Paul M.
Yelp
Here's how Only NY does business (like so many typical opportuni$t boutique$, "only NY" indeed): builds hype around a limited edition "drop," opens an ordering window, accepts orders up to a specific inventory limit, sends out order confirmations with time/date stamps proving actual order priority...and then sends out cancellations after going down that order list and discriminating in favor of "VIPs" and other arbitrary biases. In this lamp example, they claimed after the fact that they sold out in "minutes," but had sent out an invitation to order ten minutes after the drop, and kept accepting orders past then. In their fake cancellation e-mails, they blamed a computer malfunction: this excuse doesn't work in anymore in 2024. We all know that their ordering platform has a specific inventory limit, and stops taking orders (down to milliseconds) upon reaching it. My cancelled order was inside of the first minute orders opened, and my confirmation e-mail was stamped at the second minute.
As many others mention here too, their customer service is passive-aggressive: just generic cut-and-paste damage control after days of asking and following up. These aren't cool people with a downtown spirit; they're uptown capitalist entrepreneurs. Just so you know, and caveat emptor.