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geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: ekw808 on Thu, 26 April 2012, 11:15:07
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ALUMINUM KEYCAPS FROM VORTEX
Ordered
All of these pictures are from the VR Forums, but copied here for your convenience.
These are all Row 4 and will fit the ESC and top row profiles.
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Row 1 (From Left to Right): Red , Black, Silver, Blue
Row 2 (From Left to Right): Gold, Grey, Yellow , Turquoise
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Also in this is the Skull Engraved keycap
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Prices are for (EACH INDIVIDUAL):
All keycaps are available in all colors shown above
$16.00 for the Squirrel (KBT) Keycaps
$16.00 for BLANKS (not shown)
$18.50 for the Engraved Skulls
As of NOW, I will be accepting payments for KEYCAP ORDERS ONLY as the shipping prices have yet to be determined.
Please gift payments to ekw808@gmail.com, nobody wants to pay fees...
The end date is scheduled for 5/5. There will be no changes in price, Vortex has concluded that this will be the going price regardless of order quantity.
Lead times for these keycaps are 4-5 weeks after the end of the groupbuy. Orders of 100-200 keycaps should take around 20 days, 250 would take around 4 weeks.
SHIPPING:
These will be mailed to me from Singapore, and I will mail them out individually to the members here in the U.S. in bubble mailers with delivery confirmation.
Shipping cost is $6.00 for CONUS, $8.00 for International
International Shipping: http://forums.vr-zone.com/mass-order-forum/2120441-aluminium-keycaps-revised.html
Depending on how many international orders there are, it may be beneficial to have another proxy as this was mainly targeted for CONUS. If there are only a few international orders, I wouldn't mind shipping out to you guys as long as the costs are bearable.
PM me your orders in the following manner, and I will compile a spreadsheet with the corresponding orders.
PLEASE PM ME ALL ORDERS, THEY ARE SENT DIRECTLY TO MY EMAIL, AND WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY GH ROLLBACKS
Name
Address
Paypal email
Order
Example:
Address:
John Swanson
13 Sugarbush Grove
NY, NY 10013
Paypal:
Swanson@gmail.com
Sample Order:
75x Blue squirrels
90x Black engraved skulls
17x Red Blanks
If you have any questions please feel free to send me a PM.
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Order List:
1. ekw808 (PAID)
2. Hazelhuff Ship to Tsangan (PAID)
3. Depraved (PAID)
4. ChaoticKinesis (paid)
5. richie (PAID)
6. Paudash (paid)
7. The_Ed (PAID)
8. zzspectrez (PAID)
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Only blue squirrel left?
Edit: also is that the price for each key cap or for a set? It's a little bit confusing. lol
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I think the order at the bottom was an example order.
EDIT: what about international shipping?
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Sorry, updated a little bit.
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hell, i'll take a black skull
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How many colour do they've left anyway?
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These are not made yet, the orders are being tallied and then made after the groupbuy I believe.
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Are there price tiers?
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Pmed for a skull
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2
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Are there price tiers?
No price tiers
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Thought this would sell like hotcakes
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Not at that price! ><
If they were like 3 - 4 bucks a piece then I'd take 10. lol
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Nothing I can do about that =/, it's msrp from Vortex
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I know.. I know.. I didn't say it was you now, did I? =P
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I wanted to buy like 10 of these, but having already a few from Feng's and then a few here, it's just too expensive.
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Yeah after the dust settles you're looking at like 20 shipped for one keycap.
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But it's only 19.99 if you buy 2
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:rofl: are you channeling RCT???
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just remembered i'm getting one of feng's caps. like his design better, so imma have to cancel this one :(
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brutalll ︵ ┻━┻
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sorryyyyy :(
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PM sent for 1 black and 1 red skull. I wish these were cheaper! How my wallet cries. :*(
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OP Update
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It was a known problem ripster.
See:
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?28652-Order-Thread-Metal-%28Zinc%29-Keycas-Round-2-Preparing-shipping
Please notice that these zinc keycaps would fit very tightly, there's no solution so far due to the mold of producing these keys.
But since those alu keycaps aren't molded, there shouldn't be any problem.
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PM'd for 2x Black squirrels
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How many caps is this up to? If there are too few will the price be increased? I'd also like to know how much I should add on for shipping so I can pay like a few others apparently already have.
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You can purchase as many caps as you want, the prices will hold where they are regardless of order quantity. You can just pay for the keycaps now, and I will charge the shipping when the groupbuy is over since the shipping from Singapore fee will be divided among all the buyers.
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Since this ends in 2 days I'll just wait for the final price with shipping fee to pay.
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Sounds good, I just hope it doesn't take days to collect payments from people, which will prolong the production of the keycaps =/.
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rollbacks suck
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Weren't there 11 people before and now there's 9?
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Yea, people dropped out
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So only Boost has yet to pay? How many caps were ordered in total?
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He dropped out as well =/ there were only like 20 keycaps ordered. I paid for them already, and production should begin soon.
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Squirrels have humongous testicles... You'd think it would hurt the way they drag their sack along the ground...
Are the aluminum squirrels shipping to you yet? It's been forever...
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anymore of these left?
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maybe some of the people who ordered them will resell them.
But I don't think that you can still order.
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I won't be selling either of my black squirrels when I get them. After this round is shipped I'm sure somebody could start up a second round.
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I would be interested in a full aluminium set GB!
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Be prepared to go broke.
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I am :) if anyone has a blank key to sell, pm me.
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The wait for the aluminum squirrels is killing me... And the fleshy squirrels too as there have been a lot of dead ones on the road recently...
And I STILL can't find a titanium spacebar with the cherry offcenter-mount... I'm willing to go deep into my pocket for that one...
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I'm too impatient for groupbuys... I'm too used to ordering things and getting them in a few days... It's been a month, but that's an eternity in squirrel time...
How much longer do I have to wait? Another 3 weeks?
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Marclgw will get the keys next weak. After that he will ship them to ekw808, who'll ship them to you.
So I'd eyeball about 2-3 weaks. More if they used a cheap sending option.
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Marclgw will get the keys next weak. After that he will ship them to ekw808, who'll ship them to you.
So I'd eyeball about 2-3 weaks. More if they used a cheap sending option.
Thanks for the heads up. But how do you know this? Was it posted somewhere else?
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Thanks for the heads up. But how do you know this? Was it posted somewhere else?
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?31849-Production-NIQMODS-Limited-Cosmic-Collection-Keycaps&p=602878&viewfull=1#post602878
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URGENT BAD NEWS:
Due to the low order quantity for SKULL keycaps, the orders are not able to go through.
ONLY KBC logo or blank keycaps will be available this round.
Necessary refunds using Paypal upon shipping and confirmation of purchase.
Please allow me to make necessary changes and get this Group Buy through ASAP.
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I suppose it's not possible to order something else instead?
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I ordered 2 black squirrels, so I'm fine right?
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yes.
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I ordered two skulls only. I'm not sure I understand what was meant about making the necessary changes.
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You will get a refund as the skull orders have been cancelled.
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ah damn was looking forward to those, oh well :/
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Have you guys received your refund yet? Still waiting on mine.
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Well I'm still waiting on my squirrels. The key to a happy GB here is to forget what you've ordered, and then it's a pleasant surprise when it shows up! Only thing is, I can't forget... Refunds take a few days to show up, at least on my credit card.
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Marclgw will get the keys next weak. After that he will ship them to ekw808, who'll ship them to you.
So I'd eyeball about 2-3 weaks. More if they used a cheap sending option.
It's been 2 weeks. So does ekw808 have the squirrels yet?
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ask Marclgw.
He's the one dealing with kbt, who is known to have communication and delay issues.
By seeing how well he handled the niqmod GB, I doubt he is the source of the delay. I'd bet KBT has messed up.
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Yea, there were some problems with KBT, hopefully should be here in another 1-2 weeks. Brutal..
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Refunds take a few days to show up, at least on my credit card.
Regardless of whether credit cards were used, payments were made using PayPal. Therefore, refunds will also go through PayPal and should show up instantly. I'm still waiting for mine.
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Yea, there were some problems with KBT, hopefully should be here in another 1-2 weeks. Brutal..
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Has anyone received their refund yet? We're already approaching two weeks since skulls cancellation was announced.
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For the 7bit switch GB it took a few months before my payments were confirmed. 2 weeks is nothing, but I can understand your frustration. Rest assured you WILL get your refund before this GB is over.
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Marc is currently in talks with Vortex to see if the skulls really ARE cancelled which is why the refund is taking longer then expected. He just wants to make sure that due to the small amount that Vortex will not produce them, but one way or another you will either get your full order, or a refund for the skulls.
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Sounds good, thanks for the update.