I’ll probably do it some time in the future instead of right now. Maybe next year or something. The concept works. Instead of a buying chipotle burrito you get your answer on whether buying an alibaba bumper is worth it. I’m not trying to get enough donations for pay for the whole pair of bumpers. Just some so if it’s garbage I’m not out $1k and everyone settles the debate that it’s not worth buying. I already have a quote for the total cost from October I just didn’t buy it because of the holiday coming up.
Any experience with Chinese Bumpers?
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Cool man - I just didn't know this is how it works. If I am about to drop $1k on an experimental piece, a few dollars in donations won't sway my decision and I would certainly not go out of my way to suggest such donations either.
Still, thanks for trying these out for the rest of us.
Still, thanks for trying these out for the rest of us.
Well if I can get 10 people to donate that’s a 10% discount which goes a long way. I’m set on getting for sure. It’s just a matter of when. It takes 2-3 months to come in so it takes time anyway. $10 might not help you but it helps me.
Patents last for 20 years and then it free game. So the whole IP is not a moral/ethical issue it’s just a timing issue. If company’s were ethical lawyers wouldn’t exist.I'd rather donate $10 to help you buy from a legit small business who put in the work.
The other part is that I bought my car for 5k on a salvage auction and I don’t want to spend 2-3k on just a couple bumpers.
Come on man. Don't let your second point talk you into your first point.
Haha you sound like a reporter looking for gotcha quotes with the splicing.
My two reasons work of each other. Ethics and business don’t mix. Nothing wrong with avoiding a 200% markup.
Ha! I'm partially busted - my wife was a reporter (NBC affiliates) and now is a PR/media consultant. She always warns me (when I'm going to be on TV, in a paper) to speak in sound bites and be careful of how comments can be edited to fit a narrative.
I spend my time helping clients build brands. I've probably researched 1/2 million trademarks over the past 20+ years. Companies live or die on IP. Well, the good ones anyway.
IP is great but it slows innovation. Wrote a paper on this back in college.
I think I would be more open to going with a local or smaller company if they were transparent with COGS with these bumpers. I just don’t know how much of their cost is branding or just mark up.
Ah the spirit of community, haha.
Pending how holistically you define COGS, the COGS including labor, materials, shop space, insurance, utilities etc... better be only 50% of the price tag. Companies charging less are just counting down their days to insolvency/bankruptcy.
Running a business is *way* more than the cost of materials. It's not just "mark up" because it's not paying for the physical material in the final product.