I'll try to make this more organized into different categories but for now please use ctrl+f to search for your questions.
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Purchase
- before sale
- website might be down for tests; product shipping might be limited afterwards; both will resume normal before the actual sale
- how to confirm a win
- an order number on the confirmation page like #qwerty-xxxx
- region lock
- we usually sell a batch of our products to make sure certain regions will get a fixed quantity
- the purpose is to help customers in those regions to get a quantity that they would not be able to get if there is no region lock
- vendors/collaborators have their own release schedule
- once the sale is announced, it would take quite a while for us to negotiate the price, quantity and distribution
- please be nice to your regional vendors and not ask them repetitively about the releases as they are doing whatever they can to help make the region lock possible
- buy with paypal
- paypal express phone number bug
- for some people they might get the "invalid number" error using the paypal express
- there is no solution but to bypass (regular paypal works but slower than paypal express)
- solution 1 - simple easy but a tad slower, no risk
- login to your account on qwertykeys.com
- add checkout test fee in your cart a few minutes before the sale
- check out
- on the next page, fill in all the info (and turn on the auto-fill on your browser to memorize your info if you know what it is)
- go back to the front page and add the keyboard into cart when sale starts
- check out
- solution 2 - 2 clicks faster but complex with risk of fail
- login to your account on qwertykeys.com
- add checkout test fee in your cart a few minutes before the sale
- click check out
- on the information page, fill in all the info and select continue to shipping
- on the shipping page, select continue to payment
- go back to the front page
- open cart
- delete the checkout test fee
- complete this before the sale
- add the keyboard into your cart and check out
- it should take you to the shipping page (bypassed the information page)
- you'll be asked to select a new rate but just continue to payment
- this is the possible fail point, if your shipping shows free, you need to refresh the page (UNLESS YOU ARE IN HK where shipping is free)
- visa&master against PayPal
- our support of credit cards are limited but we do have successful purchases with Discovery, Amex and Diners - not suggested tho
- our credit card agency might not act effectively against large traffic so it might slow you down at the check out
- we will be able to see your billing info and the last four digit of the credit card used
- PayPal will support whichever credit card that is available local in your country
- for qwertykeys.com, your payment method is only PayPal and we do not see or care about your credit card info
- Keyboards
- customers who successfully received an order number from the keyboard purchase will have 24 hours at least to purchase the necessary plate and pcb combo + extra parts needed (including for other keyboards)
- no shipping cost will be charged on that pcb+plate combo but may incur if lots of extra parts were ordered
- this is to help decrease the options you need to tick during the rush hours thus lower the chance of accidentally wrong specs chosen
- if no order number was given, your money will never reach our PayPal nor bank account, refund will be authorized automatically but can take 1-3 business days depending on your bank's policy
- parts
- we don't have a dedicated staff to ship out extra parts sold separately from the keyboard itself
- thus our shipping time from your purchase might take up to a month if we are busy with a new project release
- please do not ask us to expedite as we might not be able to cater such requests
- this will change as we introduce more accessories into our platform
- some accessories are not sold like daughterboards
- we will keep those in-stock as long as possible but not for the insurance purpose
- with that said, Syrah will hook you up when yours is broken
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Info
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a list of fragile parts
- the plastic stem on top of the voice65% knob
- please protect it while moving the keyboard around as it will break upon impact
- Jelly Epoch daughterboard
- the JST socket might be detached from the PCB if pushed in the JST cable with blunt force
- please be careful during installation and dismantling your JST cable
- weight
- weight is a high value item (usually cost more than half of the entire keyboard)
- we might not be able to sell you a replacement weight if yours were broken as we do not usually make more than enough units
- please avoid scratching and wiping it with any organic sol avoid damaging the PVD coating