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== Counterfeit Pens ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' There's been... And we don't need to go into too much detail. There's been this company floating around that's kind of ripping you guys off. Oh, yeah. How do you feel about that?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's a little uncomfortable.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, basically, this came up in the Slack channel. Somebody posted, I think, in the Field Nuts group.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, no, no.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's in the Fountain Pen Network Facebook group. There you go. Sorry, I got the Facebook group wrong. I knew it was in a Facebook group somewhere. And they were basically saying, oh, my mom makes these. And it's just a straight up. Like, it looks like a rip off. And then he effectively says, yeah, well, they don't ship in Europe for cheap prices. So, we kind of make them. I was like, oh, my God.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' He basically said, I don't have the exact quote, but it's basically, yeah, I told her to do it. Yeah. Just like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because you guys don't ship cheaply to Europe.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What are you going to do? I mean, you know, Muji will start carrying them before long. I mean, it's bound to happen. I don't know what to do. I mean, maybe, you know, Dan and I can talk offline about that. But in this particular instance, I don't care. It's not. It's more of a personal thing. You know, maybe they'll do Etsy or something like that. It's very different materials that they use. But the pattern is identical. So, for a split second, I was like, oh, this makes me mad. And then about two seconds later, it's like, you know, there's nothing I can really do. So, what do I care? Actually, I went in the thread and like, I said, hey, nice job.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I said, looks good. Thanks for being honest. Basically, thanks for being honest that you ripped us off directly. He's like, yeah, no problem. So, whatever. There's nothing I can do about it. So, it's what it is. I fully anticipate this to happen. When I'll really start getting ticked and still won't be able to do anything about it is, you know, when they come out of China or something like that. It's probably inevitable, you know, in a few years. But, you just, you know, my theory is this. We're building this company to make products that we believe in. And no one else is going to have me and Jeff making their products. And we believe so much in these products. And we're putting our heart and soul in these products that I don't care if someone copies it because it's not going to be the same. It doesn't have the meaning, doesn't have the heart, doesn't have the soul of anything behind what we're doing. So, it doesn't affect me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. No, I'll buy it, man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm. You said you're going to buy one of their cases? Is that what you said?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I bought one. That's what I meant. It's coming. It's on the way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, now the chat room is wondering, do I need to go register at HoverKnockOff.com? Oh.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So good. Yeah. All right. Before we turn into Bonanza, let's wrap this up.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, good idea. If you would like to find the show notes for this week's episode, go on over to Relay.fm slash PenAddict slash 145. Or you can find the link in your podcast app of choice. If you want to find us on social networks, I am at imike, I-N-Y-K-E on Twitter and Instagram. And Brad is at dowdyism on Twitter, D-O-W-T-Y-I-S-M. And just to be difficult, he is PenAddict on the Twitter. No, the other way, no, wait. It's the other way around, isn't it? Wait, your Instagram is PenAddict. See? See what happens?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I rage quit Instagram that one time, so I can never get dowdyism back. But it's better to have PenAddict anyway. That was never available on Twitter.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So there you go. That's the story there. And you can go to PenAddict.com as well to find Mr. Brad Dowdy's incredible work. It's always a good thing to go to that website. It's a nice website. Thanks. I want to thank our sponsors again for this week. Our friends over at Hover, Hover on Cards, and Massdrop. But more importantly, thank you for listening. Until next time, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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