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Originally Posted by frogger
Jeeze mate, cheer up, life isn't that bad and nothing is over.
The internet is only about 15 years old and the global economy is changing faster than what old ways can keep up. We are merely going through a transitional period during which time, things will change. At some point things will naturally stabilise.
The game will never be over as long as there are innovators and consumer demand. Innovators will make new products no matter what, innovators have never stopped making products just because they don't have money or because they are scared their ideas will be stolen. They make products because they are enthusiastic about it.
On the other hand consumers always want what you are selling but they want it at half the price. This isn't a new thing and there is nothing wrong with it. It's the natural order of life because we are not all gazzillionaires.
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When I say 'Game Over' I'm not saying the end of the world as we know it, and I agree with a lot of what you're saying. BUT, let's be clear here - Durango, Schumacher etc do all the hard work up front. Designing and innovating sophisticated RC cars is a time consuming, and therefore expensive, business paid for by the return on sales. If the Chinese clone that design and totally undercut your market then you run the risk of being forced out of business. Seeing as the Chinese are not capable / interested in designing innovative and desirable RC cars then ultimately our 'game' is over, or certainly a lot less healthy.
Chances are the Durango copy is made from parts off the same production line. It's posible the quality is every bit as good as the orginal. The Chinese are plenty clever enough to get it right.
There's a big difference between a Chinese designed, developed & manufactured kit and a straight forward clone rip-off. The former is fair sport. The latter is theft.