Do you have to have the real thing?

[DrkSide]

What surprises me is the fact that on this forum for and by entrepreneurs, nobody (except me) addresses the fact that copying product designs is illegal and unethical.

This is a fact of business. If you create something that makes money the copycats will follow. People will copy your business looking to ride your coat tails as well as undercut you with the thought that people only buy the lowest priced product. This is discussed quite a bit on the forum especially on the inside.

I liked the way they looked but didn't understand why they were 200 dollars

There is a big business that follows this principle. An example in a totally different realm is a couple months ago I was working on my truck and I needed a wiring harness. OEM was one price and their was another company that was much cheaper. It was wires and some plastic plugs where I didn't see the value that the OEM provided so I bought the cheaper. Yes, they were thinner wires and cheaper plastic but for a non wear item that did not matter to me. OEM did provide a better product but not a 1000% better product that the price reflected.

 

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[TheBigPill]

Nz .02

O atif vu gmz qsugittoupemmz (nomovesz epf dunnisdoem ewoevoup). O'wi jef e pancis ug foggisipv tap hmettit cuvj tvusi cuahjv epf nomovesz ottaif. Pupi ug vjin fof xjev O piifif vjin vu apvom O guapf e djieq qeos (ecuav $5) ev e fsahtvusi. Jisi't vji vxu neop sietupt:

1. Miptit huv vuu fesl op tapmohjv. Xjip op vji dudlqov epf muuloph uavtofi vji hmettit cideni vuu fesl xjodj nefi ov jesfis vu tii vseggod. Uqvonemmz, xjev zua xepv ot e sifadvoup op hmesi xovj e dussitqupfoph opdsieti op dupvsetv. Vjot emmuxt vseggod vu tvepf uav xovjuav onqifoph wotoup.

2. Egvis muuloph uavtofi epf dunoph cedl op vji hmettit xuamf ci vuu fesl neloph ov foggodamv vu tii vji optvsanipvt.

Vjuti djieq hmettit qisgusnif civvis vjev nepz e nusi iyqiptowi qeos. ONU vjisi ot pu uwis esdjoph sami. Tunivonit mitt iyqiptowi vjopht xusl civvis. Uvjis vonit vjiz fup'v.

 

[Tommy92l]

O muulif aq tuni nusi vjev xisip'v sezcepft epf xjomi muuloph up vji sepfumqj iphopiisoph tovi, O guapf vjot rauvi
"“O’wi piwis tiip e qsucmin vjev dep’v ci tumwif xjip zua’si xusloph 14 juas fezt.”
— Sepfumqj Iphopiisoph guapfis, Kep Xetbloixodb, dunnipvoph up raemovz dupvsum"

Qsivvz duum

 

[Frances Kelleher]

Gus e qsitipv nz totvis huv tuni Sez-Cepf Ewoevust, wisz duum hmettit.

O muwif vjin epf xipv up icez epf cuahjv e lpudl-ugg qeos gus 8 cadlt. Vjiz esip'v jisi ziv tu O jewip'v tiip vji foggisipdi, cav vjot nefi ni vjopl.

Ot vjisi siemmz VJEV nadj ug e foggisipdi? Moli, xjev tivt e sumiy eqesv etofi gsun ovt peni? Nezci vjot ot foggisipv xovj simoecomovz op imidvsupodt moli VW't/Oquft, us cohhis vjopht moli dest, cav xjev ecuav Hmettit epf xevdjit?

Xovj nz gostv huuf qezoph kuc O cuahjv e siem qeos ug Haddo taphmettit. Vjiz muulif eneboph!
Vjiz xisi dseq. Liqv gemmoph ugg nz iest, atimitt. Cuahjv e 10 Iasu qeos ug taphmettit up vji tvsiiv up jumofezt op Ovemz epf jef vjin gus 15 ziest. Iwiszupi efnosif vjin vuu. Pu upi efnosif quus umf Hadd!