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wolfenstein734 OP t1_iu3gzlt wrote

Reply to comment by RelativeChance in Rama partnering with an NFT company?? by wolfenstein734

Ahh I didn’t know that. I wonder if they will make a product announcement about it

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RelativeChance t1_iu3hzs7 wrote

The product links all seem to work now. It will be limited to 500 units and include keycaps https://ramaworks.store/pages/kaijukingz/#kaiju-collection

I'm honestly quite shocked they have the guts to release another caps color way when they have not fulfilled any previous caps gb and I think it has been a year since they started those

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Sejhaj t1_iu3vc09 wrote

As well as another Kara gb. To be fair this collab was probably produced alongside the seq 2 gb but I still think it is a shitty signal to send to the people who support your business.

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wolfenstein734 OP t1_iu4caq2 wrote

Maybe this is why the Kara fulfillment is taking so long. Also it’s gonna take at least another year for him to get the key cap molds correct. I wonder why people still buy stuff from this guy.

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Sejhaj t1_iu4g7q4 wrote

Supposedly case production is completed and it is the new meme-cut pcbs that is taking time being produced. If I were to guess why fulfillment is taking so long, I would say RAMA is too busy doing anything else than actually putting the required time and effort into planning GB timelines and production, sadly.

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But yeah, as someone who joined the Kare seq 2 groupbuy I regulairly feel worse with my purchase. Partially because the lower end keyboard market is way different than it was summer '21 and partilly because RAMA seems to have zero cares to give towards the community as long as he is making money off of them.

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wolfenstein734 OP t1_iu4ka9v wrote

Yeah I got into that group buy too and I regret it... I thought it would be a short one like the seq1 was. Even if he had to design a new PCB, it still shouldn't take this long to get everything tested and made.

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RelativeChance t1_iu4mebp wrote

It's because Kate left Rama, I think they lost their manufacturing contact and they definitely also lost Wilba. She has been fulfilling artisan keycap gbs in like 3 months in comparison. The situation with CAPS is quite unbelievable actually. Rama sold like 10 colorways and is still releasing more colorways without ever even finalizing the mold. Other keycap manufacturers like gmk epbt etc have a working mold they only have a long wait time because there is a long queue of orders. Rama basically took advantage of consumers being used to long wait times to sell a half finished project early. It's a genius business move, where other business would need to take out a loan, he can get all the money from all the sales upfront before making anything, but it leaves the customer with no real guarantee of quality and no eta.

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wolfenstein734 OP t1_iu4r1xf wrote

Yeah the keycap situation is insane. I thought that they had a working mold before they went and did a keycap groupbuy but I guess I was wrong there too. Seems like things are really going off the rails at Rama works.

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