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Aw hell, let's call a spade a spade -- we're talking about direct overseas copies of the PowerTrax (Vehicular Technologies Corp, Richmond Gear, et. al.) Lock-Right, or its ill-gotten just-barely-avoids-patent-infringement cousin from Tractech (Titan Wheel, Rosser, Dyneer, Transamerica, Genuine Gear, et. al.), the EZ-Locker. Lokka, Aussie Locker, and other making 'copies' overseas muddies the waters of conceptual creation and ownership... but keep in mind that the international distance/jurisdiction that prevents prosecution also complicates production (variations in steel quality), prices (currency fluctuations), delivery (cost, timelines, and customs), and warranty (business hours, business history).


ummm <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> did you really come up with that wording on your own <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" /> I do like it though, I just personally think they are concerened with dealing with the american legal system which can be a PIA even when you haven't done anything wrong (I'm still saving that story for a campfire <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> )

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I recommend (knowing full well that the dollar talks louder than business ethics for many) working with PowerTrax as the best-ethics approach... but then again, I don't buy ripped DVDs when I'm in the Philippines, even at five cents on the dollar compared to real copies here in the states.


I do think that PowerTrax is a viable solution if they are approached the right way, I bet they still even have a lot of the tooling templates hiding somewhere.

As for the DVD's, why buy ripped dvd's when there is NetFlix and e-bay? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />

Peter