All this talk about clones and originals. Isn't something that is made after the prototype a reproduction? In effect a clone?
And we aren't talking about someone who invents a new technology in vaping. We are (or at least I am) talking about someone who takes existing technology (or technological ideas) (because let's face the PWM has already been done 100s of times), or reverse engineers someone elses tube (probably a chinese one), puts their own little spin on it (makes it out of a solid billet or polishes it), feeds this info into a computer and start punching out "origionals" at a rate of 100+ a day with his/her name on it and calls it an "original".
The tech has already been out there. This isn't a NEW thing.
To the the guy who is making them one at a time. Yes, he should charge more. Everyone he makes is crafted, and unique, and would probably be worthy of being called art, and worth collecting. such as some of these wood mods I've seen.
But I'm talking about the the guy who sees what the craftsmen is getting for his items, replacates something similar via a mechine, and reproduces them 100 at a time (at a cost savings vs. the craftsmen), then charges as much as the craftsmen to people who perceive these items to be just as good as hand made when they do the same thing as a much cheeper (yet very reliable) "production" modle from someone else. This is nothing more then profiteering.
But as I've said many many times before, this is all up to indavidual tastes, and expectations. Everyone values different things in different ways. This is just MY opinion. If a you want to pay $1000 for something that does the same job as something that costs $50 because it's shinny and might last a little longer then that is your business. If I don't find the value in it, that's MY business.
But please don't preach to me how your $200 flashlight is better then my $50 flashlight when they do the same thing, using many of the same parts. In the end they both just light the way.
And we aren't talking about someone who invents a new technology in vaping. We are (or at least I am) talking about someone who takes existing technology (or technological ideas) (because let's face the PWM has already been done 100s of times), or reverse engineers someone elses tube (probably a chinese one), puts their own little spin on it (makes it out of a solid billet or polishes it), feeds this info into a computer and start punching out "origionals" at a rate of 100+ a day with his/her name on it and calls it an "original".
The tech has already been out there. This isn't a NEW thing.
To the the guy who is making them one at a time. Yes, he should charge more. Everyone he makes is crafted, and unique, and would probably be worthy of being called art, and worth collecting. such as some of these wood mods I've seen.
But I'm talking about the the guy who sees what the craftsmen is getting for his items, replacates something similar via a mechine, and reproduces them 100 at a time (at a cost savings vs. the craftsmen), then charges as much as the craftsmen to people who perceive these items to be just as good as hand made when they do the same thing as a much cheeper (yet very reliable) "production" modle from someone else. This is nothing more then profiteering.
But as I've said many many times before, this is all up to indavidual tastes, and expectations. Everyone values different things in different ways. This is just MY opinion. If a you want to pay $1000 for something that does the same job as something that costs $50 because it's shinny and might last a little longer then that is your business. If I don't find the value in it, that's MY business.
But please don't preach to me how your $200 flashlight is better then my $50 flashlight when they do the same thing, using many of the same parts. In the end they both just light the way.
