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Sorry was not trying to make you feel bad, this stuff you only really notice when you get the set brand new. When they are on it does not really matter that much. 
I just feel bad that they made you wait so long, and delivered something not great. The last set from Kono I bought took an age to arrive as well.
1 year? I would be upset about the overall quality of these too. None of the text looks very crisp to me. The "e"'s are bleeding together too, as well as the tail of the "g."
That's why I am surprised this had a 1 year lead time, it looks more like a standard off the shelf generic set. >

Additionally, I’ve never had a GMK set that had the F-row somewhere other than above the alphas. >

That's not GMK just by the packaging, I have not seen a clear plastic case for a while.
But even for PBT that's not great. >

Yes true, this is epbt Acid House Sweet Girl keycaps. They are not supercrisp but will look awesome in my candybar3. But yeah the quality is not GMK like.... :(