Trboatworks
Diamond
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2010
- Location
- Maryland- USA
I have tools and machines ads pushed on my FB feed.
Not a problem but I noticed a fairly cool artisan designed drawing aid and read some comments on the item.
Turned out this is a direct copy of a crowd funded item which is still at preorder and offered through the FB ad at half the price of the crowdfunded page.
This is the item on Kickstarter:
Iris - The Drawing Tool that Inspires Creativity by Makers Cabinet — Kickstarter
So the question- what the hell?
I made a mistake once to buy something advertised on FB- it was a drone which used the exact images and video as the manufacturer has on their website and offered much cheaper.
I in my ignorance thought that manufacturer was just off branding the item to any market they could find.
(It turned out they send a little piece of shit not as pictured no recourse as it was shipped from somewhere in China etc - lesson learned)
But this iris widget- as soon as I looked once on FB I was flooded with five different companies selling the same thing- all same ad content and price and shipped from China.
All the FB offers are using exact pictures and video as the kickstarter ad.
So again- what the hell...?
I see the kickstarter company is having this made in Asia.
Are the FB just stealing the design and selling them right from the assembly line that kickstarter contracted?
Would I get a plastic circle drawing template if I ordered one or?
The whole thing pisses me off- the ideal was quite novel and a well put together artisan item- great Christmas gift for your crafty guy/gal etc.
Now it seems the China companies are trolling FB and undercutting the whole project.
Seems immoral in a most basic manner.
This is not about copyright protection- just what seems should be fair business practices.
Give a guy a minute to bring something to market.
I couldn’t look myself in the mirror if I didn’t design this thing and jumped in front of the guy who did.
Or...
Maybe this is just fraud like the drone deal- where the hell is FB- can’t they block this crap.
I know I know - I am naive as crap.
Not a problem but I noticed a fairly cool artisan designed drawing aid and read some comments on the item.
Turned out this is a direct copy of a crowd funded item which is still at preorder and offered through the FB ad at half the price of the crowdfunded page.
This is the item on Kickstarter:
Iris - The Drawing Tool that Inspires Creativity by Makers Cabinet — Kickstarter
So the question- what the hell?
I made a mistake once to buy something advertised on FB- it was a drone which used the exact images and video as the manufacturer has on their website and offered much cheaper.
I in my ignorance thought that manufacturer was just off branding the item to any market they could find.
(It turned out they send a little piece of shit not as pictured no recourse as it was shipped from somewhere in China etc - lesson learned)
But this iris widget- as soon as I looked once on FB I was flooded with five different companies selling the same thing- all same ad content and price and shipped from China.
All the FB offers are using exact pictures and video as the kickstarter ad.
So again- what the hell...?
I see the kickstarter company is having this made in Asia.
Are the FB just stealing the design and selling them right from the assembly line that kickstarter contracted?
Would I get a plastic circle drawing template if I ordered one or?
The whole thing pisses me off- the ideal was quite novel and a well put together artisan item- great Christmas gift for your crafty guy/gal etc.
Now it seems the China companies are trolling FB and undercutting the whole project.
Seems immoral in a most basic manner.
This is not about copyright protection- just what seems should be fair business practices.
Give a guy a minute to bring something to market.
I couldn’t look myself in the mirror if I didn’t design this thing and jumped in front of the guy who did.
Or...
Maybe this is just fraud like the drone deal- where the hell is FB- can’t they block this crap.
I know I know - I am naive as crap.