Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks for your time and suggestions.

Yes, true. I might have missed the the Striker R2. When I bought Lavender I wasn't really interested in delving deeper into the Striker matter; it really isn't a big deal, I don't mind receiving Lavender (after all, I did like it and took the gander at the group buy because of it), I just hope its going to ship in the coming month or 2 ...

I really hope that my frustration didn't boil over at the worst timing. Cause it's starting to sound like I felt conned just as the kit is being sent to everyone with the difference being, that I was misinformed. ;_;

About the disclaimers - I knew what I was getting into - hence me complaining about it on reddit as opposed to messaging the vendor; I do not want to bother them with petty comments about the lenght of shipping or manufacturing, because it in fact was clearly stated in the group-buy as you say.

It's just a bit frustrating, to get no info from them. :( I don't care for other vendors, when the one, which I ordered from doesn't inform me on anything.

I purposefully am not addressing the vendor from which I bought, to avoid any negative comments about them; in case I've might misread anything wrong ..

But as of this moment, Candykeys.eu, does not have any information on the page of the GMK Lavender besides "out of stock". Which doesn't make sense.. On my order page it says "in manufacturing", which makes even less sense. This whole situation is bogus; because precisely as you say - other vendros are having it shipped right now and there is info available on them, but why Is Candykeys.eu not addressing any updates?

As for GMK Striker, obviously I did not pre-order, because the group-buy was not available at the time when I bought Lavender.

Yes! I also bought an inexpensive E-PBT kit as a temporary solution, but it's kinda sad that I've already worn down the keyboard even as completely new keycaps are on the way .. I'm also reluctant to send another complaint, because the keycaps may (?) arrive soon, I just don't get it, I am pretty disoriented as to what I should do ..

.. but after all the comments on the post, I feel a bit more willing to send them an actual request for a refund, since I could just buy the kit that I originally wanted.

I havent persuaded about refunds, only updates, yet they were vague at best.

Coincidentally, I also live in the EU, so it's reassuring to know this if I do in fact decide to ask for a refund. I didn't really specify, but there really isn't a dedicated place in the site to cancel, so I assumed that it cant be cancelled. I thought that group-buys really are un-cancellable.

I didn't know this, I might try this if I can't persuade a refund. I asked for updates, but got only vague answers back. Thank you for the suggestion.