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Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 26 February 2012, 23:51:48: I'll be heading over to China soon, and there has been some interest in items from taobao. I don't really know where else to put this.

If anyone wants anything, just PMme with the link on taobao/what you want :D

I'll just charge you the shipping extra and you'll pay the taobao price because I want to do something for this community :) I do accept tips though :D

Not too sure if this seems weird or unorthodox, but if it is just tell me and I'll take down this thread immediately.

Limiting this to 3 or 4 keyboards as my suitcase can only hold so many.
I can probably take a lot of keycaps though :)

I WILL SHIP ANYWHERE NOW AS LONG AS YOU PAY

I LEAVE ON MARCH 10
BACK AROUND END OF MARCH

ORDERS CLOSE 3/6/12 MIDNIGHT PST

I appreciate any feedback/criticism.

List of homedogs:
1. jrockroll
2. sawedust:10 sets of sc2 caps
3. naranja: engraved pbt 104, kitty cat wristrest
4. reaper: south park
5. whitefiredragon:sc2 caps
6. oneproduct: sc2 caps
7. bavman: south park caps
8. tempy:sc2 caps
9. dirge: sc2 caps+ south park
10. boost: realforce keychain
11. dangwang?
12. wilsongunawan:keychain+ imsto caps
13. net2522: imsto stufffsz
14. snowboarder3:sc2 caps(b/w?) cherry from imsto
15. megnin: onepiece and cherry(imsto)
16. Tennobanzai: realforce keychain
17. pyro_dragun: white sc2 caps+other imsto
18.CaiSter21: imsto caps
19. gunner1000: white sc2 caps+osu
20. projectD: white sc2+imsto
21. gridlock: engraved sc2
22. divinity: sc2 black engraved
23. f4d3: 1 sc2 black 1sc2 white kitty cat wristrest
24. SoulSpirit: protoss engraved and apple
25. wongster: sc2 engraved
26. zamorph: sc2 set in balck and white deceptiocon purple horde
27. Halverson: imsto onepiece + sc2 in black and white
28. telepete: south park imsto
29. Lu_e: zerg engraved
30. el113: 3 black and 1 white sc2
31. MyNameIsFinn: south park+extra kenny
32. dreger: 2x sc2 black engraved + purple decepticon+ red autobot
33. hashbaz: sc2 black engraved
34. i3oilermaker: 1 sc2 black 2 sc2 white
35. RiffRaff: 2 southpark
36. GoodKnight: 5 white sc2 5 black sc2
37. silat: 2 sc2 black 2 girl
38. useless_people:1 south park 1 redauto 1purpledecept
39. lan123: 1 sc2 black,imsto zerg,gm,master,diamodn

SHIPPING PRICES:

CONUS
First Class: 4.00
Priority: 6.00

INTERNATIONAL
First Class: 8.00
Priority: $$$ Ask for pricing
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Sun, 26 February 2012, 23:57:10: Nice. Let me head over to Taobao to see what they have.... =P

Thanks for doing this for the community.

Edit: pm sent
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Sun, 26 February 2012, 23:58:35: awesome! Can I request a black engraved pbt 87/104(either)? I know it's available from qtan/feng but I think it's cheaper this way. :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: DanGWanG on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:01:59: Can I request a RF 104Pro? :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:02:16: Quote from: naranja;527684
awesome! Can I request a black engraved pbt 87/104(either)? I know it's available from qtan/feng but I think it's cheaper this way. :D

Sure, just pm me and we can work it out.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:03:46: Quote from: DanGWanG;527690
Can I request a RF 104Pro? :)

Maybe :p
(yeah sure)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:05:53: I don't think I would be alone in wanting/ordering a whole bunch of these:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547

PBT StarCraft 2 keys? I'll gladly take three sets, maybe more.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:07:33: Quote from: sawedust;527698
I don't think I would be alone in wanting/ordering a whole bunch of these:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547

PBT StarCraft 2 keys? I'll gladly take three sets, maybe more.

I have some of those, and they're engraved, then infilled...Do you still want it?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:09:13: Quote from: Changdrew;527700
I have some of those, and they're engraved, then infilled...Do you still want it?

I would, three sets, maybe more. Hot commodity in my circle of friends!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: captain on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:16:02: I would like a bunch (10-20 pairs) of these to give to my apple loving friends.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=13155443989&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:28:00: those are creepy
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:32:50: Quote from: demik;527722
those are creepy

QFT I saw those over there and was O_O
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Ovoxo on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:41:39: pmed!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:57:22: I want some of the skate company caps from this post:

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20464-What-did-you-add-to-your-Keyboard-today-Post-Your-Pics&p=505465&viewfull=1#post505465

I thought there was a taobao link somewhere even though they were originally custom. Can someone help me find it so I can PM the OP for some?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Mon, 27 February 2012, 00:59:44: ^ I was looking for those South Park PBT keycaps but couldn't find them either. =(
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:03:15: You are an amazing human being for doing this. Time to browse taobao.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:27:34: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9697268743 im assuming its fake..oO
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:30:04: Quote from: naranja;527756
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9697268743 im assuming its fake..oO

Not fake, just out of stock thats all

Everyone is going to find awesome stuff, post links, and at least 90% of them will be out of stock
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:33:10: Quote from: tsangan;527759
Not fake, just out of stock thats all

Everyone is going to find awesome stuff, post links, and at least 90% of them will be out of stock

Yep! That's why I always make sure to chat with the seller beforehand.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:36:00: Regarding the South Park keys and others:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=13549422630&

From imsto, who frequents this forum as well.

If the StarCraft keys are in stock, I'd go for those too on top of my order! :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:37:06: Quote from: sawedust;527765
Regarding the South Park keys and others:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=13549422630&

From imsto, who frequents this forum as well.

If the StarCraft keys are in stock, I'd go for those too on top of my order! :)

Then why don't you just ask imsto himself ಠ_ಠ
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 27 February 2012, 01:41:16: Quote from: sawedust;527765
Regarding the South Park keys and others:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=13549422630&

From imsto, who frequents this forum as well.

If the StarCraft keys are in stock, I'd go for those too on top of my order! :)
You send whatever image, and he makes whatever image.

All he stocks are blank keys
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Mon, 27 February 2012, 02:20:11: PM'ed you for some sc2 caps :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: oneproduct on Mon, 27 February 2012, 10:13:55: Quote from: DanGWanG;527690
Can I request a RF 104Pro? :)

What differences does the pro have? Also, since you seem to know about Realforces a bit, are there uniform 30g ones in ANSI layout?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 27 February 2012, 10:16:46: Quote from: oneproduct;527976
What differences does the pro have? Also, since you seem to know about Realforces a bit, are there uniform 30g ones in ANSI layout?

You get a Pro key instead of Scroll Lock :rofl:

Quote from: 002
With the 'Pro' key enabled, the Right Alt key becomes Control + Alt and the Right Control key becomes Control + Shift.

This was something requested by the distributor with the idea being that people using things like Visual Studio or Photoshop would benefit from the shortcuts.

So basically kinda useless
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fossala on Mon, 27 February 2012, 10:18:12: Quote from: oneproduct;527976
What differences does the pro have? Also, since you seem to know about Realforces a bit, are there uniform 30g ones in ANSI layout?

With the 'Pro' key enabled, the Right Alt key becomes Ctrl + Alt and the Right Ctrl key becomes Ctrl + Shift. It will be avaliable in 30g 45g and variable from what I have heard.

EDIT: dammit, ninja'd by tsangan.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Mysteric on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:01:46: Anyone know if you can get a wire keycap puller from Taobao? They're really expensive in the UK, shipping almost costs more than the keycap puller itself.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:04:26: Quote from: Mackem;528033
Anyone know if you can get a wire keycap puller from Taobao? They're really expensive in the UK, shipping almost costs more than the keycap puller itself.

Keyboardco no good?

http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_details.asp?PRODUCT=632
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fossala on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:06:29: Quote from: tsangan;528038
Keyboardco no good?

http://www.keyboardco.com/keyboard_details.asp?PRODUCT=632

Shipping is 6gbp if you don't order at least 50gbp worth of goods.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:07:36: Quote from: fossala;528042
Shipping is 6gbp if you don't order at least 50gbp worth of goods.

Perfect time to buy a keyboard!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Mysteric on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:08:06: Quote from: fossala;528042
Shipping is 6gbp if you don't order at least 50gbp worth of goods.

Which is the exact reason why I didn't buy one. Worked out at over £10 for a keycap puller last time I checked.

EDIT: I have my trusty 105 key Filco MJ1 that I bought from Monja here on Geekhack (Who also turned out to be a no-show for the RGBY buy)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:25:15: Quote from: dante;528071
I've tried several different search parameters and am unable to come up with Ducky blank black PBT keycaps; Is it just me or are they not selling at this time?

PCHome is out, IOMania still has some.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:38:02: Your a star! :)

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=9282889164&

^
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:38:58: also nice sc2 dye'd

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14006383895&

Realforce keyrings
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12765102760&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Mon, 27 February 2012, 11:40:42: Could you please get me an Audrey Hepburn cap!

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14006439330&
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: snowboarder3 on Mon, 27 February 2012, 13:23:38: I'd be in for some south park PBTs!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: phillyosophy on Mon, 27 February 2012, 13:30:48: I am eyeing a Realforce 101 (white) on Taobao but what's shipping like from CA to UK ? :O
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Mon, 27 February 2012, 13:45:44: Quote from: ripster;528244
Damn. The Topre keychain ring seems to be $63 US if Taobao is in Yuan.

I could buy .....maybe a Topre t-shirt for that.

Topre sure is expensive.

But you could always change the realforce cap for an Audrey Hepburn one! Thats well worth the cost!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tukkez on Mon, 27 February 2012, 13:55:39: How much for the south park set ? please tell me the price and ill know if i want some or no :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 27 February 2012, 13:56:00: Quote from: dirge;528263
But you could always change the realforce cap for an Audrey Hepburn one! Thats well worth the cost!

Nobody is doing custom dye sublimation printing on Topre-stemmed caps. Maybe should suggest this to Imsto.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 27 February 2012, 14:04:37: Imsto makes both thin and thick custom PBT dye-subs now, so you can chose which profile you want.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Icarium on Mon, 27 February 2012, 15:04:29: If you bring back less than a bagillion sc2 caps and realforce keychains I'll be mad. :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 18:09:44: Quote from: dirge;528097
Could you please get me an Audrey Hepburn cap!

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14006439330&

All that stuff is from imsto

Ask him first :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 18:11:02: Quote from: Icarium;528364
If you bring back less than a bagillion sc2 caps and realforce keychains I'll be mad. :)

I don't know if people want the keychains for that price though :/

I'll try to bring maybe a hella-ion of sc2 keycaps back
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wongster on Mon, 27 February 2012, 18:22:12: Thanks for doing this Changdrew. You're awesome! I will have a look at Taobao later.

Question: when do you expect to be back from China and shipping things out to people?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 27 February 2012, 18:30:45: Friendly thread bump.

Upping my orders for the StarCraft II set to six sets (one set = all four keys shown). More orders potentially on the way!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 18:34:09: Quote from: ripster;528561
Tell everybody in China you are there for Taobao Shiznet, fo schnizzle, my nizzle.

Logistics are a bit tricky if you plan on doing all of that out of a hotel room.

Naw dawg I'm staying with my family for about half the time I'm there.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:06:40: Any chance the Pure will be out by the time you get there? I really want one with Purple LEDs and an aluminum case!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:17:51: Quote from: metafour;528613
Any chance the Pure will be out by the time you get there? I really want one with Purple LEDs and an aluminum case!

Asking now
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:21:05: They said the pure should be coming out april or later :(
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:25:22: bring me some candy
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:27:10: Quote from: demik;528644
bring me some candy

ok
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kisakuku on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:27:12: Quote from: demik;528644
bring me some candy

Demik's white van must have run out of candy.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:29:59: where is Colin when you need him?!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Mon, 27 February 2012, 19:39:22: Story of my life
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Mon, 27 February 2012, 20:04:02: PMed for sc2 AND south park keys!!!
MUHAHAHA
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 20:51:49: Quote from: dante;528753
Can anyone read this Chinese? I'm looking for availability/pricing on the CM Storm w/ Cherry Blacks.

Usually they will take a keycap off to show the color of the stem to make it easier: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12719697747

Today's Chinese lesson:
黑轴=cherry black
青轴=cherry blue
红轴=cherry red
茶轴=cherry brown
英文=english
中文=chinese
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 21:05:16: By the way guys, everything is questionable. Even if they have it in stock on the website doesn't mean they have it. You have to ask them. Even if they do have them, they might run out.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Mon, 27 February 2012, 21:13:33: Quote from: Changdrew;528787
By the way guys, everything is questionable. Even if they have it in stock on the website doesn't mean they have it. You have to ask them. Even if they do have them, they might run out.

What are you talking about? On what planet does this occur?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: NguyenAdam on Mon, 27 February 2012, 23:03:50: How much are the SC2 keycaps in US currency?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 27 February 2012, 23:25:50: Quote from: NguyenAdam;528926
How much are the SC2 keycaps in US currency?

1.60 each
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tukkez on Mon, 27 February 2012, 23:40:25: how much are the south park keys ?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: ekw808 on Mon, 27 February 2012, 23:45:49: I want a Ducky Year of the Dragon keyboard =O
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wilsongunawan on Tue, 28 February 2012, 01:16:49: update my order! Thanks
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 02:44:40: 2set for http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14125867703&

also 5 for this item(if they've in stock) http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11048Y1z.3-axmbg.h-4AKVkw&id=13655549930&

will pm you later
:D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Tue, 28 February 2012, 03:24:10: PM'ed for 5 sets of SC2 keys and 1 set of blank white PBTs
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 04:19:24: So basically this has turned into a sc2/imsto group buy lawl
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 28 February 2012, 07:29:58: Well if imsto had cheaper and faster shipping he'd probably get more business here
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 07:35:27: Quote from: Changdrew;528939
1.60 each

Are you refering to the white pbt keycaps with the sc2 dye-sub?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: elton5354 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 11:49:33: Quote from: net2522;529132
2set for http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14125867703&

also 5 for this item(if they've in stock) http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11048Y1z.3-axmbg.h-4AKVkw&id=13655549930&

will pm you later
:D

I'll take what this guy's getting as well!

1 set of each different girl poses (Is the price 19 RMB for those 5 keys or each key?)
1 of each different colours for the keychain :D (same for this 10RMB each or set?)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 12:05:37: the prices are usually for each individual key
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 28 February 2012, 12:38:28: sent you a PM regarding the keychain!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 13:27:41: Can anyone find something like this, but in grey/beige blank or engraved?

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=14746360546
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fim on Tue, 28 February 2012, 15:21:51: Are you willing to ship to the UK? In your first post you say CONUS only but apparently there's interest from some people outside the US.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tukkez on Tue, 28 February 2012, 15:46:10: how much for the south park keys..?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 16:07:51: I'll respond to pm's and questions when I get home at around 6pm pst.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: snowboarder3 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 16:39:57: Quote from: net2522;529132
2set for http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14125867703&

also 5 for this item(if they've in stock) http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11048Y1z.3-axmbg.h-4AKVkw&id=13655549930&

will pm you later
:D

That realforce keychain isn't actually for that item.
Quote

掌柜说：

这个链接是一些大客户用来下大单，方便付款的。不是实际商品。

如需要多个键盘或者多个品牌的产品，请直接告知店家，并和店家商议好价格及优惠等。然后到这里直接拍向相应的倍数，并在淘宝订单中备注商品内容即可。

rough translation

"
EnglishSpanishArabic

Treasurer, said:

This link is to a few large customers for great single, convenient payment. Than the actual goods.

If you need more than one keyboard or multiple-brand products, please inform the shops and stores to negotiate good prices and concessions. And then to shoot directly to the corresponding multiples of and can be Taobao order Remarks Merchandise."
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: captain on Tue, 28 February 2012, 17:00:24: Angry Birds!

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=13541834678&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

One set for every geekhacker! ;-D

I would like to get a few sets of trucker girls too please.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14125867703&

Oooo! Is this for the keycaps or the whole keyboard?

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=13508289694&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

Can anyone figure out what all of the above cost in US$?

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 20:59:34: Updateddddddddddd

If your name isn't on the list/it isn't what you want pm me

Also, most keycaps you guys want are from imsto. I am probably gonna organize an order consisting of 100000000 south park sets and 10000 sc2 sets and just send it in.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:02:08: why isnt my name on the list?
i PMed you about the engraved sc2 keys and the dye-subed south park keys
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:03:25: Quote from: CaiSter21;530098
why isnt my name on the list?
i PMed you about the engraved sc2 keys and the dye-subed south park keys

sowwy
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:04:42: At this point you should probably just pick up the subgroup order of PBT thick dyesubs we did from imsto. You'd probably get it to us faster...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:05:28: Quote from: metafour;530105
At this point you should probably just pick up the subgroup order of PBT thick dyesubs we did from imsto. You'd probably get it to us faster...

I thought those already shipped? Or was that Asia?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:05:50: wait, are the engraved sc2 keys also done by imsto?
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547)
cus, i thought he only did dye-subbed stuff...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:06:36: That seems to be the problem. No one knows WTF is going on with them. =\
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:06:37: Quote from: CaiSter21;530110
wait, are the engraved sc2 keys also done by imsto?
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547)
cus, i thought he only did dye-subbed stuff...

Nope, he does dyesub on white
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:07:07: Thanks for putting my name on the list and thanks for doing this for everyone here. If it's out of stock then that's ok. Don't wanna trouble you too much. =)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:07:42: Quote from: reaper;530113
Thanks for putting my name on the list and thanks for doing this for everyone here. If it's out of stock then that's ok. Don't wanna trouble you too much. =)

It's never OOS according to imsto. You just put in a order and they make it. TIME TO BUY ALL THE THINGS
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:09:44: Quote from: Changdrew;530112
Nope, he does dyesub on white

in that case, would you mind differentiating between the two types of sc2 keys in your order list?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:11:42: Quote from: CaiSter21;530120
in that case, would you mind differentiating between the two types of sc2 keys in your order list?

butbutbutbut I don't remember who got what TT lol

I'll just ask when I collect money.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:12:44: Quote from: CaiSter21;530110
wait, are the engraved sc2 keys also done by imsto?
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547 (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=12801253547)
cus, i thought he only did dye-subbed stuff...

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I want to buy some because of that description!

strives for hegemony highly!!!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:14:37: lol
cool, just looking out for you in case you get an angry mob at your door that got dye-subbed sc2 keys instead of the engraved ones.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:23:10: Quote from: Changdrew;527674

3. naranja: engraved pbt 104, kitty cat wristrest

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15298528002 awwww yeahh... xD
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:25:14: Quote from: naranja;530149
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15298528002 awwww yeahh... xD

pets@work!!! You win!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:31:10: Quote from: metafour;530152
pets@work!!! You win!

oo didn't know pets@work was a site that sells it too.. but shipping for it there is $28+..
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 28 February 2012, 21:34:49: I just saw it in the image is all
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: f4d3 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:28:23: Quote from: naranja;530149
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=15298528002 awwww yeahh... xD

How much is the kitty wrist rest in USD?

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: asdf on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:30:13: Quote from: f4d3;530228
How much is the kitty wrist rest in USD?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=55.00元 to USD (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=55.00%E5%85%83%20to%20USD) $8.737 (US dollars)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Bertross on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:31:45: i dont understand the pricing or how this site works, maybe someone can help me.

I want this

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12801253547
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=1103IntF.3-3LEKS.h-57nRnO&id=13876660969&
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=1103IntF.3-3LEKS.h-57nRnO&id=13011433895&

I'm trying to find the asus republic of gamers but i can't read anything on that site.

knowing me I'm looking at the wrong section of what i can actually order to.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: elton5354 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:35:48: Use a currency converter like xe.com....
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: alaricljs on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:36:22: Hell, google works real quick if you know the TLA for the monies.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:39:00: Quote from: alaricljs;530252
Hell, google works real quick if you know the TLA for the monies.

oh course i know The Last Airbender for the monies!

...what's TLA?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: alaricljs on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:42:50: rmb is also chinese yuan, funny how that works.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 29 February 2012, 00:18:44: your best bet as no bank/converter will give you 1-1 conversion
right now 1 USD is approx 6.1 RMB/YUAN converted by China Banks
So if you want to be on the safe side, take the RMB/YUAN and divide by 6.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 29 February 2012, 00:19:28: Quote from: alaricljs;530271
rmb is also chinese yuan, funny how that works.
cause the chinese is ren ming bi (RMB) or the 1 word character Uan (Yuan) that you see.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 29 February 2012, 21:13:11: BUMPING FOR GREAT JUSTICE SO I CAN DO MORE WORK YAY

Also does anyone have opinions on topre? I had a hhkb for like a day but couldn't get the layout, but loved the switches. 45g vs 55g?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: feng on Wed, 29 February 2012, 21:36:49: Quote from: net2522;529132
2set for http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11020d_c.3-2L9C1.h-4FPsQz&id=14125867703&

also 5 for this item(if they've in stock) http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=11048Y1z.3-axmbg.h-4AKVkw&id=13655549930&

will pm you later
:D

For the 2nd link, I think you might misunderstood the title. It says for big customers to order keyboard, keycaps, etc. Not actual good. They just randomly picked a picture. But it's always a good thing to imagine that we could have an Realforce key ring for only 10 RMB. :P
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 29 February 2012, 21:44:14: Quote from: feng;531440
For the 2nd link, I think you might misunderstood the title. It says for big customers to order keyboard, keycaps, etc. Not actual good. They just randomly picked a picture. But it's always a good thing to imagine that we could have an Realforce key ring for only 10 RMB. :P

Yep, I missed that question lol. Real force keychains are 399 rmb.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: feng on Wed, 29 February 2012, 21:56:09: Quote from: Changdrew;531450
Yep, I missed that question lol. Real force keychains are 399 rmb.

It was 299 rmb about 10 days ago, and then since more people have shown their interests, the seller raised the price. :( I just got one for 199 rmb from a member of the PCWAISHE forum few days ago, how lucky. :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: ekw808 on Wed, 29 February 2012, 21:57:39: pm'd =)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 02:09:04: Hey guys, I think I'll just put the price as 2 dollars per key for the engraved sc2 caps and 4 dollars for the imsto caps, not including shipping. Is that okay with you guys?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: silat on Thu, 01 March 2012, 02:16:08: Quote from: demik;527722
those are creepy

So was Jobs..
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: PixelVandalism on Thu, 01 March 2012, 03:06:44: I would love to get one of these... (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=1101*VOL.3-22ir9.h-T1IGm&id=9697338065&)
Shame I'm in Australia, and have no money.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 03:11:33: Quote from: PixelVandalism;531794
I would love to get one of these... (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=1101*VOL.3-22ir9.h-T1IGm&id=9697338065&)

Clack factory listings are all OOS
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: PixelVandalism on Thu, 01 March 2012, 04:02:24: Quote from: Changdrew;531797
Clack factory listings are all OOS

Of course they are..
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 04:05:54: Quote from: PixelVandalism;531810
Of course they are..

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just ironic. Please speak your woes.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: PixelVandalism on Thu, 01 March 2012, 04:14:01: Quote from: Changdrew;531812
Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just ironic. Please speak your woes.

No sarcasm intended..
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 04:17:59: Quote from: PixelVandalism;531817
No sarcasm intended..

Oh lol. Just have had a lot of people ask me about clickclacks.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: snowboarder3 on Thu, 01 March 2012, 16:59:48: I sent a PM about 3X cherry dyesub key as well, original post doesn't include it, I can PM again if needed.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=1103DZNq.3-4Zg3E.h-3WOzee&id=13006896058&
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Thu, 01 March 2012, 21:55:59: duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:01:52: Quote from: sth;532764
I'm looking for a POKER with green switches + PBT caps. Is this a pretty good deal? http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10012347306

Green switches? Blue switches good sir.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: alaricljs on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:04:07: To be more clear, no manufactured keyboard has green switches on all keys. On TaoBao and PCHome and other chinese shops, tea-axis is brown, green-axis is blue...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:05:43: Quote from: Changdrew;528768
Today's Chinese lesson:
黑轴=cherry black
青轴=cherry blue
红轴=cherry red
茶轴=cherry brown
英文=english
中文=chinese

I even did a chinese lesson of the day!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:12:51: Quote from: Changdrew;532772
Green switches? Blue switches good sir.
Yeah figured that out right after I posted, and started seeing more greens. I figured there might be a few custom boards out there or a limited run with greens and got excited because, well, I really want an all-green board at some point.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:25:26: how the hell do you even search taobao?

all i want is a short red ducky wrist rest
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:25:52: Quote from: demik;532791
how the hell do you even search taobao?

all i want is a short red ducky wrist rest

hax. I'll help you with that. be back with link shortly.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kisakuku on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:27:27: Quote from: demik;532791
how the hell do you even search taobao?

all i want is a short red ducky wrist rest

Just buy it from PCHome.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:31:16: i think shipping will be more than the actual wrist rest
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:35:08: Quote from: demik;532796
i think shipping will be more than the actual wrist rest

Can't find, don't think taobao has it. Only black ones, I think.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Thu, 01 March 2012, 22:35:50: part of me is glad they don't have it lol
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 03 March 2012, 11:55:57: Quote from: sth;532783
Yeah figured that out right after I posted, and started seeing more greens. I figured there might be a few custom boards out there or a limited run with greens and got excited because, well, I really want an all-green board at some point.

Are you in 7bit's switch group buy?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 03 March 2012, 11:57:16: Quote from: Changdrew;531420
BUMPING FOR GREAT JUSTICE SO I CAN DO MORE WORK YAY

Also does anyone have opinions on topre? I had a hhkb for like a day but couldn't get the layout, but loved the switches. 45g vs 55g?

I have a variable Realforce, but I've spent time with a 55g uniform as well. For me, 55g is too strong for Topre switches. It starts detracting from the buttery feel.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Sat, 03 March 2012, 12:53:28: Not sure how many of those South Park caps are left, but I'd like to pick up two sets if possible.

PM sent. Thanks again
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Sat, 03 March 2012, 19:19:40: Quote from: hashbaz;533992
Are you in 7bit's switch group buy?
No, not ready to start re-switching boards yet. I don't really have the time and I don't have spares right now. Would hate to have to go back to the scissor switches on my laptop ;)

I'm still considering buying a poker, in which case I may give it a go. Less keys.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 03 March 2012, 19:26:49: Quote from: sth;534258
No, not ready to start re-switching boards yet. I don't really have the time and I don't have spares right now. Would hate to have to go back to the scissor switches on my laptop ;)

I'm still considering buying a poker, in which case I may give it a go. Less keys.

Well, that group buy is probably your only chance this year (or longer) to get an entire keyboard's worth of green switches. Officially it's closed but 7bit mentioned that he ordered (or would order? it's not clear) extras.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Sat, 03 March 2012, 19:34:02: Do the bigger electronics outfits not carry them? It's really not too big a deal to me... just a thought I had that might be fun to try out.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 04 March 2012, 02:02:38: I will be collecting payments over the next few days so I can place the order with imsto.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 04 March 2012, 02:48:54: Should I charge shipping before I get the stuff, or when I actually ship it out? I'm not sure what to do... :p
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fossala on Sun, 04 March 2012, 02:53:49: Can you get hold of a realforce keychain, I did pm you but all you said was it was expensive.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Sun, 04 March 2012, 02:56:54: Another PM sent! Updating my order count. :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Sun, 04 March 2012, 02:58:13: Quote from: fossala;534705
Can you get hold of a realforce keychain, I did pm you but all you said was it was expensive.

they are 399 RMB, which is around $63, so yeah, pretty expensive for a keychain
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Sun, 04 March 2012, 03:01:42: Quote from: Changdrew;534701
Should I charge shipping before I get the stuff, or when I actually ship it out? I'm not sure what to do... :p

you should charge shipping atm if you can guarantee that you will get said products, charge like $4-5 for first class bubble mail. thats the price for most of the group buys.
and if they are getting an insane number of keys, they might have to upgrade to priority mail. try asking hazeluff, demik, Ragnarok, or tsangan for more info
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 04 March 2012, 03:54:46: Quote from: fossala;534705
Can you get hold of a realforce keychain, I did pm you but all you said was it was expensive.

Yeah, basically what caister said. I can get a lot, but not at a cheap price.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Sun, 04 March 2012, 04:26:10: Could you add a SouthPark set to my Starcraft one please :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: atrgeekhack on Sun, 04 March 2012, 09:28:36: pm sent
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Sun, 04 March 2012, 16:30:38: Thanks for the add.

Just let me know your shipping cost & I will paypal you.

ps ALL the SC engraved ones are black correct?

thanks.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: el113 on Sun, 04 March 2012, 18:54:47: pm sent :) thanks a bunch!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: mickd on Sun, 04 March 2012, 20:17:42: This makes me so sad! Were you accepting international orders?! OH WAIT THE FRONT PAGE SAYS YOU WILL!

Except an order from me sometime in the next 10hours :D Have to go to uni now hehehe.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tycn on Mon, 05 March 2012, 02:01:20: Goddammit, just placed an order with a broker and now I see you've rescinded the US only limitation. A PM would have been appreciated.

I would much rather have given my money to a forum member.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 05 March 2012, 02:04:56: Quote from: Tycn;535496
Goddammit, just placed an order with a broker and now I see you've rescinded the US only limitation. A PM would have been appreciated.

I would much rather have given my money to a forum member.

Sorry :( Just have been overloaded with pm's and real life stuff.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tycn on Mon, 05 March 2012, 02:08:37: Totally understandable. Your inbox must be flooded.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: kdo99 on Mon, 05 March 2012, 02:23:48: sent you a pm about getting a kb.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Anyguy4321 on Mon, 05 March 2012, 10:28:54: Sent a PM for SC2 keycaps, WOW keycap, Steelseries keycap, 2x Terran Sublimated Keycaps, and Leopold Keypuller.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 05 March 2012, 22:20:41: Collecting payment tomorrow !!! Get your orders in or forever hold you peace.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 05 March 2012, 23:30:42: To double check and/or re-state, do you have me down for 10 sets for the SC2 engraved keycaps for me as discussed in the PM? OP has me down for only six. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks again for doing a great service! :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 05 March 2012, 23:31:37: Quote from: sawedust;536549
To double check and/or re-state, do you have me down for 10 sets for the SC2 engraved keycaps for me as discussed in the PM? OP has me down for only six. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks again for doing a great service! :D
wat. I thought you said 6 sets. Well I'll fix that now.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 05 March 2012, 23:46:48: Haha no, looking at the PM again I can see how it could be confusing and misunderstood. Bottom line is I want in for ten sets, gogogo~ :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 06 March 2012, 00:43:47: Hey guys, I might have to limit the amount of caps per person, as this is reaching critical mass, in the literal term, and in the sense that the sellers on taobao may not be able to provide it.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 06 March 2012, 00:46:59: Bummer. And what amount is that?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 06 March 2012, 00:53:50: Who knows? It could be one set per person or maybe 4 sets.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: mickd on Tue, 06 March 2012, 03:18:25: Ah so Taobao has multiple sellers. So when you buy something there will also be a local shipping fee right?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:22:45: Quote from: Changdrew;536632
Who knows? It could be one set per person or maybe 4 sets.

i dont know about any of the other sellers, but i believe that it shouldnt be a problem with imsto.
he works at kbc so he has an endless supply of white pbt keys and all he has to do is just inject the dye into the keys
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:26:48: Quote from: CaiSter21;537260
i dont know about any of the other sellers, but i believe that it shouldnt be a problem with imsto.
he works at kbc so he has an endless supply of white pbt keys and all he has to do is just inject the dye into the keys

Yeah, but it might be a problem with the engraved ones.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:39:21: What?! You can't just ring up Taobao and tell them you want two of everything? ;)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:41:35: yeah, alot of ppl really want those engraved sc2 keycaps because they are so cheap
*cough* sawdust *cough*

lol, but seriously do you think you can get in touch with those sellers to see how much they have in stock?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:45:40: Quote from: CaiSter21;537278
yeah, alot of ppl really want those engraved sc2 keycaps because they are so cheap
*cough* sawdust *cough*

lol, but seriously do you think you can get in touch with those sellers to see how much they have in stock?

Well, I asked one who I frequently work with, and he said he only had ~15 sets lol. I will go check with other sellers. There will probably be enough but I will have to buy from a lot of different sellers.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Tue, 06 March 2012, 19:34:07: Quote from: CaiSter21;537278
yeah, alot of ppl really want those engraved sc2 keycaps because they are so cheap
*cough* sawdust *cough*

lol, but seriously do you think you can get in touch with those sellers to see how much they have in stock?

Quote from: Changdrew;537282
Well, I asked one who I frequently work with, and he said he only had ~15 sets lol. I will go check with other sellers. There will probably be enough but I will have to buy from a lot of different sellers.

sawedust has lots of friends. :)

If I were being greedy, I'd probably order only three sets for myself to deck out the F-row on my keyboard and that's that. Ended up having friends who wanted in and I obliged, which is why the number on my end jumped to ten sets. Sharing the wealth!

Realistically, I'd be fine with only having six sets if that was all the sellers would have in stock; I'd be giving away two of my sets to friends instead and the few who I'm not close with would just be SOL. I'd also want everyone who wanted a set here on GH to be able to have a set since you're doing it willingly for us. So if I'm hogging all the sets, I'd gladly lower it back down to six for my friends and me. And if that's still not enough to go around for everyone, then I'll just take three (one for myself and the other two for my closest friends, everyone else SOL) and call it a day.

Thanks again for doing this, btw. Greatly appreciated!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 06 March 2012, 19:58:13: i wonder who actually makes the engraved sc2 and transformers keycaps. if we found the source, then we could probably just ask them to make some more
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 06 March 2012, 20:39:36: Orders close today at midnight PST :D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Tue, 06 March 2012, 21:54:35: Pretty stand-up and appreciated sawedust... 8)

Should we be looking at payments tomorrow then?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 06 March 2012, 21:55:12: Quote from: Lu_e;537439
Pretty stand-up and appreciated sawedust... 8)

Should we be looking at payments tomorrow then?

Yeah, probably.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Tue, 06 March 2012, 23:00:27: :cheer2:
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fossala on Wed, 07 March 2012, 03:11:50: Can you get a HHKB keychain?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 07 March 2012, 03:23:35: Quote from: fossala;537596
Can you get a HHKB keychain?

Realforce?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fossala on Wed, 07 March 2012, 03:35:36: No, HHKB.
http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/winter_campaign2010/
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 07 March 2012, 03:41:51: Quote from: fossala;537602
No, HHKB.
http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/winter_campaign2010/

Well, there were only 50 made of each color, so I doubt it.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fossala on Wed, 07 March 2012, 04:13:07: Wow didn't see that. Thanks anyway.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: noGG on Wed, 07 March 2012, 06:57:31: Sent PM for my bigass order. Hope it's not too late!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 07 March 2012, 19:29:59: Starting to send out out pm's.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 07 March 2012, 19:43:21: Also, just to clarify, the black and white StarCraft Set each come with the three race keys and the south park set comes with 4, one of each of the main characters.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: mickd on Wed, 07 March 2012, 21:30:35: I wanted the cat wrist rest but have concluded that shipping will probably be ~$20. Boo.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Wed, 07 March 2012, 22:37:59: payment sent
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: slytown on Wed, 07 March 2012, 23:37:29: I'd like to get a 104 with MX blacks. Is there a chance you could pick one up for me? Can't read the site so not sure what brands they have. I already have ducky so I'd prefer a different brand. Thx.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Thu, 08 March 2012, 08:06:12: money and tip sent!!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Thu, 08 March 2012, 11:29:24: money/tip sent!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Thu, 08 March 2012, 11:40:58: How are you doing the payments? Just wondering because I haven't gotten a message...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Thu, 08 March 2012, 12:04:46: Payment sent + a little extra for your effort/trouble. =)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: fstop on Thu, 08 March 2012, 19:24:31: PM sent, sorry for the trouble!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Thu, 08 March 2012, 22:01:23: Payment sent. Enjoy the vacation and looking forward to receiving the keycaps. :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: i3oilermaker on Thu, 08 March 2012, 22:02:02: Paid Up! Thanks Again!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 08 March 2012, 22:02:17: Quote from: sawedust;539765
Payment sent. Enjoy the vacation and looking forward to receiving the keycaps. :)

I wish it was a vacation TT Almost done sending out pm's :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Thu, 08 March 2012, 22:04:54: Payment sent.

ps; isn't there such a thing as too much gift activity on one account? O.O
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 08 March 2012, 22:05:53: Quote from: Lu_e;539771
Payment sent.

ps; isn't there such a thing as too much gift activity on one account? O.O

There is, but this amount of money won't arouse suspicion I hope O_o Group buy size is when it gets craazy
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 08 March 2012, 22:26:58: YAY ALL PM"S HAVE BEEN SENT!!! Now to wait for payment...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Thu, 08 March 2012, 23:07:55: so where are u going to stay in china?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 08 March 2012, 23:09:00: Quote from: CaiSter21;539825
so where are u going to stay in china?

Shenzhen for work, then beijing with my family, where everything will be shipped.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Thu, 08 March 2012, 23:12:18: Payment + a little extra ; ) Thanks again for doing this
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Fri, 09 March 2012, 20:35:45: Still waiting for payment from a few people ._.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Fri, 09 March 2012, 20:37:20: Hey sorry, totally forgot, gonna send it right now. I had too many things to take care of and ship. Constant forum server problems didn't help either.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wuBu on Sat, 10 March 2012, 00:12:43: paid yesterday; have a nice trip!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Sat, 10 March 2012, 02:50:21: payment send yesterday; Thanks man!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Sat, 10 March 2012, 05:58:04: payment sent and asked for more stuff :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Sat, 10 March 2012, 09:39:38: Enjoy your trip to China! Thanks alot for doing this for everyone :tea:
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 10 March 2012, 16:58:38: Payment sent yesterday. Enjoy your trip!
Thanks again!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: tukkez on Sat, 10 March 2012, 18:04:56: is it still possible to get like 3 south park keys ?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Fri, 16 March 2012, 04:38:42: Putting in the order with imsto now :bump:

I'll try to post pictures when they arrive :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Fri, 16 March 2012, 14:05:02: o-o you have to same avatar that jiji uses on skype rofl. Totally off-topic but yeah. Hope you're enjoying your trip so far! :3
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Fri, 16 March 2012, 14:59:16: Quote from: Kellybear;548020
o-o you have to same avatar that jiji uses on skype rofl. Totally off-topic but yeah. Hope you're enjoying your trip so far! :3

Lol, he's also a brony, huh. I am enjoying it a lot, forgot how different china was.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: godofdeath on Fri, 16 March 2012, 22:17:55: dont see my name on the list
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Fri, 16 March 2012, 22:47:04: CANT WAIT FOR MY KENNYYY
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Fri, 16 March 2012, 23:12:08: Quote from: godofdeath;548433
dont see my name on the list

What did you order? I don't have you down for anything/have not received a payment.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: godofdeath on Sat, 17 March 2012, 14:22:20: black sc2 keys people are wanting
topre keychain
black cherry key
white cherry key
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sat, 17 March 2012, 20:30:54: Quote from: godofdeath;549038
black sc2 keys people are wanting
topre keychain
black cherry key
white cherry key

I literally barely met the minimum for the black sc2 keys, don't know if shops will have anymore. Topre keychains are $$$, if you want to pay 60$+ for them then just pm me. Only white cherry keys are available.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 18 March 2012, 18:58:54: If anyone is interested in a blue realforce keychain at the price of 80 dollars, pm me. It's kinda ridiculous what taobao sellers price it at...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: captain on Sun, 18 March 2012, 19:05:52: I totally lost track of this thread. I guess the things I asked for about a month ago never made it to your purchase list. Is it too late?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 18 March 2012, 19:10:50: Quote from: captain;550045
I totally lost track of this thread. I guess the things I asked for about a month ago never made it to your purchase list. Is it too late?

Depends what they are ;)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: captain on Sun, 18 March 2012, 19:26:13: From page 1 of this thread
Quote from: captain;527710
I would like a bunch (10-20 pairs) of these to give to my apple loving friends.
edit:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=13155443989&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

And a few sets of these

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=14125867703&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

And a few other things I saw on taobao
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: njvz on Sun, 18 March 2012, 20:18:22: Is there any chance I could get something as well? I need a red one of these spacebars: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13517152786&

and these caps: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13507048308&

If not, thanks anyhow. Awesome to see someone doing this.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: mashingkeys on Sun, 18 March 2012, 20:24:25: shame about the Nerv key D: whenever those are mentioned there's interest but here it seems no one was able to find a suitable vendor.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 18 March 2012, 20:47:06: Quote from: captain;550062
From page 1 of this thread

And a few sets of these

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?scm=1007.77.0.0&id=14125867703&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

And a few other things I saw on taobao

Apple ones are out, bought by some guy. I can add the girl keycaps, just send me a pm asap.

Quote from: njvz;550093
Is there any chance I could get something as well? I need a red one of these spacebars: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13517152786&

and these caps: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13507048308&

If not, thanks anyhow. Awesome to see someone doing this.

Spacebars are too inconvenient, sorry, completely different seller :(
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: njvz on Sun, 18 March 2012, 20:57:16: Ah, my bad. I'm not too familiar with Taobao so I don't really know which vendors are usable. Are there any in particular that everyone is using? I would really like to get some stuff.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Sun, 18 March 2012, 21:18:11: Quote from: njvz;550135
Ah, my bad. I'm not too familiar with Taobao so I don't really know which vendors are usable. Are there any in particular that everyone is using? I would really like to get some stuff.

Welcome to GH! Most of the white PBT dye subs are from imsto.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: njvz on Sun, 18 March 2012, 21:36:06: Thank you!

This is awesome- diving headfirst now.

edit: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://item.taobao.com/item.htm%3Fid%3D12789264367%26&usg=ALkJrhjboRoRWCLanCGheEMcnzS8sTeaAw

Are the rainbow keys doable or are you only ordering from imsto, Changdrew?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Thu, 22 March 2012, 08:01:19: How's the vacation going? Have the goods been sent out yet?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 22 March 2012, 23:27:28: Quote from: njvz;550163
Thank you!

This is awesome- diving headfirst now.

edit: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://item.taobao.com/item.htm%3Fid%3D12789264367%26&usg=ALkJrhjboRoRWCLanCGheEMcnzS8sTeaAw

Are the rainbow keys doable or are you only ordering from imsto, Changdrew?

I am a lazy man, and all orders have been placed, so no more will be placed.

Quote from: thegunner100;553430
How's the vacation going? Have the goods been sent out yet?

Sadly it isn't a vacation :( Business trips ftl...

I placed the order with imsto on tuesday, and I believe he said he makes all the caps on friday. All other orders have come in.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Fri, 23 March 2012, 00:24:59: Quote from: Changdrew;554262
I believe he said he makes all the caps on friday. All other orders have come in.

Must be nice to be able to just "make the caps". :dance:
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Fri, 23 March 2012, 00:31:31: Quote from: hashbaz;554316
Must be nice to be able to just "make the caps". :dance:

The kbc triad is powerful.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Anyguy4321 on Fri, 23 March 2012, 00:43:10: Hi I put in an order but didn't get a paypal invoice. I'm hoping you still put it in :/
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Fri, 23 March 2012, 00:45:01: Quote from: Anyguy4321;554339
Hi I put in an order but didn't get a paypal invoice. I'm hoping you still put it in :/

O****! Why u no message me earlier? I'm on my phone right now, but when I get on a computer I'll see what I can do about it.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: captain on Fri, 23 March 2012, 04:42:13: Bummer about the Apple keys. And I missed the response where you asked me to PM. sigh.

I'll PM You my PayPal info, so if you got the keys anyway you can send me the invoice. :-)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Anyguy4321 on Fri, 23 March 2012, 12:46:43: Quote from: Changdrew;554341
O****! Why u no message me earlier? I'm on my phone right now, but when I get on a computer I'll see what I can do about it.

I did message you but I believe you were on the plane at that point. I don't blame you, you must be inundated with PM's. If you could just invoice me on paypal and I'll pay ASAP to make things easier on you.

Thanks!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sat, 24 March 2012, 01:14:00: Bad news guys...just went to the seller of the black sc2 keys. He said he only had 10~ sets and won't be having more for another 2~3 weeks. Poop it's not that bad, but I'm still sad about the delay and the shipping cost from china to america.

If anyone who ordered the sc2 keys + something else wants me to ship their order without the sc2 keys, just pm me and I will cover the shipping costs. Otherwise, I will wait until everything gets here before shipping.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Sat, 24 March 2012, 01:36:18: so the sc2 keys will just be delayed right? not cancelled?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sat, 24 March 2012, 01:41:17: Yes, but only the black ones.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Sat, 24 March 2012, 02:54:02: Thanks for the update! Feel free to put those keycaps towards those who ordered the small sets, I will wait patiently for my sets.

Hope you're doing well!

Sent from my ADR6400L
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: i3oilermaker on Mon, 26 March 2012, 10:43:19: I don't mind waiting for everything to arrive.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 27 March 2012, 16:38:08: Haha imsto keycaps have arrived!!! I'm not in beijing yet but when I am I'll take some pics :D its 530 am so I'm going to sleep... Btw there are two people on this acc so if you're confused sometimes, it's probably because there are two different people lol
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Fri, 30 March 2012, 19:03:50: good to hear
:llama:
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Sat, 31 March 2012, 09:59:30: Quote from: Changdrew;558500
Haha imsto keycaps have arrived!!! I'm not in beijing yet but when I am I'll take some pics :D its 530 am so I'm going to sleep... Btw there are two people on this acc so if you're confused sometimes, it's probably because there are two different people lol

im sure we all just assumed you were a bi-polar brony
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 03 April 2012, 16:40:16: Sorry guys, but everything will be delayed for a week or two. I profusely apologize for this. To make up for the delay. I will be giving away two ducky keychains to two random people who participated in this.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wilsongunawan on Tue, 03 April 2012, 20:40:24: i hope it is me. since i forget to ask you to buy it. hahaha.. no need to rush and take your time
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Tue, 03 April 2012, 21:36:51: forget random, just gimmie it
i'll become a brony! lol
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: xplat on Tue, 03 April 2012, 22:55:15: Can I get a Choc Mini in Red or brown switches? :X It'll take up less room in your brief case!

I don't know how to navigate Taobao or if what the "buy it now" price would be on this

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=8320385682
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Tue, 10 April 2012, 16:18:31: Quote from: Changdrew;565931
I will be giving away two ducky keychains to two random people who participated in this.

Ooooh (crosses fingers)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Wed, 11 April 2012, 16:32:16: Dude don't feel like you need to give away stuff. Nobody's gonna die because their keyboards not exactly the way they want it. Take your time :)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: captain on Wed, 11 April 2012, 16:48:24: I am going to die if I don't get some trucker girl keycaps! ;-P
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Tue, 17 April 2012, 00:57:56: any updates?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Omerta on Tue, 17 April 2012, 01:57:05: Cant believe i missed out on such an awesome ****ing opportunity.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Tue, 17 April 2012, 06:10:48: Quote from: CaiSter21;576737
any updates?

:thumbup:

Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: lan123 on Tue, 17 April 2012, 16:47:18: 1
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Wed, 18 April 2012, 19:13:00: Updates?

Sent from my TF101 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: lan123 on Wed, 18 April 2012, 19:56:01: I sugguest u all open ur paypal dispute before the 45 days period OR u will get nothing back from ur hardworking money. I m pretty sure Y'all had been scammed by Mr.Chang. ROFL, i knew something were suspicious.

He probably pocketed like 1000$++ dollars.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 18 April 2012, 19:58:04: Quote from: lan123;578416
I sugguest u all open ur paypal dispute before the 45 days period OR u will get nothing back from ur hardworking money. I m pretty sure Y'all had been scammed by Mr.Chang. ROFL, i knew something were suspicious.

He probably pocketed like 1000$++ dollars.

Really -_- It's sitting in China right now. I wasn't able to get the stuff on the first time I was there, but I'm heading back in a few weeks. I already apologized for the delay, and if you actually read through the thread you would have seen it.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Wed, 18 April 2012, 19:58:24: Nothing.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: i3oilermaker on Wed, 18 April 2012, 20:04:53: I think people are getting antsy because you said the delay was a week or two and that was two weeks ago.

Changdrew's feedback score proves he is reputable and I will patiently await the arrival of my keys :madgrin:
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 18 April 2012, 20:05:43: Quote from: i3oilermaker;578428
I think people are getting antsy because you said the delay was a week or two and that was two weeks ago.

Changdrew's feedback score proves he is reputable and I will patiently await the arrival of my keys :madgrin:

Sorry, I didn't realize that the delay would be so long. I was going to ship it over from China, but the shipping costs are a bit high for that amount.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Thu, 19 April 2012, 00:24:53: Well I'm in no rush, I'm still happy you were able to do this for us. I hope it doesn't cause you too much stress.

Thanks again!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Thu, 19 April 2012, 07:30:16: Quote from: Changdrew;578419
Really -_- It's sitting in China right now. I wasn't able to get the stuff on the first time I was there, but I'm heading back in a few weeks. I already apologized for the delay, and if you actually read through the thread you would have seen it.

You should ignore lan123, if you look at his posts, he has been trolling the forums and ****ting on everybody's prices and what not. I'm sure I will get my order sometime, and your feedback is good, so I'm just waiting patiently right now for my caps :D.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: megnin on Thu, 19 April 2012, 07:43:18: You were doing us a favor. I'm happy to wait until you are able to get the orders out.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Thu, 19 April 2012, 09:04:53: Can't thank Chang enough for doing this, can wait as long as it takes. No need to rush bud.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wilsongunawan on Thu, 26 April 2012, 19:53:17: any update yet? 27 april and yet no update.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: snowboarder3 on Fri, 27 April 2012, 13:23:09: Not trying to bug or anything, when are you headed back to China chang? Thanks for doing this again. Anybody who expects ANYTHING to arrive from china within a short time is delusional.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wilsongunawan on Mon, 30 April 2012, 07:45:15: update?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: F u r u y á on Tue, 01 May 2012, 10:48:54: Still waiting for updates (I ordered SC2 Engraved Infilled).

This is the 3rd message I send (first 2 message got no answer!) :(
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 01 May 2012, 19:54:01: I am heading back in a week. Sorry for the delay all :(
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Tue, 01 May 2012, 19:56:09: Quote from: Changdrew;587696
I am heading back in a week. Sorry for the delay all :(

No worries, you were nice enough to so this for us.

Sent from my iPhone using an iPhone
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Wed, 02 May 2012, 14:56:30: Sorry but can someone give a quick summary to whats happening/going to happen? after browsing through this thread, I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

Thanks!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: i3oilermaker on Wed, 02 May 2012, 15:10:28: Changdrew is leaving in a week to get our stuff.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Wed, 02 May 2012, 19:51:38: Quote from: naranja;588322
Sorry but can someone give a quick summary to whats happening/going to happen? after browsing through this thread, I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

Thanks!

To recap Changdrew decided to be awesome and bring back some items to us in the states, time passed, people *****ed, more to follow ; )
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: onesie on Wed, 02 May 2012, 20:17:38: too late to get in on this action? :/
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Wed, 02 May 2012, 20:24:17: Quote from: onesie;588625
too late to get in on this action? :/

Depends on what you want ;)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: snowboarder3 on Sat, 19 May 2012, 23:00:52: any updates?

Thanks chang
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Sun, 20 May 2012, 00:11:54: Quote from: snowboarder3;596190
any updates?

Thanks chang

Should be here by the end of may. I hope.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: qtan5370 on Sun, 20 May 2012, 14:03:57: Good luck and be careful with bring in the SC2 caps.

I never try to sell SC2 caps even I have access to it.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Djuzuh on Sun, 20 May 2012, 14:06:55: Quote from: qtan5370;596535
I never try to sell SC2 caps even I have access to it.

Why, fear of copyright issues?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Sun, 27 May 2012, 23:39:12: any updates?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Mon, 28 May 2012, 09:18:15: Quote from: CaiSter21;601690
any updates?

X2 please
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Mon, 28 May 2012, 12:36:29: Quote from: Djuzuh;596541
Why, fear of copyright issues?

prob more about US Customs confiscating if they inspect
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: wilsongunawan on Mon, 28 May 2012, 13:00:20: x3 please
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Mon, 28 May 2012, 18:39:24: Coming back in one week. Shipping out Week of June 10/11.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: sawedust on Mon, 28 May 2012, 18:44:12: Thanks for the update!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Mon, 28 May 2012, 18:50:32: i don't even remember what i bought lol
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Tue, 29 May 2012, 02:48:20: lol what's left that I can add to my order mate?

please tell me Audrey's okay!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 29 May 2012, 02:52:53: Quote from: projectD;602360
i don't even remember what i bought lol

Me neither! It'll be like Christmas morning. :D
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Wed, 30 May 2012, 08:41:39: Quote from: hashbaz;602590
Me neither! It'll be like Christmas morning. :D

Or like Hanukkah, this will be the much extended delay eighth day gift that counts!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Wed, 30 May 2012, 16:19:21: sweet, thanks for the updates!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Tue, 05 June 2012, 19:03:45: Stuff came! Only problem is...The imsto keys are greyish instead of pure white.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]52329[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]52330[/ATTACH]

If anyone has a problem with this pm me, and I will try to sort it out. If not, I will be sorting and packaging tomorrow, hopefully shipping by thursday.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Tue, 05 June 2012, 19:11:49: I expected that after seeing some of the pictures people posted around here. Grey is fine with me as long as you can ship it out fast! lol
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Wed, 06 June 2012, 06:08:18: Quote from: Changdrew;608206
Stuff came! Only problem is...The imsto keys are greyish instead of pure white.

(Attachment) 52329[/ATTACH] (Attachment) 52330[/ATTACH]

If anyone has a problem with this pm me, and I will try to sort it out. If not, I will be sorting and packaging tomorrow, hopefully shipping by thursday.

Nice
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: megnin on Wed, 06 June 2012, 08:59:04: Fine with me. Looking forward to getting them. Thanks for all doing this for us!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Djuzuh on Wed, 06 June 2012, 09:00:10: Does anybody have some leftover? :D.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lethal Squirrel on Wed, 06 June 2012, 09:18:50: Sorry. This is random, but I just noticed megnin's typewriter is typing "geekhack" xD
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Wed, 06 June 2012, 09:21:18: Quote from: Lethal Squirrel;608508
Sorry. This is random, but I just noticed megnin's typewriter is typing "geekhack" xD

Haha wow... you have a keen eye there.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Thu, 07 June 2012, 00:54:43: Quote from: thegunner100;608509
Haha wow... you have a keen eye there.

Interesting, and to think I thought it was typing "all work and no play makes David a dull boy" all this time.

Anywho excited as well to get these on my board(s)
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Thu, 07 June 2012, 11:23:27: please package Audrey well!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Sun, 10 June 2012, 15:34:53: Can I have an update on my order?(kitty wrist rest) thank you!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 13 June 2012, 01:43:30: I was so excited for these when I put in the order, but 3 months later that excitement kinda died down. Still looking forward to get these though.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Wed, 13 June 2012, 02:17:03: Does anyone know what Changdrews up to? I've pmed him a couple times about my order but haven't gotten a response. s:
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: megnin on Thu, 14 June 2012, 08:52:04: Quote from: Changdrew;602345
Coming back in one week. Shipping out Week of June 10/11.
It's the end of that week. Looking forward to some tracking numbers or at least a note saying "All orders are shipped."
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Changdrew on Thu, 14 June 2012, 09:06:10: Sorry guys, I have something to take care of, very important :(

Everything is packaged, but will not be able to ship until next tuesday. I am the delay king!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: The_Ed on Thu, 14 June 2012, 12:49:43: I thought that was 7bit...
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Glissant on Thu, 14 June 2012, 21:51:29: ^ That made me laugh too much. I need to go back to bed..
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Zamorph on Fri, 15 June 2012, 12:34:28: Can't wait to get my caps ! :)

Quote from: Glissant;613795
^ That made me laugh too much. I need to go back to bed..
Sleep is for the dead!
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: damorgue on Sun, 17 June 2012, 15:15:57: Quote from: Omerta;576789
Cant believe i missed out on such an awesome ****ing opportunity.

Me too T_T
Did you get any extra realforce keychains?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: postlapsaetia on Sun, 17 June 2012, 19:29:37: Quote from: damorgue;615656
Me too T_T
Did you get any extra realforce keychains?

This. How did I miss this thread?
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Mon, 25 June 2012, 13:06:34: So... shipped? :)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 09:34:42: Bump!!
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 09:44:56: Nope, I think we got 'Gotz'...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:19:37: Quote from: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 09:44:56
Nope, I think we got 'Gotz'...
Got What!! lol
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:26:18: Quote from: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:19:37
Quote from: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 09:44:56
Nope, I think we got 'Gotz'...
Got What!! lol

GOTZ = Robbed...Not up on the urban lingo? lol

www.urbandictionary.com
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:48:29: My Audrey Hepburn!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!! :'(
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 12:16:45: Quote from: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:26:18
Quote from: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:19:37
Quote from: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 09:44:56
Nope, I think we got 'Gotz'...

Got What!! lol

GOTZ = Robbed...Not up on the urban lingo? lol

www.urbandictionary.com

lol ,really Who's!! lol

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gotz
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: precarious on Fri, 20 July 2012, 16:52:48: Quote from: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:26:18
Quote from: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 10:19:37
Quote from: boost on Fri, 20 July 2012, 09:44:56
Nope, I think we got 'Gotz'...
Got What!! lol

GOTZ = Robbed...Not up on the urban lingo? lol

www.urbandictionary.com

Not up on the destroying language and completely failing to properly utilize words which have long been a part of the extant lexicon.

I didn't get in on this, at least, but the dye sublimation group buy got me for 14 dollars. I'm getting that 14 dollars back before I die.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: 9-bit on Fri, 20 July 2012, 17:02:30: Does anyone know how to navigate the website? I could only find keyboards, I'm looking for some cheap key caps, I'm just looking for colored sets. Is there a section on the website where I can see what they have as far as key caps? Thanks, and hope you have fun :)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: net2522 on Fri, 20 July 2012, 18:18:42: Quote from: 9-bit on Fri, 20 July 2012, 17:02:30
Does anyone know how to navigate the website? I could only find keyboards, I'm looking for some cheap key caps, I'm just looking for colored sets. Is there a section on the website where I can see what they have as far as key caps? Thanks, and hope you have fun :)

try this one http://geekhack.org/index.php?board=81.0
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Mon, 23 July 2012, 17:04:49: So any ideas on how we get our money back? I doubt that we will ever see those keycaps...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Mon, 23 July 2012, 19:57:53: Quote from: pyro_dragun on Mon, 23 July 2012, 17:04:49
So any ideas on how we get our money back? I doubt that we will ever see those keycaps...

Andrew will be sending out the taobao things shortly. He just arrived back from China and refunded everyone from the imsto gb. Obviously, you can't get a refund for the taobao goods since he already has them :P He has collected the addresses needed and will start shipping out soon. I left a post in the imsto gb thread about what he was doing but forgot to post here. My bad~
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Tue, 24 July 2012, 01:00:58: Yay.

I hope my small donation (as well as the other peoples), from when we very first sent payment helps in some way.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Tue, 24 July 2012, 07:00:21: Quote from: Kellybear on Mon, 23 July 2012, 19:57:53
Andrew will be sending out the taobao things shortly. He just arrived back from China and refunded everyone from the imsto gb. Obviously, you can't get a refund for the taobao goods since he already has them :P He has collected the addresses needed and will start shipping out soon. I left a post in the imsto gb thread about what he was doing but forgot to post here. My bad~

Great news! hope some apology cards are being sent out from some people :D
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Tue, 24 July 2012, 22:25:38: Quote from: Kellybear on Mon, 23 July 2012, 19:57:53
Quote from: pyro_dragun on Mon, 23 July 2012, 17:04:49
So any ideas on how we get our money back? I doubt that we will ever see those keycaps...

Andrew will be sending out the taobao things shortly. He just arrived back from China and refunded everyone from the imsto gb. Obviously, you can't get a refund for the taobao goods since he already has them :P He has collected the addresses needed and will start shipping out soon. I left a post in the imsto gb thread about what he was doing but forgot to post here. My bad~

Cool, thanks for the update. I hope he got my PM about my address change.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Tue, 24 July 2012, 22:43:52: Quote from: precarious on Fri, 20 July 2012, 16:52:48
Not up on the destroying language and completely failing to properly utilize words which have long been a part of the extant lexicon.

Lexical superiority is racist, bro.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: ChaoticKinesis on Fri, 27 July 2012, 15:09:39: Quote from: sth on Tue, 24 July 2012, 22:43:52
Quote from: precarious on Fri, 20 July 2012, 16:52:48
Not up on the destroying language and completely failing to properly utilize words which have long been a part of the extant lexicon.

Lexical superiority is racist, bro.

So you would think no less of someone iF dEye wAzZz B tiApNg lYkE dIzZz???
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Fri, 27 July 2012, 21:07:57: Quote from: ChaoticKinesis on Fri, 27 July 2012, 15:09:39
Quote from: sth on Tue, 24 July 2012, 22:43:52
Quote from: precarious on Fri, 20 July 2012, 16:52:48
Not up on the destroying language and completely failing to properly utilize words which have long been a part of the extant lexicon.

Lexical superiority is racist, bro.

So you would think no less of someone iF dEye wAzZz B tiApNg lYkE dIzZz???

Depends on what they're saying.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Glissant on Fri, 27 July 2012, 21:12:59: Quote from: ChaoticKinesis on Fri, 27 July 2012, 15:09:39
Quote from: sth on Tue, 24 July 2012, 22:43:52
Quote from: precarious on Fri, 20 July 2012, 16:52:48
Not up on the destroying language and completely failing to properly utilize words which have long been a part of the extant lexicon.

Lexical superiority is racist, bro.

So you would think no less of someone iF dEye wAzZz B tiApNg lYkE dIzZz???

(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6010/loldqp6.jpg)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Mon, 06 August 2012, 15:42:51: Sooo, any updates at all?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:32:35: It's been 6 months. Can I have my money back for this too? Also will you stop being a coward and post some updates for us people who foolishly gave you our gold coins?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:35:57: Looks like someone missed the updates from the other thread, and from above.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: boost on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:37:17: Quote from: telepete on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:32:35
It's been 6 months. Can I have my money back for this too? Also will you stop being a coward and post some updates for us people who foolishly gave you our gold coins?

IDK, might aswell just give up...
Title: Re: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:39:47: Quote from: thegunner100 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:35:57
Looks like someone missed the updates from the other thread, and from above.

+ I got updates bud. But none from the man himself. That's the point here.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Wed, 08 August 2012, 18:12:36: Quote from: thegunner100 on Wed, 08 August 2012, 11:35:57
Looks like someone missed the updates from the other thread, and from above.
Other thread was refunded because items were never ordered from my understanding. He has the Taobao items so no need for a refund and in the above statement they were suppose to be shipped out shortly. I'm starting to think shortly = never
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: jrockroll on Wed, 08 August 2012, 20:41:43: if it was going to take this long, good thing I never ordered anything...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Thu, 09 August 2012, 17:10:58: i never got my refund in the other thread....
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Djuzuh on Thu, 09 August 2012, 17:20:02: Quote from: CaiSter21 on Thu, 09 August 2012, 17:10:58
i never got my refund in the other thread....

He run into paypal issues.

Can't do much then.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 12 August 2012, 03:59:48: Quote from: Changdrew on Thu, 14 June 2012, 09:06:10
Sorry guys, I have something to take care of, very important :(

Everything is packaged, but will not be able to ship until next tuesday. I am the delay king!
Andrew, can you please give me back the money I sent you for this? I sent you $58 on 03/09/12. You can keep the tip I gave you for your "troubles", but please refund the cost of items and shipping. Last thing you said about this whole thing was around mid June that it'll be shipped. Looks like that didn't happen, or it might never even happen.

Part of being a group buy organizer are the responsibilities that come along with it. And when you already receive people's money, then it becomes an obligation. I don't think I need to elaborate more on this.
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: i3oilermaker on Sun, 12 August 2012, 09:19:17: x2
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: wilsongunawan on Sun, 12 August 2012, 12:53:26: x3
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Sun, 12 August 2012, 20:45:22: x100000000

I really would just like the keychain but seriously....
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:02:06: SO ANNOYING

I really feel bad for those with $$$ into this
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Djuzuh on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:07:46: Quote from: Lu_e on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:02:06
SO ANNOYING

I really feel bad for those with $$$ into this

Why ?

I'm certain they will get their items.

Everybody can have a bad time in one's life. But I still believe Changdrew will make everything right, if you give him some time.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:28:44: i can be patient, i waited a year for OCN's GT group buy lol.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Wed, 15 August 2012, 16:35:59: Quote from: projectD on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:28:44
i can be patient, i waited a year for OCN's GT group buy lol.
You are a much more patient fellow than I, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 15 August 2012, 20:42:42: Patience is one thing, but being fooled by a potential scam is another. If Changdrew actually gave promise that he'll ship, then I wouldn't mind waiting a reasonable amount of time. However, holding my money like this and missing the shipping dates that he said he would ship out leads me to believe that I got shafted. In the other group buy, he took orders and everyone's money also, but didn't even submit the orders to imsto to make the caps. I can only assume the intentions behind doing something like this. Changdrew already said that he received all caps from imsto for this group buy, but if imsto comes in and says he never ordered anything, then I think it's pretty clear.

Btw, he logged in just yesterday, and didn't bother rectifying anything. I sure hope this doesn't turn out to be the first scam on GH.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Halverson on Wed, 15 August 2012, 20:54:33: He has been refunding the IMSTO group guy slowly but surely, paypal has been deterring that. As for sending these out/ refunding, not sure. Sending would probably be faster than refunds if he is going to do one or the other, hopefully soon.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 15 August 2012, 21:00:54: How do you know he's refunding it himself or if paypal is forcing the transaction reversal because of all the filed disputes? Anyways, I would like him to speak for himself to clear this up. He logged in, and it only takes a minute or two to post an update.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Halverson on Wed, 15 August 2012, 21:02:40: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 15 August 2012, 21:00:54
How do you know he's refunding it himself or if paypal is forcing the transaction reversal because of all the filed disputes? Anyways, I would like him to speak for himself to clear this up. He logged in, and it only takes a minute or two to post an update.

True. Just been taking Kellybears word for it, since it was said he has been doing the refunds.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: ChaoticKinesis on Thu, 16 August 2012, 01:58:44: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 15 August 2012, 21:00:54
How do you know he's refunding it himself or if paypal is forcing the transaction reversal because of all the filed disputes? Anyways, I would like him to speak for himself to clear this up. He logged in, and it only takes a minute or two to post an update.

Not to defend his actions, since I do agree with you and find it hard to understand why he didn't post an update a long time ago, but the refund came accompanied with a note that said "sorry." I'm quite sure that means it was done manually.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Djuzuh on Thu, 16 August 2012, 03:01:30: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 15 August 2012, 21:00:54
How do you know he's refunding it himself or if paypal is forcing the transaction reversal because of all the filed disputes? Anyways, I would like him to speak for himself to clear this up. He logged in, and it only takes a minute or two to post an update.

I didn't open a dispute, and Changdrew send me the money as a gift payment, not a refund.

EDIT: yeah, and there was a "sorry" note too.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Thu, 16 August 2012, 10:22:20: Quote from: Djuzuh on Thu, 16 August 2012, 03:01:30
Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Wed, 15 August 2012, 21:00:54
How do you know he's refunding it himself or if paypal is forcing the transaction reversal because of all the filed disputes? Anyways, I would like him to speak for himself to clear this up. He logged in, and it only takes a minute or two to post an update.

I didn't open a dispute, and Changdrew send me the money as a gift payment, not a refund.

EDIT: yeah, and there was a "sorry" note too.
same for my refund
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Lu_e on Thu, 16 August 2012, 21:31:18: Quote from: Djuzuh on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:07:46
Quote from: Lu_e on Wed, 15 August 2012, 15:02:06
SO ANNOYING

I really feel bad for those with $$$ into this

Why ?

I'm certain they will get their items.

Everybody can have a bad time in one's life. But I still believe Changdrew will make everything right, if you give him some time.

The single fact he cant post "stuff's coming" or ANYTHING. I dont think im alone in knowing how hard that is, seriously. Not being courteous to customers is pretty bad. I gave dude a tip for 1 keycap, $10 gift payment so really i'm not out much but man being courteous in this, and many other situations, is really not that hard. /lasthingiwillprobablypostinhere
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Thu, 16 August 2012, 22:23:59: He is embarrassed, obviously, so he has been communicating through Kelly. And if his Paypal is hosed, he probably doesn't have money to ship out the Taobao goods. He is still in high school and probably can't just eat the shipping like most of us would in this situation.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Thu, 16 August 2012, 22:30:58: He isn't online very often either. He told me he had everything packaged and would be shipping the following day, but that was when he first got back. I haven't asked about it recently. I've been trying to get him to come back because I think it's better he respond to everyone instead of me speaking for him, but he isn't up for it yet. I'll definitely try to find out what's happened with the taobao stuff when I catch him online again.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Thu, 16 August 2012, 23:11:46: Quote from: hashbaz on Thu, 16 August 2012, 22:23:59
He is embarrassed, obviously, so he has been communicating through Kelly. And if his Paypal is hosed, he probably doesn't have money to ship out the Taobao goods. He is still in high school and probably can't just eat the shipping like most of us would in this situation.
If this is really the case he needs to step up and be accountable for his actions. Between this and the other GB his integrity seems to be questionable and should really speak up for himself, regardless if he lied or anything. IMO I rather here him say stuff we don't want to hear then nothing at all. Right now at least for myself I'm left in the dark wondering whats going on
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Thu, 16 August 2012, 23:29:27: Quote from: Tennobanzai on Thu, 16 August 2012, 23:11:46
If this is really the case he needs to step up and be accountable for his actions. Between this and the other GB his integrity seems to be questionable and should really speak up for himself, regardless if he lied or anything. IMO I rather here him say stuff we don't want to hear then nothing at all. Right now at least for myself I'm left in the dark wondering whats going on

I don't think anyone here would disagree with this.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Fri, 17 August 2012, 01:10:28: I'm not bothered. If he comes back, does a quick sorry, that'll be the slate clean.

Just set us straight.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: MMB on Fri, 17 August 2012, 01:15:16: [attach=1]
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 17 August 2012, 01:17:19: Quote from: MagicMeatball on Fri, 17 August 2012, 01:15:16
(Attachment Link)

Mmm tender horse meat burgers I presume?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: MMB on Fri, 17 August 2012, 01:34:13: Quote from: Halverson on Fri, 17 August 2012, 01:17:19
Mmm tender horse meat burgers I presume?

(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r36/DeLos23/DeadHorse.jpg)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: mickd on Fri, 17 August 2012, 02:03:02: Yeah. If he comes back, apologises and gives up some updates whenever he gets them, that would be enough for me. Stuff happens. Communication is key.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Sun, 19 August 2012, 21:23:54: [7:20:24 PM] Kelly: Hey people are still asking about the taobao stuff on the forums. Did you get them all shipped out?
[7:21:07 PM] Andrew : I've been really busy
[7:21:09 PM] Andrew : past few days
[7:21:22 PM] Andrew : but they are not shipped out yet
[7:21:26 PM] Andrew : i really want to ship them out
[7:21:30 PM] Andrew : but i dont have any tim
[7:22:37 PM] Kelly: Are you planning on shipping out soon?
[7:22:48 PM] Andrew : yeah i should have free time on tuesday
[7:22:52 PM] Kelly: Oki
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 19 August 2012, 21:55:45: Ok so he's been busy for the past few days. How about the past few months that we got no updates? Busy too?

For some reason, I just think that shipping out on Tuesday is just another empty promise.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: ekw808 on Sun, 19 August 2012, 22:01:07: I'm pretty glad I got rejected from this GB.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Elrick on Sun, 19 August 2012, 22:06:11: Quote from: ekw808 on Sun, 19 August 2012, 22:01:07
I'm pretty glad I got rejected from this GB.

Yes, you can sure say that again. But also of note there are some other Group Buys that have failed. Is this the future of Group Buys from now on, failure to deliver once payments have been made?

Maybe it's better off ONLY buying from registered sellers here on Geekhack instead of buying from privateers..... with next to no positive feedbacks. Just something to think about before handing over any money to future Group Buys here on Geekhack.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: ChaoticKinesis on Mon, 20 August 2012, 03:15:47: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 19 August 2012, 21:55:45
Ok so he's been busy for the past few days. How about the past few months that we got no updates? Busy too?

For some reason, I just think that shipping out on Tuesday is just another empty promise.

Agreed, what does it mean for someone to be really busy? I understand not finding the time to do it over the course of a couple days, but really finding an hour or two to package things and take them to the post office should not be such a huge deal. Who is so busy that they honestly can't find the time to do that over the course of weeks or months? Similarly, taking a few minutes to post something does not take much longer than the two minutes devoted to those instant messages. To me, that just says this is very low on his priority list—or there are other reasons for him not doing this that are not being disclosed.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 20 August 2012, 03:18:09: Quote from: Elrick on Sun, 19 August 2012, 22:06:11
Quote from: ekw808 on Sun, 19 August 2012, 22:01:07
I'm pretty glad I got rejected from this GB.

Yes, you can sure say that again. But also of note there are some other Group Buys that have failed. Is this the future of Group Buys from now on, failure to deliver once payments have been made?

Maybe it's better off ONLY buying from registered sellers here on Geekhack instead of buying from privateers..... with next to no positive feedbacks. Just something to think about before handing over any money to future Group Buys here on Geekhack.

Changdrew had several positive feedback (about 15? and a few sales too) and was a mod on GH.

But he didn't have any time nor internet access for some time.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Fri, 24 August 2012, 13:02:45: so has the kid gotten over his embarrassment?
i mean im a pretty laid back guy, and i'll chalk it up to a learning experience, but i had no clue Changdrew was a kid.
Should have a rule that you can't organize and handle GB's if you're underage.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Fri, 24 August 2012, 13:39:21: It's unfortunate, because these Taobao goods were ordered, packaged, and ready to ship. Changdrew did seem really nice in the forums, but this just fell through.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Sat, 25 August 2012, 22:19:53: so why the hell hasn't he sent out the stuff yet if its been packaged?
all you have to do is just take it down to the post office and send it out....
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Glissant on Sat, 25 August 2012, 22:43:42: I would guess it has turned into a money issue, but it's just a guess.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 26 August 2012, 08:25:47: Quote from: Kellybear on Sun, 19 August 2012, 21:23:54
[7:22:37 PM] Kelly: Are you planning on shipping out soon?
[7:22:48 PM] Andrew : yeah i should have free time on tuesday
So it's way past Tuesday. They're not shipped out yet. Geez what a surprise...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:10:02: Quote from: Glissant on Sat, 25 August 2012, 22:43:42
I would guess it has turned into a money issue, but it's just a guess.
Except for we paid for shipping with our order :-/
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Glissant on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:32:12: It's just speculation, but I'm guessing he might have spent the money he should have used on shipping on something else. That's the only logical reason for not being able to ship it now that he has been home for a while.
But like I said. These are only speculations.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: bisl on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:39:18: Supposedly everything went off the rails as a result of a family emergency of some kind, right? Desperate times call for desperate measures as they say. Maybe you're right.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Tue, 28 August 2012, 00:02:17: Quote from: Glissant on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:32:12
It's just speculation, but I'm guessing he might have spent the money he should have used on shipping on something else. That's the only logical reason for not being able to ship it now that he has been home for a while.
But like I said. These are only speculations.
as much as you'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, the simple fact that he hasn't shown his face publicly on this forum means he's still an immature kid who can't take responsibilities
I doubt he actually even has these Taobao keys in possession.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Tue, 28 August 2012, 02:44:42: Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 00:02:17
Quote from: Glissant on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:32:12
It's just speculation, but I'm guessing he might have spent the money he should have used on shipping on something else. That's the only logical reason for not being able to ship it now that he has been home for a while.
But like I said. These are only speculations.
as much as you'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, the simple fact that he hasn't shown his face publicly on this forum means he's still an immature kid who can't take responsibilities
I doubt he actually even has these Taobao keys in possession.
I did see some pictures of the keys a while back, so I think he has them.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:33:30: Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 28 August 2012, 02:44:42
Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 00:02:17
Quote from: Glissant on Mon, 27 August 2012, 23:32:12
It's just speculation, but I'm guessing he might have spent the money he should have used on shipping on something else. That's the only logical reason for not being able to ship it now that he has been home for a while.
But like I said. These are only speculations.
as much as you'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, the simple fact that he hasn't shown his face publicly on this forum means he's still an immature kid who can't take responsibilities
I doubt he actually even has these Taobao keys in possession.
I did see some pictures of the keys a while back, so I think he has them.
considering he hasn't actually come on the forums to speak, i will still believe he doesn't have them
granted im only out like $24.00, so i'll say its a lesson learned
but the immaturity he's displayed thus far is ridiculous.

i even went back through the PM, he was even asking for tips lol...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16: so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:21:28: Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.

to be fair, my time is more valuable than pursuing this through legal ground.
Similar to my parking ticket, the meter maid wrote me a citation stating i did not have meter receipt displaying in my car when I was parked in Municipal Lot #1, thing is, i was parked in Municipal Lot #4, and had my parking permit displayed
tried appealing by mail, was rejected.
Is it worth taking a day off of work to fight a $35.00 parking ticket? not to me.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:43:08: Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.
Well if we do want to take action we should before the statue of limitation comes into play. Which I don't know when it does
Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:21:28
Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.

to be fair, my time is more valuable than pursuing this through legal ground.
Similar to my parking ticket, the meter maid wrote me a citation stating i did not have meter receipt displaying in my car when I was parked in Municipal Lot #1, thing is, i was parked in Municipal Lot #4, and had my parking permit displayed
tried appealing by mail, was rejected.
Is it worth taking a day off of work to fight a $35.00 parking ticket? not to me.
This isn't $35. I'm willing to bet it was in the range of $500-1000. I'm guessing it's no little infraction. It would probably be a misdemeanor or possibly a felony
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:48:50: Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:21:28
Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.

to be fair, my time is more valuable than pursuing this through legal ground.
Similar to my parking ticket, the meter maid wrote me a citation stating i did not have meter receipt displaying in my car when I was parked in Municipal Lot #1, thing is, i was parked in Municipal Lot #4, and had my parking permit displayed
tried appealing by mail, was rejected.
Is it worth taking a day off of work to fight a $35.00 parking ticket? not to me.

of course not but as Tennobanzai it isn't a small amount in total, to every individual it probably is a small amount and thats why these sort of scams usually work because the scammer relies on people not caring about the small amount, but they get a huge amount from everyone in total.

also you would think it is the principle of the thing to not let people get away with this.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:41:42: Quote from: Tennobanzai on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:43:08
Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.
Well if we do want to take action we should before the statue of limitation comes into play. Which I don't know when it does
Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:21:28
Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.

to be fair, my time is more valuable than pursuing this through legal ground.
Similar to my parking ticket, the meter maid wrote me a citation stating i did not have meter receipt displaying in my car when I was parked in Municipal Lot #1, thing is, i was parked in Municipal Lot #4, and had my parking permit displayed
tried appealing by mail, was rejected.
Is it worth taking a day off of work to fight a $35.00 parking ticket? not to me.
This isn't $35. I'm willing to bet it was in the range of $500-1000. I'm guessing it's no little infraction. It would probably be a misdemeanor or possibly a felony
Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 13:48:50
Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:21:28
Quote from: rayuki on Tue, 28 August 2012, 11:48:16
so is it just me but why has this gone on so long without you guys taking this to the authorities if he has scammed you of all this money and hasn't delivered its fraud.

putting it under the header of a "groupbuy" doesn't make it any less fraud if he has failed to deliver the goods when they have been paid for.

to be fair, my time is more valuable than pursuing this through legal ground.
Similar to my parking ticket, the meter maid wrote me a citation stating i did not have meter receipt displaying in my car when I was parked in Municipal Lot #1, thing is, i was parked in Municipal Lot #4, and had my parking permit displayed
tried appealing by mail, was rejected.
Is it worth taking a day off of work to fight a $35.00 parking ticket? not to me.

of course not but as Tennobanzai it isn't a small amount in total, to every individual it probably is a small amount and thats why these sort of scams usually work because the scammer relies on people not caring about the small amount, but they get a huge amount from everyone in total.

also you would think it is the principle of the thing to not let people get away with this.
Yes the total amount is 500-1000, but what are we all going to do? Go to small claims court filing in CA?
Im gonna fly to CA, file in small claim's court and pay what, $50 for my court filing?
To claim $24?

And its not like there's any group action that can be done about it, maybe if someone has thrown in like $500 themselves, they'll find it worth while to do this

Me? Plane ticket + time = i'll just chalk it up as a douchebag on the internet.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:51:15: Hey, there are more than a few of us here who live in the Bay Area. If Andrew doesn't start refunding soon, we're gonna send people to go knock on his freaking doors (we have his address you know). I need my $40 back. lol
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:54:41: bay area? thought you were in LA bruh
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:56:58: Quote from: sth on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:54:41
bay area? thought you were in LA bruh

I'm in LA but we have "friends" everywhere. ;) Plus a trip from LA to the Bay Area isn't that far if that's what it'll take. ^-^
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:58:11: Well let us know if you come up here to break some kneecaps, we can plan the bay area meetup around the revenge trip :D
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 28 August 2012, 17:02:24: Changdrew said his Paypal is impaired in some way. That could be a lie, obviously, but if it isn't it means he probably doesn't have access to the shipping money.

The fact that he's too ashamed to post here doesn't indicate that he doesn't have the goods.

Declarations of "should" and "if X then Y" are useless. Kelly, can you find out in detail what is going on? What exactly is wrong with his Paypal and what needs to be done to resolve it? Get him to take a picture of the boxes?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Tue, 28 August 2012, 17:35:50: Quote from: hashbaz on Tue, 28 August 2012, 17:02:24
Kelly, can you find out in detail what is going on? What exactly is wrong with his Paypal and what needs to be done to resolve it? Get him to take a picture of the boxes?

I will do the best I can but I'm trying to get him to come back and post about it himself too. I'll post anything I find out in this thread or the imsto one where he should be refunding people.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Tue, 28 August 2012, 17:39:06: Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:41:42
Yes the total amount is 500-1000, but what are we all going to do? Go to small claims court filing in CA?
Im gonna fly to CA, file in small claim's court and pay what, $50 for my court filing?
To claim $24?

And its not like there's any group action that can be done about it, maybe if someone has thrown in like $500 themselves, they'll find it worth while to do this

Me? Plane ticket + time = i'll just chalk it up as a douchebag on the internet.
I was talking about criminal court, not civil court.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 28 August 2012, 20:33:23: I just went back to both dyesub GB and this taobao GB to look at any inconsistencies in stories, and I realized everything is probably made up excuses.

1) All taobao stuff were packaged BEFORE this so called family emergency. They should have been shipped before the family emergency.

2) Shipping costs for taobao items shouldn't have been a problem. Shipping was already paid for BEFORE he supposedly ordered them

3) Lack of communication because of no internet while he was in China is an excuse. He was on the forum and posting during this "no internet" time.

4) Not shipping these packages because he's too busy is the lamest excuse. A few days is understandable, even a few weeks. But a couple months? He's still a kid, how busy can he really be? And it's summer, there's no school.

5) Several times, he gave a day where he had time to ship. Nope, never happened. More beating around the bush.

6) "family emergency" was only heard from kellybear, not Andrew himself. So apparently the 2nd time he went to China during this whole fiasco was for philanthropy, then all of a sudden it became a family emergency. Although this is possible, it's not believable to me. There's no family emergency, just another sob excuse for an emotional appeal.

7) He was so enthusiastic about receiving everyone's money, but never used it to even make the order for dysubs in the other GB. imsto confirmed it. Disappeared after almost everyone paid.

8 ) Paypal problems prevent him from refunding everyone? Then how is he able to refund some people and not everyone. More like he irresponsibly spent all the money and refunding some people back slowly as he gets more funds.

He still logs in this forum weekly. In fact, he was just on YESTERDAY (check his profile yourself), but still hides behind the computer and don't bother posting anything. If I'm dead wrong on any of these, then he can come in here to defend himself.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Tue, 28 August 2012, 20:36:10: Quote
8 ) Paypal problems prevent him from refunding everyone? Then how is he able to refund some people and not everyone. More like he irresponsibly spent all the money and refunding some people back slowly as he gets more funds.

after mass refunding, paypal will lock your account to see what's up.

happened to sherry. happened to RCT. But, it has been awhile now. And both sherry and RCT eventually were let to continue refunding.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: reaper on Tue, 28 August 2012, 20:46:10: Just got my refund. Thanks Andrew! ;)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Tue, 28 August 2012, 21:17:13: I asked for a refund on this but was told the goods were purchased. This is a load. It has to be. Can you take a little kid to court? They have no legal personality so I wouldn't know how to go about it. I got refunded for the other one but you still owe me $40 junior.
Title: Re: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 28 August 2012, 21:57:24: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 28 August 2012, 20:33:23
I just went back to both dyesub GB and this taobao GB to look at any inconsistencies in stories, and I realized everything is probably made up excuses.

1) All taobao stuff were packaged BEFORE this so called family emergency. They should have been shipped before the family emergency.

2) Shipping costs for taobao items shouldn't have been a problem. Shipping was already paid for BEFORE he supposedly ordered them

3) Lack of communication because of no internet while he was in China is an excuse. He was on the forum and posting during this "no internet" time.

4) Not shipping these packages because he's too busy is the lamest excuse. A few days is understandable, even a few weeks. But a couple months? He's still a kid, how busy can he really be? And it's summer, there's no school.

5) Several times, he gave a day where he had time to ship. Nope, never happened. More beating around the bush.

6) "family emergency" was only heard from kellybear, not Andrew himself. So apparently the 2nd time he went to China during this whole fiasco was for philanthropy, then all of a sudden it became a family emergency. Although this is possible, it's not believable to me. There's no family emergency, just another sob excuse for an emotional appeal.

7) He was so enthusiastic about receiving everyone's money, but never used it to even make the order for dysubs in the other GB. imsto confirmed it. Disappeared after almost everyone paid.

8 ) Paypal problems prevent him from refunding everyone? Then how is he able to refund some people and not everyone. More like he irresponsibly spent all the money and refunding some people back slowly as he gets more funds.

He still logs in this forum weekly. In fact, he was just on YESTERDAY (check his profile yourself), but still hides behind the computer and don't bother posting anything. If I'm dead wrong on any of these, then he can come in here to defend himself.

This is the kind of declaration I was referring to as pointless a few posts back. What we need to do is work the problem, which at the moment is communication.

Changdrew, please talk to us or all this will continue to fester. If you spent the money, please fess up. If you have the goods, post some pictures. Feel free to PM me or another mod or Kelly if you'd like.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: damorgue on Tue, 28 August 2012, 22:32:05: I guess a lot of you want to sell your key caps, or rather upcoming rights to potential key caps. I wonder if one could buy a couple of them cheap now from people who believe that they will never arrive.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 28 August 2012, 22:33:28: Quote from: reaper on Tue, 28 August 2012, 20:46:10
Just got my refund. Thanks Andrew! ;)
Quote from: telepete on Tue, 28 August 2012, 21:17:13
I asked for a refund on this but was told the goods were purchased. This is a load. It has to be. Can you take a little kid to court? They have no legal personality so I wouldn't know how to go about it. I got refunded for the other one but you still owe me $40 junior.
More BS right here. Reaper got his refund, but telepete was rejected because the stuff has supposedly already been ordered. If reaper got his refund, then indeed the stuff did NOT get ordered, just like the dyesubs in the other GB.

Quote from: hashbaz on Tue, 28 August 2012, 21:57:24
This is the kind of declaration I was referring to as pointless a few posts back. What we need to do is work the problem, which at the moment is communication.

Changdrew, please talk to us or all this will continue to fester. If you spent the money, please fess up. If you have the goods, post some pictures. Feel free to PM me or another mod or Kelly if you'd like.
How is it pointless? It calls him out on all the crap he's been lying about. If he's not going to communicate, then what? It's pretty obvious he doesn't want to; he still visits the forum and purposely does not respond to anything. Giving him the benefit of the doubt on a few things is fine, but when there are this many excuses/lies and hiding, why still give him any benefit of the doubt?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Tue, 28 August 2012, 22:46:01: I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt. He screwed up, and is not doing enough to fix it (though refunds and information *are* slowly trickling in). Anger is understandable, but I'm tired of irate speeches about responsibility that draw conclusions from too little information. They are pointless.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Tue, 28 August 2012, 23:29:19: Latest thing he's said to me:

[下午 06:22:35] Andrew Chang: The problem with paypal atm
[下午 06:22:46] Andrew Chang: is that they wont let me send money without a tax number
[下午 06:22:50] Andrew Chang: which i do not own
[下午 06:22:53] Andrew Chang: realisitically
[下午 06:23:01] Andrew Chang: I should be able to send the money out
[下午 06:23:06] Andrew Chang: but paypal is being dumb
[下午 06:23:47] Andrew Chang: oh
[下午 06:23:49] Andrew Chang: paypal let me
[下午 06:23:54] Andrew Chang: i should be able to do it
[下午 06:23:55] Andrew Chang: i hope
[下午 07:00:42] Andrew Chang: Yep
[下午 07:00:49] Andrew Chang: I should be able to refund all payments
[下午 07:00:53] Andrew Chang: by end of evening
[下午 07:00:57] Andrew Chang: and packages are going out tomorrow

I'll check with him again tomorrow night to see if he has actually shipped the stuff or not.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 29 August 2012, 01:00:16: Quote from: reaper on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:56:58
Quote from: sth on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:54:41
bay area? thought you were in LA bruh

I'm in LA but we have "friends" everywhere. ;) Plus a trip from LA to the Bay Area isn't that far if that's what it'll take. ^-^
proxy kneecaps for me here in NY lol
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Quarzac on Wed, 29 August 2012, 11:30:41: Quote from: Kellybear on Tue, 28 August 2012, 23:29:19
Latest thing he's said to me:

[下午 06:22:35] Andrew Chang: The problem with paypal atm
[下午 06:22:46] Andrew Chang: is that they wont let me send money without a tax number
[下午 06:22:50] Andrew Chang: which i do not own
[下午 06:22:53] Andrew Chang: realisitically
[下午 06:23:01] Andrew Chang: I should be able to send the money out
[下午 06:23:06] Andrew Chang: but paypal is being dumb
[下午 06:23:47] Andrew Chang: oh
[下午 06:23:49] Andrew Chang: paypal let me
[下午 06:23:54] Andrew Chang: i should be able to do it
[下午 06:23:55] Andrew Chang: i hope
[下午 07:00:42] Andrew Chang: Yep
[下午 07:00:49] Andrew Chang: I should be able to refund all payments
[下午 07:00:53] Andrew Chang: by end of evening
[下午 07:00:57] Andrew Chang: and packages are going out tomorrow

I'll check with him again tomorrow night to see if he has actually shipped the stuff or not.
As another person who does not have a tax number, I know that most things that require you have a tax number allow you to use your SSN instead. Tell him to call him. And tell him I'm not happy with him giving the younger folk of this forum a bad name.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 29 August 2012, 12:02:32: Quote from: Quarzac on Wed, 29 August 2012, 11:30:41
Quote from: Kellybear on Tue, 28 August 2012, 23:29:19
Latest thing he's said to me:

[下午 06:22:35] Andrew Chang: The problem with paypal atm
[下午 06:22:46] Andrew Chang: is that they wont let me send money without a tax number
[下午 06:22:50] Andrew Chang: which i do not own
[下午 06:22:53] Andrew Chang: realisitically
[下午 06:23:01] Andrew Chang: I should be able to send the money out
[下午 06:23:06] Andrew Chang: but paypal is being dumb
[下午 06:23:47] Andrew Chang: oh
[下午 06:23:49] Andrew Chang: paypal let me
[下午 06:23:54] Andrew Chang: i should be able to do it
[下午 06:23:55] Andrew Chang: i hope
[下午 07:00:42] Andrew Chang: Yep
[下午 07:00:49] Andrew Chang: I should be able to refund all payments
[下午 07:00:53] Andrew Chang: by end of evening
[下午 07:00:57] Andrew Chang: and packages are going out tomorrow

I'll check with him again tomorrow night to see if he has actually shipped the stuff or not.
As another person who does not have a tax number, I know that most things that require you have a tax number allow you to use your SSN instead. Tell him to call him. And tell him I'm not happy with him giving the younger folk of this forum a bad name.
i posted in the imsto thread i think how easy it is to get an EIN number for free (IRS just issues them)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: elton5354 on Wed, 29 August 2012, 12:48:34: How old are you to NOT have a tax number?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 29 August 2012, 13:45:48: Quote from: elton5354 on Wed, 29 August 2012, 12:48:34
How old are you to NOT have a tax number?

kid's still in HS i believe
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 14:09:01: So age check before any group-buys from now on? You can have good intentions but if you haven't got personal income and rely on pocket money you're gonna have a bad time...

(http://i.imgur.com/QLB02.gif)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Wed, 29 August 2012, 15:15:04: Quote from: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 14:09:01
So age check before any group-buys from now on? You can have good intentions but if you haven't got personal income and rely on pocket money you're gonna have a bad time...
Age doesn't matter much. I've seen on other forums where scammers were 20s and 30s. What did make a difference is how scammers were dealt with.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 15:35:17: If I put myself in a real life situation where I needed to evaluate whether I was being scammed or not. I think a 12 year old in a school uniform telling me lies would be easier to spot than a 35 year old in a suit. End result could be the same, but if you told your mates which would make you look like a bigger mug?

Not trolling just saying if you think about it, we're all equal on the internet, it's a good thing, but trust is always going to be a tricky area because of that.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: jdcarpe on Wed, 29 August 2012, 15:43:32: FYI, the Internet is written in ink. Your reputation will follow you. You cannot hide from it. And now, no one will ever want to transact business with this "kid" ever again. Such a shame to ruin your online reputation at such a young age.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 16:19:22: Well, unless he changes hobby and username.

again not trolling but even keyboard sites get sockpuppets. ;)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Fri, 31 August 2012, 00:16:40: Quote from: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 16:19:22
Well, unless he changes hobby and username.

again not trolling but even keyboard sites get sockpuppets. ;)

We can all learn from master ripster.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Fri, 31 August 2012, 02:49:39: Still want my R.I.Pster key...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Sat, 01 September 2012, 11:22:19: He pissed webwit off I think. He's on Reddit now.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: rayuki on Sun, 02 September 2012, 13:19:19: Quote from: Tennobanzai on Tue, 28 August 2012, 17:39:06
Quote from: projectD on Tue, 28 August 2012, 16:41:42
Yes the total amount is 500-1000, but what are we all going to do? Go to small claims court filing in CA?
Im gonna fly to CA, file in small claim's court and pay what, $50 for my court filing?
To claim $24?

And its not like there's any group action that can be done about it, maybe if someone has thrown in like $500 themselves, they'll find it worth while to do this

Me? Plane ticket + time = i'll just chalk it up as a douchebag on the internet.
I was talking about criminal court, not civil court.

yep, criminal court. i know a guy in australia that scammed people on some forums for alot less then this and he got a year suspended sentence (granted he was a repeat offender) but it cant happen.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Quarzac on Sun, 02 September 2012, 13:24:35: Quote from: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 14:09:01
So age check before any group-buys from now on? You can have good intentions but if you haven't got personal income and rely on pocket money you're gonna have a bad time...

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/QLB02.gif)

I don't like this idea. I'm 18 and I've run two completely successful group buys. The key component is not the age of the person, but the maturity thereof.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: rayuki on Sun, 02 September 2012, 13:28:38: Quote from: Quarzac on Sun, 02 September 2012, 13:24:35
Quote from: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 14:09:01
So age check before any group-buys from now on? You can have good intentions but if you haven't got personal income and rely on pocket money you're gonna have a bad time...

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/QLB02.gif)

I don't like this idea. I'm 18 and I've run two completely successful group buys. The key component is not the age of the person, but the maturity thereof.

18 is not a kid lol
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Sun, 02 September 2012, 13:31:13: Maturity is pretty tough to measure online. Age is a lousy proxy, but it's something at least.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: dirge on Sun, 02 September 2012, 16:06:31: Quote from: Quarzac on Sun, 02 September 2012, 13:24:35
Quote from: dirge on Wed, 29 August 2012, 14:09:01
So age check before any group-buys from now on? You can have good intentions but if you haven't got personal income and rely on pocket money you're gonna have a bad time...

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/QLB02.gif)

I don't like this idea. I'm 18 and I've run two completely successful group buys. The key component is not the age of the person, but the maturity thereof.

your right, I take it back, you helped me out bud :) and thanks again for that.

but if I made a mistake as an adult and it was going to cost a hundred quid. I could face that easier than if i was a child and had no source of income.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Tennobanzai on Fri, 07 September 2012, 13:30:18: Quote from: Kellybear on Tue, 28 August 2012, 23:29:19
[下午 07:00:57] Andrew Chang: and packages are going out tomorrow
What happened to this?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Halverson on Fri, 07 September 2012, 14:09:03: Quote from: Tennobanzai on Fri, 07 September 2012, 13:30:18
Quote from: Kellybear on Tue, 28 August 2012, 23:29:19
[下午 07:00:57] Andrew Chang: and packages are going out tomorrow
What happened to this?

Kellybear, our amazing middleman is sick currently. I am guessing a better update after the weekend from her/him. Until then, sit tight, and enjoy the weekend!
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Kellybear on Fri, 07 September 2012, 23:21:28: Taobao packages still haven't been shipped out, but I'm trying to get him to do it as soon as he can. For now I go back to bed. I will bother him again when I am better in a few days!
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 11 September 2012, 20:42:00: Next time you get a chance to talk to him, don't bother asking when he will ship out the stuff, because whatever he says will just be another lie. Instead, ask him why he went hiding in a cave for a couple months, and why he doesn't bother to just drop it off at the post office. I'd love to hear his reason. And also ask him to take pics of everything already packaged up, because at this point I don't believe he even has the packages.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 11 September 2012, 20:47:50: He did post a picture of the stuff that he had actually receive, but seriously... it's not that hard to just put everything inside bubble mailers, write down addresses, and mail them out.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 11 September 2012, 22:05:54: I don't remember exactly, I might have seen a pic too. But I think this was only a few sc2 caps, it could have been his own personal cap. When there are 39 orders, each with at least several sets and he still shows no proof of everything, then I still have doubts whether actually ordered them. Just like the other group buy, he collected all money and never sent the order to imsto.

And according to him, he already packaged everything and ready to ship a couple months ago. So this isn't even a matter of taking massive amount of time to put in bubble mailers and address everything. I just don't understand what's up with this lack of communication and stalling when he clearly still logs in to this forum on a weekly basis.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Tue, 11 September 2012, 22:17:01: No, he definitely had the keycaps from this groupbuy. I saw my "osu" keycaps there, and I was the only person to actually order those.

But I agree... the lack of communication is disheartening, to say the least!
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 12 September 2012, 12:43:06: Quote from: thegunner100 on Tue, 11 September 2012, 22:17:01
No, he definitely had the keycaps from this groupbuy. I saw my "osu" keycaps there, and I was the only person to actually order those.

But I agree... the lack of communication is disheartening, to say the least!

pretty sure i ordered one too
along with the ROG keycap and SC caps
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Wildcard on Wed, 12 September 2012, 15:03:33: And South Park sets :(
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Wed, 12 September 2012, 15:19:54: went through my PM's, here it is:
Quote from: Changdrew on Wed, 07 March 2012, 22:35:50
You have ordered 2 WHITE SC2 SETS,1 SOUTHPARK SET, and 1 of each imsto(girl,osu, rog 3 in total) , which comes to a total cost of 20.00 + 4.00 shipping CONUS. If you are international, please pm me and I will tell you the costs.

Please make the payment to zhangaz@gmail.com through gift, and leave your order and username there to make it easier for me. Reply to this message with your shipping address as well.

If there are any mistakes, please reply within 24 hours of this message.

If there are none, pay by Friday, March 9. And include a tip if you want <3.

THANKS
Andrew
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Fri, 14 September 2012, 02:36:50: Quote from: Kellybear on Fri, 07 September 2012, 23:21:28
Taobao packages still haven't been shipped out, but I'm trying to get him to do it as soon as he can. For now I go back to bed. I will bother him again when I am better in a few days!
Thanks for keeping us all updated Kellybear, you are a saint!

I'm guessing the keycaps still haven't been shipped out though :(

That means I'm down about $100 :/
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Wed, 19 September 2012, 20:44:07: Since this guy is ignoring us perhaps someone could knock on his door or give him a call? I'm not sure what to do about this. I feel helpless and my patience ran out 4 months ago. Changdrew [I know you won't answer but we all know you still log in] if the keys actually exist you need to send them. I am about to get in touch with paypal again to try to get my moneys.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: i3oilermaker on Mon, 01 October 2012, 10:03:45: Are these keys a lost cause? Kellybear can you maybe check in to see whats going on with these?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Thu, 04 October 2012, 20:19:50: I wouldn't be surprised if this guy took our money, bought the keycaps, and then resold them somewhere else...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: bisl on Thu, 04 October 2012, 21:49:53: Quote from: CaiSter21 on Thu, 04 October 2012, 20:19:50
I wouldn't be surprised if this guy took our money, bought the keycaps, and then resold them somewhere else...

I think the much more likely case is that he just took your money.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Thu, 04 October 2012, 22:05:32: @ projectD, so you did see the picture with the osu keys correct?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: IPT on Fri, 05 October 2012, 01:51:40: Quote from: thegunner100 on Thu, 04 October 2012, 22:05:32
@ projectD, so you did see the picture with the osu keys correct?
nah i didn't bother following the pictures, again i just assume he doesn't have the actual keys and just scammed us.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Fri, 05 October 2012, 05:07:05: I've been away from GH for a bit since the site was 'down'. Can I get an update/summary on the whole Changdrew debacle? I was one of the first to jump on his groupbuy buying a kitty-cat wrist rest(hah). It cost me around $18. Is it a lost cause at this point?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: MissMurd3r84 on Fri, 05 October 2012, 09:13:56: From the look of this thread and all the replies to it, I'd not hold my breath waiting.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Fri, 05 October 2012, 09:22:33: It's pretty much a lost cause, some got their money back, others didn't. Hey, atleast this isn't as bad as what Kisa pulled!
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: oneproduct on Fri, 05 October 2012, 12:31:36: What did happen with Kisakuku? He owes me $50. :(
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: alvinliang on Fri, 05 October 2012, 12:42:34: so this post is about a scammer?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: thegunner100 on Fri, 05 October 2012, 14:35:38: Quote from: oneproduct on Fri, 05 October 2012, 12:31:36
What did happen with Kisakuku? He owes me $50. :(

As far as I know, he's dead, and he has all of his clickclacks buried with him, along with my blue CC MX WASD + arrow + esc skull set.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: naranja on Fri, 05 October 2012, 15:55:31: Quote from: thegunner100 on Fri, 05 October 2012, 09:22:33
It's pretty much a lost cause, some got their money back, others didn't. Hey, atleast this isn't as bad as what Kisa pulled!

What he do?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: Glissant on Fri, 05 October 2012, 16:00:57: I think I already asked this, but did people from this buy get any refunds, or are people mixing this with the imsto sub keycaps?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Fri, 05 October 2012, 16:04:41: Quote from: Glissant on Fri, 05 October 2012, 16:00:57
I think I already asked this, but did people from this buy get any refunds, or are people mixing this with the imsto sub keycaps?
I think most people in the imsto dysub GB were already refunded, but I don't think anyone here got refunds except for reaper. This douche bag pretty scammed us.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Sun, 07 October 2012, 02:08:04: It's confusing to me because he refunded the other buy. I paid a total of around $100 between this buy and the other one. Why refund more than half of the money [with 'sorry' in the comment section]? Worst scam ever lol. Some have theorized that he bought the keys [I remember a pic, not saying it was the real deal] but spent the shipping money elsewhere and can't ship them now [I remember someone saying he bought a bunch of Topre gear right after collecting the money]. I guess we'll never know.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Tue, 09 October 2012, 17:15:17: Ok, this is getting really annoying. That means I'm down about $100 to this f*cker. We need to get his address and have some people living in norcal to go and knock on his door and make him man up.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:16:57: Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 09 October 2012, 17:15:17
Ok, this is getting really annoying. That means I'm down about $100 to this f*cker. We need to get his address and have some people living in norcal to go and knock on his door and make him man up.

Yeah, except he's just a kid.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:38:25: Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 09 October 2012, 17:15:17
Ok, this is getting really annoying. That means I'm down about $100 to this f*cker. We need to get his address and have some people living in norcal to go and knock on his door and make him man up.
Here you go. I'll delete or edit out person info whenever he decides to refund or take ship what he owes. Mail him a bag of dog sh!t or pay him a visit in person:

Deleted -JwaZ

Quote from: metafour on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:16:57
Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 09 October 2012, 17:15:17
Ok, this is getting really annoying. That means I'm down about $100 to this f*cker. We need to get his address and have some people living in norcal to go and knock on his door and make him man up.

Yeah, except he's just a kid.

Doesn't make it any less wrong or right that he's a kid. It's still pretty much a scam, and you're still losing the same amount of money.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: metafour on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:48:33: Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:38:25

Quote from: metafour on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:16:57
Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 09 October 2012, 17:15:17
Ok, this is getting really annoying. That means I'm down about $100 to this f*cker. We need to get his address and have some people living in norcal to go and knock on his door and make him man up.

Yeah, except he's just a kid.

Doesn't make it any less wrong or right that he's a kid. It's still pretty much a scam, and you're still losing the same amount of money.

Absolutely. I just worry what someone might think of doing to make him "man up"
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: jwaz on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:59:13: PM it all you want but posting his address doesn't fly.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 09 October 2012, 19:54:37: Quote from: JesuswasaZombie on Tue, 09 October 2012, 18:59:13
PM it all you want but posting his address doesn't fly.
Hmm so basically this scamming can go on without any repercussion to him. I posted his address up in hopes he would actually come out to respond and tell me to take it off. But I guess you guys just made it easier for him.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: jwaz on Tue, 09 October 2012, 20:04:34: I've got a lot of respect for you WFD but I'm not alone in thinking that this isn't ok to post. I'm speaking for all of the mods when I say this.

He (Andrew) clearly doesn't have any interest in this community anymore
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: CaiSter21 on Wed, 10 October 2012, 19:33:16: then why the hell does he still visit the forums?
it says that his last login was yesterday...
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Wed, 10 October 2012, 19:56:14: He reads this thread, I'm sure, to gauge the pitchfork level.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: tjcaustin on Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:05:09: Obviously it doesn't matter, but I'm wondering why people trusted him to do a group buy less than 2 months after registering here.

Nevermind him being a kid and all.

Also, while I don't endorse going to his place to threaten, why not use the info to contact the (hopefully) responsible parents or to retrieve and mail the items he says are waiting to get mailed?

(Note: Threats of parent intervention always lubricated my talking parts when I was embarrassed or otherwise tight lipped about something)
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: hashbaz on Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:07:06: We didn't know the part about him being young and sharing an account with his dad when he started this. He was a mod at the time, IIRC. We hadn't had a group buy organizer burn us (at least in recent memory) at that point. The atmosphere was very relaxed and trusting.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: tjcaustin on Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:18:58: That seems fair enough.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: bisl on Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:26:16: Quote from: hashbaz on Wed, 10 October 2012, 19:56:14
He reads this thread, I'm sure, to gauge the pitchfork level.

Wonder what he thought about seeing his address? heh.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: tjcaustin on Wed, 10 October 2012, 20:42:46: It was edited out before he logged in yesterday.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: mickd on Thu, 11 October 2012, 04:50:59: If you made a paypal payment to him from the imsto group buy, look up the invoice you would of received. It has his address on it.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Sat, 13 October 2012, 22:24:36: Ohh so thats what happened, yea I assumed something was wrong when I never got the keys I payed for xP

Anyhow, that sucks
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: pyro_dragun on Tue, 13 November 2012, 03:28:44: Does anybody want to start up some kind of a group lawsuit against this scumbag? I would be down for sure, if just to ruin this kids life for screwing us. Getting the money back would be nice too.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:22:39: That seems a bit extreme. Caveat Emptor.
Title: Re: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: telepete on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:36:52: Quote from: SmallFry on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:22:39
That seems a bit extreme. Caveat Emptor.

No offense SF but I don't believe you were a member when this went down. We're mad at a kid who stole from us. Not sure whats goin on in the US legal system but in Canada we can't make cases against someone who doesn't have legal personality [i.e children]. I think its impossible but I'm not sure.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: demik on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:44:58: Wonder how much he made off with
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: SmallFry on Tue, 13 November 2012, 12:34:06: Quote from: telepete on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:36:52
Quote from: SmallFry on Tue, 13 November 2012, 11:22:39
That seems a bit extreme. Caveat Emptor.

No offense SF but I don't believe you were a member when this went down. We're mad at a kid who stole from us. Not sure whats goin on in the US legal system but in Canada we can't make cases against someone who doesn't have legal personality [i.e children]. I think its impossible but I'm not sure.
It's not SF, but any-who. I understand that he made off with money etc. I have read the entire thread, quite uninteresting...but hey, what else am I to do in study hall? I am just saying that this is a Caveat Emptor forum, buy at your own risk. I was a member when this thread was created (Date Registered: Wed, 06 July 2011, 16:09:25).
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: MMB on Tue, 13 November 2012, 12:37:47: WHy is this still in classifieds? Can we PLEASE move this to off-topic?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: ChaoticKinesis on Tue, 13 November 2012, 12:54:06: If he is in fact under 18 it means that either he committed fraud by registering for PayPal, which requires that users be over 18, or another person let him use their account. While I'm not familiar with how the law handles such cases, I'd imagine that someone is still liable for the theft.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 13 November 2012, 18:48:04: Under the laws of most states, including California, a parent can be held liable in civil (not criminal) courts for the actions of their children, in some instances. I wonder if anyone has tried to contact his parents?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: sth on Tue, 13 November 2012, 18:50:17: Quote from: pyro_dragun on Tue, 13 November 2012, 03:28:44
I would be down for sure, if just to ruin this kids life for screwing us.
what the **** is wrong with you
Title: Taobao Goods
Post by: phetto on Tue, 13 November 2012, 19:16:19: Is this the only fraud / scam in GH history? Can't understand how he can live with himself.
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: TheQsanity on Wed, 14 November 2012, 21:07:55: For all you know this kid's parrents could be as bad as he is.

How do you know he is a kid at all?
Title: Re: Taobao Goods
Post by: mkawa on Thu, 15 November 2012, 23:09:17: Changdrew aka Andrew Chang, Saratoga, CA; skype username "changdrew", "xchangdrew" has been permanently banned from geekhack.

1) If you believe an account to belong to Changdrew, please use the report button to report the suspected user's posts.

2) If you would like to continue discussion of this transaction, please use the off-topic forum.