Buyer Beware! Bogus pendants at the Hukilau...and in NZ! Major Update Pg. 5!!! - General Tiki

B Babalu Tiki Socialite Lemon Grove Joined: Nov 19, 2006 Posts: 2518	B Babalu Posted posted on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 10:52 AM It's a damn shame Paipo...I feel sorry for you, and what seems to be "several" other artists on TC that are getting knocked off in foreign lands. In the Company I work for, I tend to get knocked off on darn near every product that I come out with in just months, so it's a constant game to beat these bigger knock off Companies to the main retailers after I have shown my hand...I have come to expect it now, and it has become part of the game. These guys are ruthless and will go to market with your ideas knowing full well that they will get sued. They end up only having to pay a small percentage of their sales back to you in the end....they win if they land your retail accounts. I'm so glad I'm not in sales. It is different in this case altogether...we aren't talking big biz here..what we have here is some talented folks that are just trying to scratch out a humble living for their families with their creative abilities and getting smoked by dicks who know that the artists most likely can't afford to chase them. It just sucks. Like LLT said, I can understand beginning artists trying to copy other artists just to learn how to make art, its always been this way, but this...well this is just plain evil stuff here. Dude, I feel for ya... SUPPORT YOUR "ARTISTS" TC, and flush this other cheap crap...it does not look good in your home, or classy around your neck, and will hold no value in the end.

It's a damn shame Paipo...I feel sorry for you, and what seems to be "several" other artists on TC that are getting knocked off in foreign lands.

In the Company I work for, I tend to get knocked off on darn near every product that I come out with in just months, so it's a constant game to beat these bigger knock off Companies to the main retailers after I have shown my hand...I have come to expect it now, and it has become part of the game. These guys are ruthless and will go to market with your ideas knowing full well that they will get sued. They end up only having to pay a small percentage of their sales back to you in the end....they win if they land your retail accounts. I'm so glad I'm not in sales.

It is different in this case altogether...we aren't talking big biz here..what we have here is some talented folks that are just trying to scratch out a humble living for their families with their creative abilities and getting smoked by dicks who know that the artists most likely can't afford to chase them. It just sucks.

Like LLT said, I can understand beginning artists trying to copy other artists just to learn how to make art, its always been this way, but this...well this is just plain evil stuff here.

Dude, I feel for ya...

SUPPORT YOUR "ARTISTS" TC, and flush this other cheap crap...it does not look good in your home, or classy around your neck, and will hold no value in the end.

Post #388129 by Babalu on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 10:52 AM