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Well joe that works if the two conversion rates are the same, but it's never the same, while there is no outright fee for currency conversion, it's built into the conversion rate. Don't think the currencies changed more than 5% in a weeks time.

I've actually had it work the other way (in my favor) for me when I refunded an ebay purchase. There was a few weeks between the purchase and the refund though. Payment medium was paypal.

update

"For all of you supported Kings Wild's HIVE 2 project designed by Brendan Hong you are not going to be disappointed. Production is right on schedule for our originally estimated delivery of June. Here is a shot of the ridiculously awesome Black Ltd Hive 2 that features gold foil, embossing and uv printing on the the stock tuck case"

THAT...is beautiful.

Honestly I'd forgotten about these til I saw the post on Instagram earlier. Now I'm looking forward to them.

Was wondering when we'd get a status update. Looking good!

chach wrote:Honestly I'd forgotten about these til I saw the post on Instagram earlier. Now I'm looking forward to them.

Same here... Now if I could just remember what I pledged for.......

nECr0MaNCeD wrote:

chach wrote:Honestly I'd forgotten about these til I saw the post on Instagram earlier. Now I'm looking forward to them.

Same here... Now if I could just remember what I pledged for.......

Same here! I hope I pledged for that beauty.

So, it's June now...

So it's mid-June now ...

All of the HIVE 2 cards are finished and are in transit from Taipei at this very moment.

great news my friend can't wait to see them

That's the only thing missing from the Kings Wild Funded platform: email notifications.

Surely not a single person is thinking anything bad, especially with Jackson and his good reputation. But it's always reassuring to hear everything is going well from time to time.

Very much looking forward to these!

Eoghann wrote:That's the only thing missing from the Kings Wild Funded platform: email notifications.

Surely not a single person is thinking anything bad, especially with Jackson and his good reputation. But it's always reassuring to hear everything is going well from time to time.

Very much looking forward to these!

Perfectly agree about the need for more robust email notification with the Crowdtilt platform. On the other hand Brendan has sent out update emails to the HIVE 2 backerlist but I'm sure they were misplaced and or junked.

sprouts1115 wrote:@Jackson - I don't have a problem with a hold on my credit card, but posting a warning to something that is better for you is probably good. That begs the question though. I've heard 3%-5% are bad credit cards on Kickstarter. Is that close?

Russell, reading back today, I see this wasn't answered. The 3-5% declined payments is a pretty good range - for playing cards projects, anyway. I have seen one or two as low as 2% and one up around 8-9%, but those are outside the norm.

3-5% is a good rule of thumb, and remember that when Stripe took over 1-January, the charge "discount" fee went up a little bit because of the higher fee for small pledges (mostly). It is now almost 10% between the kickstarter.com 5% and Stripe card processing fee, closers to 9.5% if you have mostly $25+ pledges. It used to be right at 9% total with Amazon Payments.

Add those together and the payout is usually between 85-87% of the funded amount. Your milage may vary, of course.

Mike Ratledge wrote:

sprouts1115 wrote:@Jackson - I don't have a problem with a hold on my credit card, but posting a warning to something that is better for you is probably good. That begs the question though. I've heard 3%-5% are bad credit cards on Kickstarter. Is that close?

Russell, reading back today, I see this wasn't answered. The 3-5% declined payments is a pretty good range - for playing cards projects, anyway. I have seen one or two as low as 2% and one up around 8-9%, but those are outside the norm.

3-5% is a good rule of thumb, and remember that when Stripe took over 1-January, the charge "discount" fee went up a little bit because of the higher fee for small pledges (mostly). It is now almost 10% between the kickstarter.com 5% and Stripe card processing fee, closers to 9.5% if you have mostly $25+ pledges. It used to be right at 9% total with Amazon Payments.

Add those together and the payout is usually between 85-87% of the funded amount. Your milage may vary, of course.

I concur with Mike numbers. With all of my past projects 3-5% is about right from bad or declined CCs

Missed the funding on this one. How can I get my hands on these 2 decks? Searched around, but can't really find anything concrete.

They're on their way from the printer and will be in the US soon-ish. After they are done fulfillment to the backers, I'm sure he will have plenty available on his website. And many other sellers for that matter.

moviecouple1995 wrote:Missed the funding on this one. How can I get my hands on these 2 decks? Searched around, but can't really find anything concrete.

Still in transit.
I'm guessing that there will be some for sale on kingswildproject.com in the coming weeks, and maybe touchofmodern after that.

/bama

bamabenz wrote:

moviecouple1995 wrote:Missed the funding on this one. How can I get my hands on these 2 decks? Searched around, but can't really find anything concrete.

Still in transit.
I'm guessing that there will be some for sale on kingswildproject.com in the coming weeks, and maybe touchofmodern after that.

/bama

Actually not really. We learned and adjusted our approach from the first Hive release and only ordered just enough decks to cover the project orders and a few extra for safety. The Hive 2 decks (even the unnumbered ones) are very limited. We won't even have that many to sell on our website much less touch of modern like last time.

Jackson,

So what do you suggest so I can grab the 2 decks? Got the first series and definitely want the 2nd.

moviecouple1995 wrote:Jackson,

So what do you suggest so I can grab the 2 decks? Got the first series and definitely want the 2nd.

It'll cost you an arm and both of your legs to buy them off of ebay.

Got an update email this morning and these are on a boat being shipped to the Kings Wild office, cant wait to see these in person

Of the black deck, the inside tuck, golden beehive pattern looks sweet.

This is what the update email was,

''Hi everyone!
This is just a small update. Shipment of the Hive 2 decks to the Kings Wild offices are going according to plan. At the moment, they're on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean making their way to the Kings Wild office.

Fulfilment of the decks will start as soon as we get the decks in the middle of July. In preparation for that, we've created an address change form for those who may have moved: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19ioypk ... o/viewform" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . Please fill it out if you've moved and changed our address so we can probably get your decks out to you. If we don't hear back by July 12th, we will assume that the address you have originally given us is correct.

We actually got some sample decks in from EPCC and they've turned out amazing. We hired Anthony Ingrassia of Kardify to take the photos of the only set of sample deck we have. The deck turned out amazing and I think everyone will be excited to get the decks. I can't wait to send it out to everyone. Here are some of the photos that were taken showing off the deck.''

Holy smokes! Someone put turbo on that damn boat, I want these immediately!

They look awesome, but I've forgotten how many I've pledged for.

When it comes time for the deck of the year awards, these decks will be heavy favorites in many categories.

Hey guys and gals! I just wanted let everyone know that we have started fulfillment on the HIVE 2 decks. We should be finished by the end of the week if not early next week.

Hive 2 goodness!