The reason why authentics are MORE expensive is because you pay for their intellectual property. You pay for their invention, design and time; and in some cases higher production cost.
Stainless steel, copper, brass, plastic, derlin, etc with same specifications are the same be in china or everywhere else in the world. Why china can produce something priced a third or cheaper of the same item of the same quality? because they just copy. They don't need to invent. They are just stealing someone else design and make a high precision copy.
Can china / cloners invent an authentic something in that price range?
Of course they can if they want to price it that low, but even they will charge you an intellectual property fee. The cost to invent something.
Take example Wotofo.
A cloning company based in china which now venture into making authentic. Creator of freakshow & troll rda
Wotofo sell a cloned SMPL mod by epic design but rebrand it under A-mod Logo. Same design Same button just different logo. They even call it "A-mod SMPL" to ease out people its basically a clone authentic SMPL. Price $23.99
While their authentic, an original design called phantom mod run retail for $49.99.
Why cant they sell it for $23.99 too? is it that much harder to machine a phantom mod compared to a a-mod smpl? does it take much more material / metal to create phantom mod to justify twice the price?
From a technical stand of point, NO. It takes roughly the same material to create both
Even the cloners charge for intellectual property.
Clone is stealing. Clone is counterfeit.
It takes high level of time to design and invent something from nothing.
Think if everyone buying clone.. who's there to invent? why bother creating something of that much of your time knowing your product will be counterfeited. Clone markets put a pressure toward those creators into lowering their price. They can only lower that price up to a certain level. Below that price, if you are the creator, would you even bother? spend that much of your time for that little profit? To most of them its not just a hobby to make something in spare time; they dedicate their time and life to earn living from making these goods.
Some vaping gears are also targeted toward a high-end market. Just like HERMES / ROLEX / HUBLOT / LOUISVUITTON / PRADA to name a few, they dont target it for everyone, just to certain market.
Are you the type who buy cloned watches and bags?
They've been cloned 1:1 to perfection too you know in case you are interested.
If you are blessed enough to buy authentic. Great you are supporting them for more invention.
If you don't. Save up some money. Its not that much of an investment compared to cigarette or other things in life. Most of them are even lower than a pair of your sneakers.
If you cant buy a high-end product then buy something geared toward your budget. Those Atomizer / Mod comes in variety of price range.
If you still cant afford the cheapest authentic, maybe its time to re-think about what you do in life or stop this vaping game.
If you still mumbling that clone is exactly same quality as authentic for quarter of the price. Yes some of them are that great that its hard to even tell the different and justify the price. But then you are supporting COUNTERFEIT. No different than with buying fake ROLEX, PRADA and DVD to name a few.
Buy authentic, be proud, support this small community of vaping.
But its all comes down to you. Your decision.
No love for clone. Thats where i stand.
