Got the final order verification but there is still the problem with the German Umlaute.
Jeez, really? I have it as Maklerbüro, the database has it like that, but I am sending those e-mails through a very basic Linux mailer, so perhaps the strippage occurs along the way. I will watch the shipping label and use a ballpoint if needed!
In other Retro DSA news, an unnamed member sent a couple of beautiful GEEK HACK banners to decorate the packing party. Thank you very much, unnamed member.
And in unrelated news, I mean
absolutely unrelated news, a completely random member was selected for an early shipment because we needed to test the process, including the box size. I hope you like the keycaps, unnamed member!
Unfortunately, the packing tests we have done showed that DSA keycap sets are NOT much smaller than other keycaps. In fact, our first large trial order couldn't fit into TWO medium USPS flat-rate boxes, so I had to re-pack it and send it UPS. This works for the US, but is a problem across borders.
The test of a small-box order showed that it would fit, but with alphas, mods, 10-key pad, C64 gray kit and a couple of dozen blank keycaps, it was a very tight fit.
We may have problems with orders that were on the high-side of fitting into a flat-rate box of either size.
One option we have is to open all of the little bags and ship all the keycaps loose. That would save space, but is ugly for many reasons, so I don't want to do that.
We will get everything out that we safely can, and contact people individually if we need to re-think packing. If your confirmation e-mail has 10 lines or more, you might be affected. More when we know more.
FYI to all,
- Ron | samwisekoi