stupid move for me to have bought extras from kono. first and last time ever. whole world got their sets in, should have known better and waited for other vendors to release their extras.
I don't get the hate toward Kono, especially without having any knowledge. I agree that they should communicate better(which you could say about most of the vendors to be honest), but if the packages are stuck at shipment or at some port, what do you expect Kono to do? Also just to be clear, I am waiting my package from Kono.
you got your answer in the comment just above mine.
If that answer is correct, then yeah, they should definitely get in line with what others are doing. That said, I feel like it might a little bit of community bias. For example regarding to prices, GMK Fuyu extras were $180 on Kono and GMK Nuclear Data extras were $185 on Omnitype, and GMK Nuclear Data has less keys. And I see similar pricing for GMK Prepress and GMK Ursa. Again, similarly NK sells all their extras for $185.
Also I am fairly sure I read port related stuff in other vendors' updates, but can't remember if it is regarding to keyboards or keycaps. From a quick check of the updates I can't find any mention to ports but also I am not finding any mention to air ship either. So, can't confirm either way, but that post doesn't provide any proofs either.
Edit: I just realized that I heard about ports on vendor discords. So if you go Omnitype or Cannonkeys discord and search for "port" you can see that they also seem to be using boats. Omnitype seem to get theirs to Savannah port and Cannonkeys to LA port.