New V-Cube 7s!

Cheese_Board said:
StefanPochmann said:
Cheese_Board said:
The main reason V-Cubes is doing this is because of knock-offs.
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How do you know?
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Did you read the rest of my post? I put a link in there for a reason.
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Sure I did.

1. I don't see how that post supports your claim.
2. kastellorizo is no spokesperson for V-cubes.
3. He claims V8/V9 would've been released without the KO's, and I wouldn't even trust *Verdes* with that statement (do you remember how they told us we'd be able to buy V6/V7 in 2004?)
4. He's known to overreact/exaggerate when it comes to V-cubes and KOs.

So again... how do you know?
 
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Ok my input the illusion must have an inverted side, or perhaps a solid white or black side? As for the Dazzler personally I think its pretty cool but...thats an opinoin. Also I want a circular v7 and a retooled v6 with less click, also I think a v3 + 4 would be awsome!
 
rjohnson_8ball said:
I no longer see any super cube stickers at cubesmith.com (designed by Stefan Pochmann, if I remember correctly). My idea for super cube stickers is to have regular stickers, but the letter "V" on every sticker instead of on just 1 sticker.
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I can't find the "Pochmann super cube stickers" anymore either. But I really like your idea about the "V on every sticker" as well!
 
StefanPochmann said:
2. kastellorizo is no spokesperson for V-cubes.
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Wrong. Konstantinos requested me to speak for them after we started
our company partnership (we sell their products as well they sell our Cubedron).

Regarding the rest, you are entitled to have an opinion.
But allow me to remind you that I had also already mentioned that
a few years back, the inventor had a serious health problem which affected
the entire process of releasing V-6 and V-7 on time.


Pantazis
 
kastellorizo said:
StefanPochmann said:
2. kastellorizo is no spokesperson for V-cubes.
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Wrong. Konstantinos requested me to speak for them after we started
our company partnership (we sell their products as well they sell our Cubedron).

Regarding the rest, you are entitled to have an opinion.
But allow me to remind you that I had also already mentioned that
a few years back, the inventor had a serious health problem which affected
the entire process of releasing V-6 and V-7 on time.


Pantazis
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This is the first time I hear about a health problem causing delays. But in general the communication from V-Cube is really lacking. They have a tendency to over-promise and under-deliver.

That doesn't mean I don't like their products. I have about 10 of them in my house. But let's be realistic:
* V5's get loose far to quick and cannot be adjusted. A couple of good screws would increase the quality of a V5 tremendously
* V6's are just crap. The community has developed half a dozen mods in order to make them bareable and still they POP. On a new V6 I cannot get sub 5, then it becomes much better until I average sub 4 and then it starts popping and exploding and misaligning so I cannot even get sub 5 anymore. And when I want to buy a new (black) V6 they cannot deliver (yes, I am venting lots of frustration here). And where are those rounded V6B's that we saw pictures of 2 years (and more) ago?
* V7's I actually like although it does have 1 or 2 mini-pops every solve.

The cubing community is waiting for redesigned, black puzzles and VCubes is not delivering to us. We are also waiting for new sizes (V2-4 and V8-11) but those don't even seem to be on the radar anymore
 
kastellorizo said:
StefanPochmann said:
2. kastellorizo is no spokesperson for V-cubes.
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Wrong. Konstantinos requested me to speak for them after we started
our company partnership (we sell their products as well they sell our Cubedron).
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Ok, sorry, never heard that before. But that point wasn't really important anyway.

kastellorizo said:
I had also already mentioned that
a few years back, the inventor had a serious health problem which affected
the entire process of releasing V-6 and V-7 on time.
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And that can never happen again?

Oh and... don't forget how they recently misled people:
"DO NOT DELAY as these amazing offers will be available for the next 40 days!"
Many people (not me, admittedly) seemed to think that that meant the prices would go back to normal after those 40 days. And I'm not surprised they thought so, because of how the announcement was designed. What happened really? Those offers were available for more than 40 days, and when they were canceled, prices only went up by minor amounts. Really no reason to yell "DO NOT DELAY" except to make people rush to buying. The announcement seems carefully designed to give people a false impression without factually saying something wrong. I didn't like this deception. And I dislike the current insult with the ILLusion even more.
 
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StefanPochmann said:
Oh and... don't forget how they recently misled people:
"DO NOT DELAY as these amazing offers will be available for the next 40 days!"
Many people (not me, admittedly) seemed to think that that meant the prices would go back to normal after those 40 days. And I'm not surprised they thought so, because of how the announcement was designed. What happened really? Those offers were available for more than 40 days, and when they were canceled, prices only went up by minor amounts. Really no reason to yell "DO NOT DELAY" except to make people rush to buying. The announcement seems carefully designed to give people a false impression without factually saying something wrong. I didn't like this deception. And I dislike the current insult with the ILLusion even more.
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this pissed me off so much, i bought a whole set because i thought it was a 40-day promotional price!

i doubt ill buy anything from verdes again
 
I admit that the marketing part has been quite aggressive, but it is not
a lovely world out there. When business rules, things can be quite tricky,
especially with the competition versus the clones.
I am certainly not defending those tactics, I am just trying to explain.

Also, usually this time of the year (coming back from long trips to
then re-commence university duties in the fourth week of the Australian
semester) is crazily busy for me, but I promise to soon get in contact and
clear up some of those issues. I also do not know yet the status of the
ILLusion and the Dazzler and how they work!


Pantazis
 
panyan said:
StefanPochmann said:
Oh and... don't forget how they recently misled people:
"DO NOT DELAY as these amazing offers will be available for the next 40 days!"
Many people (not me, admittedly) seemed to think that that meant the prices would go back to normal after those 40 days. And I'm not surprised they thought so, because of how the announcement was designed. What happened really? Those offers were available for more than 40 days, and when they were canceled, prices only went up by minor amounts. Really no reason to yell "DO NOT DELAY" except to make people rush to buying. The announcement seems carefully designed to give people a false impression without factually saying something wrong. I didn't like this deception. And I dislike the current insult with the ILLusion even more.
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this pissed me off so much, i bought a whole set because i thought it was a 40-day promotional price!

i doubt ill buy anything from verdes again
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I also bought (another) whole set +1 extra V5 and I don't feel bad at all. It was a great price! :cool: Although the V6 was really bad :(
But just like others, I too want to see bigger cubes and 2-4, and buy those. :)
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The cubes owns you.
 
AvGalen said:
This is the first time I hear about a health problem causing delays. But in general the communication from V-Cube is really lacking. They have a tendency to over-promise and under-deliver.

That doesn't mean I don't like their products. I have about 10 of them in my house. But let's be realistic:
* V5's get loose far to quick and cannot be adjusted. A couple of good screws would increase the quality of a V5 tremendously
* V6's are just crap. The community has developed half a dozen mods in order to make them bareable and still they POP. On a new V6 I cannot get sub 5, then it becomes much better until I average sub 4 and then it starts popping and exploding and misaligning so I cannot even get sub 5 anymore. And when I want to buy a new (black) V6 they cannot deliver (yes, I am venting lots of frustration here). And where are those rounded V6B's that we saw pictures of 2 years (and more) ago?
* V7's I actually like although it does have 1 or 2 mini-pops every solve.

The cubing community is waiting for redesigned, black puzzles and VCubes is not delivering to us. We are also waiting for new sizes (V2-4 and V8-11) but those don't even seem to be on the radar anymore
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+1, at least. I appreciate all seven of my V-cubes. My black V-5 and V-7 is getting a tad loose and my V-6's would be more fun if I didn't have to worry about misalignment or mini-pops. My white V-5 and V-7's are absolute joy. I would like to get V6B, V2, V4, V8-V11. (To Stefan, I use apostrophe on plural of an acronym.)

By the way, I did not know about a health problem with Verdes. I hope he is doing okay.
 
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