ChrisBird
Premium Member
Hey Everyone,
Before I start I would just like to say I searched the forums, and found no stickies about buying Knock-off vs Real Cubes, but if I missed something I apologize in advance.
On topic, A thread was recently started called "Transparent Void Cube" and in that thread a user tried to convince people how it was 'ok' to buy knock off puzzles.
Now I believe, as most of you probably do, that buying knock-off puzzles is bad and not something an honest person would do. As it is not supporting the original inventor. I think we need to make a sticky thread about knock offs, and place it possibly in the hardware section talking about why it is not honest to buy knock off cubes. And how to tell if a cube is real or a knock off.
I of course, will use the example of V-Cubes to illustrate my opinion.
To make it simple, there are real V-Cubes made by V-Cubes company invented by Mr. Verdes, and there are knock-offs, made by someone else who ripped off the product, and is selling it for their own gain (while I know there are multiple such sellers I will group them into one)
Now the V-Cube 6 is sold for $33.56 not including shipping on the genuine site, and the knock offs sell for as little as 20$ (ebay and such).
If you buy from V-Cubes.com, while you are paying more for the cube, you are doing more then that. You are supporting the inventor of the puzzle, and the factory that makes them. What will this do? It will allow them to continue production of the puzzles, and put more time and money into the creation of new ones. Paying extra is like saying "Thank you for this new puzzle, and the time you put into making it."
Now on the other hand, if you buy a knock-off V-Cube, not only are you saying that the original inventors time and effort is worthless, and that you won't pay him for his work, you are also saying that you don't care about the time that was put into it, the money they put into it, or the law itself. You are basically slapping Mr. Verdes in the face saying "silly man, I can get your puzzle over here for cheaper."
After you do this, is Mr. Verdes likely to make more V-Cubes? (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 etc) No he isn't, why? Because he is not being given the credit he deserves, and he does not have the money he needs to continue doing it.
In conclusion, we need to make sure everyone knows (as Sandy has done on the TwistyPuzzle Forums with his sticky) that buying knock-offs is selfish, dishonest, and wrong.
No one is perfect, and people may have accidentally bought knock-offs of cubes on accident, but it needs to be known to look before you buy, and to support the original inventor of a puzzle, and not someone trying to sell it for his own gain.
Before I start I would just like to say I searched the forums, and found no stickies about buying Knock-off vs Real Cubes, but if I missed something I apologize in advance.
On topic, A thread was recently started called "Transparent Void Cube" and in that thread a user tried to convince people how it was 'ok' to buy knock off puzzles.
Now I believe, as most of you probably do, that buying knock-off puzzles is bad and not something an honest person would do. As it is not supporting the original inventor. I think we need to make a sticky thread about knock offs, and place it possibly in the hardware section talking about why it is not honest to buy knock off cubes. And how to tell if a cube is real or a knock off.
I of course, will use the example of V-Cubes to illustrate my opinion.
To make it simple, there are real V-Cubes made by V-Cubes company invented by Mr. Verdes, and there are knock-offs, made by someone else who ripped off the product, and is selling it for their own gain (while I know there are multiple such sellers I will group them into one)
Now the V-Cube 6 is sold for $33.56 not including shipping on the genuine site, and the knock offs sell for as little as 20$ (ebay and such).
If you buy from V-Cubes.com, while you are paying more for the cube, you are doing more then that. You are supporting the inventor of the puzzle, and the factory that makes them. What will this do? It will allow them to continue production of the puzzles, and put more time and money into the creation of new ones. Paying extra is like saying "Thank you for this new puzzle, and the time you put into making it."
Now on the other hand, if you buy a knock-off V-Cube, not only are you saying that the original inventors time and effort is worthless, and that you won't pay him for his work, you are also saying that you don't care about the time that was put into it, the money they put into it, or the law itself. You are basically slapping Mr. Verdes in the face saying "silly man, I can get your puzzle over here for cheaper."
After you do this, is Mr. Verdes likely to make more V-Cubes? (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 etc) No he isn't, why? Because he is not being given the credit he deserves, and he does not have the money he needs to continue doing it.
In conclusion, we need to make sure everyone knows (as Sandy has done on the TwistyPuzzle Forums with his sticky) that buying knock-offs is selfish, dishonest, and wrong.
No one is perfect, and people may have accidentally bought knock-offs of cubes on accident, but it needs to be known to look before you buy, and to support the original inventor of a puzzle, and not someone trying to sell it for his own gain.
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