Mefferts 7x7 and Holey Cube!!!

[ConnorCuber]

Meffert's 7x7 and Void Cube!

Hi All!



Two new Puzzles have been added to the -Reserve Limited Puzzle Edition- page, a superior quality 7x7x7
cube with an re-engineered mechanism consisting of 327 parts, for a smoother turning puzzle. Decorated

with long-lasting matt finish environmental PVC labels plus two spare label sets and a white & black
body Holey cube with tiles. See http://mefferts.com/page.php?lang=en&theme=new_puzzle_release.

I have been offered these high quality limited production puzzles and depending on this surveys outcome
will decide by the middle of next week whether to include these to our Miscellaneous Puzzles category.
The Price is US$42.00 and $14.00 respectively, which of course includes FREE Airmail shipment to
anywhere in the world where there is a Post Office, and a 7% Royalty allowance that will be placed into
a special Trust account. All the rightful Inventor has to do is contact us on [email protected] and the
royalty payment will be transferred to any nominated bank account on a three monthly basis.



The balance of the limited edition Tony Fisher Golden cubes, plus a small quantity of silver, copper
and white cubes will be available around Wednesday of next week. The black cube version with Cubesmith
chrome labels will follow around two weeks after that. The Tony Fisher Golden Egg limited edition will

be released around the middle of March in eight colors. Several other exiting puzzles are being tooled or
are in the final debugging stage, more details about these when we are closer to producing them. Also
several of the more popular out of stock items will be reproduced within the next few month. Early March
we will have these placed on our -Reserve out of Stock Items- page to determine just how many we will
need to make to satisfy everyones requirements.


Registered mail: We have added an additional shipping option for Registered Mail to our order form at a
charge of US$2.00. As we have been informed that in some countries like Italy and Mexico parcels just
magically disappear during the holidays, or if your mail box is not secure and the parcel is stolen we are
not responsible for that as well. We only guarantee that the parcel will be delivered to the postal service
in your country. If any of the above conditions applies to you please choose the Registered Mail option to
protect your puzzle order from theft.



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Happy Puzzling

Ulrich and Uwe

 

[Hadley4000]

$42 with free shipping??? Man, I got my 7x7 the day they came out. Sooooo expensive with shipping.

I want a void cube desperately. But I'm saving money for my next tattoo now

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

:O so cheap I am saving money for new C4Y 4x4 though...

 

[crazyasianskills]

Newsletter
Newsletter

23. February. 2009


Subject: Puzzle News as of February 23. 2009 777 cube and Holey cube survey !!!

Hi All!

Two new Puzzles have been added to the -Reserve Limited Puzzle Edition- page, a superior quality 7x7x7
cube with an re-engineered mechanism consisting of 327 parts, for a smoother turning puzzle. Decorated

with long-lasting matt finish environmental PVC labels plus two spare label sets and a white & black
body Holey cube with tiles. See http://mefferts.com/page.php?lang=en&theme=new_puzzle_release.

I have been offered these high quality limited production puzzles and depending on this surveys outcome
will decide by the middle of next week whether to include these to our Miscellaneous Puzzles category.
The Price is US$42.00 and $14.00 respectively, which of course includes FREE Airmail shipment to
anywhere in the world where there is a Post Office, and a 7% Royalty allowance that will be placed into
a special Trust account. All the rightful Inventor has to do is contact us on [email protected] and the
royalty payment will be transferred to any nominated bank account on a three monthly basis.



The balance of the limited edition Tony Fisher Golden cubes, plus a small quantity of silver, copper
and white cubes will be available around Wednesday of next week. The black cube version with Cubesmith
chrome labels will follow around two weeks after that. The Tony Fisher Golden Egg limited edition will

be released around the middle of March in eight colors. Several other exiting puzzles are being tooled or
are in the final debugging stage, more details about these when we are closer to producing them. Also
several of the more popular out of stock items will be reproduced within the next few month. Early March
we will have these placed on our -Reserve out of Stock Items- page to determine just how many we will
need to make to satisfy everyones requirements.


Registered mail:
We have added an additional shipping option for Registered Mail to our order form at a
charge of US$2.00. As we have been informed that in some countries like Italy and Mexico parcels just
magically disappear during the holidays, or if your mail box is not secure and the parcel is stolen we are
not responsible for that as well. We only guarantee that the parcel will be delivered to the postal service
in your country. If any of the above conditions applies to you please choose the Registered Mail option to
protect your puzzle order from theft.

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

wasn't meffert the one complaining about ripoff puzzles in the first place?!

 

[qqwref]

Those 7x7s look exactly like the Chinese knockoffs and I have also heard that the Chinese ones have many more pieces than normal V-cubes. (So I think these ARE the Chinese knockoffs.) It disturbs me that Meffert is referring to them as "superior quality" and a "smoother turning puzzle"; if that's what Meffert thinks, sales are going to be quickly turned towards these puzzles instead of legitimate V-cubes. Remember that this isn't just the same situation as the first DIY knockoffs (where the factory that was making official Rubik's cubes just started making extra tuneable ones and selling them in China) - V-cubes are made in Greece.

...is Verdes at least getting compensation for this?

 

[Unknown.soul]

I know, it doesn't make any sense. In an earlier newsletter:

My strategy of providing genuine puzzles for just 5% to 10% above the prices of illegal copies--with better
quality and packaging--is proving to be very successful. It is my sincere desire to have other original-design
puzzles included in the Mefferts Challenge line, with the inventors given full credit and receiving the full royalties due them.

However, we need to act fast while this concept is gaining momentum. In that way we can force the copy
companies out of business within a relatively short time--say two to five years--as in the end happened in
Taiwan and Korea.

I am very happy to enter into an immediate royalty agreement with the designers of any unique puzzles
that have been knocked off and will try to make a deal with the company that made the copy mold to
improve their quality and legalize their activities, with them selling the then-legal goods through my retail partners channels.

Hypocrisy?

is Verdes at least getting compensation for this?

It says that they recieve "7% Royalty allowance to the rightful Inventor", but it still makes no sense to buy replicated puzzles and give them 7% instead of buying the real one and give them 100%

 

[daniel0731ex]

(meffert's 3x3 is also a ripoff)

 

[Kian]

...is Verdes at least getting compensation for this?

"The Price includes FREE shipping Via Airmail Worldwide.
and a 7% Royalty allowance for the rightful Inventor."

Seems like he will. Hopefully they can work something out.

 

[daniel0731ex]

However, we need to act fast while this concept is gaining momentum. In that way we can force the copy
companies out of business within a relatively short time--say two to five years--as in the end happened in
Taiwan and Korea.

yeah, taiwan used to be the biggest ripoff country(about 20 years ago), then comes korea, and now it's china

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

no one cares about the holey cube, haha

 

[toast]

Color scheme is wrong on the 7x7...?

 

[ThePizzaGuy92]

EDIT: merge.

 

[JTW2007]

Whoa! Did one of my favorite puzzle manufacturers just knock off two of my favorite puzzles in one newsletter!? I'll stick to my original void and V7.

 

[byu]

Color scheme is wrong on the 7x7...?

The image is impossible. Look at the red/black/blue corner and the centers

 

[Elmo]

I dislike Verdes anyway. I asked nicely for a replacement piece for my V7 and got ignored...

The pieces popped way too easily when I first started playing with it. And I only needed to pop it out once to lose it entirely.

I'll hope to get a 7x7x7 after wasting my money on a V7.

 

[toast]

Color scheme is wrong on the 7x7...?

The image is impossible. Look at the red/black/blue corner and the centers

If you mean the one right in front, I think that's a Black/Blue/Orange.
I can't see any other corner except that one.

EDIT: Looking at the left photo, I think yellow/black are switched.

 

[blade740]

I believe Meffert will honor his agreement to the manufacturers. What this will do is get all the people who would buy knockoff 7x7's to buy them (for, like before, a little bit above what the other knockoffs are selling for) while still bringing profit to the rightful owners. Sure, it's still bad for Verdes. But the knockoffs can't be stopped. If not for Meffert, those people would be buying knockoffs at no profit to Verdes.

Me? I'll get a V-7. The superior V-cube plastic quality is worth it, in my opinion.

 

[AvGalen]

Smart, but risky strategy by Mefferts. I don't know if 7% is enough to stop V-Cubes from legal actions but it might just work.

 

[MichaelErskine]

(meffert's 3x3 is also a ripoff)

So is the mf8 megaminx currently supplied Meffert's but at least he's licensed to make them, unlike the Void cube or V-Cube 7

a 7% Royalty allowance that will be placed into a special Trust account. All the rightful Inventor has to do is contact us on [email protected] and the royalty payment will be transferred to any nominated bank account on a three monthly basis.

Sounds like a 419 scam to me!

Throw his ass in jail