justsomedude
Straight Flush
Gimmeh!!!!!!
CLOSED $20 Plaques from MSK Gaming - OFFICIAL GROUP BUY ORDER thread (1 Viewer)
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all PMs sent for reshipping process. I was able to get a couple of bubble mailers to see what I can come up with for those who requested first class and had <= 6 plaques.
for those that may have questions on the pricing I came up with this was my method. for first class, I measured the number of plaques you had. (4 or 6). Taking the info from USPS for first class, I took that price and charged you the bubble mailer. 4 plaques came out to $3.50 and 6 came out to $3.75
for the rest, I took the pricing from USPS(dot)com for the priority boxes, and added what I thought would be fair to charge for packaging materials.
small FRB = $7.15
medium FRB = $14.25.
I didn't have the energy in me from this long work week to come up with a nicer method and in doing the final math, I'm taking a little bit of a loss but that's okay. I just want to get these out to you guys asap and the prices I gave you do include the packaging materials as well.
Only price I wasn't able to come up with yet is international, so if you are outside of the US, please let me know so I can get you an international price. Thanks all!
for those that may have questions on the pricing I came up with this was my method. for first class, I measured the number of plaques you had. (4 or 6). Taking the info from USPS for first class, I took that price and charged you the bubble mailer. 4 plaques came out to $3.50 and 6 came out to $3.75
for the rest, I took the pricing from USPS(dot)com for the priority boxes, and added what I thought would be fair to charge for packaging materials.
small FRB = $7.15
medium FRB = $14.25.
I didn't have the energy in me from this long work week to come up with a nicer method and in doing the final math, I'm taking a little bit of a loss but that's okay. I just want to get these out to you guys asap and the prices I gave you do include the packaging materials as well.
Only price I wasn't able to come up with yet is international, so if you are outside of the US, please let me know so I can get you an international price. Thanks all!
RowdyRawhide
Full House
PP sent
Thanks for running an excellent GB!
Thanks for running an excellent GB!
Those that have paid: First class peeps you're all packaged up and will have em out tomorrow. Priority peeps, I got 1 hour of makeup time to complete at work early morning, then I'll be making a stop a USPS to pick up your boxes. As long as every USPS around me isn't out of boxes, your's will be out tomorrow as well.
Those who haven't paid (at the time that I am writing this) I will still be picking up boxes for you. If I don't receive payment before I send out the first batch, no worries. I will be heading out to @Psypher1000's meetup and if I receive payment before my way out (around 4:30-5:00pm Mountain) I should be able to get your out tomorrow as well. If not, Wednesday for sure. I don't have access to a printer so I have to take the packages up to the counter so as long as they don't have the counters close for the 2nd round, they will be sent off.
I'm going to do my best to send out PMs with tracking numbers as well. It will be a mess of me matching up the states with the receipts but whatever..... I've gotten this far with the group buy :coffee:
thanks again all!
Those who haven't paid (at the time that I am writing this) I will still be picking up boxes for you. If I don't receive payment before I send out the first batch, no worries. I will be heading out to @Psypher1000's meetup and if I receive payment before my way out (around 4:30-5:00pm Mountain) I should be able to get your out tomorrow as well. If not, Wednesday for sure. I don't have access to a printer so I have to take the packages up to the counter so as long as they don't have the counters close for the 2nd round, they will be sent off.
I'm going to do my best to send out PMs with tracking numbers as well. It will be a mess of me matching up the states with the receipts but whatever..... I've gotten this far with the group buy :coffee:
thanks again all!
tracking numbers sent, the receipt actually made it easier than I had anticipated to match them up to you guys lol. I have 3 orders left to be sent out. hoping to get them out tomorrow. please post pics/let me know once received. @justsomedude I'm expecting some in game pr0n from you (y) :thumbsup:
justsomedude
Straight Flush
Putting these in play Saturday... pr0n will happen!
12thMan
Full House
I missed your message, will pp tonight when I get home, no worries on tracking numbers for me, they will show up and if they don't we can cross that bridge later.
Thanks for all your time, very smooth and fair group buy, I owe you a beer or a puff off the legal plant I love if I ever see you in person!!
Thanks for all your time, very smooth and fair group buy, I owe you a beer or a puff off the legal plant I love if I ever see you in person!!
Got mine today. They are excellent!
JT
JT
WHERE IS THE PRON??? WE NEED HARDCORE PLAQUE ON PLAQUE PRON!!!
Go my plaques today, thanks again @pokermijo for organizing the group buy, I think these came out really well. Onto some pics:
Family Pic:
With regards to the side color, my initial gut reaction during the pre-order period was that white would have been a good color to help distinguish the $20 plaques from the previous GB $5 plaques. I was swayed by some of the sample pics, I thought the green matched the plaque really well, so I changed my vote to green and kept my order green to keep things simple and not flip back to the white once the 2 colors were available. Having seen them in person, I think both of my inklings were correct. The green edges match the plaque really well, and in a vacuum I think that was the best color. In comparison to the $5 plaques though, the edges are pretty similar in regular light, I think they'll be difficult to pick out in stacks. Some pics to compare:
With flash (ok):
Without flash (hard to tell the difference):
With flash:
Without flash:
In hindsight, I would have probably gone with the white edges, I think those would have gone better together as a "set". Given the fact that for my game these will likely be more "status" plaques and not bet all the time, I don't see it being a big issue, and they are fairly well distinguishable in a pot.
Again, great job all around on the group buy!!
Finally, the obligatory splash pot:
Family Pic:
With regards to the side color, my initial gut reaction during the pre-order period was that white would have been a good color to help distinguish the $20 plaques from the previous GB $5 plaques. I was swayed by some of the sample pics, I thought the green matched the plaque really well, so I changed my vote to green and kept my order green to keep things simple and not flip back to the white once the 2 colors were available. Having seen them in person, I think both of my inklings were correct. The green edges match the plaque really well, and in a vacuum I think that was the best color. In comparison to the $5 plaques though, the edges are pretty similar in regular light, I think they'll be difficult to pick out in stacks. Some pics to compare:
With flash (ok):
Without flash (hard to tell the difference):
With flash:
Without flash:
In hindsight, I would have probably gone with the white edges, I think those would have gone better together as a "set". Given the fact that for my game these will likely be more "status" plaques and not bet all the time, I don't see it being a big issue, and they are fairly well distinguishable in a pot.
Again, great job all around on the group buy!!
Finally, the obligatory splash pot:
jesus.... that splash pic is so nice. these blend really well with those $5 plaques. I am sad that I missed out on that group buy as they would have came in handy for micro stake games. hope they come in handy and you put em to good use (y) :thumbsup:
The $20s are ridiculously sexy. I wish I knew where my micro stakes game was going to level out. If I knew we will do a $1/$1 game with $100 buy-in consistently and monthly, I would have jumped all over this. You guys did a great job.
What is the color of the $20? Greenish grey? What did you use?
If I cant get a stable $1/$1 game going, I may do a GB at some point in the future for the $5 plaques that have the same color scheme as the $20. Cant get enough of it. Looks fantastic.
What is the color of the $20? Greenish grey? What did you use?
If I cant get a stable $1/$1 game going, I may do a GB at some point in the future for the $5 plaques that have the same color scheme as the $20. Cant get enough of it. Looks fantastic.
12thMan
Full House
Don't count out doing it again, I mean it doesn't have to be a one and done, right? I may be speaking out of line here but since the original group buy was a not for profit one it might be worth talking to all involved with the original group buy if doing it again if there is enough interest would be ok. I know I would order some more, I'm being there would be others that would as well, and we could figure out a way to get a few bucks to who ever needs it as a thank you for doing the work the first time around. Plus, I assume it might be very easy for msk to duplicate the order seeing as how they probably will have all the info from the first run....
Just a thought. Same could be applied to this design down the road if people want to add on.
justsomedude
Straight Flush
Got mine yesterday too - thanks @pokermijo for a swift and awesome GB!
I just love the color template of the $20 with the green edge. The sex. I would love to see the $5s in this but it's too soon to explore that at least for me. By year end I will know what stakes my players are comfortable with and then I'll look to get some plaques.
atomiktoaster
Full House
Man, usps is taking their time with mine. Looks like they won't make it until tomorrow.
Steve5k
High Hand
Got mine yesterday, arrived safe! Thanks for the GB!
RowdyRawhide
Full House
Where's the pron???
Received mine. They look/sound/feel great! Very happy with the white edge. More happy with the quality of the group buy effort led by pokermijo. Bravo, sir!
*Additional comments after handling them for a bit:
1. In dark/poor lighting it's pretty difficult to make out the details/features on these. These are still great, and a great value, but would definitely vote for a lighter shade next time if I were to get more of these.
2. I do wish we'd gone with a slightly bigger size for the $20s, so they'd further stick out from the $5s in a pot or in stacks. The white edge helps for stacks, but this experience has solidified for me that I appreciate different sizing for plaques.
Again, still a fantastic value and an outstanding group buy led by pokermijo!
*Additional comments after handling them for a bit:
1. In dark/poor lighting it's pretty difficult to make out the details/features on these. These are still great, and a great value, but would definitely vote for a lighter shade next time if I were to get more of these.
2. I do wish we'd gone with a slightly bigger size for the $20s, so they'd further stick out from the $5s in a pot or in stacks. The white edge helps for stacks, but this experience has solidified for me that I appreciate different sizing for plaques.
Again, still a fantastic value and an outstanding group buy led by pokermijo!
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justsomedude
Straight Flush
Where's the pron???
Baaaah cRAP! We put them in play, but I didn't take any pics. This is my only photo from Saturday, but the plaques weren't on the table at that point.
Sorry guys. Too many Coors!
Baaaah cRAP! We put them in play, but I didn't take any pics. This is my only photo from Saturday, but the plaques weren't on the table at that point.
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Sorry guys. Too many Coors!
Looks like a nice crowd. Way more civilized than my bunch! Did you do a 25c/25c game, and then bring in the plaques for rebuys?
justsomedude
Straight Flush
Yup! You nailed it!
I think this is where my game is going. We cant even break out the redbirds yet. My buds like micro stakes. Perhaps around Christmas time we can do another group buy for the $5 plaques in the $20 design. I would love that.
Keep the PrOn coming!
RowdyRawhide
Full House
I had some time to take a few pics and IRL it is easy for me to tell the difference in mixed stacks of $5 and $20, and one side of my table has piss poor lighting right now.
This is taken from the darker side of the table and window light pouring in from behind the plaques so they look much worse in the pic vs IRL
Over all these plaques are fantastic and if we do another GB towards the end of the year I would probably pic up another 20x$5's and 10x$20's.
Obviously not the same caliber as Matsui but at 1/4th the cost much more bang for the buck IMO. So glad we have access to MSK and they should have a prosperous future in the chipping community.
This is taken from the darker side of the table and window light pouring in from behind the plaques so they look much worse in the pic vs IRL
Over all these plaques are fantastic and if we do another GB towards the end of the year I would probably pic up another 20x$5's and 10x$20's.
Obviously not the same caliber as Matsui but at 1/4th the cost much more bang for the buck IMO. So glad we have access to MSK and they should have a prosperous future in the chipping community.
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