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Quote from: WingsOfMasquerade on April 24, 2012, 08:06:16 PMListen to your fans, listen to your buyersGive them what they want at a cost reasonable for company, worker AND buyerDo it in a timely manner, and to all interested areasThis is the iTunes philosophy, and you have only to look at its phenomenal success to see that it works remarkably well for everyone involved.Can you imagine if Hasbro offered people the opportunity to design their own custom ponies? Upload your marking artwork, choose your colors, 4-6 weeks later it arrives at your door? They'd make a killing.
Listen to your fans, listen to your buyersGive them what they want at a cost reasonable for company, worker AND buyerDo it in a timely manner, and to all interested areas
Quote from: WingsOfMasquerade on April 24, 2012, 08:06:16 PMListen to your fans, listen to your buyersGive them what they want at a cost reasonable for company, worker AND buyerDo it in a timely manner, and to all interested areasI disagree with Apple's policy here... First off, when is the cost of human suffering and lives worth ANY material object we might want to own? We've all read the studies in the factories -it's no secret that these businesses have anti-suicide clauses in their employment contracts. WHAT?! And the nets... *shudders*I only partially agree with the statement that if Hasbro chooses to outsource its labor, it "Deserves what happens". NO! I think we should make it very clear to companies that its target markets, its shoppers, the consumers are NOT going to accept mistreatment of others so that someone else can have a shiny new gadget. I know that it's nearly impossible to change the manufacturing since the infrastructure has relocated but we can make it very clear that we want our products being made fairly and NOT at the expense of the workers. The more money Hasbro loses to black and grey market goods (like Taobao), and often the handmade market (because they didn't license), they simply use marketing tactics to ramp up sales and continue to wring what they can out of the production line. I'm all with Hasbro cracking down on piracy if it helps them move towards goals of improving the lives of their manufacturing team - they are MAKING our PONIES, after all! It's not very fair if MeiMei works at the factory, making ponies for 12 hour shifts and then her coworkers Wong, Yuo, and Ping "screw up" the machine and make some "factory errors" to sell on Taobao for extra money, while MeiMei gets only her wages and her lodging. Even if they are doing this with the manager's permission ($$$ or some form of graft involved - maybe a few rounds of drinks after work?), it isn't fair to ALL the workers in the factory, so I find it very questionable to support.Maybe that last example makes more sense - or absolutely none....
Quote from: NoDivision on April 25, 2012, 07:51:08 AMThe only thing I have to add is that we cannot conclusively know that hasbro's legal team obtained his address from the person offering him free items. They could legitimately be unconnected. Sure the timing is very coincidental, but that's a heck of a stretch for someone to go to to get an address. THIS.I am not saying the guy is making things up, but so far we only have one side of the story, his. We only have his viewpoint of how things are happening. The situation from the other viewpoint might be quite different indeed. What if Hasbro really was wanting to send him some free product for his blog?The blogger himself states that Hasbro sent him another email asking for his mailing address a second time, after he had already received the lawyer letter. This to me implies that the two instances are not connected, like he assumes they are. Like NoDivision says, that's a pretty lengthy stretch to go to get someone's mailing address.My final say: Don't believe everything you read in a blog or other website as if it were straight up 100% fact. At least think about it a bit to see if it makes sense.
The only thing I have to add is that we cannot conclusively know that hasbro's legal team obtained his address from the person offering him free items. They could legitimately be unconnected. Sure the timing is very coincidental, but that's a heck of a stretch for someone to go to to get an address.
I'd like to add my thoughts on this. Hasbro Italy asked to borrow ponies from SoSilvers personal collection. They invited him to their facility, offered him some merchandise and gave him some inside information about upcoming releases. They trusted him with company info. To me, that shows me that they respect him as a collector and MLP fan. To SoSilver's credit, he did not once disclose anything that Hasbro told him in confidence. A relationship between company and collector based off mutual respect is a beautiful thing.Hasbro, we love you. We love your ponies. We will always be around to buy your products. Please respect us enough to offer international releases and bonus ponies on your official website for purchase. What is there to lose? I mean it's not like you're getting a piece of the eBay action either?! In turn Hasbro, we will respect your product releases and buy official releases!
Lego is on the forefront of this, because their product is all 1 plastic, and can easily be 3D modeled.As 3D printers pricedrop, Lego is going to have to deal with people replicating the bricks at home.
We've all read the studies in the factories -it's no secret that these businesses have anti-suicide clauses in their employment contracts. WHAT?! And the nets... *shudders*
And please, don't forget Hasbro SELLING internationally... not only to USA.