime green sets.

002 · « **Reply #140 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:18:10 »

I agree that Indigo would look pretty cool - Indigo and Yellow would be interesting to see also.
My number one want right now though is the the Red Alert set, then we can set our collective sights on the Indigo.

ekw808 · « **Reply #141 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:24:33 »

Yes, definitely my wallet needs a breather between sets =).

jil_jil32 · « **Reply #142 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 00:26:29 »

Yayayayay :whoo:

litster · « **Reply #143 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 01:08:04 »

Thank you cactux and 002 for pushing this through.

ahoocom · « **Reply #144 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 01:08:32 »

count one for me

kaiserreich · « **Reply #145 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 01:15:24 »

Wonderful news indeed.

Game Theory · « **Reply #146 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 01:26:32 »

Interest in a set (though hopefully I have a 91u) on the way.

sherryton · « **Reply #147 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 01:46:26 »

Interested

sth · « **Reply #148 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 04:00:07 »

Still interested.

fstop · « **Reply #149 on:** Sat, 28 April 2012, 05:43:40 »

Still interested as well if that helps...

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Author Topic: [IC] Topre "Red Alert" Keycaps [Red Print on White Caps] (Read 68923 times)

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