3 posts tagged “theft”
Worried about your baby Jesus falling into the wrong hands this holiday season? Have no fear, Lightning GPS is here.
LightningGPS,
a leading supplier of GPS Tracking Devices, has been asked by churches,
schools, & towns to donate GPS Trackers in previous years. This
year, Lightning GPS is offering this service publicly to schools and
churches across the country. They will be lending out GPS Tracking
devices to select institutions for free as a way of thwarting the
evil-doers.
You create a new product. It's something new to the online marketplace. You build a business and a client base. You work hard for years to keep customers happy, fill orders on time, and promote your business.
Then along comes another seller. This seller hasn't created a new product. They've stolen your idea instead. They don't need to work hard for years because they can target your client base. Every new idea you have, they steal. Want to offer 5 for $5? What a great idea, they are going to offer that too. Want to offer custom orders? Great idea! They'll offer it too. Want to offer bulk pricing for larger orders? Great! They will too. How about stripes? What a good idea! They'll make some too. Hey, that's a cool choice of words. They'll use it too!
At first I tried to look at this as a positive, that it would make me work harder at my business and create a better product. Then the other copying began, blatant outright copying, over and over again. It is disheartening. They say don't mix business and personal, but I can't help it. This is someone stealing my ideas, and there is nothing I can do about it.
This isn't about competition. I have a lot of competitors where I sell my products, and you know what? I'm friends with most of them. It's nice to talk to someone who knows your business like you do. But this person has been nothing but hostile and "in your face" about her business, at least to other sellers. To buyers, she puts on a different face.
I wish I could post this person's name. I wish I could let her customers know about her lack of business ethics. But I can't. Because it doesn't work that way. It would look bad on my business to do that. But,hey, this is my personal blog, and this is an incredibly personal problem. It's like someone copying off you in high school for an important test. You study and benefit from your hard work, and they goof off and benefit from YOUR hard work too. Oh Karma, where are you?
"More than 57 percent of the $32 million the Shriners raised in 2005 through circuses, bingo games, raffles and a variety of sales went to costs of the fraternity, including keeping temple liquor cabinets full and offering expenses-paid trips to Shrine meetings and other events."
