[i2ehan]

Bigger picture fellas: UM custom @ 20% off, added $200 cable and a few bonuses, all thank to Cedric; let's just leave it at that and allow our friend Cedric time to construct his email.

 

[rrahman]

Yea not quite what I said...
 
They saw a group buy, took away our leverage by handing picking a few of us away w/ the 25 deal, and "somewhat" left the rest of us committed to purchasing through a regular deal.  It may not have been intentional, but it was what happened.
 
EDIT: All tentative, depending on who is going to get what in the following few days
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You honestly think UM only did all this to steal their own customers(!!!) away from this group buy, in spite? I do not think they owe any apologies to anyone. Hell they seem to have been great throughout this whole process...

 

 

[Hero Kid]

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This is a fruitless debate. Enjoy the deal guys.

 

[Benjamin6264]

Does anyone have example pictures of the wood/jade/carbon/etc implements that are presented on the website? I've already seen titanium, but the other ones piqued my interest.

 

[rrahman]

Almost all debates on headfi are fruitless
 
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This is a fruitless debate. Enjoy the deal guys.

 

 

[Benjamin6264]

Did they increase the price for the wood faceplates?
 
On the website, it says $100, but on their Facebook page, they say it's $45 like the titanium plates.
 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=270106086339613&set=a.184051318278424.54421.145824605434429&type=1&theater
 
 

 

[Ikarios]

I don't think they did this intentionally. The cap of 25 people on the global deal means a lot of people who would be interested in this deal can no longer get in. The "alternative" is this group buy, but it's not as good of a deal since you don't get the free nice cable. That's gonna make people pass up on this deal, just because it's not as good as the one they could have gotten. It's a case of sour grapes, and they might actually be hurting their own business this way.

 

[Sylafari]

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I don't think they did this intentionally. The cap of 25 people on the global deal means a lot of people who would be interested in this deal can no longer get in. The "alternative" is this group buy, but it's not as good of a deal since you don't get the free nice cable. That's gonna make people pass up on this deal, just because it's not as good as the one they could have gotten. It's a case of sour grapes, and they might actually be hurting their own business this way.

Its not a global deal. US Only 

 

[-y0-]

Well I hope I got in early enough to get that fancy cable. So bling bling lol.

 

[Bronco628]

It looks like 25 per region.  To quote Poetik "I'm not sure how the sorting for the regions go but I am sure that America only has those 25 slots"

 

[DannyBai]

Now that I am settled down, I realize that this is a great deal and no more complaints.  Lets hope that we won't need re-fits and we can enjoy our UM's sooner than later.  

 

[Benjamin6264]

Am I the only one thinking that it's a great thing that they're doing a sale, but feeling that the whole thing is lacking organisation?

 

[Poetik]

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Am I the only one thinking that it's a great thing that they're doing a sale, but feeling that the whole thing is lacking organisation?

I feel that way too but I also feel like everything that could have possibly been accomplished in that short time span was accomplished.  Honestly we only had like 2 days and it still took until the last day to be somewhat clear on what was going down.  I haven't gotten much sleep in the past few days but I hope all the effort was worth it.
 

 

[Benjamin6264]

Ah well, I just hope I get included in the special sale.
 
Thanks for all your efforts Cedric; I'm pretty sure everyone in this community is thankful.

 

[Bronco628]

Maybe this part of the terms relates to us.
 
10. Whilst every effort will be made to ensure that this is a fair an transparent promotion Unique Melody Global reserves to the right to cancel orders and prioritise orders as we see fit.