Drop Bounty Box 2

Jun 20, 2019

Hey everyone, it's been a busy day with a lot of questions so I wanted to clarify a few thoughts/misconceptions going on here with my take on it (from a design perspective, feel free to disagree). 1. This looks a lot like gambling.

We very specifically do not want this to appear to be gambling. Gambling typically involves some (or many) people losing in order for others to profit. This bounty box is designed so that anyone participating should come out with a significant amount of value from their box. Some have asked to guarantee a monetary value, but that is extremely difficult to do since products have wide ranging monetary/market values (that literally change daily). We very specifically have given a list of all of the eligible products, as well as the minimum item counts in each box. If you try to find the lowest valued products in each category and added them up to the value of a box, you should end up with a result very close to the box price (and that would be an extreme worst case scenario). If you take the most expensive items from each category, you get a value a significant amount higher. That is the default situation- without getting a 'special box that has extra rare/epics in it'.

2. No really, it still looks like gambling.

I don't know of any gambling games that allow for refunds if you don't "win". Our policy is that if you don't like what's in your box, you can send it back and get a refund. (Conditions apply to discourage exploiting this on a large scale).

3. What is the point of this, why don't I just buy what I want?

The products in these boxes have been carefully selected by our buyers and community members to be fantastic products. If you buy this box with an open mind, you'll probably end up with things you never thought you would find useful, that you end up loving. Me, personally, I own the Metro XS Blunt umbrella, which is the best umbrella I've ever owned... And no, I would never go "umbrella shopping to find a good umbrella". I randomly got mine at an employee sample sale. Go read the reviews on the Seki Edge Nailclippers. Are you ever going to spend time picking out good nail clippers? But if you get them in your box and use them, you'll probably be pleasantly surprised like the hundreds of people who have already purchased them. If you buy this box with a closed mind, you'll say to yourself "I spent $100 and got a nailclipper, a flashlight, a knife, and a keyboard. I could have bought similar items on Alibaba for $9". If this is you, please do not participate.

4. Are you just dumping inventory?

No, that was the Mystery Box. The majority of the products that are being shipped in the Bounty Box are being purchased by us from our vendor partners, explicitly to put into these boxes (that's why there's a 3 week delay on fulfillment).

5. Why can't you ship these internationally?

This is Canada's customs valuation website. There are potential issues relating to the value of goods in a box, versus the price purchased, versus the value declared for the purposes of customs. For most cases, there's a lot of flexibility here- but if you start having some boxes with $1000 of goods in them, declared at a $250 purchase price, it raises eyebrows at the border. Now consider that every country has different rules and restrictions around this (An EU purchaser could get hit with a 21% VAT on a $1000 valued box that they paid $250 for!). It's a compliance issue that we're not comfortable with dealing with at this time.

6. Isn't this just a lootbox?

In-game Lootboxes cost real money, and typically give you colorful pixels on a screen in return. Pixels that you do not own, you simply hold the right to use with your in-game account. Usually these pixels have no material effect on your gameplay (other than looking pretty). Lastly, 95%+ of lootboxes contain stuff you don't want, and you only buy them hoping for an epic item. So if you see the similarities between the Bounty box and a loot box, call it that. I'd say this is much closer to a TCG or Sports Card/etc card pack, with considerably better value mechanics. At least- that's how it was designed.

7. What's the point of all of this?

Honestly if you ask people who participated in past boxes, it's a lot of fun. Enthusiasts are typically collectors by nature- an enthusiast cyclist usually has multiple bicycles, audiophiles have many headphones and dozens of IEMs. Trying out and discovering new and interesting things is part of the hobby itself. These boxes give enthusiasts an outlet to explore products in their category and others, with the safety, knowledge and assurance that these products aren't junk. That's why we've made this box and offered it to the community.

Happy to answer or clarify any more questions.

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RageSatanas

Oct 5, 2019

KevinHey Kev, can u set up box price around 150$?

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RageSatanas

Oct 5, 2019

RageSatanasFor customs*

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Jun 19, 2019

Over the past five years, we've run tens-of-thousands of drops. Usually we end up with 1 or 2 extra units after fulfilling orders and stocking for support requests. Those units generally get abandoned on a shelf in our warehouse, never to be thought of again, and in April 2019, our warehouse was full to bursting. In this situation, most companies would sell the inventory to a liquidator. Instead, we decided to take a more community-oriented path, and created a fun event where we randomly box it up and offer it to the community. Through this, the Massdrop Mega Mystery Box was born. The interest in the box was immense and sold out in two days. People were promised a box of random things- shoes that may or may not fit, parts of random mechanical keyboards, or bolts of quilting fabrics, and that's exactly what they received. Not all of the contents in the box were specific esoteric items though; some people received headphones, laptops, drones, tents, and other great things. One user even received an inflatable boat while another got a front lip for an Audi automobile! A lot of fun was had by the community and people posted tons of unboxing photos, and even started their own peer to peer trading room on Discord. Demand for a return of the Mystery Box has been overwhelming. Today, we’re excited to announce the Drop Bounty Box. We kept the best parts of the Massdrop Mystery Box, built on those, and removed/adjusted the things we heard you didn’t care for. Instead of boxes of wrong-sized clothing with stone age shipping times, we’ve doubled down to offer a curated selection of amazing products, shipped to you faster, all while giving you more control over what you receive. What could be better? All of the thrill and anticipation of the original Mega Mystery Box without risk of disappointment. The Drop Bounty Box is the perfect opportunity to discover a range of enthusiast grade products with a chance to score some of our most expensive and coveted products. Enjoy transparency and take a look at the list of products that will be featured in this round of boxes here, and choose the option to curate your box to guarantee the most expensive item will be in the category you want. Boxes that will ship based on your order date (instead of when the warehouse decides). Lastly, just to keep things interesting, we have also added an Ultimate Bounty Box option for those who love to go big or go home. Hope you can feel the love!

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RichardNSA

Sep 6, 2019

KevinWhen is the next round of epic bounty boxes?

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Sep 6, 2019

RichardNSADo you mean the $5000 box??

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