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this is a question for the anti-recaster, and i hope it doesn't come off as rude, but i think this is a legit question.let's say you know an etsy seller has a recast, but the things they sell are clothes, shoes, wigs and the like, all homemade, would you still avoid buying from them?I would just like to be aware, as if i decide to make and sell clothes, i'll keep them out of places that people could pm me about it. i think the only main way people, aside from here, would know is i would probably use my doll to model the clothes for pictures. as that's kinda how its usually done.
A lot of BJD people are absolute snobs. Or at least come off that way.
I just don't think it's right, but I don't think it's right to completely ostracize someone for accidentally owning a recast.
meh. it's beyond hurt feelings. so don't worry about that.just good to know. guess you wouldn't buy anything from me again as well. not taking it a personal affront, but i would like to know. i probably won't post things for sale in the forum anymore, if i have to worry about it.
I'm sorry for having 100 questions going at once in this thread, but I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around this one. If stealing is wrong, it's wrong. It shoudn't matter if you steal from a big company or a small artist, right? Saying fakies from stolen Hasboro molds are okay and re-casts are not is like saying it's cool to steal stuff from Wal-Mart but not from your grandmother. I don't understand the thought process behind one being okay and not the other. To me either both are okay or neither is, if the bottom line is that both are theft.
Quote from: Emerald on December 30, 2015, 05:09:33 PMI'm sorry for having 100 questions going at once in this thread, but I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around this one. If stealing is wrong, it's wrong. It shoudn't matter if you steal from a big company or a small artist, right? Saying fakies from stolen Hasboro molds are okay and re-casts are not is like saying it's cool to steal stuff from Wal-Mart but not from your grandmother. I don't understand the thought process behind one being okay and not the other. To me either both are okay or neither is, if the bottom line is that both are theft.I *think* with fakie MLPs the law states that if the company changes the toy by a certain percent (like 10 percent different) then it's not stealing.Someone please correct me if I am wrong!!!In the case of recasts, they are trying to look 100% the same. They want to replicate the original as closely as possible. It's like getting a "Folex" (Fake Rolex) watch. The quality is not the same, and it hurts the real brand's reputation. At least, this is my opinion on it.
Quote from: MiRaja on December 30, 2015, 04:46:48 PMI just don't think it's right, but I don't think it's right to completely ostracize someone for accidentally owning a recast.i'm sorry, i'm not attacking, i'm just trying to understand.it is ok to ostracize someone who knowing owns a recast?this is why i suddenly feel like a leper. i've own the one girl for about a month, and now i've been labeled into a group. Spoiler and well, when i finally got the other doll that i thought was legit it had no paperwork so he probably isn't but i don't care, cuz i think he's perfect and would have paid what i paid for him recast or not. i was afraid to say anything because of these kinds of reactions. do i feel i was cheated. yeah at first, but it was a lesson learned and its not something i can change now, so i'm moving on from it. i'm honestly more concerned about the exile than anything.it honestly makes me want to drop the arena altogether, but i love the community here. but i think. ok. people who are anti-recasts will see me in other threads and still be silently judging me for my decisions. i just don't understand. there are people that post things i morally disagree with, but it's not my place to tell them or whatnot.
I don't shop from chains well known for ripping off people's art. Like Hot Topic, like Forever 22. I don't ever shop with brands who steal cultural, ethnic or other such designs and call it Haute Couture.