The headphones thread! [Sorry about your wallet]

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Ultimate Geek

#2548770 24-Aug-2020 14:58

Can't say I'm impressed with Containerdoor so far: o I placed my pre-order for the xm4, got an order confirmation email and such. And I see today my order has just disappeared without any notification from them. It's gone from my profile, and the order page is gone too. I've emailed them to ask what's happening, but I wonder if anyone else who had orders in for the second batch still have them? @Benjip, is your order still there?

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#2548772 24-Aug-2020 15:01

Exactly same as you.

Benjip

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#2548773 24-Aug-2020 15:04

Same here, vanished without a trace :(

What are the chances they got told off for selling such a new premium product at such a huge discount compared to local retailers (including Sony themselves)?

martyyn

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#2548776 24-Aug-2020 15:07

Same

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#2548783 24-Aug-2020 15:20

Benjip: Same here, vanished without a trace :(

What are the chances they got told off for selling such a new premium product at such a huge discount compared to local retailers (including Sony themselves)?

I can only imagine that whoever supplied them would be getting quite the uppercut from Sony to be undercutting like that on launch. I bet they borrowed Spiderman from Sony Pictures to fix this.

Either that or they massively oversold a tiny allocation.

Jaxson

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#2548808 24-Aug-2020 15:47

Still hints that they had a line on clearance XM3s and stuffed up the marketing...

landcruiserguy

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#2548898 24-Aug-2020 16:45

Same and I expected they did what @Jaxson said. I still hold out some hope that they are collecting pre orders before charging all the cards but not much hope.

I am not sure if I should be happy I have my $400 or sad I don't have my headphones.

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PsychoSmiley

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#2548899 24-Aug-2020 16:54

Re. Container Door, just wait a bit to see if it resolved. We ordered something unrelated recently and had a similar thing occur with the ordering, just disappeared with no trace of it being ordered, but it did re-appear within 24 hours.

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#2548925 24-Aug-2020 17:43

Re: containterdoor. I highly recommend following the comments on the cheapies deal.

"Hi all, Container Door here.

Our first deal for the Sony WH-1000XM4 Headphones $399 has gone through, so if you ordered on that deal you will have received your notification and receipt. You can expect to have them delivered approx 3rd September as promised.

We made a second deal live but we have had to hide it for the moment due to overwhelming demand while we try to source enough stock. We hate letting people down so we are moving heaven and earth right now! If you have pre-ordered in this second deal, your credit card has not been charged and the deal is still pending - we will communicate more in the next 24hrs. Thanks for your patience!"

landcruiserguy

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#2548935 24-Aug-2020 18:02

There is still some hope.

Dunnersfella

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#2549038 24-Aug-2020 20:06

I guess they need to find a supplier somewhere who is dumb enough to drop their pants on a hot selling item... without needing to.

It must be a double whammy of badness for them, make far less profit than they could have - AND manage to potentially annoy / disappoint a bunch of customers at the same time!

landcruiserguy

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#2549043 24-Aug-2020 20:12

Dunnersfella:

I guess they need to find a supplier somewhere who is dumb enough to drop their pants on a hot selling item... without needing to.

It must be a double whammy of badness for them, make far less profit than they could have - AND manage to potentially annoy / disappoint a bunch of customers at the same time!

It's all grey market, the manufacturing cost of these headphones won't be any higher than a $50 pair (although the R&D cost might be higher) so Sony won't be loosing money on these, they will just be making less.

Think about the local price for these, how many pairs they will sell in India at $599NZD? The local price will be lower for that market so thats the sort of place that the grey market stuff comes from.

You tube red is only a couple of dollars per month in India. If you hop on a vpn when you sign up you pay the local price.

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#2549048 24-Aug-2020 20:26

Or you could wait a wee bit till they are this price locally at one of the big box stores.

landcruiserguy

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#2549091 24-Aug-2020 21:27

dafman: Or you could wait a wee bit till they are this price locally at one of the big box stores.

All the other models have dropped to sub $400 around xmas. I think the first one might have taken to the second xmas to reach that price.

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#2549248 25-Aug-2020 10:03

I checked Container Door 10 minutes ago to see no record of my order.

But I have just this minute received a tax invoice from them for the XM4's and now my account shows an order with the status 'In Progress'.

Fingers crossed.

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