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mrobinson7627 wrote:I've got some questions, and hopefully they haven't been answered before. Are the caps "tilted" in any way? I forget the term for this, but basically is the angle the same on all the caps? I want arrows where hjkl currently is, but I'm not sure if it would be possible to just get an arrow set, and put them in place of hjkl.

Second question, is there going to be another round in the future with the blue caps again? I believe they were in round 4.

Thanks!

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facetsesame wrote:

mrobinson7627 wrote:I've got some questions, and hopefully they haven't been answered before. Are the caps "tilted" in any way? I forget the term for this, but basically is the angle the same on all the caps? I want arrows where hjkl currently is, but I'm not sure if it would be possible to just get an arrow set, and put them in place of hjkl.

Second question, is there going to be another round in the future with the blue caps again? I believe they were in round 4.

Thanks!

Hi! The caps are indeed tilted, each row is using standard conventions for the family as shown in the manufacturer documentation: http://www.keycapsdirect.com/pdfs/SAFamily.pdf
Row 1 is the number row, row 2 is qwerty etc. The exception is the shift keys, which will be row 3 (no tilt/angle) as row 4 moulds aren't available for all the required key sizes. The spacebar row is also designed using all row 3, all spacebars over 4 key units wide will use the special space bar shape. This group buy is (as far as we know) a world first in achieving a full standard 87/101/104 set using these conventions with Signature Plastic's SA family - the blue SPH Repair kit is included to get those keys in new moulds made specifically for this buy.

A great thing about this buy is the flexibility it offers for non standard layouts, which for three of the available alpha key colours can certainly accomodate your hjkl arrows. asdf row is row 3, so HONEY/CURSOR/R3 will give you the keys you need in grey, HONEY/CURSOR/R3/RED for red or HONEY/CURSOR/R3/BLACK for black.

If you need white arrows, it's a bit more difficult. White modifier keys were only a very late addition and haven't had time/been popular enough/are too expensive with everything else to get special cursor kits. There are the UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT keys in the white sets which could work, though I've forgotten which row the UP key is in these sets so you will need to check with someone who knows! Another approach would be to get HONEY/NUMERIC7/WHITE twice - this has < > keys in the appropraite row 3 which would also do the job. If you specifically want white arrow keys, you will need to hassle 7bit with a very big order - the more unpopular white mod kits were supposed to be removed yesterday I think.

As for the blue caps, I think it's unlikely round 4 stuff will be re-run - several of us have asked for this and 7bit has consistently refused. Perhaps someone else might... If we were doing another blue high profile spherical key group buy, personally I would really like a replica of the Data General Dasher terminal's keys, as I keep mentioning:

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Hope that helps!

madhias wrote:What's about the 31st of January deadline regarding the white stuff?

Muirium wrote:Legends? All I see are blank ERGO kits. Unless you made one for yourself out of ALPHA kits etc.

tricheboars wrote:if i paid my invoice and then have added things to my order since then and got an invoice with all items combined i should just pay the difference on what i have paid and my new total right?

for instance i got an invoice and paid it for 107.12. then i added some things to my order this morning. now my new total is 146.64. so 146.64 - 107.12 = 39.52.

so i should just be able to pay the 39.52 and be good right?

collector of junk wrote:I may want to order more .am I better to make a new order having paid for my original order ????

facetsesame wrote:Actually I agree that posting questions in the topic is messy, but hey, we've been doing it for 110 pages so I don't see any harm in carrying on!

sth wrote:paypal is giving me an error when i try to make a payment; not sure if the account is working now?

7bit wrote:

sth wrote:paypal is giving me an error when i try to make a payment; not sure if the account is working now?

Maybe the wrong currency (EUR instead of USD) or the wrong payment method (like gift or so?).

sth wrote:

7bit wrote:

sth wrote:paypal is giving me an error when i try to make a payment; not sure if the account is working now?

Maybe the wrong currency (EUR instead of USD) or the wrong payment method (like gift or so?).

no fliffin' chance. tried again today. have you been in contact with the owner of that account? maybe they got 'dealt with'.
"We're sorry, but we can't send your payment right now."

Are all EU orders with tracking?

Your order will be shipped uninsured, without tracking,
      in 1 pack, at a weight of 442g.

Kouni wrote:

Are all EU orders with tracking?

Nope :

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Your order will be shipped uninsured, without tracking,
      in 1 pack, at a weight of 442g.

Depends on the weight of your order, I suppose.

tricheboars wrote: sth i had that same issue when i was trying to send paypal money with their mobile app on android. but the straight up web version worked for me and i sent two payments for this buy on sunday. i sent the money to that korean dude in the invoice.