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Jul 28, 2018

Seems like since we're only a couple weeks out from the original estimated ship date we're due for another status update. I'm starting to get a bit antsy as the fated day approaches.
p.s. I still don't even see support for this merged into the qmk master branch yet. When is that merge gonna happen? Does Massdrop have a repo of their qmk fork that's accessible to clone?

2004

Jul 30, 2018

chucktdriscollI'm sure we'll get some new info this week.

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Aug 3, 2018

DataNot looking good for an update this week...

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Dray

Aug 4, 2018

chucktdriscollUpdate is up

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pandasgorawr

Keyboard Club Member

Aug 4, 2018

Draydelayed. what a surprise /s

Aug 6, 2018

pandasgorawrI've bought quite a few things from Massdrop, and have never had a bad experience except with keyboards. Every keyboard drop I've been in on has been delayed or shipped with incorrect parts (misprinted keycaps, wrong switches, etc.).

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pandasgorawr

Keyboard Club Member

Aug 6, 2018

chucktdriscollI think 60-70% of the drops I've participated in have been delayed. 1 drop got flat out cancelled on me because they ordered the wrong number of items and ran out. I've just come to expect that something or another will go wrong. MD needs to learn how to build in buffer time in their delivery estimates to anticipate things not moving smoothly...

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2004

Aug 6, 2018

pandasgorawrThey do that already. These slow-burn group buys are their entire business model. It's just sometimes the estimates were off or circumstances pushed fulfillment outside of the expected (padded) delivery window. I can't explain why this phenomenon is exaggerated with keyboards but it definitely is. Also, making new physical products is incredibly hard. /shrug

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DRaGZ

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Aug 7, 2018

Datait makes sense why it happens with keyboards. Stuff like knives, headphones, clothes, etc., these have FAR fewer pieces per product that needs to be QCed. Keyboards are very complex pieces of equipment, if there isn't an extremely regimented and time-tested QC line (as there often can't be with stuff that is custom made in small batches), stuff will fall through the cracks just as a matter of statistics.

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Aug 7, 2018

DRaGZYeah, but they know that and one would assume they'd account for it. Also, they touted the improvements they've made to their processes for this very drop, and yet, once again, it's delayed. I'm not terribly butthurt as the delay is fairly minor this time (assuming the new estimate is accurate), it's just frustrating that it's literally every keyboard drop (at least every one I've been on). I'd think they would have learned to pad the estimate more or, better yet, come up with better production and QC processes (and enforce them).

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Eagle1337

Aug 8, 2018

chucktdriscollit seems like Qc ain't the problem here this time.

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Aug 8, 2018

Eagle1337eh, could be that units were found to not meet a quality requirement and shipment was delayed for rework. But yeah, I should have added 'logistics processes' to the things that should be improved.

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