Yup and its annoying to know that. Almost like they were trying to get one over on people.
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Look I get it...in this day and age manufacturing and supply chain sucks. People waited this long for their product what is another two weeks or so. Instead, they ship out crap just to try to meet time deadlines and ignore the whole quality aspect. Also he should be communicating in other avenues besides Reddit because well...not everyone uses that so are left in the dark of what is really going on. Of course they will make it right, but the way they went about this whole launch sort of turns me off on them as a company. Its a shame too as these threads were filled with a lot of high praise for their products. They do appear to be owning up to it which I applaud but it should have never been this way in the first place.
CEO had to say something only cause a lot of people came forward and expressed their frustration. If nobody said anything, bs wouldn’t care and continue to make people wait for months and ship out duds for $90.
That’s why I chose to buy from Andar. They’re just on it, taking orders in and their shipping time is lightning fast. They posted a story on ig behind the scenes showing the boxes of merch they’re shipping out. When I see that I can appreciate the work a small company does to make their customers happy and I feel confident in doing business with them again and again.
Sent it last night around midnight, got a response this morning around 10:30am.
Received my Bullstrap Dune case for my 14 Pro and as stated in other messages and on Reddit, this case seems to be the normal great quality we have all come to expect.
I really hope those of you with the 14 Pro Max in Sienna and Ocean Blue get your revised cases sooner rather than later!
I really hope those of you with the 14 Pro Max in Sienna and Ocean Blue get your revised cases sooner rather than later!
They responded to me within an hour. I still find it odd the only communication around this is through Reddit. Either they are trying to let this fly under the radar and dealing with those who reach out or they are waiting until they have built up enough inventory from the good supplier in house to ship before making it public.
Coming to about six months. Slight improvement actually.
Dude, how can you stand using that?
The bad batches seem to be isolated to the 14 Pro Max versions (specifically Sienna and Ocean) and it seems all the duds were manufactured in India (read the inside of your case) vs China.
My case is made in India, IconIc215 helped me figure that out. Guess I'm sending an email
Same here after BullStraps catastrophe I refrained from ordering a black one from them. Can you please share a photo of your case
Yes, I would if I were you. I already got my new order number for the request processed and in queue for the replacement.
24 hour impression of the andar coming from apple leather:
- the case is thicker, not significantly but enough to notice. The fit is really tight but I also have a skin on the phone.
- The smell is there but not obnoxious in your face luckily. Occasionally can smell it while using the phone.
- The grain is noticeable and can be felt while holding the phone.
Those who would like to purchase Apple's Umber leather case but hate that it doesn't patina like it used to can use Venetian Leather Balm on it. It immediately darkened mine to a nice dark brown color.
*Edit. Sorry, I forgot to post picture.
*Edit. Sorry, I forgot to post picture.
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This was only after the first coat. Once the second coat dries, I will post an updated picture. It is a nice tasty dark brown now!
It looks great! Is it the Venetian imperial balm? Just want to make sure before I order on Amazon lol.
Ryan London has the trophy this year, all day.
I think y’all are being a little harsh. After seeing the message posted above, seems to me like they were in a bind and commissioned a new factory to help meet the demand and rather than inspecting them first they had them sent directly to customers to meet their revised deadlines.
Give them a chance to fix it and then make your judgements.
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$90 for defective cases and having to wait months to get them? On top of that the ceo is only communicating through Reddit. Meanwhile I’m ordering Andar cases for approx $45 shipped and I get them in 3 days…. Bullstrap customers have a good reason to express their frustrations.
I mean it’s easy to say from someone outside looking in. Has this been a frustrating process…absolutely. Does it matter all that much to me to wait two more weeks…nope. It’s the lack of communication throughout these past two months that gets me. I get it they are owning up to the mistake and I give them credit. But there still hasn’t been anything formal sent out to the customers and I know there are more than just us on Macrumors and Reddit. If no one reached out to them about the quality, I have my doubts anything would have changed. But it is what it is at this point. They are trying to make it right so we’ll see what happens.
