I see it going for SGD1028 (about $744) on Vinshine and $928 on Amazon. $835 on AliExpress. Oddly have no idea what MSRP is still. Where'd you get a quote for retail price?
Vinshire is the official distributor according to Denafrips website, so... I'd take their price as MSRP.
So if we are going off of Vinshire, it does seem like Drop is selling the Ares II for $20 more than an official distributor. Maybe there was confusion between SGD and USD?
Dang, nice. I usually get slapped with customs fees, haha. On the upside it means I'm ridiculously careful picking stuff to buy, but it can be a massive pain. Glad it's a fringe case :))
I just checked, Vinshine offers free shipping to USA. Odd.
@DEATHxMACHINE haha, replies crossed in the stream perhaps? Never bought from them before so just learned that, someone at MD might actually have messed up calculations then.
Also holy jeebus those AliExpress and Amazon prices are extortionate then.
@yotacowboy except that for the ZX300 they were actually listing the MSRP of the 64GB version while selling the 16GB model. Shitty deal for sure. Grey import too. Makes me wonder if Sony offers global warranty.
@Sqveak reminds me of the drama surrounding Mojos on Massdrop a while back. Chord straight up said these were grey market items and wouldn't find official support if they crapped out.
@Lyander that's brutal. Publically f'ing the buyer to spite the trader just leaves a bad taste. I get why they would want to protect their distributors. But it shouldn't be at the expense of a customer.
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