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Drop, formerly Massdrop, ends most collaborations and rebrands under Corsair

44 pointsby stevebmarktoday at 4:24 AM10 commentsview on HN

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rollypoleytoday at 10:39 AM

Sad to see it go, but it had degraded significantly from the Massdrop era. It used to be a place to get a decent discount on pre-orders from good to great brands, but it slowly became nothing but second rate computer accessories.

I still have most of the things I bought from Massdrop - pocket knife, leather belt, headphones, etc. Those products lasted.

onlitoday at 9:28 AM

Massdrop was interesting, as a place to get stuff you couldn't get elsewhere easily (even if I never bought something there, I considered it multiple times and I think I had some things on my wait list). Is there already something like a successor platform? Drop.com as a site for branded corsair gear is completely useless.

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bargainbintoday at 10:05 AM

In other words they’ve shut it down, and are going to use the brand recognition to hawk as much low quality gaming merch as they can.

windowlikertoday at 11:07 AM

>Starting our next chapter, drop.com will become a hub for our collaborations with truly exciting titles—from The Lord of the Rings™ [...], and more—across the full CORSAIR family of brands.

Gandalf wept...

drakonkatoday at 9:59 AM

I think I got a really cool wallet and notebook from Hand & Sew through Massdrop many years ago. The wallet is long gone but the notebook is still around with a wonderful patina. It used to be a really cool site for unique items. I stopped using it when they had a falling out with Input Club and it seems like they've just gone downhill since then.

avs733today at 12:13 PM

I read this twice thinking it was an April fools joke I wasn’t getting.

eekstoday at 11:29 AM

Good thing I stockpiled on Planck boards. All good things have an end I guess.

andymegacreeptoday at 8:07 AM

this is terrible, imho. defeats the purpose of the platform. i'm sad for 6XX series headphones :c

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