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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 431 16.7%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 938 36.2%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 521 20.1%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 176 6.8%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 99 3.8%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 73 2.8%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 215 8.3%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 66 2.6%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 28 1.1%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,588

chipsandsalsa

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Aug 13, 2020
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FWIW… Clay is definitely brown. Not gray. My personal opinion.

I admit for once I don’t have a handy comparison group shot to pull from my library, because I got clay so late

I asked my spouse, who is the authority on all things color, and they said its def grey but can see maybe some brown in it after I mentioning it - but definitely would not lead with 'this is brown'. SHADES!

Anyway, heres Green/Gray Trail Loop on Ultra.

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canerkans

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Jan 18, 2018
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Here you go. Note: its cloudy here ;-) Also, band is definitely more grey than brown. I would not call it brown at all.

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Thank you so much for your photos! I see some grey-brown talks here but let me tell you, I've had the "Grey Sport Band" that came with my S3. It was grey for sure but under the sunlight it appeared like "Coastal Grey" which was a shade of light brown for sure. These photos with the Clay Sport Band are even looking like Olive when you think about it.
Lucky for me, if I had a chance to build my own sport band, I'd create Olive-Grey-Brown and that's why the Clay is perfect for me. Will buy tomorrow!
 
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chipsandsalsa

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It's so weird, I absolutely love it even though it makes no sense. They get rid of SBSS pins on most Nikes just to bring it back now that SBSS is Hermes only and less accessible to most people?
And the PIN is aluminum! Even a weirder mix!
 

athousandbands

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Jun 5, 2019
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It's so weird, I absolutely love it even though it makes no sense. They get rid of SBSS pins on most Nikes just to bring it back now that SBSS is Hermes only and less accessible to most people?
There was never much difference between Space Gray and Space Black pins. I assumed it was black to match midnight without having to make a new pin and/or black looks better than silver for Red Alum
 

dannyyankou

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Mar 2, 2012
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I got a leather link from 1to3shop (now called "Cosplay Party") on eBay for $39.

Is anyone else suspicious about how that account has all this genuine Apple merchandise for so cheap? Maybe it's best not to ask questions, but something seems shady lol
 

adam1080

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Mar 29, 2012
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I got a leather link from 1to3shop (now called "Cosplay Party") on eBay for $39.

Is anyone else suspicious about how that account has all this genuine Apple merchandise for so cheap? Maybe it's best not to ask questions, but something seems shady lol
I’ve bought several leather links NIB for $35 from eBay recently.

Previously, I had one Dark Cherry leather link bought full-price straight from an Apple Store when it came out and then some cheap $2 AliExpress bands.

The eBay ones are certainly not cheap fakes like the AliExpress bands and are as best as I can tell completely authentic.

This is the seller I have used: https://www.ebay.com/str/1to3shop?m...uid=bujvf3lwtde&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ok weird… the seller name is listed as “superfastshippingcenter” but says 1to3 shop like you mentioned.
 

athousandbands

macrumors G3
Jun 5, 2019
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I got a leather link from 1to3shop (now called "Cosplay Party") on eBay for $39.

Is anyone else suspicious about how that account has all this genuine Apple merchandise for so cheap? Maybe it's best not to ask questions, but something seems shady lol
It’s not shady. Apple/Best Buy has to sell them to someone when they “trash” the old
 

dannyyankou

macrumors G5
Mar 2, 2012
13,860
29,929
Westchester, NY
It’s not shady. Apple/Best Buy has to sell them to someone when they “trash” the old
The only thing that makes me suspicious is that I never see any salvage or crc stickers on anything. Having worked in retail, when electronics get discontinued, there's a very specific process to process them. You scan the items and print stickers on them. If it's "crc", it's sent to a central return center, where the items are sorted and sent back to the manufacturer.

Another way the stuff is processed is it's "salvaged". This stuff is usually sent to thrift shops or resellers. But if you go to a thrift shop, you'll often see merchandise with stickers that say "salvage". I never see that from this eBay seller. It's mint condition.
 
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athousandbands

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The only thing that makes me suspicious is that I never see any salvage or crc stickers on anything. Having worked in retail, when electronics get discontinued, there's a very specific process to process them. You scan the items and print stickers on them. If it's "crc", it's sent to a central return center, where the items are sorted and sent back to the manufacturer.

Another way the stuff is processed is it's "salvaged". This stuff is usually sent to thrift shops or resellers. But if you go to a thrift shop, you'll often see merchandise with stickers that say "salvage". I never see that from this eBay seller. It's mint condition.
I guess we’ll avoid them then. Thanks for the heads up.
 

athousandbands

macrumors G3
Jun 5, 2019
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Oh I'm not saying avoid them. If they were theoretically stolen, which I was kinda alluding to, we wouldn't be held liable for buying them unsuspectingly. I mean I'm suspecting now lol, but I have no proof.
What do you think of this store and their packaging, they also have fitted bands (solo loops and braided solo loops) which only can come from Apple’s operations:

 
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chipsandsalsa

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Aug 13, 2020
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What do you think of this store and their packaging, they also have fitted bands (solo loops and braided solo loops) which only can come from Apple’s operations:

MacBlowouts is great. Has a physical space in San Jose and - afaik - is a legitimate Apple Reseller and repair shop that a handful of people have visited - in person - per the discord server. Good deals
 
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