It's kind of like buying a kit car that looks like an Lamborghini or Ferrari. As someone who works in the design field, there is nothing worst than someone stealing your intellectual property and making a profit over your hard work.
Some of these kits are so expensive because of the exchange rate. They also have to charge more to see any kind of profit. They could undoubtfully charge less if they were making more, but guess who's leaching off their sales. If you can't afford a kit or think it's out of your budget, that's kind of your problem. I wish a set of Volks TE37's didnt cost of $3k, but I'd rather save for the real thing than buy the knock off's.
Companies aren't in business to make people happy, they're in it for a profit. Simple as that. They don't care about the person that can't afford it, they care about those that can. Do people honestly think the CEO of Ferrari gives a rats a** about why some kid driving a Kia can't afford a 458 Italia. I think not.
Heck, it's your prerogative if you want to buy a counterfeit product. No one is stopping you. I'm sure it will function all the same. I just wouldn't try to pass it for the real thing.
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