Buying clones for many of us is not about the money -it is about actually being able to buy products NOW and not get ripped off in the process. The vapeware auction sites are having a field day because all the brilliant and fantastic mod makers are just the worst businessmen I have ever encountered -basically a bunch of amateurs with great technical skills. If they don't fulfill demand they WILL lose huge amounts of business to the mass produced products coming out of China -It is as simple as that.
GGTS Out of stock
Ithaka Out of stock
Caravela Out of stock
Poldiac Out of stock
Mojo Out of stock
Juggernaut Out of stock
Svoe Mesto Out of stock
GP Paps Out of stock
This list goes on and on. Actually we should all say thank you to the Chinese who first of all invented what we currently call "vaping" and secondly are able to supply products to the market in a timely fashion. As one poster pointed out the difference between the cost of an original and clone in some cases is not that great.
I disagree with you, in my personal opinion:
Good things take time, a lot of thinking, time to design, to test and test and then re design, to build, to inspect every and each part.
It is easy to say that some mode makers are the worst businessmen, but if you see it from another point of view, not everything involved is about selling things and making money: there is passion for the thing they do, innovations, quality, they like to be involved all the time with the products they make, every mod have to pass by the creator hands.
I do not know all the creators you listed, but I know some of them, and for those who I do, the money making and selling it's PVs is not the main objetive. You should know the reason why they started, what they were looking for when they started, which is the spirit and main objective of what they do and maybe you will understand why you can´t buy one of those products exactly in the instant you want to do so.
Of course, for any creator would be very easy to come to an agreement with some big company to mass produce the product, send the blueprints and just to sit while the product is being made, hire others to inspect, test, sell and support the product -just like any other commercial product or service-, the result will be "a cold" product, that will not accomplish the for what, and why it was created.
Clones are the easy way for some Chinese companies: they do not invest in research, thinking, design, testing, innovate. They just copy a product and produce it in big quantities with low quality materials, they just are interested in making easy money, for me that is stealing. They do not support the product, no warranty, no communications with costumers in case if problems, they just use the work of others, like some clones that there were selling in which they even used pictures, information, diagrams from the wiki of the original product, and so on.
I remember, like two months ago there were some guys from a Mexican facebook group (I'm a member of that group), they organized a co-op buying for an "Odysseus clone" (tobeco) from China (like many other guys from all around the world), of course I didn't get involved and I tried to let them know about the mistake they were doing, nobody listened, they just were happy because they thought the esasy way: they will get an Odysseus for around $25.00. At the end, time spoke when they got the product: in short terms they lost $25.00 and some of them have learnt the lesson by themselfs.
By saying "
I have ever encountered -basically a bunch of amateurs with great technical skills" and listing GGTS, Ithaka you are implying Imeo, are you serious? That's so funny, to say that Imeo is an amateur with great skills.
Buying a GG product is very easy, did you know there will be a batch of GGTSs & Stealths and more Ithakas? of course, if you think the wait is not worth it, buy another product.
I have read any number of justifications for why people buy cheap copies:
"The original product is too expensive, by buying a clone I'll save money and I will have the same experience of the original one."
-Save some money and buy the real thing, instead of lose your money buying tons of cheap bad copy products.
"The original product is never available, the only way to own one is by buying a clone."
-You really want the real deal? Invest a little, just a little of time to learn how and when the product will be available, you will see it is not that difficult.
"The original cretor should be making tons of money by overpricing his product, I'll not pay that money and make him more rich, instead that I prefer to be smart and I'll get a cheap product."
-Well, there is a saying "Do not try to teach a pig to sing: you will lose your time and you will you'll piss off the pig.", continue feeling that you are smart and thinking that you will save money.
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