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Originally Posted by tabrams31
Point noted.. BUT….. I can guarantee that most of Americans would not be in the "hey I want to pay more for something because of all the hard work they put into building this product".. That after school special had its door closed a long time ago. People tend to be smart with their money or at least try to be. If you want to blow you money on a kit that is not worth the $$ then so be it. Telling me about all the R&D stuff that went behind it is great, but in the end they did not build this kit for a Porsche, they built it for a 370z, so price it that way Again - if Amuse dropped their price there would not be an issues with rep. I put enough energy for the day on this topic – I’m sorry your business is being hurt by all the Reps being made.. Maybe you got into the wrong business? And I'm out... lol  |
It's unfortunate that you feel like supporting those that steal other people's hard work is acceptable.
Honestly, the replica business is much more profitable; that's why dealers of those parts make insane amounts of money off the consumer.
We choose to work hard to support innovation and great design and not sell replica products. If knock-offs win, then great design is dead because the original companies either go out of business or stop designing parts that can be bought by the public. This cycle ends up as a zero-sum game because you eventually have nothing new being released, so the consumer loses and the producer loses. At that point you have a bunch of replica parts companies releasing "new designs" for body kits that look and fit like crap.