This is the latest edition in the ‘Out of the Vault’ series! Three kits in different profiles are availble, which have eight keys each, including two that glow in the dark!
Pricing
Each profile set is $25 with free shipping to CONUS locations. You may order as many or as few as you like of any of the following keycap sets, Pick-A-Profile.
Shippping
Expedited Shipping for CONUS: 3+ sets = Priority (2-3 days) to all CONUS locations.
International Shipping: Flat $10 added to the order for one set. 3+ sets will need to be adjusted by weight on a case-by-case basis. As stated above, international orders are still subject to the discount pricing structure for multiple sets.
Duration
From April 1st to May 1st, with final invoice payment due by May 7th. Invoicing for each week will occur on the following dates: April 3rd, April 10, April 17, April 24th, and May 1st. Reminders will be sent to outstanding invoices on May 1st. Any invoice not paid by May 7th will be cancelled or otherwise ignored.
Current Shipping ETA
Mid-Late July (depends on SP’s production schedule, and subject to change); International orders will ship first.
Compatibility
These keys are for Cherry MX compatible switches only.
A group buy is when a collective group of people rally around a desired product and commit to purchasing that product. Entrusting their money for said product to the Group Buy leader/organizer. After the GB ordering phase is complete, and all funds are collected, the Group Buy Organizer then goes to the manufacturer and places an order and pays for the product(s). After an appropriate lead time for production, the product(s) ship from the manufacturer to the organizer. So begins the shipping phase, and the Group Buy Organizer packs each order and then sends them out to the individuals who are participating in the group buy.
Essentially Group Buying is a form of crowd funding like Kickstarter or Go Fund Me, but typically on a smaller scale and for less overall cost to each participant.
Group buys are not for people who expect instant gratification (please see Amazon, or Walmart.com for that, but don’t expect custom generated products like this). Furthermore, in the case of these keycap group buys, it is mostly about creating something new that has never existed before and putting it into the hands of fans to enjoy while gaming/computing experience at a relatively affordable price for all.
To put all of this in perspective, if a person were to buy 5 of one of the key designs we have available in our group buys, it would cost $45 flat up front cost to create the mold for the keycap. Then, let’s say that person only wants 5 keycaps to be made. The cost is $25 each + the $45 mold fee. That comes to a total of $170.00 to make 5 keycaps.
The most current group buy is trying to get an upwards of 3,000 keycaps produced and thus driving the cost lower for everyone.
