QUOTE(davey.havok @ Feb 27 2016, 07:40 AM)
Doing business while pretending it's "community service" is just one thing.
After going through a couple dozen CtrlAlt GB pages in GH, I realised something else - Cody and Bunny love to bounce the ball back and forth.
Bunny: "Your item should be with Cody, but he is busy, I will ask him later."
Cody: "Bunny knows more about your order, I am not sure, I'll get him to update you."
This is a great tactic for buying time, as it allays customers' anxieties
(hey, at least ONE of the bosses replied me) and gets them to ease off for a few more days.
I used to know a company that did this thing all the time.
Boss #1 (on the phone to supplier): "Your payment cheque with boss #2, but he is overseas now, don't worry I will rush him for you."
Boss #2 (on the phone to customer): "Your order is being handled by boss #1, he is currently on leave, it will be completed when he gets back."
Padahal both bosses are sitting side by side in the same office.
We called this tactic "Singgam Linggam". I try to avoid companies that set up two key men to play Singgam Linggam. It's better to deal with faceless entities where your support ticket can be answered interchangeably (e.g. Massdrop), or with companies where one guy is answerable to everything (e.g. Pexon).
Deswai I no trust ady. Rather get refund and buy the cap from other sources.
QUOTE(justnits @ Feb 27 2016, 08:44 AM)
haha, i believe those who really look at the GB closely will see more or less the same thing as you did.
except, this one has 1 more level, ctrlalt's voluntarily white knights.
in my mind, i pictured the whole ctrl alt thing like starcraft. bunny & cody is the overmind...and you should know the rest lol!
QUOTE(quovadis123 @ Feb 27 2016, 09:31 AM)
Normal. You watch movie also saw those underlings protected their complacent and incompetent leader.
Those underlings at the end demand rewards also. Very good loyalty program.

The shitty whiteknights are the best part. One whole page of people defending CTRLalt, then one reply from cody/bunny.
On top of that, too many personal commitment to be doing this. I doubt they get zero profit from this. I don't believe that shit at all.
QUOTE(ck.chunkeat @ Feb 27 2016, 10:00 AM)
Eh, is that the only board with gaterons?

Do you have any other board that also uses gaterons in mind?
Is it cheaper to get ready made board or diy our own gateron boards?
Found this, the taobao conversion is 195, so I'm assuming the shipping charges and extra fees for conversion should be less than rm50? How much it usually cost to ship a mech kb?
http://world.taobao.com/item/527025787668....2_1456538144476Wow. What's this taobao thing? Is it custom, or just standard? Any china-talking sifu wanna enlighten me?
QUOTE(quovadis123 @ Feb 27 2016, 12:58 PM)
Nice singgam linggam.
I only heard before bunnylake is a honor man.
Dishonorable or incompetent. You choose.
QUOTE(rurushu @ Feb 27 2016, 10:37 PM)
well, I'm not sure what is your definition of a great brand is, nor what is deemed as a great product by your standard, but I think not all brands are stagnant in their product development, there are those that makes mistakes, but willing to refine and fix those mistake to bring better products to the market
Also, I'm not buying this at random, after getting recommendation to get this board, I did my fair share of researches on it and found that its offering vs price point is worth giving a try and thus decide to buy it
This is what I saw in most /r/mechanicalkeyboard forums and reviews, they suspect recent batches of mx blues are having production issue either due to cost cutting or QC problem.
With all that said, it makes me ever more curious to find out myself
Actually I do not know what other boards are currently offering Gateron switches, I only knew MagicForce 68 (from davey.havok's review), Varmilo, and Rantopad MXX courtesy of a member in the fb mechanical keyboard club.
With the availablity of boards made by computer peripherals company, and some with a friendly price tag like the rantopad, i think it is cheaper to get ready made board unless you intend to have your own one-and-only board, then it is a different story

MX Blues have problem with consistency. Different batches report different ratings, so I've heard from 50g to 60g effective actuation force. Gaterons are made with new (?) molds, so their consistency way better. This is the first ever "clone" switch that I personally recommend.