[閒聊] 這兩天Audeze與Drop的抓馬

哎呀大家好最近耳機界有些抓馬讓我們來聊聊
這兩天Drop(Massdrop)上面出現了一批打折的Audeze耳機

https://reurl.cc/lV90Dv

沒想到過沒多久Audeze在推特上面聲明這批耳機沒有得到授權,並要求撤下並且提供序號看是誰外流的

http://i.imgur.com/PPg5f1C.jpg

想當然Headfi上廣大燒友開始敲碗並要Drop出來說明耳機的出處,畢竟幾年前Audeze家的倉庫才被偷過

https://reurl.cc/j7kqOD

Audeze is claiming "fake" as a tactic because they're upset these units are selling for less than their MSRP. Fundamentally, this is an attempt by Audeze to price-fix using derogatory tweets, MSRP "adherence", and "minimum advertised price" policies. For context, price fixing is illegal, and these policies are fundamentally anti-competitive.
Beyond that, consider that this inventory comes from physical retailers who approached us, asking if they could sell this inventory on Drop because their stores are closed and nobody's coming in for the next two months. Some brands are engaging in buyback schemes to support their retailers through this crisis, but Audeze seems more interested in maintaining margin.

之後一位Massdrop的員工出來說這些耳機是從一個授權經銷商拿到的, Audeze會生氣是因為希望保持一致的建議售價,要不然他們網站的耳機要賣給誰? 並指出price fixing 是非法的

至於經銷商聯繫上Drop的原因可能是因為最近武漢肺炎的關係,該經銷商將不能持續營業,也不知道這波封城會持許多久,也許會好幾個月,為了讓公司持續營運下去才聯絡Drop看能否幫他們在網路上賣

並且說明了有些廠商瞭解經銷商的難處 選擇將部分耳機買回去讓他們度過難關,但顯然Audeze更注重自己的獲利

Draw your own conclusions about who's being shady, but I'll add for context, Audeze is the only company in the audiophile space who entered into a collaboration with DROP, took the designs we developed, claimed they couldn't commit to a production schedule, and launched the product as their own at a higher MSRP a couple weeks later.

最後Drop的員工還順便踩了Audeze一下,提醒大家以前Audeze找過Drop設計過LCD-2C的頭帶(Headband),然後當Drop收集完消費者意見及設計好頭帶後Audeze拿走了設計一腳把Drop踢開然後加價賣xD

所有跟Drop合作的廠家裡面只有Audeze這樣幹xD

心得: 規定經銷商不得特價這個其實屢見不鮮啦,Sony也有類似的規定,不乖就拔經銷, 不過也要你夠大才能這樣幹,最後如果LCD-2C的事情是真的也太不厚道了吧哈哈哈但Audeze家的耳機有夠難戴是真的

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超多的喔還有各種專利戰爭呢（weeeeeee

說不定其他經銷商都會開始私下聯絡massdrop請他們幫忙賣 然後特價LCD變成一種常態哈哈哈哈

是喔 不過Massdrop這邊以前的爭議也不少,還記得mojo嗎？

headfi網民自己的討論是說當經銷商把貨給drop的那一刻就已經是認定水貨且Audeze沒有義務提供保固了,當然保外維修應該是接受的

當然也很多方法可以繞過去,如標注open box,提供折扣碼, 或者加進購物車顯示折扣等等 不過這件事比較像報私仇啦ww