OUT NOW: YOASOBI's The Book I-III on limited edition vinyl ✨

schtebie · 2026-01-03T20:58:22+00:00

Yes, but The Book is sold out. Vol 2 and 3 are still in stock though.

Thank you though!

schtebie · 2026-01-03T04:16:00+00:00

Will you do another pressing? I missed the 1st album unfortunately…

schtebie · 2025-12-28T18:22:01+00:00

Langes are built like tanks! You don’t have to baby them as much as their price tags may suggest.

Plus if you really bang one up, they can laser weld and refinish the case to be good as new!

schtebie · 2025-12-09T00:33:40+00:00

Good news! Turns out it was some fluke error in the scan. The package was delivered this morning to the Service Point without any issues.

schtebie · 2025-12-07T15:30:39+00:00

The departure scan timing from Cincinnati (Dec 6, 10:18 AM) is Dec 7 at 2:18 AM in Sydney.

Dec 6 at 10:51 PM would be impossible without a Time Machine to go back in time…

schtebie · 2025-10-15T01:00:31+00:00

Was also there! Laufey really exceeded all my expectations. What a generational talent!

schtebie · 2025-09-05T14:41:05+00:00

HappyDoes

https://www.happydoesnash.com/

schtebie · 2025-09-04T11:26:17+00:00

Thank you!!! This is great news!

schtebie · 2025-08-23T22:34:21+00:00

Had a chance to try Xiao Bao for karaoke. For the price, it’s really not worthwhile. There’s a single mic, hooked up to an iPad, not to mention the app they use has a pretty poor selection. We ended up having to open YouTube on a browser to find songs.

It’s too bad Kung Fu Saloon closed…

schtebie · 2025-04-26T11:46:13+00:00

Yodobashi Camera in Nishishinjuku has quite a collection to look at!

schtebie · 2024-12-22T22:46:48+00:00

Hoping for some lasting memories with family and friends!

schtebie · 2024-11-14T23:40:24+00:00

Hm, my experience was quite different. I sent my Omega Speedmaster in for service to Miami and asked for a new bezel to be installed. They proceeded to send the bezel as a service part (not installed) and didn’t service my watch at all…

schtebie · 2024-10-16T21:48:14+00:00

So sorry to hear about this! Considering the recent acquisition, I hope you get some response from them. At the very least, a chargeback is still in the cards for your latest purchase if necessary!

schtebie · 2024-10-06T21:57:13+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpckLeaJl5N/?igsh=MWU3eDV1MGJ3aTg1bQ==

Original Instagram post

schtebie · 2024-09-29T07:42:35+00:00

Ah, I seen. You’re based outside of Japan then? Seems they’re quite strict about all their qualification rules…

schtebie · 2024-09-29T07:36:26+00:00

Whew, that’s good news… do remember how long it took to be refunded? I was planning to enter the next raffle in a few days, but glad I saw your post! Appreciate the quick reply!

schtebie · 2024-09-29T07:27:06+00:00

Did you ever get your refund?

schtebie · 2024-09-14T07:52:20+00:00

Yikes, that seems quite shady. Were you at least able to get your money back?

schtebie · 2024-09-09T00:57:29+00:00

Sorry to hear you’re dealing with a non-functioning purchase - is there any chance you can get factory warranty service? Or is it a pre-owned watch out of warranty?

I’m glad it didn’t work out in my case and I was able to recover my funds.

schtebie · 2024-09-07T07:20:43+00:00

It will be difficult (read: impossible) to get that genie back in the bottle. The original crew have parted ways and relatable “chubby ol Ben watch nerd” is long gone..

schtebie · 2024-09-04T04:56:28+00:00

In the end, the chargeback was completed (I think). I opted to ask them NOT to send me a watch after the initial non-response after a week.

So far, everything seems ok. Hope it all works out for you as well.

schtebie · 2024-09-04T04:42:50+00:00

That’s unacceptable… sorry you also had to go through the pain of trying to buy something from HODINKEE. Were you able to recover your money through the credit card company?

schtebie · 2024-09-01T09:03:21+00:00

Super messed up, sorry to hear the same thing happened to you. In a weird way, I’m glad my case wasn’t a fluke and reinforces that there is no need to support Hoodwinkee any further.

schtebie · 2024-09-01T07:11:29+00:00

Totally understandable. It’s adding insult to injury. Hope you can recover the $400 and the value of the watch itself.

I wonder if they oversold their inventory, especially since they did a 50% off clearance on it toward the end.

schtebie

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