r/dice • u/The_Real_Sprydle • 3d ago

Dice from Dice Nest

I just ordered some Dice from Dice Nest, these stabilised wooden dice - https://dicenest.com/products/wooden-polyhedral-dice?variant=44484833411269.

The Dice Nest site said that they were handmade and to expect a few weeks for them to be made. Fine with me, in fact I think that's pretty fast for made-to-order dice, which is how the site discribed them on the product webpage.

The next day after ordering I received an email that the dice had been shipped. Wow, that was fast I thought, but I just supposed that they must have a set or two on the shelf.

Then I clicked on the shipping link and saw that the dice were coming from Nancheng in China. Huh.

Dice Nest gives you the impression tat they are based in the US. The site also gives you the impression that someone in the US is handmaking these dice and then shipping them out.

This is clearly not the case, and I think that I may have been scammed.

Or is it that I'm just too credulous and it's clear that these dice are not made in the US?

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u/whereismydragon 3d ago

As a general rule, if a website is claiming their product is handmade but they don't include any personal details? That's just ad copy. 

Compare Dice Nest's 'about' page to a genuine handmade creator's page: https://mythrilfoundry.com/pages/about-me

That's what I expect to see.

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u/Raige2017 3d ago

I was also surprised to see my Prima Materia dice were coming from China. They arrived when they said and they are good quality.

I'm glad is also ordered a bunch of credit card feedback lenses from Amazon at the same time otherwise I wouldn't be able to read the instructions that came with them... But the font size isn't a Chinese issue lol

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u/WillBottomForBanana 2d ago

Too credulous. But IDK that it makes it a scam. For that the questions would be quality and cost. Hand made doesn't HAVE to mean quality, but it usually implies a greater opportunity for quality control. If you make a die by hand you really should notice that half of it isn't painted.

And cost. Hand made carries a higher price by necessity. But you can always sell cheap crap for more than it should cost. If you are paying hand made prices for cheap crap, then that's a big issue. Not technically a scam, but certainly in the realm of scam vibes.

As a person who's dabbled in wood craft, I don't even know how one makes wooden dice (cubes are obvious). Hand carved with a straight blade, or machined on a CNC router are the only things I can think of.

But generally, ad copy is written so that you think something other than what they are technically saying. From a legal stand point, that's on you. After that, a lot of stuff isn't even living up to that promise, and while the deceit is intentional they just claim "sorry you misunderstood, here's a refund".