You know you've arrived when...
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:38 pm
...people are knocking off your stuff in name as well as design:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/202020613653
http://www.ebay.com/itm/202020613653
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Negative, name change in May 2016:Massis wrote:While I agree that it's very striking, that guy's been on ebay since april 2012 as "scottopipe", which is actually a few months before before scottie joined pipemakersforum and judging by her first posts back then, before she even made a pipe
Not to say he's making good pipes or anything, but I'd be very surprised if he's deliberately trying to use scotties name...
RickB wrote:Negative, name change in May 2016:Massis wrote:While I agree that it's very striking, that guy's been on ebay since april 2012 as "scottopipe", which is actually a few months before before scottie joined pipemakersforum and judging by her first posts back then, before she even made a pipe
Not to say he's making good pipes or anything, but I'd be very surprised if he's deliberately trying to use scotties name...
Crap....I was just starting to get into making those.Sasquatch wrote: I think we're seeing the end of the walrus-nipple teardrop shank cornfish era, thank Christ.
Sasquatch wrote:I think we're seeing the end of the walrus-nipple teardrop shank cornfish era, thank Christ.
Oh but they do - they just put them on lumpy stubby pokers and not well-executed classicscaskwith wrote:I feel left out I am not being copied
Surely someone else wants to make batshit crazy coloured stems?
Oh so they're copying me then?RickB wrote:Oh but they do - they just put them on lumpy stubby pokers and not well-executed classicscaskwith wrote:I feel left out I am not being copied
Surely someone else wants to make batshit crazy coloured stems?
Ha. You've been on Instagram. You know you're not one of the ones I'm talking about.Massis wrote:Oh so they're copying me then?RickB wrote:Oh but they do - they just put them on lumpy stubby pokers and not well-executed classicscaskwith wrote:I feel left out I am not being copied
Surely someone else wants to make batshit crazy coloured stems?
Thanks for the heads up on this one. I'm currently the highest bidder.LatakiaLover wrote:...people are knocking off your stuff in name as well as design:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/202020613653
Unfortunately I know what you mean. And it still pisses me off they charge more than I do and seem to still sell their crap. But let's not get into that again.RickB wrote: Ha. You've been on Instagram. You know you're not one of the ones I'm talking about.
I know it's of little consequence, but I'd buy 10 of yours before I'd buy one of theirs. Does seem to be the flavor right now... or at least 'a' flavor.Massis wrote:Unfortunately I know what you mean. And it still pisses me off they charge more than I do and seem to still sell their crap. But let's not get into that again.RickB wrote: Ha. You've been on Instagram. You know you're not one of the ones I'm talking about.
hearing that every now and then means more to me than you might think. I often feel I simply don't get as much exposure as many other "pipemakers" simply because I'm a hobbyist who only gets round to 15-ish pipes per year, whereas many others make that many a month. But between a wife and 2 kids, a full time job and some other hobbies, making 50 pipes per year simply isn't an option (not if I want to make proper pipes that is)RickB wrote:I know it's of little consequence, but I'd buy 10 of yours before I'd buy one of theirs. Does seem to be the flavor right now... or at least 'a' flavor.