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GMK 80s Kid Pre-Order Live and Other News
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keyboard_arrow_downR_Won
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Mar 31, 2017
There is only black and purple on your homepage.
Is there no silver product like last time?
Is there no silver product like last time?
evangs
1493
Mar 29, 2017
BerserkZzThis was for the first run. Not the currently running buy. The current one doesn't have any issues
BerserkZz
43
Mar 29, 2017
evangsOh, oops. Sorry I didnt check the date. That's great news to hear. I absolutely love the set. cant wait to have it. And keep up the great work.
Danielson
39
Mar 27, 2017
Sorry to hear this, but I have confidence and faith in this Van Man. Keep R&R.
evangs
1493
Jan 13, 2017
brianjkingnot on this first run, but maybe I'll run it again. what keyboard layout do you use?
SoShamMuchWow
12
Nov 8, 2016
For the 80's Kid set, Evan, have you considered including regular profile F and J keys, rather than just deep dish? I've already bought the set, but I'd like the option to not use the deep dish keys. Either way, it's an awesome set. Keep up the great work!
evangs
1493
Nov 8, 2016
SoShamMuchWowNot for this set, but I will keep that in mind for future sets. thanks for the feedback and support!
Ails
154
Nov 7, 2016
Evan, you are the kind of entrepreneur this hobby needs. You have nothing to worry about so long as you keep doing what you have been, you will be very successful.
Lefibonacci
630
Mar 29, 2017
evangsThank you. It honestly is a bit out of my price range - it must be very high quality work. Maybe I will pick one up during your next drop (: Thanks again.
srang
19
Nov 7, 2016
Came here looking for CaraVan info but honestly wasn't disappointed not to find it. Love the honesty and retrospective into what happened. Looking forward to what you have in store... Like the CaraVan...
devbryce
95
Nov 7, 2016
If anyone is more interested in the J-Spacers / J-Clips then check out this album: http://imgur.com/a/1TfoZ
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We have a new batch of palm rests from WizardBox WoodWorks, http://wizardboxwoodworks.weebly.com/, arriving this week including some 60% and tkl sizes as well as a new reduced pricing structure. Be on the lookout for that post in the next couple days. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMUTZOOAdQo/
We are hard at work to get MiniVan R3 scheduled as well as a couple other drops. We are also working on some sweet acrylic cases. Check out this review featuring an acrylic Roadkit case https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/5bjt9w/my_review_of_the_roadkit/
I also wanted to announce that I am working on a community guide for developing an important component of keyboards, so stay tuned for that.
Group Buys: What I learned by failing As some of you know, I recently ran a group buy for LightCycle, a Tron inspired keycap set. This group buy was special in that it covered a wide variety of layouts and offered MX and ALPS stems. The total price for all three kits was $150.00, but you could cover a TKL for $80.00.
When I initially quoted this set it was all together as one giant set. I based my kit pricing off of this number. Quotes from SP can take some time and instead of re-quoting the set after breaking it up into kits, I opted to guesstimate the pricing, figuring that it should be roughly the same. I was right on two of the kits. The International/Compatibility kit, however, came in significantly higher than what I charged for it.
My first lesson learned was to quote exactly what you are going to place an order for.
The second thing I tried with this group buy was to offer the lowest price up front and trust that there would be enough purchases to not only produce the set, but to also make a couple bucks. At 100 sets sold I would be pretty much breaking even, but as more sets were sold on top of that I would then begin making money. I think this model could work for a set in high demand such as LightCycle, but I will need to work based off of the lower moq quote numbers, particularly for the ALPS side of things.
Both of these decisions combined ended the buy with me being short of production cost by a couple thousand dollars. I spent a week dissecting the situation every which way, even looking at buying a significant amount of extra sets with my own money so that production could go forward. In the end, the best option was to refund everyone. This was a difficult decision to make. I knew people were expecting this set and that some had even bought specific keyboards and parts to go with this set.
I was going to do the one thing I had promised wouldn't happen; cancel the group buy. I wrote a letter on the product page and then began processing the refunds. It took me 4 hours to refund everyone. During this time and the next few days I received many emails asking why the refund happened.
There was some anger, understandably, but the general vibe from the community was one of understanding and support. You don't know how much easier your support, as a community and individually, made that process. Suddenly it became very clear why I love this community as much as I do and why I strive to bring you amazing products at great prices.
My second lesson learned was that if you take care of your community and customers, communicate with them, be open and honest, then they will support you and take care of you.
I know many people are bummed about LightCycle so I wanted to go ahead here and announce that LightCycle will be rebooted next year and be bigger and better than ever.
In a few closing words, I just want to thank everyone who is a part of this community. Thanks for the support and the encouragement and just making this a fun place to be. Thank you for the understanding during this failure. I have refocussed and am working towards bringing more awesome things your way!
Sincerely,
TheVan Man