[ON HOLD] APRIL? 2016 GEEK HACK DOUBLE SHOT GROUP BUY

[jdcarpe]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

So, PayPal decided to do a 'merchant review' of my business PayPal account, after I took in quite a bit of money in the JD45 group buy. Long story short, they have placed a hold on that account, pending proof of delivery. Since those orders were all pre-orders, my PayPal account will, in essence, be locked until after the JD45 orders ship. Due to that fact, I cannot take orders for the April GH keycap group buy, unless I can find an alternate method of receiving payments. As soon as I can receive payments again, I will start the group buy.

On a happier note, I am now able to ship international orders for the same price as domestic orders. So there is some good news, anyway!


Thank you,
JD




APRIL? 2016 GEEK HACK DOUBLE SHOT GROUP BUY



This Group Buy is for a set of two (2) double shot ABS keycaps, one (1) MX-mount and one (1) Alps-mount.

Profile is Signature Plastics DCS, row 1 (Esc).

This month's color is red (RA) legend on beige (WAR) base.


RA on WAR
Render by: thesiscamper

Price: 5 USD per set

Shipping: USPS First Class Mail in a bubble mailer. Large orders, I will advise you on additional shipping costs.

• US: 5 USD per order
• Int'l: 5 USD per order

End date: I will probably invoice in batches, with ALL PAYMENTS DUE NO LATER THAN [TBD]. I'll leave the form open until [TBD].


ORDER HERE: [FORM NOT YET OPEN]


Anyone who would like to place an order but can't, due to problems with the form, just PM me your order and I will enter it for you.



Please note: THIS GB IS NOT FOR PROFIT - ALL PROFITS FROM SALE WILL BE DONATED TO GEEKHACK.ORG






Orders:

[username]

[jdcarpe]

RESERVED

[dgneo]

Really digging the Red on Beige, looking forward to this opening up JD!

Hope everything goes smoothly with PayPal, I know how much hell they can be to deal with.

[romevi]

Why does PayPal do that kind of stuff? If you have a merchant account and the orders were for services, then I don't see why they need to review it.

[jdcarpe]

Why does PayPal do that kind of stuff? If you have a merchant account and the orders were for services, then I don't see why they need to review it.

Because I transferred all the money for the JD45 orders, except for the shipping funds, out of the account and into my bank account to make the payment to TEX for the keyboards to be produced. If all my customers suddenly open disputes, that leaves PayPal on the hook for thousands of dollars, if they can't recover the funds from me. I can understand why they might see it as risky. But my customers aren't going to do that.

[stillzman]

sorry about the PayPal situation, love the colors on these keys though!

[LeandreN]

Ah, classic PayPal.

Good luck!

[tigersharkdude]

That sucks a big one


what about Google Pay?

[rowdy]

Thanks for the update JD

A shame about PayPal though.

[joey]

PayPal issue sucks... but shipping situation rocks! Will get in on this, and future ones if the shipping stays this low!

[CommonCurt]

Looking forward to it.

[jdcarpe]

Is there anyone who would participate in the buy, but cannot use anything but PayPal? I'm looking into Stripe for credit card payments, or maybe Google Wallet or Amazon Payments.

[Diokhan]

That sucks :O maybe I missed it, but there wasn't one in march right?

[jdcarpe]

That sucks :O maybe I missed it, but there wasn't one in march right?

No, I was running my JD45 group buy in March.

[Diokhan]

That sucks :O maybe I missed it, but there wasn't one in march right?

No, I was running my JD45 group buy in March.

Ahhh yeah that's right.
I'll be waiting for a black/orange one

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[piemancoder]

I think Google Pay would be best, and Stripe would be second. Unless Amazon Payments let's you use your Amazon account. In that case Amazon payments would be best.

[njbair]

Great colors this time around. Can't wait!

[rowdy]

Is there anyone who would participate in the buy, but cannot use anything but PayPal? I'm looking into Stripe for credit card payments, or maybe Google Wallet or Amazon Payments.

Me

[punkpc]

This looks great! Hope payment options get worked out so I can order.

[CommonCurt]

Is there anyone who would participate in the buy, but cannot use anything but PayPal? I'm looking into Stripe for credit card payments, or maybe Google Wallet or Amazon Payments.

I'd be able to pay using something other than PayPal if need be 

[faxe]

Good luck with the paypal situation. Wil definitely be part of this again!

[Fiery]

Seeing how well the GB in january was I am up for another one. Hope the paypal situation works out as I don't know anything about stripe, but Google wallet might work. I am mostly worried as I am international.

[phosphoric]

damn, paypal should be called paymenace. because it's being anything but a pal

[romevi]

damn, paypal should be called paymenace. because it's being anything but a pal

I'm all for dad (corny) jokes, but even that's a stretch.

[phosphoric]

damn, paypal should be called paymenace. because it's being anything but a pal

I'm all for dad (corny) jokes, but even that's a stretch.

i'm sorry. this is the reason i hang out on the internet rather than real life

[punkpc]

Any updates on this?

Maybe combine April and May?

Which I hope is another color legend on beige (WAR) base.

[jdcarpe]

Any updates on this?

Maybe combine April and May?

Which I hope is another color legend on beige (WAR) base.

Unfortunately, PayPal won't budge until I can provide proof of delivery for several of the JD45 keyboard pre-orders. I should have those in hand to start shipping around the end of June. Once they release the hold on my account, I can start these back up again. But I don't anticipate running more than one colorway at a time.

[nathanrosspowell]

Now the Feb GB is rolling again can we get a update on this one?

I have Jan and Feb keys waiting to be shipped to Canada in a bundle of three so if this isn't going to happen any time soon I might as well get it shipped as a bundle of two.

Thanks for all the hard work JD 

[jdcarpe]

Now the Feb GB is rolling again can we get a update on this one?

I have Jan and Feb keys waiting to be shipped to Canada in a bundle of three so if this isn't going to happen any time soon I might as well get it shipped as a bundle of two.

Thanks for all the hard work JD 

I'll consider starting this again once PayPal unlocks my account, or I find another payment method.

[nathanrosspowell]

Now the Feb GB is rolling again can we get a update on this one?

I have Jan and Feb keys waiting to be shipped to Canada in a bundle of three so if this isn't going to happen any time soon I might as well get it shipped as a bundle of two.

Thanks for all the hard work JD 

I'll consider starting this again once PayPal unlocks my account, or I find another payment method.

Good to know. Hope that PayPal BS gets resolved for you soon 

[roostrc0gburn]

Now the Feb GB is rolling again can we get a update on this one?

I have Jan and Feb keys waiting to be shipped to Canada in a bundle of three so if this isn't going to happen any time soon I might as well get it shipped as a bundle of two.

Thanks for all the hard work JD 

I'll consider starting this again once PayPal unlocks my account, or I find another payment method.

o ****, still locked? man, that is a bummer! its been months now... nothing you can do?

[jdcarpe]

Now the Feb GB is rolling again can we get a update on this one?

I have Jan and Feb keys waiting to be shipped to Canada in a bundle of three so if this isn't going to happen any time soon I might as well get it shipped as a bundle of two.

Thanks for all the hard work JD 

I'll consider starting this again once PayPal unlocks my account, or I find another payment method.

o ****, still locked? man, that is a bummer! its been months now... nothing you can do?

A
Yeah, it had nothing to do with any disputes or anything. They detected "suspicious activity" following and account review. Yeah, I transferred the funds out to a bank account, so that I could wire them to TEX in Taiwan for manufacturing.

PayPal gave me a list of orders I had to provide "proof of delivery" for. I sent those orders out a few days ago, all with signature confirmation. All but one of those orders has been delivered. Unfortunately, one of the orders was an international, so I'm not sure how long it will take for them to verify delivery on all those packages. I spoke to a few people in their merchant services, and they said I had done everything I needed to do, and it would be reviewed again once all packages show as delivered.

[roostrc0gburn]

Now the Feb GB is rolling again can we get a update on this one?

I have Jan and Feb keys waiting to be shipped to Canada in a bundle of three so if this isn't going to happen any time soon I might as well get it shipped as a bundle of two.

Thanks for all the hard work JD 

I'll consider starting this again once PayPal unlocks my account, or I find another payment method.

o ****, still locked? man, that is a bummer! its been months now... nothing you can do?

A
Yeah, it had nothing to do with any disputes or anything. They detected "suspicious activity" following and account review. Yeah, I transferred the funds out to a bank account, so that I could wire them to TEX in Taiwan for manufacturing.

PayPal gave me a list of orders I had to provide "proof of delivery" for. I sent those orders out a few days ago, all with signature confirmation. All but one of those orders has been delivered. Unfortunately, one of the orders was an international, so I'm not sure how long it will take for them to verify delivery on all those packages. I spoke to a few people in their merchant services, and they said I had done everything I needed to do, and it would be reviewed again once all packages show as delivered.

ugh. so sorry, bro. yours is probably the worst case i have heard of paypal's "random  lockdowns" since implementing their new policies. i hope you get it straightened out right soon.
just curious - are you still going to use paypal, or have you found other methods of collecting payments?