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RayF
22214
Aug 15, 2019
Hmm...lot of whining whiners seem to have gotten up early this morning for this drop? And no damn shortage of crying cry babies either, I note, particularly young @pjacks10 (who pisses and moans about Makara's customer service, but doesn't quite come out and say he actually owns their watch) and then there's the oh so tragic tale of woe from poor Michael, aka @Pseudonyne, who evidently pestered Makara with frequent complaints about his allegedly defective crown threads, and never heard back from them? How positively scandalous! Well, there's an old cliche that goes: "Your mileage my vary" right? Or as my dear, departed grandmother used to say: "two fucking snowflakes don't make a god damned blizzard!" Case in point: I have the same damn watch, I like it plenty, haven't had any problems with it, and I just ordered a second one the other day! So what do you malcontents have to say about that? Here's the deal: you pay your money, you spin the big wheel, and you take your chances--it's always going to be a gamble with this, and every other, so-called micro-brand watch company. Micro-brand is another word for some guy who scraped together a few grand and found two brothers in China who run a small family watch factory who agreed to build a few watches, using third-party movements, as cheaply as they could to maximize their profits, and the profits of the guy who runs the micro-brand watch company, which really consists of a guy with a website and a checkbook. That's just the way it is--nobody is out to screw anybody, but shit does happen. And don't forget, those two brothers in China are doing the same damn thing for two-dozen other guys with a computer and a checkbook, and everybody wants their stuff shipped first, and the two brothers are most likely doing the best they can but they're competing with a few hundred other brothers in China--all willing to cut the other guy's throat for fifty-cents more margin. So, best intentions aside, now and then a lemon of a watch gets by and you may be the kid who ends up with it. You're supposed to be smart enough to figure all that out up front, and calculate the odds accordingly--always remembering the first rule of ordering inexpensive watches from a no-name company, nobody ever heard of: never wager more than you're willing to loose. Now I don't know the guy who runs Makara, but I don't think he's out to shaft anybody either--he's trying to run a small business, make a living, and most importantly--pay for all those damn tattoos he put on his AmEx card that night he got shit-faced, before the damn bill hits. I'm guessing he'd make good on the watches that slipped by the two brothers in China and pissed off Ike and Mike down below--but he's not necessarily under any obligation to do so--that's part of the gamble too! If he does, people will say nice things about him, if he doesn't, people will talk bad about him on MD--it's his choice. Your choice is to thoughtfully decide who you wanna buy a watch from, and what reasonable expectations you should have after doing so. Makara ain't exactly part of the Swatch Group--they haven't been in business for a hundred years and they're not selling finely crafted watches built by a bunch of Swiss guys in a clean room. I knew that when I bought mine, and when I ordered the second one from Makara's website. By the way, that second watch isn't due until December, and Makara has already dinged my card for the cost (can't recall how much at the moment) but in theory, if Makara closes shop and disappears between now and then, I'm out the dough they charged me. But I knew all that before I ordered it, and if the worst happens, I'll be pretty damned disappointed--but more in myself, than in Makara, 'cuz I'm the guy who placed the bet, knowing in advance, all the stuff I just mentioned. There are no sure bets in horse racing either, by the way, but if I was looking to limit my risk as far as absolutely humanly possible, I'd buy a damn Seiko from Amazon with a credit card that offered buyer protection! That way I'd be covered six-ways from Sunday, no matter what the hell happened, right? Seiko is the low-risk, smart money bet. Makara is the high-risk, long shot horse in the race. Place your bets accordingly, but if you loose please--be a damn man about it! And while you're at it, remember bronze is a relatively soft alloy and if you don't know what you're doing, or you're just not paying close attention, it's fairly easy to inadvertently cross thread the damn crown when you're screw'n it back in. And that would be your issue, wouldn't it?
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BaadSaint
9
Aug 15, 2019
RayFI'm dammed glad you're on these posts, Ray! Thanks!👍👊
pjacks10
96
Aug 15, 2019
RayF10 minutes of my life Ill never get back. Ive owned and sold Makara and Helgray (2 of the 3 shit brands they sell). Theyre junk and CS is non existent. They have hundreds of unhappy customers. As theyve now been selling for years there is no excuse. But thanks fir the essay.
RayF
22214
Aug 15, 2019
pjacks10Ten minutes? You know it goes faster if you don't move your lips while you're reading right? I could leave out all the big words next time--if that would be better for you? Anyway, be that as it may, if you've actually purchased two watches and had a bad day with the first, what lead you to purchase a second? Evidently their customer service didn't stop you? Glutton for punishment then or what? If mine broke, I'd of passed on another one. Guess you're just Mr. Unlucky-Face? Well chin-up PJ, we're all here for you if you wanna try your luck again--heck of a deal, only $200 to spin that big wheel one more time--come on, what'a 'ya say?!
RayF
22214
Aug 15, 2019
BaadSaintHey, no problem! You and @pjacks10--I'm here for both of you ;- )
Pseudonyne
13
Aug 15, 2019
RayFI have the black one not bronze. I just share my Makara "experience"... If I'm not satisfied about a seller, I say it, at the opposite, if I have a good experience, I also talk about it. Anyway, I've got several differents brands of watches, so I still can know what time it is. Fortunately the others whatches quality is quite better then Makara stuff.
RayF
22214
Aug 15, 2019
PseudonyneYa see? There's a silver lining in every grey cloud after all!
Gregnorman
25
Aug 15, 2019
RayFDam ray. You can hop off your proverbial high horse now. Love it haha.
RayF
22214
Aug 16, 2019
GregnormanNot so high as you might imagine...
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Gregnorman
25
Aug 16, 2019
I like the watch. And the pony. 🤑🤑
C_E_F
31
Aug 19, 2019
RayFWow, congrats on demonstrating how much of a douche you can be to everyone here on Drop! Tell us more!
RayF
22214
Aug 20, 2019
C_E_FAll my “working—perfectly” Makaras send their love ;- )
C_E_F
31
Aug 20, 2019
RayFUntil they break ;) Then we'll see how much love Makara is going to send ya!
RayF
22214
Aug 21, 2019
C_E_F "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your broken Makaras yearning to tic,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the screw-loose, crown-less to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Of course, you have to pay the postage ;- )
C_E_F
31
Aug 21, 2019
RayFActually it's FREE pre-paid postage and a FULL refund! Drop stepped up and did the right thing. But no seriously keep going though! :D
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RayF
22214
Aug 21, 2019
C_E_FDo you suppose that's because your gut-wrenching story melted their wrought iron hearts such that they broke down sobbing, and started yelling: "Stop, stop--we feel so guilty--we can't take any more!" and thus decided to help you out? Or is it because that's the way Drop normally does business? Pretty sure it's the latter, 'cuz I've never had a problem with my returns, ever. On the other hand, they might just like me more?
C_E_F
31
Aug 21, 2019
RayFI mean it's pretty obvious you're a special special person, so it's definitely 100% because they like you more. BTW I hear there's a job opening for customer service over at Makara, you'd be PERFECT for it!
RayF
22214
Aug 21, 2019
C_E_FI don't know--I'm not the sympathetic type. Maybe you? You get free watches!
C_E_F
31
Aug 21, 2019
RayFWell shit, because here I was all along thinking you were just the sweetest, warmest, most amazing freshly-baked-cookie-scented-cuddly-teddy-bear of a human-being Ray.... Do you mean to say you were actually fooling us this entire time??? Blasts, tricked yet again!! Oh and Ray? Since I feel like we're kinda best buds-for-life-kinda-besties now.... it's only appropriate that I'm as upfront and honest as I can be with you. You know you're my boo right? So, it's gonna be a soft pass on that offer.
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RayF
22214
Aug 21, 2019
C_E_FDon't get all damned weepy-eyed and emotional on me for christs sake--you're just some jamoke I met on the internet!
Cfrank17
6
Sep 22, 2019
RayF😂 this ugly ass unoriginal watch looks like a fuckin piece of scrap steel somebody threw a cheap Japanese movement into and put a cookie cutter cnc machined buckle on. This thing is about as low quality as it gets. And you have the balls to say you have exquisite taste in watches. This is a childs watch.
RayF
22214
Sep 22, 2019
Cfrank17Sounds like somebody has a bad case of penis Makara envy!
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arp415
133
Nov 3, 2019
RayFLol you talked louder and longer, everyone should listen to you!
RayF
22214
Nov 3, 2019
arp415I agree--and they should stop arguing with me too!