If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Paul should definitely feel flattered. Photogenic was showing a VML near-clone today at the PhotoPlus Expo here in NY:
Considerably more expensive than the VML, of course.
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| Author: | tetrode [ Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Paul should definitely feel flattered. Photogenic was showing a VML near-clone today at the PhotoPlus Expo here in NY: Considerably more expensive than the VML, of course. |
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| Author: | pspentax [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Only the great things have imitation :D :D :D |
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| Author: | Luap [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Same inverter, copy of our battery and housing design. Got any idea what they're asking for this flat out knock off? Photogenic has a long history of copying our designs. Thanks for pointing this out. |
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| Author: | tetrode [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Luap wrote: Same inverter, copy of our battery and housing design. Got any idea what they're asking for this flat out knock off? Photogenic has a long history of copying our designs. Thanks for pointing this out. I was told retail price would be $359, Paul. |
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| Author: | Luap [ Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
That's about the minimum they could sell it for. Our price ($239.95) to B&H plus B&H profit comes out about there. Dealers expect a 35% discount, so $359 minus 35% ($125) = $234 they pay to Photogenic. A few people will say, Gee it costs more, so it must be a better product, when it's really just a ripoff. |
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| Author: | kenyee [ Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Luap wrote: Same inverter, copy of our battery and housing design. Wow...pretty low brow. I expected more of photogenic :-P |
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| Author: | Dismayed [ Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
kenyee wrote: Luap wrote: Same inverter, copy of our battery and housing design. Wow...pretty low brow. I expected more of photogenic :-P Pretty simple technology. Thre really isn't much that they could do differently, other than enclosure design and color. |
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| Author: | kenyee [ Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Dismayed wrote: Pretty simple technology. Thre really isn't much that they could do differently, other than enclosure design and color. Exact same inverter and battery locking design (enclosure is veryyy similar)? Still pretty low brow IMHO... 8-) |
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| Author: | Luap [ Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Our inverter is not factory standard. We did several modifications to beef it up. If Photogenic didn't do the same, they will suffer Mosfet failures in the field. |
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| Author: | Dismayed [ Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I guess Paul should feel flattered ... |
Luap wrote: Our inverter is not factory standard. We did several modifications to beef it up. If Photogenic didn't do the same, they will suffer Mosfet failures in the field. I'd still go with the Buff product even if they were identical in both specification and price. Customer service matters! |
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