Cherry replica dyesub + blank pbt 104 set (complete)

[GeorgeK]

That's not exactly the news that I was hoping for!

[Acetrak]

Gosh darnit

[fuus]

**********************************************. Imsto y u no ship sooner?

[GeorgeK]

I'd guess because of Chinese New Year but I was hoping that they had been sent before and CNY was holding them up in customs - apparently not...

[IvanIvanovich]

Sorry I had a misunderstanding. Sometimes there is a bit of a language barrier. If I understand correctly there was the delay for fixing the quantity of the RGB version of the keys. Some may recall me talking about that there was an issue with them before. There was a big mix up about RGB and it needed some time to get resolved as in more needed to be made. So all the orders needed to be rechecked and make sure everything was accurate.
So sorry for the delay, but now you know the reason for it and should avoid anyone else getting an incorrect order.

[GeorgeK]

Better to wait and get it right than get it wrong and then have to wait again anyway I suppose!  Cheers for the update.

[swagpiratex]

It's been 4 months since we closed the buy. Another 2 weeks won't kill you guys lol.

[shadewolf]

It's been 4 months since we closed the buy. Another 2 weeks won't kill you guys lol.

Sure it will! )

[Largest Person]

I died a long time ago yet i still check this thread daily.

[AKIMbO]

It's been 4 months since we closed the buy. Another 2 weeks won't kill you guys lol.

QFT. 

[Wildcard]

LOL, I dream of Russian dyesub

[Hyde]

I dreamed about bowling... though I still want my keycaps !!! LOLLLL

[IvanIvanovich]

I dream of this buy completing.

[guilleguillaume]

Did IMSTO say anything about the orders?

[GeorgeK]

Did IMSTO say anything about the orders?

Mine will be shipped directly from Imsto and he replied to me today:
"packaging now. will be shipped in a week"

[IvanIvanovich]

I asked imsto to email me to let me know when everything is shipped. When I know, you'll know.

[Elrick]

I asked imsto to email me to let me know when everything is shipped. When I know, you'll know.

Please do.  Because I ordered one set from you within this Group Buy and another two more from Imsto off his website.

So all up I should be getting THREE (3) key-sets.    But then again....... 

[sleepy916]

I hope this group ends soon so the next one with gray modifiers gets going!

[IvanIvanovich]

Progress! The following order have shipped by imsto, and here are tracking numbers.
RB138113662CN   USA     josh s
RB138113755CN   UK    adam l
RB138113747CN   USA    simon k
RB138113733CN   can    yun s
RB138113720CN   USA    clayton s
RB138113716CN   USA    gregory b
RB138113804CN   USA    rajesh a
RB138113795CN   UK    george k
RB138113781CN   USA    ron g
RB138113778CN   UK    alex  p
RB138113764CN   USA    steve k
RB134990443CN   USA    jerry h
RB134990430CN   DE     sebastion d
RB134990426CN   USA   xuli s
RB134990412CN   UK    rufus c
RB134990505CN   NL     jasper k
RB134990491CN   USA    alix s
RB134990488CN   NL     daniel s
RB134990474CN   Aus   augustus l
RB134990465CN   USA    sam f
RB134990559CN   USA    jason q
RB134990545CN   USA    pyotr d
RB134990531CN   can   darryl  m
RB134990528CN   USA   aaron m
RB134990514CN   USA   ben  t
RB134990602CN   USA   jordan d
RB134990593CN   UK   tony r
RB134990580CN   USA   jonathan c
RB134990576CN   USA   michael w
RB134990562CN   UK   man y
RB134990655CN   ES    guilermo c
RB134990647CN   USA   tae-hoon l
RB134990633CN   USA   kirk m
RB134990620CN   USA   bry i
RB134990616CN   DE    stephan h
RB134990704CN   CZ   roman u
RB134990695CN   USA   michael h
RB134990681CN   RSA   david d
RB134990678CN   USA   michael g
RB134990664CN   USA   chen y
RB134990752CN   MY   ooi w
RB134990749CN   USA   apiwat w
RB134990735CN   USA   darren w
RB134990721CN   can   ronald c
RB134990718CN   USA    jing r
RB134990806CN   USA   dereck d
RB134990797CN   USA   SCOTT K
RB134990783CN   USA   RYAN R
RB134990770CN   FR    benoit p
RB134990766CN   USA   david t
RB134990854CN   USA   irene l
RB134990845CN   USA   JOHNATHAN H
RB134990837CN   HU   csirmaz d
RB134990823CN   USA   jeffrey c
RB134990810CN   my    chin j
RB134990908CN   Aus  brett  k
RB134990899CN   USA   raul o
RB134990885CN   Aus   sefton h
RB134990871CN   can   chris b
RB134990868CN   USA   alexandros k
RB134990956CN   Aus   carl h
RB134990942CN   USA   geoff s

Hopefully that is enough for you to identify yourself while still being relatively anonymous to anyone else. If you are not sure if that is you I can verify by full name. If you are not in this list, don't panic, you will just need to keep holding on and your order will be sent really soon.

[esoomenona]

[remmeh]

woohoo! success! thanks.

[GeorgeK]

Awesome!  Where do we enter the tracking information to check progress etc?

Edit: Or in other words - who has it been sent using?

[shadewolf]

We northeasterners got a long wait shadewolf )

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Sweet! Now let's just fix that table up...

┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ)

[Dianoda]

Awesome!  Where do we enter the tracking information to check progress etc?

Edit: Or in other words - who has it been sent using?

Judging from the tracking numbers they were sent via China Post Registered Airmail.  I was able to track here (not familiar with this site, but it was the first thing google turned up):

http://track-chinapost.com/

[jdcarpe]

In the US, you can enter that tracking number into the tracking system at USPS.com and it will tell you when it entered the country. That's about it, until it gets delivered. While in Customs, it won't update.

[Zehkul]

Lol@all you spoiled CONUS guys, this is how every GB is for me.

[IvanIvanovich]

Yes sent China post. You can track on China post until it leave China, then usually your local post site will carry the number over after it clears customs but sometimes not. In any case it is a proof it has been shipped.

[Acetrak]

Hurray!

[ChaoticKinesis]

Lol@all you spoiled CONUS guys, this is how every GB is for me.

Waiting a month for shipment to arrive is not the same as waiting a month for shipment to go out. 

[mikelanding]

IvanIvanovich,
Any new on my order? Asia Region

[fuus]

Location '20023712'. What does this mean?! Cheers Lysol <3

[sleepy916]

Not on the list..... ;[

[Hyde]

YESSSS FINALLY !!!!!

This is almost more epic than the first time I had sex.

[AKIMbO]

Looks like the packages got sent via registered mail.  Hope I'm home when it gets delivered...otherwise I'll have to wait another day.....oh the drama.  \sarcasm 

[Jocelyn]

Looks like the packages got sent via registered mail.  Hope I'm home when it gets delivered...otherwise I'll have to wait another day.....oh the drama.  \sarcasm

lol otherwise you'll have to go to the post office. They stopped making more than one attempt awhile ago.

[esoomenona]

Which means I'll have to wait until the Saturday after delivery date.

[Leewei]

Did they finally arrive?!

[Caaaarrrt]

Good to see mine's shipped. Can't wait for it to arrive!

Thanks Ivan and imsto!

[GeorgeK]

This slightly dampened my excitement

China Post Register Airmail is an economical and slow shipping service. Normally it will take about 2 to 4 weeks to arrive destination country from China.

Oh well - good to know that they're now on the way!

[ChaoticKinesis]

I'm rather amazed no one else seems to care that imsto took 5 weeks to ship and only some of the orders. I paid the same day my invoice went out and it still hasn't been sent. In the real world that's called bad service.

[esoomenona]

For the most part around here, to be able to get the cheaper prices, or just to get the amount of people required to make these things a possibility, we have an understanding that there won't be instant gratification. You should understand that now, before you become let down again.

[IPT]

I'm rather amazed no one else seems to care that imsto took 5 weeks to ship and only some of the orders. I paid the same day my invoice went out and it still hasn't been sent. In the real world that's called bad service.

are you new to group buys?
im just wondering as normally from payment till receiving the keycaps, they can go anywhere from 1-2 months.

Production was completed on 1/27.

Unfortunately, we hit the Chinese New Years holiday shutdown.  IMSTO cannot control the whole country shutting down for a week+

[ChaoticKinesis]

I'm rather amazed no one else seems to care that imsto took 5 weeks to ship and only some of the orders. I paid the same day my invoice went out and it still hasn't been sent. In the real world that's called bad service.

are you new to group buys?
im just wondering as normally from payment till receiving the keycaps, they can go anywhere from 1-2 months.

Production was completed on 1/27.

Unfortunately, we hit the Chinese New Years holiday shutdown.  IMSTO cannot control the whole country shutting down for a week+

This is hardly my first group buy, but the only time I saw someone delay this long after production was complete and shipping was paid for was Changdrew and we all know how that ended. As you say, production was completed by 1/27, which was when we paid for shipping, with the understanding that that was when packages were going out. The group buy itself was paid for last year.

I'm not sure how you are connecting a 1 week+ holiday, that ended over 2 weeks ago, with taking 5 weeks to ship. All of these packages have an acceptance date of 3/4, indicating they were dropped off at the post office a few days ago. I've already received multiple packages sent by China air mail that were ordered all throughout February, so this has nothing to do with holidays and the postal system.

[maxmalkav]

The great dilemma for me about this situation is the double nature of the group buys: on the one hand, the GB is a join effort of hobbyist not looking for profit. On the other hand, this group of people are hiring the services of someone providing the goods and service (Imnsto and the keycap makers), these should be professional services independently of the nature of the client, as far as he pays the bill.

I can't ask for total professional service from the people doing all the stuff in the GB for free, just for the sake of sharing an contributing with the community. I understand this is a business for Imnsto. I'm almost sure he has been quite flexible and patient about MOQs and other details of the GB to make this happen, but it's also great to get some level of service. I don't know if we are getting what we have paid or if I'm mistaken about the convenience of this business for Imnsto and we are asking for much more than we deserve.

Due to this "confusing" nature of the GB, I don't go crazy about delays in the shipment (I don't know if I should, but it's my silly nature )

[swagpiratex]

I'm rather amazed no one else seems to care that imsto took 5 weeks to ship and only some of the orders. I paid the same day my invoice went out and it still hasn't been sent. In the real world that's called bad service.

When it comes to a group buy, the only **** given is that it gets to my door. Tracking #'s are a step in the right direction in my book.

To recap, I believe there was a holdup with this group buy because things needed to be corrected with some of the RGB's.

[IvanIvanovich]

There was a problem with not enough of RGB legend version keys were made on the first production due to a misunderstanding. So more needed to be made, and we hit the CNY holiday. Both these issues compounded to a longer delay and also the need to recheck everything to make sure all orders were correct before send. I am pretty sure it is just imsto, and they do not have a team filling our orders. Sorting, packing and sending out this many order takes some time when doing it alone.
Sometimes things go wrong or not smoothly. But everything is getting done, and correctly it just took a little longer than expected.
I am certainly not getting anything out of doing this, and I am fairly certain imsto is not getting very much if anything out of it since we we given wholesale rate very close to production cost.

[maxmalkav]

I am fairly certain imsto is not getting very much if anything out of it since we we given wholesale rate very close to production cost.

I suspected something like that, so better be patient. If he would be charging for a premium service, we should ask for that premium service, otherwise ..

[Dianoda]

Has everyone been charged for shipping?  I don't think I ever received an invoice or request to pay for shipping, but as it sounds like imsto is shipping all orders now, I'm guessing it's about time I cough up some $ to pay for it.

[jdcarpe]

This first started as an interest check, what, almost a year ago? I've been in since then. So a couple weeks longer was no big deal to me. When I order keycaps from a GB, I just submit my order and wait for the invoice. Then pay and forget about them, until they arrive. You get used to waiting for things you want, after participating in many GBs.

[ygong77]

paid the shipping invoice
cant find my name on the list