Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
I don't see it as "misfortunes of others" for the people who pay $24.99. I see that group as paying a fair price, and the group paying $12.99 as those who happened to get a good deal. In my opinion, this was handled about as well as could have been expected (especially considering Yanbo was out of town on vacation, and he is the primary guy for this MD community), and people either get the kit at a great price, or a good price if they waited to join.
EDIT: the reason I brought up Yanbo being out of town is that I think this whole situation would have been dealt with much more quickly if he was at the office. If the prices were corrected a day or two after the drop started, rather than two weeks after it started, I think there would be a lot less anger from the community.
For me to believe that group buy participants are "subsidizing" those who purchased the warning signs at the original price, I would need to see evidence that demonstrates people who didn't buy that kit are paying more than they would have if the kit was priced correctly from the beginning. Do you have any knowledge of such a thing happening? For instance, if alphas+ergodox+novelties is more expensive now than it would have been if the warning sign prices were always correct, I would agree with you completely. I just haven't seen anything that leads me to believe that is the case.
EDIT: I would rather not get into an argument where we are telling each other we are full of BS. I understand why you (and many others) are upset by the price hike, and can empathize. The only thing I am trying to say (and perhaps I am not being very clear) is that I do not think the incorrect warning signs prices resulted in people who didn't get that kit to have to pay more for the other kits. If that were the case, this would be a much bigger problem.
I imagine you've completely ruined your living room with charts and graphs tacked up on your wall with lines connecting them trying to figure out the conspiracy behind business and making money and uncovering the "massive scam" that is Massdrop and keyboards.
You know, you could just... not buy them?
So many better ways to spend your free time, but I digress.