[IC] Tai Hao Double Shot Keycap Set

[nokcha]

wow insane price in for 50 sets of ea!

if you guys need a US proxy I don't mind volunteering

[mark_thaddeus]

Filled up the interest form for 3 sets!

[elton5354]

The shipping quote earlier was just an estimate, but of course, if you only get 1 set, the shipping cost would probably be half of that and I will use a smaller box. Otherwise, I don't think you can get any cheaper shipping internationally if you get multiple sets as you'd need a larger box.

If you guys want to proxy, that'll be easier for me, so no complaints here.

[Rule16]

wow insane price in for 50 sets of ea!

if you guys need a US proxy I don't mind volunteering

uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh are you sure? Your total would be $1625, and what if they're low quality?

[elton5354]

wow insane price in for 50 sets of ea!

if you guys need a US proxy I don't mind volunteering

uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh are you sure? Your total would be $1625, and what if they're low quality?

That's considered cheap for 250 sets of 104 key caps!

[nokcha]

wow insane price in for 50 sets of ea!

if you guys need a US proxy I don't mind volunteering

uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh are you sure? Your total would be $1625, and what if they're low quality?

No worries I'm aware the quality is probably not high but this is a nice alternative for those who can't afford $80+ keycap sets

[Rule16]

Well Elton and nokcha are officially insane.
(Unless he plans on making a keycap pool, of course)

Not trying to be rude here Elton, but have you done a groupbuy before? I just have a had time trusting people after I got scammed on kickstarter. I'll probably just get less if you haven't.

[elton5354]

Not trying to be rude here Elton, but have you done a groupbuy before? I just have a had time trusting people after I got scammed on kickstarter. I'll probably just get less if you haven't.

No, but I've sold many things here in the classifieds as well as I've met other members here IRL.

[Rule16]

Not trying to be rude here Elton, but have you done a groupbuy before? I just have a had time trusting people after I got scammed on kickstarter. I'll probably just get less if you haven't.

No, but I've sold many things here in the classifieds as well as I've met other members here IRL.

YAY! All my trust are belong to you, two sets of yellow red and green here I come

[Hyde]

Well Elton and nokcha are officially insane.
(Unless he plans on making a keycap pool, of course)

Not trying to be rude here Elton, but have you done a groupbuy before? I just have a had time trusting people after I got scammed on kickstarter. I'll probably just get less if you haven't.

I've met Elton in real life, he showed up to our Matias tour earlier this year and he's a nice dude.  As for nokcha he's getting it for keypop.net so I'm prettttyyyyyyyyyy sure he's not insane, he's doing smart business  ;P

Though if he's really getting 250 sets then he will cover half of our MOQ sweeeetttt lol !!!!

Oh I also wonder for the rest of us, should we enforce a 2 or 5 sets minimum to help meeting the MOQ also to keep packaging work down.


EDIT:

I've updated the price (tiny bump up) and minimum order amount.  Sorry guys I guess the original price listed is if the group buy organizer work entirely for free.  But we all know arranging group buy takes a lot of effort and time (collecting money, sending order, receiving, packing...... etc).  So it would be nice to give a little bit of incentive for his time and effort.  I hope you guys can understand.

[elton5354]

Note that Hyde will also be getting free sets because of the tiny price increase and his hard work!

[Hyde]

LOL I don't work that hard....... *runs*

[maxmalkav]

I'm almost sure that ISO is not an option. Would it be possible getting a short left Shift (1.25) or at least a blank 1.25 keycap to fill that gap? Just asking.

[elton5354]

I'm not sure, but they do have 1.25x blanks. I can ask if we can order some of the blanks by itself.

[berserkfan]

Just filled in for 1 set of each colour except black; 4 sets. Within a couple months we should have MOQ on at least 2 colours; anything enough to get them producing and possibly consider making spacebars once they see the demand.

[elton5354]

I'll be ordering extras in case people's keys gets damaged during shipping.

Currently the quantities of each colours are
Yellow 69
Blue 76
Black 20
Red 78
Green 71

With 28 orders

Just to be clear, the menu and window keys are going to be blank.

[Hyde]

Actually come to think about it, I forgot to ask them if it's possible to do lasered or pad printed menu and window keys, so at least it will look similar to the rest double shot keys.

Can you ask them about that on the next email? 

[elton5354]

Ok, will do! Also I'm going to ask if they can include either 5x or 7x space bar with each set.  You can pick either one for your set. If that works out.

[remedyhalopc]

Any news on a 6.25 spacebar? Do they just not have the mold?


Maybe we can have a GB with SP to get spacebars made.

[rowdy]

104 keys would normally include a space bar, but they do not do space bars (or is it just 6.25 space bars they do not do?).

Is a space bar included at all?

[elton5354]

I would assume so as well. They don't have 6.25 mold for the space bar.

I'm waiting for their response atm.

WASD's space bars are OEM for better fit.

[pasph]

Can you ask them also about their Alps keycaps?

[Halverson]

Can you ask them also about their Alps keycaps?

They do alps? :O

[pasph]

http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8/taiwan-tai-hao-doubleshots-t5028.html#p96184

"they can do Alps plus custom fonts/colours etc but didn't actually give me the MOQ "

[Photoelectric]

I'll be ordering extras in case people's keys gets damaged during shipping.

Currently the quantities of each colours are
Yellow 69
Blue 76
Black 20
Red 78
Green 71

With 28 orders

Just to be clear, the menu and window keys are going to be blank.

That's interesting how evenly split all the colors are.  Black is unsurprisingly the lowest, as it usually comes stock with most keyboards.

[quake4mhg]

1 set of each color. form filled.
Can we have rubber gamers doubleshots? or just buy no custom colors, ship together, save some shipping cost, I wanna try long time. IF ..  anyone interested

I'll ask about the gamer set. 104 set or just WASD?

I thought they're only available in "WADS and arrow" keys? I don't mind if there is 104 rubber set  Thank you elton.

[elton5354]

I have some bad news. The 500 MOQ is only for a single color. That's the only bad news. The rest are good

I'm on my phone right now, so I'll post a more detail response when I get home.

[aggiejy]

Yeah, figured as much, but worth asking.  We'll have to have a pretty good minimum set order I'd guess then.  Because other than vendors, I can't see a mass agreement for everyone to buy a few sets on their own, and 500 is a big number. 

[elton5354]

Okay.

For anyone who wants their menu keys and windows keys pad printed it will cost an extra $.20 per key. No extras for blanks.
 - they also offer this Serigraphic plate printing. Not sure what that is. Can anyone chime in on this? That would be an extra $120

They offer 1.5x  blank mods as well, but awaiting for the price.

They only offer 5x and 7x space bars, and would require 500 MOQ for each, so each set would require one of the two offered.

There was a question regarding the modifiers not being coloured, but it was confirmed that they will coloured and will be double injected.

They also mentioned that they might arrange door to door express service - not sure what that means either, but awaiting confirmation.

As for the questions regarding the Alps and gamer sets, I'm waiting for that as well..

[rowdy]

At least that goes some way towards explaining the low price ... at such high quantities.

[elton5354]

Currently the numbers are

Y - 89
R - 105
Black - 40
G - 92
B - 97

We can choose the 2 highest number of coloured sets and stick to it? Open to suggestions

[Hyde]

Man that sux..... 

I guess now we need to decide if we should just go with 1 colour first?  Though I had a feeling most people are interested because there were so many colours  >_____>

But good to know they offer pad printing for the window and menu keys though.

Hopefully we'll hear more response from them soon.

[DubbTom]

Yeah, I was interested mainly because I would be able to get so many different colors for ~30bucks + shipping.
The numbers listed are from the interest form correct?

[aggiejy]

Yeah, and the semi-even split is a really bad sign too.  Reminds me of the GMK thing a bit.

[elton5354]

Yes, that's the number atm.  Remember, the order form was only up for 24 hours exactly.  Let it go on for a bit and hopefully there would be more orders

[rowdy]

This will probably come down to a poll for which colour to get, with a bunch of people backing out because yellow their favourite colour is not selected.

[elton5354]

This will probably come down to a poll for which colour to get, with a bunch of people backing out because yellow their favourite colour is not selected.

Yes, that's the number atm.  Remember, the order form was only up for 24 hours exactly.  Let it go on for a bit and hopefully there would be more orders

oh yes, that was our colour wasn't it? ;P

Yeah, and the semi-even split is a really bad sign too.  Reminds me of the GMK thing a bit.

Yeah, I was interested mainly because I would be able to get so many different colors for ~30bucks + shipping.
The numbers listed are from the interest form correct?

Yeah..most people ordered because of that reason as well..

[rowdy]

I can't remember whether I submitted the IC form or not - can anyone check please?

Also, is there any news on what, if any, space bar is included?

[elton5354]

You did not..

It is included, but requires 500 MOQ - we have to choose one, 7x or 5x and stick with it.

[rowdy]

Thanks for that.

Submitted now

A 5x space bar would look a little silly on a 6.25x keyboard.  I wonder if a 7x space bar could be chopped and glued to fit 6.25x?

Or just go with white space bars (from elsewhere) as someone suggested.

[elton5354]

WASDkeyboards sells them for 1.50$ OEM profile

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/spacebar-cherry-mx-keycap.html

[cannedlemons]

Interested and submitted! Would also be interested in Alps one as well

[linziyi]

I will gladly take some as my first key sets!

[rowdy]

WASDkeyboards sells them for 1.50$ OEM profile

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/spacebar-cherry-mx-keycap.html

Not sure how close the colour would be though.  Still at least a pale yellow space bar would be closer to yellow than a white one

[linziyi]

Do these fit with QFRs?

[rowdy]

Do these fit with QFRs?

They should, except for the space bar.

QFR has a standard layout (assuming you mean ANSI, and not ISO).

[Reomero]

Keen for a red, blue, and black set.

[elton5354]

The quotes for alps and gamer set. Very high MOQ. I think she misunderstood me when I asked for Alps key set. This Alps set is a gamer set I believe.

Octopus --8 Double Shot rubber keys + 1 key puller – WASD & Arrow keys – Cherry or ALPS
*USD2.00 / ex factory / with blister package
*USD1.00 / ex factory / with plastic bag package
**MOQ for Cherry keys: 500sets (Color options: Red)
** MOQ for Cherry keys: 1000sets (Color options: Orange / Red / Green)
**MOQ for ALPS keys: 1000sets (Color options: Orange / Red / Green)

[Rule16]

I'm definitely in for red and yellow sets of alps

[remedyhalopc]

What's the yellow MOQ?