WickedLaharl
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http://kotaku.com/the-zero-time-dilemma-pre-order-disaster-1786627477
http://www.siliconera.com/2016/09/1...e-dilemma-watches-arriving-customers-damaged/
quotes from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238838
Basically Aksys is a terrible company that threw in the towel and shipped out broken watches anyway.
Aksys Games understands that some customers have faced difficulties with retailers, and we are confident that retailers will do all they can to assist customers to bring about swift resolution, the publisher told me in an e-mail. When I pressed for more details, a representative for Aksys didnt respond.
http://www.siliconera.com/2016/09/1...e-dilemma-watches-arriving-customers-damaged/
If any of you pre-ordered the Limited Edition of Zero Time Dilemma back when it first announced, a bonus watch styled after those worn by the characters in-game was included in the offer. However, when those first sets of Limited Editions first shipped, the watches were damaged in transit and had to be returned to the factory. Aksys Games worked to remedy this, saying that they would receive a replacement shipment of watches and send them out to fans who had preordered as soon as they were able to.
Read more at http://www.siliconera.com/2016/09/1...riving-customers-damaged/#ZpuYF0pOJmcPmJZ9.99
quotes from this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238838
Guys. Guys. So I got my Same Day Shipping watch.
Except it was packed in a padded enveloped and there are a couple giant cracks on the box. Collector's item my ass.
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What do I do now? Talk to customer service? Ughhhhhh
Mine also has a crack. They probably all had one in the warehouse before it was shipped.
Here's mine:
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One came today
post pics, tweet it at them.
Maybe Schreier will do another post about this on Kotaku
Just got my watch
As you can see, the watch buckle came off loose (Thankfully that was an easy fix). On the other side, you can clearly see where the watch was supposed to be attached to the game.
The date on my watch says 7/23
Left one is from Gamestop. The other two are for Vita and 3DS order from Amazon.
Check out the center one with the left dial loose. All cases are broken.
I am in agreement with everyone that this is the original batch that was damaged.
I'd bet new clean pristine versions will show up on aksys store or be sold exclusively in conventions in coming months.
How's this for imagery?
For anybody questioning if the cracked cases are Amazon's shipping fault, I can definitively confirm that it (mine at least) was damaged like this prior to shipping. The watch was sealed inside of a plastic bag, which didn't seem abnormal to me at the time, but upon opening it I realized that it was done because the giant missing piece caused the black bottom cover to come off.
And because of the seal, I know that the missing piece of plastic was never in the package to begin with, nor was the bottom cover, nor was the missing metal clasp or B button which had all fallen out before being re-sealed.
It's a cool, functional watch! Just with a bad strap. Mine is missing the display stand anyways. Any reason not to, besides value?
I got mine in the mail today. The case didn't have any cracks, only a few scuff marks. The watch itself looks fine except for the fact that the "mirrored" display overlay fell off and is in 5 pieces...so close.
Sure.
Oh hey, look at that nice damage free watch and booklet compared to what we got.
Yeah, at this point there's no doubt in my mind that Aksys just said fuck it and sent out the old waches.
Basically Aksys is a terrible company that threw in the towel and shipped out broken watches anyway.