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KNOCK OFF'S ARE NOT GREAT!!! nisiepie (post 2/7/12)

I am a designer and one of my products retails for $460, out of that $230 goes to the retailer, which leaves me with $230. Out of my $230 I have to pay $150 material costs etc. So a product that retails for $460 I only get $80 for which then I get taxed on.

I am a designer who pays the true cost of getting products made, however I am competing with cheap under paid workers and cheap poor quality materials. There is no way to compete. It is up the customer to decide whether they want to support cheap throw away products (by the way there is no away, its still here it is just buried under ground to never decompose) or to support designers who actually care about people and the environment and who are trying to make products that last. I guess it comes back to whether the customer cares about people and the environment or not.

nisiepie Designers have families too who might if they are lucky have a house, they too have to pay bills, think of their future as well, all within budget!

Knockoffs are NOT great.