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  These are time machines. I pay hundreds of dollars and these machines fast forward time for 2.5 years and then I get plastic.
context: Cool cinematography, but I just wanted to watch a cell from start to finish. >
  
  Same >
  
  All those machines just for my sets to arrive all jumbled up in the packaging anyways >
  
  Yup. First thought upon seeing this was, “damn, with all that custom tooling there’s no way they are going to improve the trays now.” >
  
  Yeah this is just to reduce costs, not to increase customer value. >
  
  Regardless of the motivation, it’s a reasonable assumption that the investment means the crappy trays aren’t going anywhere. >
  
  I’m no engineer but presumably those machines can be reprogrammed to accommodate other packaging designs. >
  
  I spy an upside down cap at 00:30 >
  
  I’m pretty sure there’s some sets that come with one upside down key. Just like how Drop has their pbt artifact where it’s necessary to have one upside down key to fit it >
  
  Well, entirely possible of course, but it looks like it's assembling the same set over and over in the video and there's only one tray with an upside down cap >
  
  still ends up with two f5 keys >
  
  * intensively spamming alt + f5 and it doesn't work * >
  
  Anything that has GMK on the title will eventually turn into salt mine. >
  
  Amazed at the level of automation. I was expecting more humans doing the delicate work >
  
  A lot of fuss for a solid-gold MESS on arrival. >
  
  “Why do my sets arrive in 37 years?”
  GMK does something to produce sets faster
  “Your packaging sucks I bet the only reason you did this is bc it makes you money” >
  
  Man, how lucky to be able to work at that company. All the keycaps at employees rate.... maybe? >
  
  German efficiency served by GMK✨✨ >
  
  Let us see if this makes the waiting times lower 😂 >
  
  That's cool and all, please just change those paper trays. Thx >
  
  Wouldn't want a once-in-a-century cockroach infestation from starch-based boxes. >
  
  cool part about this video is it finally arrived after they payed for it in spring 2021 >
  
  GMK moving like the DMV over there >
  
  Is this why it takes 3 years to get my caps? Cause they were doing RnD fro robots? >
  
  nah because their old factory was slow af when the demand suddenly spiked and thousands of new GB Sets were commissioned. >
  
  I just wanted those Persona 5 Metaverse Caps >
  
  A lot of salty folks that are never satisfied in these comments. If this speeds up shipping and increases accuracy then it's a good thing. >
  
  Surely the savings from employing fewer people will be passed on to the customer now. What a lucky break for us! >
  
  They're doing this to cut down on the time it takes sets to get out the door. Having humans manually do all the sorting wasn't efficient and acted as a bottleneck in the packaging process.
  The alternative was likely hiring more people which doesn't make sense if they can't expand their overall workspace to accommodate more physical people.
  This isn't a case where people are being displaced from their work, it's one where duties are being shifted away from manually sorting to just doing QC oversight. >
  
  You're switching between authoritatively telling me why they did this, and that no one is being displaced, and guessing at what their situation and the alternatives might have been. I'm confused if you're an insider or not? >
  
  You’re probably confused because you’re new to the hobby. Some have been around long enough to realize the what and the why.
  Take your outrage somewhere relevant >
  
  Ah, I simply haven't been into the hobby long enough to "realize" the inner workings of a factory in a foreign country. Amazing. How long will I have to be a keyboard enthusiast before I gain this mystical ability to correctly guess the economy and strategy of enterprises I've no relationship to? >
  
  
  How long will I have to be a keyboard enthusiast before I gain this mystical ability to correctly guess the economy and strategy of enterprises I've no relationship to?
  
  At the same time you can pull your head out of your ass and realize there are other choices available since the market share is large enough to fit more than a factory in a foreign country. >
  
  At the same time as what? Other choices available for what? What are you gibbering about? >
  
  
  At the same time as what? 
  
  Your head, your ass, out.
  
  Other choices available for what? 
  
  Anything, plastic keycaps specific for this salt mine of a discussion.
  
  What are you gibbering about?
  
  Your head and ass being one and the same, in the gutter. >
  
  Still got two 4 keys on a currently shipping set - and for the retailer to say ...tough luck, we already got your money (at least it feels that way, grrrr).
  edit: misspoke, was two 4s, and not F4s. >
  
  GMK always replaces missing keycaps when the vendor reach out to them. If this was the case by my sets I´ve always received replacements >
  
  The amount of GMK hate is ridiculous here. The amount of sets requested keeps growing and the amount of plastic needed too. Not mentioning the 'need' for 'eco friendly materials' because of 'climate change' either, nor the extremely niche market. Now they are speeding up their production and people are still moaning.
  Just stop buying GMK caps, let them file for bankruptcy and buy your Chinese Ali knock-offs. Everyone happy, right? >
  
  Since in stock from left over stocks couple years ago can be sold for less than $100 (still objectively expensive; cheaper is not cheap), I don't really care whether they lie or telling the truth. 
  There's a possibility that as a reaction from the news, people are more and more willing to purchase the GMK keycap sets, thus, the same problem is recreated even with the higher production capacity. The imbalance between the supply (ability to produce) and demand (GB running) is always there. On the other hand, the incentives to spend a couple euros for machines to improve this process mean that they can profit more from being able to take on the increased demand and roll them out at the more reasonable time.
  Well, they get the cash firsthand after fulfillment of the MOQ or something like that. What incentive do they have to roll out the plastics as fast as possible when the big spenders are largely "okay" with waiting more than a year and the criticisms saying "it's too long" is safe to ignore without losing sales? Probably it's safer for them to maintain the production line for keycaps just "as long as it doesn't take 3 years." Then again, there were some issues regarding color matching as well that might to delay etc.
  Basically, it is what it is. You know the saying of "voting with your wallet." One disgruntled casual user compared to one disgruntled, "patient" whale is nothing and it's not uncommon voicing your opinion about that would get hammered by some of those who are more in the know about production and stuff. >
  
  Ah this is why I’m 3 years deep waiting for my set. They were busy with this. >
  
  every GMK set I received have the keycaps all over the tray, i'd rather have them take $10 off and ship them in bags >
  
  surely it isn't just the mail yeeting the box as hard as possible, right? (The trays do nothing to keep the caps from shaking around) >
  
  Its part of the manufacturers job to ensure the packaging is made well. You wouldn’t order a phone, have it arrive all fucked up, and be okay with the company saying “ups fault, sucks to suck” >
  
  
  Its part of the manufacturers job to ensure the packaging is made well. You wouldn’t order a phone, have it arrive all fucked up
  
  Arriving with the keys no longer in their assigned place within the tray is hardly "fucked up" though  :)