Quote Originally Posted by DavidEngbaek View Post
well Said! Here's a thought though..which you are not a part of..But what about Companies that use China to build there products and put their Name all over it, and sell it as a legit Brand name..i wont use any Tattoo examples out of respect that might be wrong on a Particular Brand, but i'm sure it happens....not unlike "Nike" for instance ..although thats Malaysia not china.
you can buy Knock off Nike shoes from China..Both made 3rd world, same quality. Its fine Line of Ethics.
I personally dont have any Chinese knock offs. but if a something landed in my lap for free, I'd give it a fair test drive, before i called it Crap.
The problem is not manufacturing in china, Malaysia, Japan, etc.
The problem are the companies that steal without giving a crap how much a person work to take the product to it's final stage.

I do not know of any american company that manufactures needle, and if there it was one, their needles would be outrageous.
There is cheap and good quality products made in china. There are companies that respect intellectual property and there are companies that don't give a rat $hit about
who they are copying.
We gave so much power to china that they have better technology than we do now. For certain production aspects we have no choice, just for the simple fact that they can do it better.

Perhaps, this subject touches me personally because I am currently a victim of my machines being copied and sold on ebay, worldwide tattoo, and many other sites for pennies.
they are even claiming that I make them for them unbranded and misleading customers! these companies just don't care about the industry, they don't do anything to make it better, they just sink down the guy that cares while they are fooling you and making you part of their game.

I started in my garage like many others, and it took me a long way to bring the product to where it is now. People may like it or not,
But for a company to come a snatch your hard work and whore out to product, it really hurts, and makes you want to do stupid things.