Authentic makers sueing Cloners?

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NathanielFT

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I've read lot of fabricated and theoretical reasons why mod makers can't/wont shift production to China, so far i'm unconvinced by any of this pseudo-intelligence. While certain stupid mod makers are busy scratching their balls and forking out for legal teams, companies like Erlkonigin are rising to the occasion and making sure they get a share of the profits in the alternative market segment by making their own clone https://shop.erlkoenigin.com/en/erlprinz/erlprinz.

Companies like Erl and Zen are adapting brilliantly to market conditions and will continue to thrive - while many of the companies stamping their feet and crying because 'its not fair' will eventually fade and die, and the more sour and obnoxious they act on the way out the funnier it'll be to watch.

Lets not forget the companies like Indulgence (mutation x) and the vape overload (unicorn) show that not every mod maker needs to run an exclusive boutique and manufacture in the west to produce good quality products. There's a market just waiting to be ripped into in the mid-range/lower end spectrums, and the limited runs and high prices of the boutique side of it don't always equate to quality or innovation anyway.


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In a way, China isn't so far off than ourselves. Communist USA coming soon to a country near you. As slow as the one man boat from China to the US but it is creeping its way in.

Here in Ohio Kaisich decided to put more tax on Business and less on Individuals. The individuals said Wooohooo... They don't even see the increased product cost. Well his Small Business Deduction did help the small business. Although those saving were not offset to the consumer. What is a small business? An individual that collects a 1099 instead of W-2. At the end of the day it is not much of a difference. The same as a large corp vs small.

A, There is a bit more to Communism than a tax rate that's higher than you think it should be. That and you're talking state not federal tax rates (Which have been higher in the past).
B. What does this have to do with clones?
 

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A, There is a bit more to Communism than a tax rate that's higher than you think it should be. That and you're talking state not federal tax rates (Which have been higher in the past).
B. What does this have to do with clones?


It has nothing to do with clones. It was in response to another poster which included taxes. Why I responded. You do know the feds give the states tax money for all sorts of things? That money has dropped so the states are now scrambling to for new tax revenues. I did not give the full details of why as I felt it wasn't in the spirit of the thread..:facepalm: Again it was in response to another post.

B. Couldn't you have taken this to PM?
 
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Dig up a phone or stretch their coat sleeves back..shirt sleeve... then wiggle the watch around. My phone is in front of me. Push button.. time and date.
Sounds like you have an ill-fitting watch and wear too many clothes. ;)

I know it's difficult to comprehend but there are still a few Luddites around who do not have their phones in front of them all the time. :D
 

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It has nothing to do with clones. It was in response to another poster which included taxes. Why I responded. You do know the feds give the states tax money for all sorts of things? That money has dropped so the states are now scrambling to for new tax revenues. I did not give the full details of why as I felt it wasn't in the spirit of the thread..:facepalm: Again it was in response to another post.

B. Couldn't you have taken this to PM?

It was more of a knee-jerk response to the comment about US not being that far from China, which I think is pretty ridiculousness and not really a topic for this thread.
 

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It was more of a knee-jerk response to the comment about US not being that far from China, which I think is pretty ridiculousness and not really a topic for this thread.

Sorry your panties got pulled too tight.

Again...

B... take it to PMs.. You pointed it out to me it has nothing to do with clones. So why do you perpetuate it? Do as you say...
 

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Sounds like you have an ill-fitting watch and wear too many clothes. ;)

I know it's difficult to comprehend but there are still a few Luddites around who do not have their phones in front of them all the time. :D

LOL. I rarely use a phone for time (not even sure if my flip phone shows the time ;)), but I have not worn a watch for a decade. Wall clocks, clocks in the microwave, the TV, the car, computers, the thermostat, the stove and I'm sure a few more are all I ever need.

Back OT. So, has anyone been sued yet?
 
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