Vintage OK GO. This just made my night.
There were so many responses to my last post that I’ve hardly had time to deal with all of them! I’ll post some things up shortly, but in the mean time since you were all so wonderful, I’ve decided to just make a public coupon code for 10% off your next order.
Just use the code KOKD on checkout.
Thanks for the support guys!
Kaori’s latex dreams original- http://www.kaorislatexdreams.com/shop/lightening-halterdress/
Rip off- http://www.vashoo.com/Blue-Blitz-latex-mini-dress-with-blitz-latex-gloves-p-83554-cat-1786.html
Its worrying how quickly I found that!
Thanks for the submission! Drop me a line at info@kinkengineering.com to get your coupon. :)
Oh boy… here’s a fun one. I can’t even count all the designers they’ve ripped off. Seriously, I haven’t seen anything this bad since the early days of catfish and slickdot!
Fun facts about our friends at vashoo - they’re based in guangzhou (same city as Slickdot and Catfish) and they are one of the web’s first online stores - hailing all the way back to 2008! (Which actually makes Kink Engineering a pioneer of e-commerce).
Their market base is “the fashion conscious 18-35 women’s wear market”, and they “aim to be exciting and innovative”… no better way to do that than blatantly stealing other designer’s images!
Let’s have some fun with this one, shall we? The first five people to reply to this post with a link of the original item (from the designer) and the link to the corresponding knockoff on vashoo will receive a 10% off coupon from Kink Engineering. Note that you can’t use the same designer twice, and to add a bit of a challenge, I’m not going to allow Libidex as a submission, because half of their catalogue is on there.
Have at it!
Funny how two days after someone emails the Marvel legal department, Catfish Latex is no longer selling Spider Man catsuits on Etsy.
Score one for the good guys. ;)
This is the exact mindset of many scam retailers in the fetish market.
“I’m just trying to earn a living stealing from you! Why do you have to be such a jerk and tell people that I’m a crook?”
It always makes me laugh.
(via Wondermark » Archive » #834; In which Society benefits)
Unless Rihanna then jumped in a pool, I would call this borrowing more than outright stealing.
Spain. Olympic Games 2004
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Rihanna -Where have you been Music Video 2012
Casualidades…
Economic advice for those in the Bondage industry thanks to NPR’s Planet Money Podcast/Blog and Kink Engineering. Planet money is our 2nd favorite blog for business incubation.
First favourite? Back to Work on 5by5.
My company just got mentioned on the NPR PLANET MONEY BLOG!!!
EBAY SELLERS: ~SIGH~
This is the product image that replaced the image a seller on ebay stole from the Kink Engineering online store a while back. Nice stuff?
You know… I don’t think we really have to warn you about a seller who promotes THIS product as “Super Springy latex Spandex hood! Fetish/sissy/corset/sexy”
Out of 9 words in the product description, only 3 are even arguably true!
So, I’m not going to bother telling you not to shop from this guy. If you would have considered shopping from him, you need to do some serious thinking about the term “caveat emptor”
My general advice. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Do some digging and see if there are good or bad reviews on a seller before you spend your hard earned cash on anything.
My advice to the seller: Consider “Cheap but functional spandex open faced hood” as a product description. Sure, it’s less key words… but it’s honest. In the long run, people LIKE honesty.
THE OFFENDING EBAY SELLER:
