Buying a Storebought From Rubiks.com? Better quality and OLD mechanism?

[Whyusosrs?]

NEW IDEA: If you want your post on the top of the forum. Just post anything and have a bold "UP!!!".

Example:

Heyy, whassup everybody

UP!!!

You were just banned, and now you're trying to get banned again? Please read the rules. http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/rules.php

 

[TK 421]

You were just banned, and now you're trying to get banned again? Please read the rules. http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/rules.php

Ok, so now it's obviously fake.



Yes, and I've ignored your posts in several other threads already.



What's up with you begging for a ban?

NO!

I saw this kind of method on www.kaskus.us (Indonesian buy, search for things, sell. Just like eBay, but in FORUM layout) they used this to get their threads up to the frond page :|

So, I thought you guys might be interested.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, and if you do not like the method.

I'm sorry

 

[Stefan]

No, wrong, I got one of those that I bought in 2005

With those rivets, thick wall centers, and those center caps?

I saw this kind of method on www.kaskus.us

Besides being rather obviously manipulative and insolent, bumping like that is explicitly addressed and forbidden in the forum rules! You doing it and even encouraging others to do it is kind of reeeeaaaally bad. Also, why do you full-quote me when you're just replying to one third of what I said?

 

[Kenneth]

With those rivets, thick wall centers, and those center caps?

Hmm, don't know, the caps are glued, rivets I can tell from looking into the gap between the centre and the core...

*BEND*, *SCRAP*, *BEND MORE* and so on...

Hmm, did not work, it is hard glue and I don't want to ruin my old favorite.

 

[Stefan]

Hmm, did not work, it is hard glue and I don't want to ruin my old favorite.

In the name of cube science, I command thee to continue trying!

Nah, just kidding. If you just meant that it has flat centers: yeah, I have one like that, too (somewhere). But I doubt the centers inside look like on that picture. Anyway, the point was just that this doesn't reflect what they're selling now. And that's somewhat ok if it's just shown as general assembly instructions.

 

[TK 421]

No, this is a storebought 'how-to-assemble' pic.

BUT: The 1st step in my opinion is EPIC FAIL

I'm really sorry about the 'UP' thingy, I really am.

Just contacted Rubik company to make sure.

IMO, that's a 1980 clone, with rivets

EDIT: What is Mudorater?

 

[theace]

That's the same damn shitty cube you get practically EVERYWHAR in India. It's just so damn lame. Can't cut for poop, locks up like there's no tomorrow, needs WEEKS of breaking in... It's just bad!

Though I found a way to get around this issue for a friend of mine. She wanted a cube (she's not a speed cuber, so she wasn't really interested in a DIY) and decided on the store bought. Luckily I knew most of the staff at the store due to the fact that I cube a lot and most people consider sub 30 to be godly and I convinced them to let me have the display piece. I did have to buy one though. But since I picked up the one that was on display, it saved me the breaking in!

What is Mudorater?

Same as a moderator I guess...

 

[TK 421]

em, storeboughts at singapore packed with shrink wrap and include stand is good from the start. but the spring sound is making me go crazy.

btw, any info on the OP?

 

[TK 421]

going to get it next month. i'm going 2 update.

btw, still no info? :fp

 

[TK 421]

mr. pochamann. where did u get this? the rivet on my storeboughts is always black. why is yours silver :/

 

[Stefan]

From some department store in Germany.

 

[TK 421]

From some department store in Germany.

it must be very high quality because it's from germany does it turn well from the start? or spring sounds...

ahhh, just have to wait until nov. 20 to get this 'flat center' cube (or just a studio with rivets...)

 

[TK 421]

will they send from asian provides or themselves? thanks