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New Communities Giveaways (CLOSED)
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New communities, new giveaways.
We're introducing five new communities to Massdrop and we want to celebrate with you! We couldn’t have done this without you, so we want to give something back. We're hosting a giveaway for each new community. Check them out below!
How to Enter
Follow the Gleam links below to enter. Follow the instructions to earn more entries. We’ll choose winners for each within 7 days of the giveaway being completed.
PC Gaming
This community is all about battlestation essentials, from headsets and monitors to keyboards, mice, and ergonomic chairs.
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· Enter giveaway: (GIVEAWAY OVER)
· Check out PC Gaming Drops: www.massdrop.com/pc-gaming/drops
Board Games
It’s all fun and games—literally. The Board Games Community is home to new and award-winning tabletop titles and the gamers who love them.
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· Enter giveaway: (GIVEAWAY OVER)
· Check out Board Games Drops: www.massdrop.com/board-games/drops
Trading Card Games
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Oct 16, 2018
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Drop
Testing Local Shipping in European Union - PART 2!
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This is another test.
Hey everyone,
Great news! We’re ready to kick off the next phase of our local shipping test for the EU. See the talk post for the initial test here.
We’re now prepared to open up a larger collection of products to keep moving toward a more consistent and better experience in EU markets.
The products will be available to ship from our test warehouse in Europe with delivery expected within 5 business days to the majority of locations. Most will arrive at your door with no post office pickup, though some exclusions apply, depending on your address. All prices in this test have been adjusted to include VAT, shipping and handling, and will be in USD.
Quantities are limited so do not delay.
We’ve made a collection that includes the available products here:
https://drop.com/all-communities/drops/european-audiophile-collection
PLEASE NOTE: The products in this collection have been specifically set up for this shipping method.
These are:
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Jun 6, 2019
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Changes in Several Drop Communities and Interests
Hey everyone,
There are going to be some changes in the near future for several of our communities and we want to share the details with you as well as explain why we made these decisions.
We have recently been taking a fresh look at our offering, and thinking deeply about how we can deliver the best community experiences. We wanted to take a step back and really understand what’s working, and what we think needs to be improved
Through feedback from the community about the current user experience, and our own explorations, we’ve arrived at some changes we think are necessary to improve the experience for the majority of our members.
Starting today, we will begin to implement some of these changes by adjusting how you can find certain communities and products within our site, as well as merging a couple communities and sunsetting several others.
The short version:
We plan to improve discoverability on our site for the most active communities like Blades/EDC, Mech Keys...
Aug 12, 2019
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Drop
Community Announcement: Discussion Rules
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Massdrop encourages active discussion between our members and welcomes constructive and civilized debate. We ask that all members adhere to the spirit of respectful dialogue. Massdrop monitors all posts and reserves the right to remove any content that does not adhere to our moderation guidelines.
Some Basic Rules
Web Links: We love backing up comments with sources and good information, so you are welcome to include links to material on other websites that are relevant to your comment. However, links to pornography and other offensive material are not allowed. Massdrop administrators check these links and may remove anything deemed offensive. Please don’t post things that will keep us up at night. We’ll remove them. Also, we’ll be upset.
Relevance: While we appreciate wide-ranging discussions, we'd like to avoid derailing things to a certain extent. Let's try to keep within arms reach of the topic at hand if we can.
Trolling: We understand you're having fun with it...
May 12, 2016
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JohnHind
Dante: Please introduce a new circle of hell for web designers!
Do modern web designers do ANY usability testing? Today I received an email "It's not bragging if it's true" soliciting pictures of a recent purchase (Planck Mechanical Keyboard Kit V6). This leads to a "pictures" section of the product page which surprisingly was empty. So I uploaded a couple of pictures. It prompted me to type a caption which I did. The pictures are published without the caption (even when clicked on to view full size) and with a procrustic truncation over which I get no control (that I can find). This is pointless and makes me look stupid, so I want to delete them, but I cannot find any way to do that either!
Nov 10, 2019
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Update on Community Changes
Hi all,
We expect this to be our final update for the foreseeable future with regards to Community structuring and any big-picture changes.
Notable Changes:
Ultralight will merge with Outdoors into a singular community.
Flashlights and Blades will rejoin EDC as a singular community.
Tech will no longer source new products, for the time being.
Writing will return as a place to have discussions, but sourcing new products will be on pause.
For Context:
Our goal is always, and has always been, to add value to our community, whether that is through creating something new, bringing a community project to life, or simply leveraging the group-buy dynamic to get the best products for our members. We only enter a community after an ample amount of thought and consideration, and we only leave one after even more. At this point in time, however, continuing to support some communities is not compatible with our business.
In the past, we have typically found someone with the passion and...
Aug 29, 2019
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JohnHind
Dante: Please introduce a new circle of hell for web designers!
Do modern web designers do ANY usability testing? Today I received an email "It's not bragging if it's true" soliciting pictures of a recent purchase (Planck Mechanical Keyboard Kit V6). This leads to a "pictures" section of the product page which surprisingly was empty. So I uploaded a couple of pictures. It prompted me to type a caption which I did. The pictures are published without the caption (even when clicked on to view full size) and with a procrustic truncation over which I get no control (that I can find). This is pointless and makes me look stupid, so I want to delete them, but I cannot find any way to do that either!
Nov 10, 2019
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halessa
No mor kitchen and quilt/knitting communities?
I just came by and had to see that there is no longer a cooking, quilting and knitting community available. Most of the other stuff is of little interest for me, so don't expect that I will stay if they stay cancelled.
Nov 5, 2019
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solgoodguy
Is Drop going under?
I seem to be getting a lot of clearance emails from Drop recently and now that they're actually selling many of their high end headphones at reduced prices along with emails saying that there are no future plans to restock (see https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/dpdjtb/psa_fostex_trx00s_on_dropcom_sorta_eol/)
Either they are planning some relaunch of their headphones (which I hope is the case) or they are clearing out stock in preparation for some liquidation. I see that their daily offerings have become stale and their removal of the different communities didn't really bode well for the company.
Thoughts?
Oct 31, 2019
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censtad
What happened to the Cooking Community?
Did I miss an announcement? Just as I went on to finally pull the trigger on a rice cooker I'm noticing the cooking community has disappeared! Anyone able to update me?
Oct 14, 2019
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krikor
On the Verge of Deleting My Drop Account
This has been brewing for some time. I think I've finally reached the end with Drop.
Yes there is the occasional "good" deal that's worth considering, but these are becoming far too sparse and fleeting. And then there is the common issue of incomplete or even totally inaccurate information in the descriptions, wrong pictures, or basic pictures missing (like full shots of the rear of an audio component... duh!). And even when pointed out, no change ever seems to be made, as evidenced by drops that have been running for multiple years and still contain issues commented on the first time around.
What broke this camel's back? The great (sic) deals available in the first ever Drop Warehouse "Sale." First item I checked, the Kyocera 12oz Travel Mug for nearly $30 shipped... which I believe is even more than when it originally dropped (pretty sure there was free shipping). Like I did before, I'll instead order another from Amazon for just $20.
For me, it has simply become a waste of...
Oct 14, 2019
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Drop
Have you checked out the Warehouse Sale yet?
The Warehouse Sale is a major hit over here at Drop HQ. We’re all getting a headstart on our holiday gift-shopping—and splurging on stuff we can’t resist for ourselves. So far, we’ve spotted amazing deals on brand-name monitors, keycaps, apparel, and everything in between. Now, we’re pleased to announce that our exclusive Warehouse Sale is open to you, our Drop community members. Get your hands on extras from our curated collections—in limited quantities, at better-than-ever discounts.
Make sure to check it out at www.drop.com/warehouse — Products are added daily, so check back and keep shopping.
What have you snagged up? Let us know your haul in the comments.
Oct 11, 2019
My life situations dictates I live in various parts of the world (typing in Singapore at the moment but previously was in Las Vegas). I've been using Massdrop for a while now and one thing I think would really improve the community is if the voltage of electronic items is listed. It's fairly logical to assume things that will only ship in the US have a US plug and operate in at least 110V.
For anyone living in international markets (or even local USA and planning to travel/live elsewhere), it can be a hassle when the functioning voltage (and by extension, the type of plug) isn't listen in the item specs. I end up having to google the specific item and having to find either the manufacturer's website or the item's operator's manual.
I've also seen other people asking if an item is 110V, 220V, or works along the range so I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one frustrated by this. Please, if you guys are able to, do include volts and plug in the specs.
Thanks!
PS.
It'd be great especially for items that allow international shipping to let you have the option of changing the voltage and plug included for the device!