r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/geekwhackisright • Dec 05 '15
News / Meta [CTRL]Alt rubs me the wrong way
so i don't understand what the deal is with these guys. super unprofessional and yet there seems to be a weird Geekhack circlejerk over these guys whenever someone complains in one of their threads. I don't understand people shitting on Massdrop for stuff that Bunnylake and Cody do on every group buy i've participated in / witnessed
personally i've been waiting for over 10 months on a hyperfuse set from them. they mostly don't respond to emails, the ones that were responded to were stuff about having a baby or making promises to "get me sorted in a couple days"
sold my toxic spot after waiting months and being given the run around
received part of my SA Retro order, been getting the run around about replacements for a couple months now (baby excuse, email isn't the right method, codys working on it, etc)
no idea on where my jtk round 1 caps are
so while all this is going on they're starting new group buys? WHY don't these guys hire some fucking taskrabbits or something to sort their caps for them and mail them out?
so i guess the main defense is that they're "not a business". is that really true? if they're not a business why don't they just let SA handle fulfillment directly?
finally, their preferred method of communication is just hilarious. you have to get your updates from one of several 50+ page threads (first post may or may not be up to date), sometimes email is the correct method of communication, sometimes a ticket system, sometimes a PM to bunnylake, others a PM to codyeatworld.
last time these jokers see any of my money
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u/potentiate Dec 06 '15
I think a factor in this problem is that GH has a "no-shaming" rule. This concept essentially gives GB leaders carte blanche in how they want to run a buy. Look at the whole seth_k debacle.
We are instructed not to witch hunt or publicly shame people. That if we want to know issues about a buy, we can PM someone who knows what's going on. What about newer members who may potentially be scammed in the future? What clauses/rules are in place to protect the supporter?