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Xanirah t1_iu7iac3 wrote

Reply to comment by ForsakenWebNinja in The works we machined for Bekeneko 60/65 variation . We are glad to show the previous works we done in public :) Once you have Keyboard need DIY machining can reach out to me （PM me） MOQ=1 , but prefer production . Guide you on the design , the width for logo engraving for CNC is at least 1mm by DentistIllustrious

That's not how it works. Making "enough" is huge risk for individual people. The group buy model allows for designers to fund the manufacturing of a keyboard, but if there's a fuck up, that will take time and money, that on some cases can't be made up for with the profits made from the group buy. And so you can imagine what will happen if they decide to make a fuck ton of keyboards. so manufacturing smaller amounts is not unreasonable. It's not fun for everybody, but it's the only viable way of doing it for most designers

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ForsakenWebNinja t1_iu7vmv0 wrote

Yea I understand how group buys work. When I say making enough I’m not talking about all at once. I take issue with the fact that they don’t usually continue with more rounds of group buys. If you miss the one group buy or you don’t get one of the limited available boards then you’re screwed.

It’s different if a company is actively making a product and clones take sales away from the original designer. But if the original designer is not going to make anymore then they aren’t losing money. Legal or not I’m fine with cloning in that situation because there’s no other way to get one.

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Xanirah t1_iu8dj67 wrote

Yea i don't disagree 100%, but in this scenario they are still being made by the original designer

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ForsakenWebNinja t1_iuaau3h wrote

Oh ok. I’m not familiar with this scenario. If the original designer is still actively selling them then that’s different

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