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Stone_MaN
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Jan 7, 2016
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@Adamusg , how long to get them? well the drop ends 5 days from now. so I would guess between 2 to 5 weeks considering the turn around time on all the items i have bought.
they "massdrop" have seemed to move away from actually giving it buyers the savings they used to. every single drop I have looked at now days is the same. they do a simple ---zon search and price the items 1 to 2 dollars less.
you have to ask yourself if that dollar or 2 is worth waiting weeks more to get your product. apparently many are willing to wait much longer to get products, as they keep offering more and more items. if people were not buying via massdrop they would not still be in business offering so many items.
don't be shocked but they have deleted posts such as this over time from many that have been around since the beginning with them and have seen the changes. so read this post fast as it may just disappear as well.
Jan 7, 2016
Rkulick
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Jan 8, 2016
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Stone_MaNTo be fair, buying inexpensive items i.e. msrp 20 dollar items, won't be a big dollar difference on savings. Even 50% off is only 10 dollar saving.
Jan 8, 2016
Stone_MaN
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Jan 8, 2016
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Rkulick@Rkulick this "dollar or two" is on ANY drop regardless of cost, at least all of them I have had enough interest in to consider purchase. a good case in point is the black diamond hiking poles. every time they have listed them they are within 2 bucks of the zon. and when I would look at "outdoor" shops online I could find them even cheaper than the MD price offered.
the main point is they do not pass along savings to buyers like they used to. bear in mind when WE look at prices those prices are PER UNIT not the buying in bulk price that MD gets them for, leave no doubt they get them cheaper, thus more money for MD and less savings for the group buy purchasers. which takes us right back to the first post. search zon beat the offered price by a buck or two.
this site had just gotten of the ground when I started using it. they would offer between 3 and 10 items TOPS, im not talking per "community" as they call them but total items on site.
times have changed from "lets be a middle man and help people get a better price." to "lets be a middle man and pocket the savings off the better bulk price."
Jan 8, 2016
weggs
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Jan 10, 2016
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Stone_MaNAgreed. I remember when the savings were better, the drops were a result of actual polls, and there were drops on cool bespoke things like kickstarter projects. Now they just flog off peoples excess stock and take a fat skim of the cream from the top.
Jan 10, 2016
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