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we stock the “R” branded seatpack at my shop and it has just gone through it’s 4th re-design, maybe focus on your crowdfunding/rejuvenating BRP rather than trying to put the marketplace right.
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Where did I mention any saddlebag, and what does my crowdfunding thread have to do with anything I said?
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Haha...looks like your comment has just gone through it's 4th re-design too!
If you want to criticise me TM, at least decide which angle you're going to come from first so you don't have to keep editing words like 'bitter' and 'move on' from your post. :)
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It's the nature of 'business' unfortunately. The more popular and mainstream something becomes, the more the toe dippers drive production towards the manufacturers who have the ability to produce other peoples ideas for less. When half of the R&D has already been done for them, the market has already been built, and the ideas already perfected, all that's left is to cheapen the end product.
I was speaking with another bag maker the other day about this same subject. It's actually quite a shame to see how it affects those people who have been pushing things forward from the start, and invest so much time and money into creating truly innovative products, only to see them copied as soon as they hit instagram.
Not everybody wants to grow beyond a certain point and become a huge money making machine...but if you don't you eventually get swallowed up by those who do, or already are.
That's life I guess...but there are certain people who have been instrumental in creating what is practically seen as a whole new sport now, that most people who take part in it have probably never heard of. eg. Carousel design works.