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It's possible Paypal will come back, though Dan (w360) says it won't be this year.

This question gets into some bigger structural issues that we need to resolve. Among them:
Taiwan Post isn't great for shipping. They've made mistakes, and Dan tells me they complain about shipping too many smaller packages. This is why he's scaled back the number of parts and accessories that are available. He's been wanting to move shipping to China for a while because of this - it's cheaper, faster, and there's no problems with volume - but that means moving production to China as well, which has a lot of implications for the M1 and other cases SFFLab currently offers, and our relationship with Lian Li. To start with, some of the smaller parts (e.g. brackets and other miscellaneous parts) may move to a different supplier.
Dan's doing too much by himself. Joshua (PlayfulPhoenix) is his partner on SFFLab, but he's had other obligations that have kept him from helping out recently. This is one factor that contributed to the recent issue with the M1 preorders that resulted in shipping not being applied correctly. So we're looking at how we can restructure things so I can help manage some of the NCASE-specific aspects, and likewise for the other products SFFLab distributes.

<blockquote data-quote="Necere" data-source="post: 157404" data-attributes="member: 8">It's possible Paypal will come back, though Dan (w360) says it won't be this year.This question gets into some bigger structural issues that we need to resolve. Among them:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Taiwan Post isn't great for shipping. They've made mistakes, and Dan tells me they complain about shipping too many smaller packages. This is why he's scaled back the number of parts and accessories that are available. He's been wanting to move shipping to China for a while because of this - it's cheaper, faster, and there's no problems with volume - but that means moving production to China as well, which has a lot of implications for the M1 and other cases SFFLab currently offers, and our relationship with Lian Li. To start with, some of the smaller parts (e.g. brackets and other miscellaneous parts) may move to a different supplier.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dan's doing too much by himself. Joshua (PlayfulPhoenix) is his partner on SFFLab, but he's had other obligations that have kept him from helping out recently. This is one factor that contributed to the recent issue with the M1 preorders that resulted in shipping not being applied correctly. So we're looking at how we can restructure things so I can help manage some of the NCASE-specific aspects, and likewise for the other products SFFLab distributes.</li>
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[QUOTE="Necere, post: 157404, member: 8"] It's possible Paypal will come back, though Dan (w360) says it won't be this year. This question gets into some bigger structural issues that we need to resolve. Among them: [LIST] [*]Taiwan Post isn't great for shipping. They've made mistakes, and Dan tells me they complain about shipping too many smaller packages. This is why he's scaled back the number of parts and accessories that are available. He's been wanting to move shipping to China for a while because of this - it's cheaper, faster, and there's no problems with volume - but that means moving production to China as well, which has a lot of implications for the M1 and other cases SFFLab currently offers, and our relationship with Lian Li. To start with, some of the smaller parts (e.g. brackets and other miscellaneous parts) may move to a different supplier. [*]Dan's doing too much by himself. Joshua (PlayfulPhoenix) is his partner on SFFLab, but he's had other obligations that have kept him from helping out recently. This is one factor that contributed to the recent issue with the M1 preorders that resulted in shipping not being applied correctly. So we're looking at how we can restructure things so I can help manage some of the NCASE-specific aspects, and likewise for the other products SFFLab distributes. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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