Non mi inoltro sul discorso dei microbrand perchè andrei off topic, una cosa però del comunicato mi colpisce:
Mi stupisce che abbia tirato avanti così tanto.DaniLao ha scritto: ↑10 set 2024, 20:10 There were many challenges that had to be overcome over the past dozen years. Before I really launched the business, PayPal froze our account during pre-orders, forcing us to use Kickstarter to finance our first production. Not too long after, using Kickstarter became problematic. We had a massive defect rate in our first model, creating massive returns costs. My site came under attack by credit card fraudsters. My bank account was hacked, and money stolen. We had over 100 pieces of inventory stolen from our warehouse, a loss of tens of thousands of dollars. We had a massive defect rate in the v.1 Tropics. I spent tens of thousands of dollars establishing, then defending our IP, and still more responding to Tudor about what was suddenly and inexplicably their IP. We had to pause production, as well as recall and re-assemble a lot of existing stock as a result. Just staying compliant with always-changing tax and import / export regulations has become a major time-suck. I have to file some sort of federal, state or local tax reporting over a dozen times per year.
Certo un maligno potrebbe dire che su due lanci hai alti livelli di difetti, vien da dire: perseverare è diabolico.
Ma non conosco la storia e non conosco i difetti a cui si riferisce; invece quelli postati da te mi son sempre sembrati solidi, fatti bene e interessanti nonostante cavalcassero l'onda della moda dei diver con la quale sono un po' in fase di stanca, ma è un giudizio personale ed estetico.
La storia delle lancette tudor non la sapevo. Già prima mi facevano cagare, ora mi stanno anche sulle palle. bene.
