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Originally Posted by Joe
Some things are better described as replicas rather than knock offs - because they are made on the same production line with the same stuff by the same people. You have to take care who you contract to do your outsourcing - because they will be the first ones to rip you off.
I get more sales calls from people in China than I do from people in New England - they are willing to replicate anything you send them, provide prototypes, and do short runs. It's a smarter move to concede the market and move on to something they can't do than it is to try and compete with them.
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I get emails too asking what I would like to reproduce for 10 cents on the dollar. But I won't get up on my soapbox other than to say "Why do we allow this to happen?"
I do think it is lacking of class for people to reproduce someone else's work & product. I think it is two flawed systems, one that allows and even encourages ripping off of intellectual property of others and one that does little to prevent it.... Also, how many businesses have chosen to save big coin and move production to overseas only to get ripped off - from Tech to Fishing, Cisco to Abu,