[GB] GMK Chocolatier - Shipping Soon

[AaronR]

Will all the kits be made?

[titanium]

Please give us the option to cancel if novelties doesnt get made!
The base set has no meaning without it imo

[Zambumon]

I've received an updated numbers from Zfrontier & mykeyboard early this morning. Here are the current numbers:

Current numbers

Core: 250 (MOQ Hit!!!)

Novelties: 203

Spacebars: 91


We'll do our best and try to make all the sets, but we are looking good to hit MOQ with the novelties.

[Zambumon]

Please give us the option to cancel if novelties doesnt get made!
The base set has no meaning without it imo

Novelties are looking good and should reach MOQ.

[titanium]

That's awesome to hear! This is the most unique set we have ever had imo and super glad you did it

[ttot]

Hope novelties reach MOQ. Purchased them, rama golden ticket keycap and core kit of course, a few minutes ago.

[Zambumon]

Hope novelties reach MOQ. Purchased them, rama golden ticket keycap and core kit of course, a few minutes ago.

Novelties are on their way to MOQ, we'll try to make sure all the kits get made.



In just two hours, the EU group buy for GMK Chocolatier will come to an end at mykeyboard.eu!

[Zambumon]

Just an hour left for the EU group buy! We are currently at:

Current numbers:

Core: 278

Novelties: 229

Spacebars (MOQ 150): 105


All kits are going through.

[mrpetrov]

Three cheers for you Z! Well done mate.

[JubJubCity]

Three cheers for you Z! Well done mate.

In for a core y'all

[dario]

Just an hour left for the EU group buy! We are currently at:

Current numbers:

Core: 278

Novelties: 229

Spacebars (MOQ 150): 105


All kits are going through.

Do you know by any chance what's the ratio between US vs EU vs Asia customers?

That would be interesting to see. I expect the US customers to be the most numerous ones, but who knows...

[OracleKev]

Just an hour left for the EU group buy! We are currently at:

Current numbers:

Core: 278

Novelties: 229

Spacebars (MOQ 150): 105


All kits are going through.

Do you know by any chance what's the ratio between US vs EU vs Asia customers?

That would be interesting to see. I expect the US customers to be the most numerous ones, but who knows...

9009 R2 might have proxy breakdown.  It needs to be taken with a grain of salt since some folks buy from wherever is cheapest.

[dario]

9009 R2 might have proxy breakdown.

Umm... what?

It needs to be taken with a grain of salt since some folks buy from wherever is cheapest.

Well, yeah, but isn't the whole point of having proxies to have the cheapest option?

Some time ago I was buying Topre keycaps directly from Japan and customs tax was almost as high as the keycaps itself. European bureaucracy monster is ridiculous.

[Zambumon]

Do you know by any chance what's the ratio between US vs EU vs Asia customers?

That would be interesting to see. I expect the US customers to be the most numerous ones, but who knows...

China and US orders are roughly the same and account for almost 9 out of 10 orders of each kit.


Current numbers

Core: 315
Novelties: 259
Spacebars: 118
Rama x Chocolatier: 108

[dario]

China and US orders are roughly the same and account for almost 9 out of 10 orders of each kit.

LOL

Honestly didn't expect that. So EU orders take up only about 10%? Do you have any explanation why us Europeans are such wimps?

[homerowco]

> why us Europeans are such wimps?

it's not about being wimps, it's that there aren't many buyers and the ones that are interested in this hobby and specifically such keysets in the EU are mostly rather young (yes I know you who reads this right now isn't but a lot are, a few polls in the past showed that). 200 euro is a lot of money for a 16-20 year old to hand over for a keyset.

for evidence, check any GB that had a iso kit, nordic sets are mostly <100 if it cracks a 100 then its a very large buy... base vs nordic is 10-20x.

[desibidu]

My 2 cents - Zambumon, This is an awesome set that I also really wanted to get, but couldn't as the price was high. It adds shipping as well. Understandably GMK is expensive. But more folks could buy/enjoy this if we broke it down into smaller kits and/or went with a different manufacturer. Hope you take this into account, and we would really like you to make this kit available to more customers, and also not limiting the kit on the novelties that it deserves.

[Zambumon]

But more folks could buy/enjoy this if we broke it down into smaller kits and/or went with a different manufacturer.

That's not how GMK works, at least when you aren't working with very large MOQs. Splitting the set in more kits would make it more expensive. The current core kit was 145 USD, which is more than a reasonable price considering its compatibility.

In my honest opinion, at the moment none other manufacturer has such as good QC as GMK, and that is reflected on the price. This is why we almost never see people with missing keycaps or needing a replacement.

[Zambumon]

Quick update:

1. Payments were sent to GMK about two or three weeks ago, and we are should be on track for the estimated shipping date.

2. Today I received blue color samples for the set. We already had the alphas and mods, so this was the last color to lock. All colors are spot on with the specified colors.

Edit: I don't know why the pics are 90 degrees rotated. So here is a link to the Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142001978@N05/albums/72157704835585135/with/45485943005/

[LightningXI]

Quick update:

1. Payments were sent to GMK about two or three weeks ago, and we are should be on track for the estimated shipping date.

2. Today I received blue color samples for the set. We already had the alphas and mods, so this was the last color to lock. All colors are spot on with the specified colors.

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Yay! Thanks for the update, zambu --- the blue looks great

[mousetrap00]

Got a question. When will this ship? Im about to move to another house this january and was wondering how i can change thr shipping address i provided during the gb

[Zambumon]

Got a question. When will this ship? Im about to move to another house this january and was wondering how i can change thr shipping address i provided during the gb

Probably in March. Since you are moving, I'd contact the vendor you purchased your set from and ask them if they can update your address.

[mousetrap00]

Got a question. When will this ship? Im about to move to another house this january and was wondering how i can change thr shipping address i provided during the gb

Probably in March. Since you are moving, I'd contact the vendor you purchased your set from and ask them if they can update your address.

Thank you!! Merry Christmas!!

[sacklunch]

If anyone is interested in selling their spot Pm me!

[Zambumon]

If anyone is interested in selling their spot Pm me!

All the proxies have ordered extras.

[Zambumon]

Production of the RAMA x Chocolatier caps has finished!

[ttot]

Great. Can not wait. Maybe there are some photos of RAMA caps?

[Zambumon]

Production & sorting of GMK Chocolatier has finished. GMK has shipped the sets today to some of the vendors.

[Oblotzky]

Production & sorting of GMK Chocolatier has finished. GMK has shipped the sets today to some of the vendors.

Thanks for the update 

[wholypantalones]

Production & sorting of GMK Chocolatier has finished. GMK has shipped the sets today to some of the vendors.

That was quick, thanks for the update!

[Zambumon]

From Oblotzky, who is currently taking a shower instead of posting pics of the set 

[redjarojam]

 

[JubJubCity]

 

[Zambumon]

Just got news that Novelkeys has received the Rama x Chocolatier caps!

[redjarojam]

I am excite!

[sacklunch]

Any idea when extras will go up for sale?

[Zambumon]

Any idea when extras will go up for sale?

Most likely after shipping to the group buy participants is completed.

[Oblotzky]

I'm putting on weight just looking at these caps in front of me. Excellent work Zambumon, the new colors pop much more. Brb making a hot chocolate.

[Zambumon]

Good, now you can sell your SA set and replace it with the superior German Schokolade

[MandrewDavis]

Good, now you can sell your SA set and replace it with the superior German Schokolade

What if I bought into this set just to put that 6u spacebar on my SA Chocolatier FC660c :0

[dvorcol]

Good, now you can sell your SA set and replace it with the superior German Schokolade

What if I bought into this set just to put that 6u spacebar on my SA Chocolatier FC660c :0

I'll pay the shipping if you want to send your leftover keycaps to a good home.

[Zambumon]

I've just received my sets. The set looks fantastic. 10/10 would GMK again.

[Oblotzky]

[Puddsy]

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it's brown, of course it does

[Zambumon]

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it's brown, of course it does

there's nothing surprisign about my statement.

[kidcongo]

Great looking set

[vicissitude]

Nice picture. 
Still waiting for the keyset's coming.

[mgsickler]

We shipped all of our orders.

Extras will go live on Friday at 9:00am EST.
We will have extras all of kits and Rama keycaps.
Link will go live at that time - https://novelkeys.xyz/products/gmk-chocolatier

[ttot]

We shipped all of our orders.

Extras will go live on Friday at 9:00am EST.
We will have extras all of kits and Rama keycaps.
Link will go live at that time - https://novelkeys.xyz/products/gmk-chocolatier

Nice! Received a notification yesterday. I was hoping to order spacebars and one more RAMA keycap.

[moecoffee059]

anyone know when enzfrontier start shipping