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Skorpio

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I'm not finding a loop for $40. Do you have a link?
I think the sale is gone because now the only coupon applied is $1 off a purchase of $30 or more. Still that's better than what I payed Sea Daughter for my LL.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Lea...Domain_0&var=580751786792&hash=item41997e445a This is the link on eBay. I see it's now $49. I must have just got in on the sales window this morning. It was $41.65 plus $1 off a $30 purchase like Jmona stated. AND, on top of that, I sold something earlier so I had $17 credit on Paypal, so I actually got it for about $23. Must've been fate for me
 
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Nice! I got mine in the mail on Saturday. I tried it with the standard Apple type adapters and the link that attaches to it has notches in the backside (for the tools to pull the spring rod back?) that seem to lockup the last link and keep it from freely moving inside the adapter. So, I've ordered the spring rod adapter from freedom clock guy on eBay.

I also needed the tool kit for removing some links.

I agree, it's a beautiful band and HEAVY!

It sure would be really, really cool if ANDROID released a link for the band that would serve as the adapter to slide into the watch! Wouldn't it be nice to pay $20 for two links that matched your watch perfectly AND slid into the apple watch and blended with it???

(I may have to write ANDROID and make a suggestion.)

How did you manage to customize the color of the ring to blue? And you have green hands? I can't seem to be able to do that on the simple watch face. Only hands can be customized to a different colors...
 

Jmona

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I'm looking to get the loop for 42mm. Do you have the sports band? Would you say the loop is smaller or bigger than the sports? I'm using M/L and attached at 3rd to last hole. I'm just worry it won't fit since it says up to 185mm. Thanks
Here we go. I took photos to compare the connectors, the width and use both M/L BSB against the length of the FLL and both the attachments but to show more contrast I did it with the WSB instead. I hope it's what you need.

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And the M/L band length compared to the long leather loop.
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Armski

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Utica Guy is the dubbed name given to Freedomoclock09 seller on eBay. this is his stores link:
Stores.ebay.com/freedomoclock09


I think somebody should speak to the Utica guy about a discount for us Macrumors guys. We've sent so much business his way we should have a coupon code or something.

Also Jmona i'm loving that red leather loop and finally got to see the connectors up close. I'm impressed. But at $52 with tax (im in NY) i think it's a bit much for a replica. At $40 it's a no brainer! Very nice!
 
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Jmona

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I think somebody should speak to the Utica guy about a discount for us Macrumors guys. We've sent so much business his way we should have a coupon code or something.

Also Jmona i'm loving that red leather loop and finally got to see the connectors up close. I'm impressed. But at $52 with tax (im in NY) i think it's a bit much for a replica. At $40 it's a no brainer! Very nice!
I actually talked to Lily from Freedomoclock about it but she said they can't do discounts which is really disappointing because I've given them a fair amount of my money in the last 2 months or so. At least we know they are reliable sellers and having that alone imho is worth the extra penny, but yes, I admit I would very much would love a discount, so I just went ahead and sent Lily another message hoping to hear something in case they do make a discount code just for us. :)
 

Armski

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I actually talked to Lily from Freedomoclock about it but she said they can't do discounts which is really disappointing because I've given them a fair amount of my money in the last 2 months or so. At least we know they are reliable sellers and having that alone imho is worth the extra penny, but yes, I admit I would very much would love a discount, so I just went ahead and sent Lily another message hoping to hear something in case they do make a discount code just for us. :)


Lily needs to see this thread, lol. Also if she saw the search results on this forum for the words 'Utica' and 'freedomoclock09' Miss-spellings not included, she would be pleasantly surprised the forum has generated so much business and free publicity for them. :)
 
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Jmona

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Well, here's a couple messages I have sent to them one regards of a coupon code and the nickname Utica guy.
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Just so you know that I in fact have tried convincing them of making a special discount code just for us.
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These are past messages as well. I know that if you buy more than one product they would work something out as she, lily stated in an email to me before. But for that you'd have to message them ahead of time before your purchase is made.
Or maybe we ALL should message asking for a MacRumors discount. Only then they will see the growing fanbase and the amount of money they'll continue to make because of us. The discount would be a huge thing for us and in turn it'll generate them more revenue but we all have to send them messages. I know I have but if everyone else did, they'll realize it's time for them to give us a discount.
 
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Armski

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Well, here's a couple messages I have sent to them one regards of a coupon code and the nickname Utica guy.
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Just so you know that I in fact have tried convincing them of making a special discount code just for us.
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These are past messages as well. I know that if you buy more than one product they would work something out as she, lily stated in an email to me before. But for that you'd have to message them ahead of time before your purchase is made.
Or maybe we ALL should message asking for a MacRumors discount. Only then they will see the growing fanbase and the amount of money they'll continue to make because of us. The discount would be a huge thing for us and in turn it'll generate them more revenue but we all have to send them messages. I know I have but if everyone else did, they'll realize it's time for them to give us a discount.


I love the way you wrote to 'Lily' with the greeting 'Hey Man' LOL :) I don't think they will give a discount as they are making a huge amount of money out of the extra orders sometimes profits means more than offering something back to customers as an incentive. Once other sellers start importing and selling the same product they will be undercutting each other. I predict the leather loop will sell for $35.99 shipped from a US seller fairly soon.
 
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Jmona

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I love the way you wrote to 'Lily' with the greeting 'Hey Man' LOL :) I don't think they will give a discount as they are making a huge amount of money out of the extra orders sometimes profits means more than offering something back to customers as an incentive. Once other sellers start importing and selling the same product they will be undercutting each other. I predict the leather loop will sell for $35.99 shipped from a US seller fairly soon.
Actually I do concur with you for this very fact. The first time I purchased a band from him, and the band arrived damaged on the adapter, I contacted the and immediately they sent a replacement out allowing me to keep the red one and he sent a new one with adapters that worked for me. That alone, the customer service, is in reality what they are selling here. If the CS is good even when the product is not, I believe you have earned yourself a loyal customer for life. And that seems to be the case here. They back up their products and I know I'm getting my money's worth even without the discount, much the same way I feel about my friends at Switcheasy. :)
 

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Jmona

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Lily just replied with this, so I replied saying it'll be individual purchases each and the best way would be for one discount code to be applied at check out and that way they'll keep track on how many of us buy from them which the number I'm sure will be huge.
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Armski

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Lily just replied with this, so I replied saying it'll be individual purchases each and the best way would be for one discount code to be applied at check out and that way they'll keep track on how many of us buy from them which the number I'm sure will be huge.
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Great! thanks for all your hard work. I've bought so much from her that i don't think i need anything else now. But those red leather loops do look nice. I wonder how much of a discount she would give, at the mo it's $52 shipped for it. Anything is better than nothing though! :)
 

Armski

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Also I received my Red Leather Loop from Aliexpress seller Sea Daughter and the bracelet is great. Went on a long hike today and I was keeping an eye on, if it ever became lose or if the connector part at the tip of the adapter would become uneven protruding out of the insertion part of the watch, but nada. Walla Ishi. Niente!

In another words, it held up pretty well and the entire time I wore it, I stayed tight and it didn't become lose at all having very strong magnets much as the original Apple LL original version.
My neighbor brought his so I was able to compare both LLs and the only difference thus far was the color.
These is it.
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What do you guys think?

The red color looks like a nice red. I like it with the SS and black watch face. Its a close looking copy although I think from comparing it to Apple's band that the red one is wider at the base and doesn't curve in as much as Apple's. I do think the proportions of Apple's look nicer but having seen so many other bad copies I think this one is much nicer looking than the others. Thanks for the review.

Here's the Apple band. Where it reaches the case it doesn't look to extend to the very side edges. I'm still shocked that Apple didn't come out with a red sport, classic red or loop red on launch.

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Skorpio

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Lily just replied with this, so I replied saying it'll be individual purchases each and the best way would be for one discount code to be applied at check out and that way they'll keep track on how many of us buy from them which the number I'm sure will be huge.
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I also went ahead and contacted Freedomoclock09, mentioning I'm a MacRumors forum member and asking about future purchases and discounts. Hopefully, along with yours and any other future buyers mentioning it they will do us right!
 

CarlJ

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I'm still shocked that Apple didn't come out with a red sport, classic red or loop red on launch.
I fully expect the red sport will appear as a "Product(RED)" release at some point. I suppose the classic and LL in red might too. But they've done product red versions of all the cases and iPods and such before, but I don't think they've ever done them right at launch. It's always a while later. Red ought to look really nice on space black or space gray.
 

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Does anyone know the difference between the leather loop bands on the "Utica Guy's" ebay page? Looks like they are the same bands, just different prices and descriptions. Wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
 
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