A new, big european rubik shop

[AvGalen]

Most speedcubers already own a 3x3x3, but they buy new/others every once in a while. Already owning something doesn't stop people from buying it.

I already own most of that stuff, but I would love to buy a bundle of all of that at once.

It would also make for an incredible present!

 

[waffle=ijm]

WOW seriously can't wait for this shop to open

 

[MistArts]

Most speedcubers already own a 3x3x3, but they buy new/others every once in a while. Already owning something doesn't stop people from buying it.

I already own most of that stuff, but I would love to buy a bundle of all of that at once.

It would also make for an incredible present!

Some of that stuff is harder to get. Like clock and megamix. anyway, I wonder how much it would cost...

 

[AvGalen]

Most speedcubers already own a 3x3x3, but they buy new/others every once in a while. Already owning something doesn't stop people from buying it.

I already own most of that stuff, but I would love to buy a bundle of all of that at once.

It would also make for an incredible present!

Some of that stuff is harder to get. Like clock and megamix. anyway, I wonder how much it would cost...

The easiest way to make this store a success would be to have cubes in stock so people actually place the order. I often wanted to order a lot of puzzles, but because only half of them were available I didn't. Right now I need a Magic, Master Magic, Pyraminx, 4x4x4 Super Cube but I cannot find a store that sells all of them.

 

[Lofty]

I think the best competition bundle would that wouldnt be insanely expensive would just be something like a timer/mat/silicn-oil/3x3/extra stickers. With that you can still compete in the main events of the competition and dont have to spend an arm and a leg that it would cost to buy a puzzle for every event.
But being able to get cubesmith stickers and cubes all in one place will be very good.

 

[waffle=ijm]

Most speedcubers already own a 3x3x3, but they buy new/others every once in a while. Already owning something doesn't stop people from buying it.

I already own most of that stuff, but I would love to buy a bundle of all of that at once.

It would also make for an incredible present!

tournament-bundle sounds good for me since all my puzzles are working like crap. So i need all of those anyway.

 

[guitardude7241]

I would definately buy from you. But only if you kept stock, and had anything from pyraminx to 7x7, and the shipping only took a week, unlike cube4you, which takes 3 weeks.

 

[pcharles93]

a week? That's kinda unreasonable. You guys have to realize he has to make profits. I'm pretty sure he can't make this your guys' dream cube store and break even(and more).

 

[Crzyazn]

Customer service...just PLEASE have responsive service

I don't care how long shipping takes as long as good communication and dealing is evident throughout the entire process

 

[Ton]

The shop itself will be located in the Netherlands with shipping possibilities to the whole wide world.

Any news on which 3x3 you can sell? I asks this because I think importing non Rubiks will be illegal in the Netherlands, since there is a official distributor

 

[Sin-H]

I'm interested! The reason is, that I live in Austria and there is no cube4you similar store around. There is cubikon.de from germany but they suck!

Same here!

I don't think cubikon "sucks" though.

And another same here!
Never used Cubikon, but I am ordering from cube4you right now. A European shop would be great!

 

[faranka]

I'm very interested!

I'm from the Netherlands.
I'm interested if: you can keep the prices low (better or the same as c4y included shipping).
You can have a wide range of in stock products (3x3, 4x4, 5x5, V-cubes, square-1 etc. etc. but also things as stack timers, silicon spray etc.)

 

[joey]

The shop itself will be located in the Netherlands with shipping possibilities to the whole wide world.

Any news on which 3x3 you can sell? I asks this because I think importing non Rubiks will be illegal in the Netherlands, since there is a official distributor

Are you saying, you think it would be illegal if he sold the DIY type cubes? (the ones from cube4you)

 

[AvGalen]

Hello everybody, how's it going ...

Kubismo - the "new, big European cube shop" will start operating
in the beginning of November (or, possibly, even earlier this year).

We will be shipping out of Southern Europe, worldwide, providing
quite reasonable shipping rates; "AirMail" and/or "Certified Mail" will
be optional;

Seems they will no longer be a NL-based shop

 

[Vulosity]

I'm in the US. And Cube4You shipping is crazy!

 

[Ryanrex116]

I think it would be cool if it had cubes that are not sold in Cube4you and 9spuzzles. It would be cool if they could stock clocks.

 

[Cuber2112]

Are you going to provide us with yugas strait from the Yongjun Factory? That would be great if your cubes came from the manufactures themselves.

Home page:
http://toys811.en.alibaba.com/

DIY kit:
http://toys811.en.alibaba.com/product/200041753/207721404/magic_cube/MAGIC_CUBE.html

 

[Ton]

The shop itself will be located in the Netherlands with shipping possibilities to the whole wide world.

Any news on which 3x3 you can sell? I asks this because I think importing non Rubiks will be illegal in the Netherlands, since there is a official distributor

Are you saying, you think it would be illegal if he sold the DIY type cubes? (the ones from cube4you)

Yes , making a copy of a 3x3 cube is illegal as are all copied products, in China there is no distributor so legal actions are difficult, However it is always illegal to import copied products, in Europe if a toy store would import non-rubik's brand the whole shipment can be confiscated.

Importing copied product is always risky in a country where there is a Rubik distributor, the license holders will protect their products. Even big American multinationals got in problems. I would check first with SevenTowns before opening a online shop with copied products...

 

[alexc]

This will be awesome!

Btw, 1000th post!!!

 

[Mike Hughey]

All around the world, Cola-like drinks are sold perfectly legally, as
long as they don't call them "Coca-Cola" or similar like "Coca-Cold".

A computer game named "Ultra-Tetris" could get you into trouble,
but if you simply call it "Magic Blocks" Pajitnov got nothing on you.

In our case, you cannot call it a "Rubik's" if it's not a "Rubik's",
just call it "Magic Cube" and everything's cool as Fonzy...
(not to be confused with Fozzie of the Muppets)

The difference is that Seven Towns is much more aggressive than most companies about trying to protect their rights (or perhaps I should say their perceived rights). I'm not sure I agree with their take on rights, but they're quite aggressive about it. Here's their policy:

http://www.rubiks.com/Image Rights.aspx
http://www.rubiks.com/Legal.aspx

As you can see, they consider reproductions without the name to still be violations of their intellectual property. It seems to me that they are overstepping the law with this policy, and I would think that a really good lawyer should be able to stop them, but I would think it would take a really good lawyer and probably a lot of money to be successful. So far, no one has been successful against them, so you'd better be prepared to battle if you are going to go up against them.

For the record, I was fine with the idea that a patent protected the cube for the length of the patent, but I just think that protecting the cube itself as a copyright and/or trademark goes beyond the normal purpose of copyright and trademark. The logo is fine to trademark; the whole cube seems out of bounds to me. But I'm not about to fight them on it.