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[intelli78]

but i dont think we should try and claim that somehow this saved us all money

Simply put, we should, because it did. That's pure fact, not spin. See my earlier reply.

[BunnyLake]

im sure you think ive been threadcrapping, i really havent, but i have to say, this quote is really odd, the buy would be cheaper, not more expensive if it was run as a groupbuy and not a massdrop, as a gb 1 entity would be making money not 3

It's not odd at all. Massdrop was able to achieve a significant discount over what I could have gotten, due to their negotiating power and ability to promise sales in volume. Even though they're taking a cut, it's still cheaper for everyone in the end.

As for me, I'll receive $1-2 per set which doesn't even pay for all my OOP expenses, not to mention time.

Although, I'll to openly admit that I want my blog to be financially successful. That's what blogs do, and it's the only way I'll be able to keep up with it long term. There's nothing wrong with that, and I don't like it when people have to apologize on GH for making money in exchange for something valuable. It's not an evil thing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not Ayn-Rand-status and I'm all for reselling @ original price in classifieds, those are great things about the keyboard community. But the whole hobby is a materialistic one based on BUYING BUYING BUYING, there's no charity involved, so imo the entire anti-profit attitude is a bit naive and disingenuous.

Just some honest talk. Nothing personal against anyone here. 

if you quoted all my text, and not just the first line, i clearly state i have no problem with you or massdrop making money

[hwood34]

The scam is if this was a community buy the community would benefit but now it's about business and making $$$$$$$$$.

Nah, not really. If it were a community buy, the price would have been significantly higher and it would have taken far longer to ship. This was a win-win.

im sure you think ive been threadcrapping, i really havent, but i have to say, this quote is really odd, the buy would be cheaper, not more expensive if it was run as a groupbuy and not a massdrop, as a gb 1 entity would be making money not 3

to clarify, i have no issue at all with them making money, or them paying you, if you didnt want to run this or felt you couldnt, that is totally fine and your decision to make, but i dont think we should try and claim that somehow this saved us all money

Well what would have been cheaper if he ran the buy himself?

what would have been cheaper?

the keyset we are all buying

i dont wanna keep going in to it, but gmk charge a price, if it was a gb, that would be the price we pay

by running it through massdrop, gmk charge their price, then massdrop add a percentage on to that, then they also add on an additional fee for the person who brings it to them, in this case, intelli, now as far as i know, this hasnt been commented on, and perhaps in this case it didnt happen, and intelli turned down payment from massdrop in order to make the set cheaper, that would be up to him to disclose

but the set would be cheaper if it was a gb, because either we wouldnt be paying both intelli and massdrops fee, or just massdrops fee

well, yes Massdrop's fees might make it cost slightly more, but the shear volume of orders seems to be lowering that price a good deal considering this is cheaper than a similar set like Hyperfuse

nice little dig

apart from its not that similar is it

hyperfuse sold half as much, and has significantly more keys

not really a dig, it just happened to be a recent buy that was characteristically similar (gmk, nearly the same amount of extras). The main difference is that one was, for the most part, confined to enthusiasts from this site, while Massdrop's sold more because it was able to reach a wider audience

[intelli78]

Bunny, you edited your post while I was replying. I did not mean to take your statement out of context.

I understand where you're coming from about Massdrop, and it makes sense, but you have to account for what I mentioned earlier: Massdrop's negotiating power and ability to promise sales. I don't have that. They do, and as a result, it really DOES save everyone money. I'm not being disingenuous by saying that. This was an example of a win-win business transaction; how business is SUPPOSED to work, good for everyone, not crony capitalism 

[BunnyLake]

but i dont think we should try and claim that somehow this saved us all money

Simply put, we should, because it did. That's pure fact, not spin. See my earlier reply.

you are talking to me like i havent dealt with gmk and massdrop, and dont know the score sir, im gonna send you a pm as i dont wanna derail the thread any further

i dont wanna get baited in to saying silly things,, im really happy this was successful for you, i know the business behind it and understand more than many people here why you had to make decisions that you did etc and i dont wanna come off as if im trying to cause issues because im not

[ideus]

There is no mother Theresa at GH; because, GH is not a philanthropic site, nor mechanical keyboards are a free hobby. Those preoccupied for someone getting some money in exchange of a service or product; could go and buy a rubber dome keyboard for ten bucks, and forget about us materialistic people, willing to spend hard earned money in unnecessarily expensive keyboards.

[intelli78]

you are talking to me like i havent dealt with gmk and massdrop, and dont know the score sir, im gonna send you a pm as i dont wanna derail the thread any further

I'm being completely candid here. Maybe you get some kind of discount I don't, but it would not have been cheaper for me to do it; that's a fact. I'm not making this up, and I don't have a score to settle and I did not mean to belittle you in any way. Peace and love, brother. 

[BunnyLake]

you are talking to me like i havent dealt with gmk and massdrop, and dont know the score sir, im gonna send you a pm as i dont wanna derail the thread any further

I'm being completely candid here. Maybe you get some kind of discount I don't, but it would not have been cheaper for me to do it; that's a fact. I'm not making this up, and I don't have a score to settle and I did not mean to belittle you in any way. Peace and love, brother. 

its all good man, i sent you a pm anyway, i dont wanna clutter the thread, nor deal with a bunch of people joining in a conversation that they are only speculating about

[njbair]

The scam is if this was a community buy the community would benefit but now it's about business and making $$$$$$$$$.

I don't get this mentality. Every single buy is about convincing some vendor that our little pet project is worth their time and attention. Money is the only thing that convinces them of that. Otherwise MOQ for every buy would be 1 set.

i have literally 0 idea what you are trying to say here

if by vendor you mean manufacturer, then its not our job to convince them what we do is worth their time, its their job to convince us their product is worth our money

if by vendor you mean reseller, very few buys sell sets to vendors

Vendor meaning GMK in this case. GMK is sitting pretty whether it not they get our business. The GB is about convincing GMK that it's worth stopping a large production job and retooling to make a handful of sets for us. So it doesn't make sense to bash Massdrop or anyone else for being in this to make money. This whole thing is about money. That's all I was getting at.

[heedpantsnow]

By the way, I'm Mother Theresa, in case you didn't know.

In all seriousness, I'm just so thankful for Intelli (and Bunny) for doing all the hard work and making all the hard decisions and dealing with the complaining and such.

I do not have the patience or constitution for such things, which is why I'm happy to pay my hard earned and precious spending money to get caps like this and support a community effort.

So yeah, Massdrop made some money but that's okay. I believe Intelli when he says we couldn't have gotten this price on our own.

I love all of you guys (well most I guess ) and I'm just so happy that a set that came out of our little corner of the web is so successful!  In fact, I'm flat-out flabbergasted at how many sets have been sold in the last few weeks when you think of this plus Hyperfuse. Just crazy when a few years ago we were trying to meet MOQ's of 25 or 30 in R3. Amazing.

So let's all toast to Intelli and all the others who make things happen for the rest of us. :cheers:

[ideus]

By the way, I'm Mother Theresa, in case you didn't know.

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In all seriousness, I'm just so thankful for Intelli (and Bunny) for doing all the hard work and making all the hard decisions and dealing with the complaining and such.

I do not have the patience or constitution for such things, which is why I'm happy to pay my hard earned and precious spending money to get caps like this and support a community effort.

So yeah, Massdrop made some money but that's okay. I believe Intelli when he says we couldn't have gotten this price on our own.

I love all of you guys (well most I guess

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) and I'm just so happy that a set that came out of our little corner of the web is so successful!  In fact, I'm flat-out flabbergasted at how many sets have been sold in the last few weeks when you think of this plus Hyperfuse. Just crazy when a few years ago we were trying to meet MOQ's of 25 or 30 in R3. Amazing.

So let's all toast to Intelli and all the others who make things happen for the rest of us. :cheers:

I am very sorry for ignoring you Mother.

[intelli78]

Plays Danzig

[Belfong]

By the way, I'm Mother Theresa, in case you didn't know.

In all seriousness, I'm just so thankful for Intelli (and Bunny) for doing all the hard work and making all the hard decisions and dealing with the complaining and such.

I do not have the patience or constitution for such things, which is why I'm happy to pay my hard earned and precious spending money to get caps like this and support a community effort.

So yeah, Massdrop made some money but that's okay. I believe Intelli when he says we couldn't have gotten this price on our own.

I love all of you guys (well most I guess ) and I'm just so happy that a set that came out of our little corner of the web is so successful!  In fact, I'm flat-out flabbergasted at how many sets have been sold in the last few weeks when you think of this plus Hyperfuse. Just crazy when a few years ago we were trying to meet MOQ's of 25 or 30 in R3. Amazing.

So let's all toast to Intelli and all the others who make things happen for the rest of us. :cheers:

Hear! Hear!

Couldn't have said it better myself..

If it weren't for GMK OG Beige that's coming up, I would have bought myself a second set of Hyperfuse/TA to support intelli/Bunny.

[njbair]

Plays Danzig

I want your tri-color skuuuuuuull!
I need your tri-color skuuuuuuull!

[Puddsy]

I joined your stupid group buy. It's my birthday present to myself.

If you make that crazy custom board, I'll probably sell most of my collection and call it a day with keyboards.

Nah, I could never leave GH. It's the best I've ever seen it in the (almost) 3 years I've been here.

Keep being wonderful, Intelli. GH would suffer greatly without you around.

[intelli78]

Wow, that means a lot. Thank you!

[U47]

I wish German caps were an option with this.

[whentheclouds]

i've been lusting after these caps since i first laid eyes on them shortly after becoming active here: http://i.imgur.com/Hvei5kG.png. i never thought i'd have the chance to own them, much less in just a year after that initial post. intelli's efforts towards this project have been admirable, and it exemplifies what one can achieve with the right amount of passion and dedication. you get two thumbs up from me 

[Elrick]

intelli's efforts towards this project have been admirable, and it exemplifies what one can achieve with the right amount of passion and dedication. you get two thumbs up from me 

So true, intelli's consuming addiction to this colour-way has paved the way for a lot of people to finally acquire it, so kudos to intelli78 for maintaining his faith and sticking to his guns when setting out on this venture.

I know you got flamed by a couple of retards early on BUT they have disappeared from this section, because they saw how righteous this Group Buy has become and the many whom believed in it from the get go  .

[SK9Wolf7]

I was in first 500 to buy this and im so excited, just need to save some money for nice korean board. My wallet is killin me. Any recommendation? I hope ill have something nice for end of this year.

[Danboard]

Still need to find a board for this, Hyperfuse, and Ivan's round 2 and 3... You're killing me intelli78

[FreeCopy]

I was in first 500 to buy this and im so excited, just need to save some money for nice korean board. My wallet is killin me. Any recommendation? I hope ill have something nice for end of this year.

Check out http://www.gonskeyboardworks.com/

[Heliosphere]

GON boards are nice, as well as 22kbd: http://22kbd.com/

Orion V2 TKL buy is supposed to happen sometime very soon: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Hubble Mira TKL is what I'm waiting for but the buy date is sometime this summer TBD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=70149.0

Edit: Corrected links

[LechnerDE]

Drop is complete.

Final order count:


1059


 

[nubbinator]

Drop is complete.

Final order count:


1059


 

[Jokrik]

Most successful GB ever
CONGRATZ!!!

[bazh]

wow, this is huge


next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

[Jokrik]

wow, this is huge


next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

Penumbra before Toxic

[CommonCurt]

wow, this is huge


next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

I'd like to see a set with grey, or the same color alphas that this TA set used, and purple mods.

[bazh]

wow, this is huge


next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

I'd like to see a set with grey, or the same color alphas that this TA set used, and purple mods.

I think we just need to re-run the purple mod, no need for the whole set  though

[rowdy]

I joined your stupid group buy. It's my birthday present to myself.

If you make that crazy custom board, I'll probably sell most of my collection and call it a day with keyboards.

Nah, I could never leave GH. It's the best I've ever seen it in the (almost) 3 years I've been here.

Keep being wonderful, Intelli. GH would suffer greatly without you around.

Uh records show you joined 30-06-2013, 19:08:09, which is almost 2 years by my calculation

[Elrick]

Uh records show you joined 30-06-2013, 19:08:09, which is almost 2 years by my calculation

Incorrect Sir, we are dealing in GEEKHACK Years which is like sitting on the far edge of an event horizon, meaning 2 years here on Geekhack is like 20 years elsewhere  .

In fact he's a very old man in real life.......

[bueller]

next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

This really needs to happen. If someone else doesn't organise it in the next couple of months I'll make some enquiries with GMK and Massdrop.

[Elrick]

next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

This really needs to happen. If someone else doesn't organise it in the next couple of months I'll make some enquiries with GMK and Massdrop.

Unfortunately you won't get the custom logo's/images on any keys, hence it will be another Black and Green key-set, certainly nothing like the Original Toxic Key-set.

[LechnerDE]

next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

This really needs to happen. If someone else doesn't organise it in the next couple of months I'll make some enquiries with GMK and Massdrop.

Unfortunately you won't get the custom logo's/images on any keys, hence it will be another Black and Green key-set, certainly nothing like the Original Toxic Key-set.

Good point Elrick, but don't try to make us believe you wouldn't order 3+ sets of GMK Toxic anyway

[bueller]

next: Toxic GMK! Make it happen!

This really needs to happen. If someone else doesn't organise it in the next couple of months I'll make some enquiries with GMK and Massdrop.

Unfortunately you won't get the custom logo's/images on any keys, hence it will be another Black and Green key-set, certainly nothing like the Original Toxic Key-set.

I'm not fussed about custom keys, I just want to see if we can get the custom color to meet MOQ.

[Elrick]

Good point Elrick, but don't try to make us believe you wouldn't order 3+ sets of GMK Toxic anyway

YES, I'm a certified GMK-hoe, addicted to any coloured key-set that comes from their molds......  .

[LechnerDE]

YES, I'm a certified GMK-hoe .

There is no shame in liking German craftsmanship   

[morpheus]

Wow...speechless....

[daviswalkers]

GON boards are nice, as well as 22kbd: http://22kbd.com/

Orion V2 TKL buy is supposed to happen sometime very soon: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Hubble Mira TKL is what I'm waiting for but the buy date is sometime this summer TBD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Both of your second links are to the Orion V2 page.

[Heliosphere]

GON boards are nice, as well as 22kbd: http://22kbd.com/

Orion V2 TKL buy is supposed to happen sometime very soon: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Hubble Mira TKL is what I'm waiting for but the buy date is sometime this summer TBD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Both of your second links are to the Orion V2 page.

Woops, thanks for catching that.

[ideus]

GON boards are nice, as well as 22kbd: http://22kbd.com/

Orion V2 TKL buy is supposed to happen sometime very soon: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Hubble Mira TKL is what I'm waiting for but the buy date is sometime this summer TBD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Both of your second links are to the Orion V2 page.

Woops, thanks for catching that.

GON is a more mature endeavor though.

[daviswalkers]

GON boards are nice, as well as 22kbd: http://22kbd.com/

Orion V2 TKL buy is supposed to happen sometime very soon: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Hubble Mira TKL is what I'm waiting for but the buy date is sometime this summer TBD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Both of your second links are to the Orion V2 page.

Woops, thanks for catching that.

What's everyone's opinion on winkeyless.kr I've seen a few boards from there in the Post your Korean Keyboard thread but never heard anything else about them.

[Den441]

GON boards are nice, as well as 22kbd: http://22kbd.com/

Orion V2 TKL buy is supposed to happen sometime very soon: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Hubble Mira TKL is what I'm waiting for but the buy date is sometime this summer TBD: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69190.0

Both of your second links are to the Orion V2 page.

Woops, thanks for catching that.

What's everyone's opinion on winkeyless.kr I've seen a few boards from there in the Post your Korean Keyboard thread but never heard anything else about them.

They are known for their RGB backlighting which can be seen in this video:

I think they can make a full-size version which would be perfect for these caps. I'm not sure how ordering works with them though....you might try contacting them directly. I just can't see myself using these beautiful caps on a TKL or 60% and putting the numpad keys away in some dark drawer never to be used. A separate numpad might do the trick though. I still haven't decided how I will utilize these.

[motherbrain]

1000+ purchases! wow! congratulations intelli and everyone else who worked to make this happen!  can't wait to see the 'i missed out anyone want to sell their TA?' posts.  which i admit i myself have posted..... 

anyone have a spare nuclear data green set laying around?  lol 

[Elrick]

GON is a more mature endeavor though.

His firmware is almost BULLET-Proof so you could design the layout in any way you like.

Plus he has been doing this a very long time hence his quality is above reproach when it comes to building and supplying keyboard parts to his designs.

YES I'm a certified GON-ho when it comes to any of his keyboards  .

[shoostep]

I'm new to GeekHack, but I've been stalking this set for a while and jumped on the drop as soon as it went live.  Just wanted to say thank you for the hard work and that I am very excited

[daviswalkers]

GON is a more mature endeavor though.

His firmware is almost BULLET-Proof so you could design the layout in any way you like.

Plus he has been doing this a very long time hence his quality is above reproach when it comes to building and supplying keyboard parts to his designs.

YES I'm a certified GON-ho when it comes to any of his keyboards  .

is there anywhere someone can see pictures of your collection? I swear you take part in every single group buy I'd be interested in seeing your beautiful collection.

[shawn o]

Wish I could have participated, profile just wouldn't work for my keyboards. Hopefully someone does it again in the future slightly modified or with additional keys.

No Compromise, no regrets.

[nubbinator]

Wasn't shipping supposed to be under $10 for these?  I just checked Paypal and it's almost $16.  Did I misread it/remember incorrectly or did I get overcharged?