Refusal to take responsibility.
Hi, Just thought I would make a note here of your handling of my issues. I ordered a pair of HD6xx headphones and then earlier today recieved the package. I drive to go and get it, as I like in the UK I had to pay import tax and handling fees. These total £47.92. The breakdown being £35.92 in tax and £12 in fees. These taxes were calculated of the shipping label of the box, which marked the shipment as the 6xx headphones of $199 value. Before leaving the parcel depot, I open the box to find a $35 lord of the rings mousepad. So now the problem is not only do I not have the headphones, but you have marked the shipment wrong so I have paid £47.92 fees for the handling of the mousepad. Which would have acrued £0 of fees if marked correctly as it is under £135. I go back to the desk but as I have already paid the fees I am unable to reject the shipment, but as the box said 6xx, there was no way for me to know before opening it. I contact support and they offer me a replacement, which...
Jan 17, 2025
Here's the way I look at it: 1. Everything in the drop is a good product (unlike, say, the entry Mee bluebox with the terrible Crystals mixed in with decent options) 2. The base option is at a meaningful discount (A 20% discount from the Amazon price at the time I'm writing this) 3. Everything meets the same general use case (unlike, say, the concurrent Spyderco Dragonfly knife blue box, which has EDC knives mixed with a 1/3 chance of getting a specialty saltwater use knife)
And if you look at the expected value math: .75 x $99.99 = 74.99 .20 x $113.99 = 22.80 .05 x 199.99 = 10 Overall EV = $107.79
On top of that, every one of the bonus gifts is a legit prize. (not a spyderco case to be seen :))
I own the PX, and am very happy with it. It's kind of my IEM counterpart to my Beyer DT880, and I think it was a great deal at the $113 price. While this one doesn't make sense for me personally, If you're looking for IEMs under $100, this is one to consider.
I wish every Blue Box was structured like this one - I've been a little "meh" with MD lately, but hard to complain here. I hope it goes well so they have more like it.
There will certainly be more Blue Boxes on the way :).