Massdrop Therapy Thread

[njbair]

Check out this quote from Jack at Ortholinear Keyboards regarding the Planck drop (emphasis mine):

Hey Folks!

I'm blown away at how many of you hopped on board the Planck drop! Thanks for joining - I'm really excited to get all of these out.

We've changed how things are gonna work out logistically a little bit - I'm going to be packing and shipping all of the domestic (US) orders from the office here, and Massdrop is going to be shipping all of the international ones after I've packed them. This should help to get things out sooner, as I can ship things as soon as they're ready.

10/30 is still looking like the date that everything will be out by, but we'll have a better idea of that once we get confirmations from all of the vendors.

We’re hoping to be able to provide you guys with weekly updates (and photos)!

Thanks again!

Jack

Well this is just about the best news you can get from Massdrop--that they won't be the ones shipping your goods.

[jamster]

I was so excited when I first came across Massdrop that I was checking it every day and drooling over all the drops.

Six months later the only drop that I have joined is Matt3o's spacebar buy (at the time without even having plans to buy a Realforce )

Every drop that I am interested in has had something slightly off about it, e.g. I now want a Realforce but in white instead of black, or I've been able to find the same thing elsewhere for pretty much the same price with instant shipping or even at a local bricks and mortar store.

[heedpantsnow]

Yeah, jamster, that's been my experience too.  It's usually something that I don't *really* need, just want, but then I price check and find it's often just about the same price elsewhere.  Seems like good deals on watches, if I needed more of them.

[njbair]

I've never bought anything non keyboard related from Massdrop. I honestly forgot they carried anything else. But I see things like a $300 pair of shoes, there's no way that's a deal.

[heedpantsnow]

I've never bought anything non keyboard related from Massdrop. I honestly forgot they carried anything else. But I see things like a $300 pair of shoes, there's no way that's a deal.

I know dude I saw those and wondered how they were a deal...

[Elrick]

I've never bought anything non keyboard related from Massdrop. I honestly forgot they carried anything else. But I see things like a $300 pair of shoes, there's no way that's a deal.

I know dude I saw those and wondered how they were a deal...

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$300 is quite low when you compare prices with women's shoes, like Christian Louboutin, Gianvito Rossi, Valentino, Givenchy and Manolo Blahnik.

[njbair]

I've never bought anything non keyboard related from Massdrop. I honestly forgot they carried anything else. But I see things like a $300 pair of shoes, there's no way that's a deal.

I know dude I saw those and wondered how they were a deal...

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$300 is quite low when you compare prices with women's shoes, like Christian Louboutin, Gianvito Rossi, Valentino, Givenchy and Manolo Blahnik.

I think most of the shoes I've bought have been around $60, and I don't think I've ever paid more than the $200 I used to pay for work boots when I had a machine shop job.

[heedpantsnow]

I've never bought anything non keyboard related from Massdrop. I honestly forgot they carried anything else. But I see things like a $300 pair of shoes, there's no way that's a deal.

I know dude I saw those and wondered how they were a deal...

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$300 is quite low when you compare prices with women's shoes, like Christian Louboutin, Gianvito Rossi, Valentino, Givenchy and Manolo Blahnik.

That is true. Another reason not to wear women's shoes?

Edit:  I did pay almost that much for a pair of Vasque hiking boot many years ago.

Then again, most people would say $300 is ridiculous for a keyboard

[Elrick]

That is true. Another reason not to wear women's shoes?

Edit:  I did pay almost that much for a pair of Vasque hiking boot many years ago.

Then again, most people would say $300 is ridiculous for a keyboard

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When you have a wife that loves those type of shoes then you are forever linked to paying for them.  Every 6 months some new releases are shown then she has to have them, no questions asked.

Keyboards will always be far cheaper than any designer shoes simply because THEY haven't designed any,    .......yet  >:D .

[nathanrosspowell]

They sent me a duplicate of the Noko TKL wrist rest 

Thinking that as these are hand made and that it could really be meant for someone else, I contacted their support. A week later, the only reasoning I got was "there was likely a small hiccup in our warehouse's system that resulted in a duplicate shipment." So now for my honesty I have to trundle to the post office, pay a bunch for international shipping back to MD and then send them my paypal details and then wait to get that money transferred back to me. *sigh* For the work I'm putting in here I'd expect they could figure out pre-paid shipping labels, not for me to actually have to spend time AND money to fix their screw up.

[rowdy]

That is true. Another reason not to wear women's shoes?

Edit:  I did pay almost that much for a pair of Vasque hiking boot many years ago.

Then again, most people would say $300 is ridiculous for a keyboard

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When you have a wife that loves those type of shoes then you are forever linked to paying for them.  Every 6 months some new releases are shown then she has to have them, no questions asked.

Keyboards will always be far cheaper than any designer shoes simply because THEY haven't designed any,    .......yet  >:D .

I guess that helps to balance the costs of keyboard purchases ;)

[RenegadeParadox]

I've only be apart of four MassDrops but I have never had any issue with them. Some of the drops aren't really enough value, or not worth the wait as shipping does take a long time but for the one's I've taken part of it has always been a pleasurable experience.

[Incredigasmic]

I missed out on Carbon

[rowdy]

I missed out on Carbon

Vote for it to run again.

[phosphoric]

for the most part, massdrop seems to be the victim of neglectful manufacturers more so than being negligent on their own part. i've had a single bad experience from one of their drops - a missing r4 keycap on my vortex pbt blank set - and emailed support. they took years to respond, but they did respond eventually and the rep i emailed sent me a replacement keycap. it was the wrong profile (so i guess they are sort of negligent, but after i informed her that my set was cherry profile and not oem, she just sent an entirely new set of keycaps.

[rowdy]

It seems that they do order a few extra sets of whatever, as I have seen a few warehouse sales or something where they have a limited number of extra sets to sell some time after the main drop has finished.

[yowaffle]

I've been part of 15ish drops and have no complaints so far 

[waitinginexile]

It seems that they do order a few extra sets of whatever, as I have seen a few warehouse sales or something where they have a limited number of extra sets to sell some time after the main drop has finished.

I got a granite set because of this fact and I'm stoked. I kinda like that this is a thing.

[gadzkun]

i never thought theres a therapy thread for massdrop.

my wallet got hacked by massdrop, you know massdrop bazaar event?
yeah i take a look at the bazaar, search for a nice item.
and i found ones interesting, and i want to know how much i should pay for it, but im not really want to buy it just "interested".
i clicked JOIN to check out how much i should pay! and thennn BAAAAAAAMMM! i ordered that item accidentally, i was thinking i can cancel it just like other drops.
but this time wont! in bazar when you join its an end!, and i post to CS i want to cancel my order, because i misclicked!
1day 2day 3day no respon the item not shipped yet,
i tried to talk in discussion how to cancel my order (thats really embarassing) im look like a fool asking, since i know i can ask the CS to cancel the order, but yeah no response in 3 days so i panic,
and in the 4day i got an email from CS, they would check the storage and cancel my order, and 5 minute later,
BAAAAAAMMM!!! 2nd attack incoming! i got the notification from massdrop(not CS massdrop) that my order already shipped.
and the next days CS email me just return the item to massdrop and when the item arrive in massdrop storage it will refunded.

[heedpantsnow]

i never thought theres a therapy thread for massdrop.

my wallet got hacked by massdrop, you know massdrop bazaar event?
yeah i take a look at the bazaar, search for a nice item.
and i found ones interesting, and i want to know how much i should pay for it, but im not really want to buy it just "interested".
i clicked JOIN to check out how much i should pay! and thennn BAAAAAAAMMM! i ordered that item accidentally, i was thinking i can cancel it just like other drops.
but this time wont! in bazar when you join its an end!, and i post to CS i want to cancel my order, because i misclicked!
1day 2day 3day no respon the item not shipped yet,
i tried to talk in discussion how to cancel my order (thats really embarassing) im look like a fool asking, since i know i can ask the CS to cancel the order, but yeah no response in 3 days so i panic,
and in the 4day i got an email from CS, they would check the storage and cancel my order, and 5 minute later,
BAAAAAAMMM!!! 2nd attack incoming! i got the notification from massdrop(not CS massdrop) that my order already shipped.
and the next days CS email me just return the item to massdrop and when the item arrive in massdrop storage it will refunded.

Ouch!  Yeah their CS is super slow. I had a similar issue with a change of address.

The other main issue I have with them is that many things on there aren't deals at all. They make it sound like a deal, but you gotta price check or you might get screwed. Sometimes it's the same price, or sometimes even cheaper, elsewhere on the web.

[1swt2gs]

The only time I use mass drop is during the bazaars! Even then, my board still look a good 3 weeks to get to my door.

Their model is good but just like group buys I can't wait months to get an item.

[Lepidus]

Last year they just stopped shipping anything to my country because reasons. Now I have to use a US Proxy.

Also, that rising sun bull**** got me really pissed at them. Im glad most of the GB failed hard. >:3