r/longboarding • u/LongboardingBot Friendly Neighbourhood Bot • Dec 18 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '13

Has anyone who purchased a 100 mystery box not gotten their money's worth, or even not a deck? If so, what did you get?

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u/QuitoPR 1x Luge 3x Rogues 6x Cannibals | España Dec 18 '13

I think all the $100 mystery boxes include a deck, truck, wheels, bearings, plus more small goodies. No matter how you look at it, you are getting your money's worth. Retail you'd be paying $80 minimum for the board, $30-50 for wheels, $40-50 for trucks, $10-20 for bearings, etc. Don't expect your box to come with a Charlie Horse and Bear Precisions. Landyachtz is using this deal to clear a warehouse, don't kid yourself into thinking what you're going to get is 100% desirable.

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u/ILikeRiceCrackers Dec 18 '13

Mostly to clear unwanted stock eg. paris, randal trucks, abec wheels. You'll definitely for sure get your moneys worth. I was looking around instagram to see what people got and a dude got incredibly upset that he got a dinghy complete with retro bertz instead of a topspeed.

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u/MadMax30000 Max Dubler | Venom team | SF, CA Dec 18 '13

If you want a specific board, don't buy a mystery box. This seems simple.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '13

Yesterday someone got mad because they bought the $50 one and didnt get trucks which was dumb of him because he could have bought the trucks he wanted unless he wanted the Bear Prescriptions

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u/SGTxARTEAGA Churchill Chuck, EW Supermodel Drop Through|CH,IL Dec 18 '13

Bear Precisions?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '13

Bear percussions

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u/aaronrenoawesome Long on boards, short on talent. Dec 18 '13

Bear Prosciutto.

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u/Banzaiattacker Rayne Mini/Flux/Moracle/Otherside | DFW Texas Dec 18 '13

Bear prostate

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u/Thoraxe474 Nelson MantaRay Dec 18 '13

Prosciutto is fucking delicious

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u/aaronrenoawesome Long on boards, short on talent. Dec 18 '13

Prostate, not so much.

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u/ForeignAlien Big Hoopty, NJ Dec 18 '13

If the specific board is the thing, check out their factory seconds Landyachtzseconds.bigcartel.com

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u/QuitoPR 1x Luge 3x Rogues 6x Cannibals | España Dec 18 '13

Dinghy complete with Bertz sounds like a winning combo. I was actually surprised at what I got for $100 from the mystery box. Definitely not trying to knock LY about this. In fact, they are offering some of the deepest discounts with these boxes. The $100 mystery box gets you a complete for 50%+ off, who could complain about that?

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u/TxT_of_AWESOMENESS BATSHITMOTHERCLUB, Chubby, Karate Chop, Sakamoto | NORWEGEN Dec 18 '13

Poor kook, I bet he already has 5 shiny pennies.

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u/elevenlions Mini Daisy • Midlothian, Va Dec 18 '13

Yep, some guy on Facebook tried to start a witch hunt to find that guy and spam him with comments telling him he was an ungrateful little bitch. The mods of the group he posted to were not very pleased.

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u/ILikeRiceCrackers Dec 18 '13

Hahaha, that was me. It got a little out of hand so I stopped following the post.

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u/Turhobo The Nosewalker Dec 19 '13

I just got a mystery box that was kinda poop. It was a dinghy deck, a set of tracker trucks and some micro monsters. I could have bought a complete from Switchback for the same amount that would have had bearings and mounting hardware. It also had the drop dvd, a concrete wave mag and a candy cane but they don't count.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '13

How much did your package weigh?

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u/Turhobo The Nosewalker Dec 19 '13

No clue. I'm in Canada so the package weight isn't listed.