Cheaper Stiffening Plate

[jammin012]

removed link - please don't post links to this product.

[jjksutton]

Originally Posted by patsparks

Does the ebay seller support Prius Chat in any way apart from spamming the board?
Did he spend any money or time on developement or just copy someone elses work?

I'm happy I have the quality original BT tech plate.

To be fair to the ebay seller, I don't think he's the one that posted...I think it was a customer. Aside from that, I appreciate your position.

[Ailu]

Originally Posted by jammin012

removed link

Weird, I thought searching eBay also searched eBay Motors, but I guess not... anyhow, this looks like a fair deal to me. The pics in the auction says it all. BT is asking waaay to much money for a chunk of metal, imo. "Oh but our BT plate is made with magic metal" they will say. lol

[Danny]

Guys, please do not link to those ebay listings. That seller ripped off BT Tech's design and PriusChat's images/text and tried to pass it off as his own.

If you can't support the people who support the Prius community, then you should probably find another board to visit. This ebay seller has done nothing to support the Prius community - he is a copycat and nothing more.

[Scrittibear]

I don't think the manufacturer of the cheaper Stiffening Plate ever spammed this board at all - in fact I found it on my own time searching ebay's Prius goodies...
It works fine and I just saved $100.....

Oh - I just removed the direct link to the other product as I do not want to cause any problems. I am sorry if I offended anyone. I really do value this forum immensely and meant no harm.

[efusco]

Originally Posted by Scrittibear

I don't think the manufacturer of the cheaper Stiffening Plate ever spammed this board at all - in fact I found it on my own time searching ebay's Prius goodies...
It works fine and I just saved $100.....

Oh - I just removed the direct link to the other product as I do not want to cause any problems. I am sorry if I offended anyone. I really do value this forum immensely and meant no harm.

He may not have 'spammed' the board, but he certainly stole BTtech's design and, as Danny pointed out, even had the audacity to use BT's photos in his original ads on ebay. He's sold at least 24 of those plates in the last 90 days taking business away from Priuschat and BTtech. The ebay guy has contributed nothing to this site, has blatently stolen a design that took BTtech a lot to time and experimentationg to come up with.

Let your conscience guide you.

[BIGGDOGG]

Just buy the real deal BT stiffening plate dammit. stop trying to nickel and dime everything. Support prius chat! Now whether it works better than the stock one, well Thats a whole other talk. I do feel a difference and I am glad I bought it. No More white knuckle driving on windy days (or any other days)

[problemchild]

Originally Posted by efusco

He may not have 'spammed' the board, but he certainly stole BTtech's design and, as Danny pointed out, even had the audacity to use BT's photos in his original ads on ebay. He's sold at least 24 of those plates in the last 90 days taking business away from Priuschat and BTtech. The ebay guy has contributed nothing to this site, has blatently stolen a design that took BTtech a lot to time and experimentationg to come up with.

Let your conscience guide you.

Now who is trying to control the way a thread goes?

I think the WORLD and open market always find a cheaper better way. If BT was 50 bucks then they would have been the ones to sell 30 plates in 90 days.

Under this logic microwave ovens should still sell for 2000.00 dollars as the first ovens did way back when. Now I go to wallworld and buy a microwave for 39.00 dollars and if it breaks I toss it out.

Welcome to life and the way the biz world operates. You will find it impossible to put the gene back in the bottle.

[mrblaise]

I believe what was said is that it is alleged that the Ebay seller ripped off the design and most assuredly the concept, and then used BT's own photographs and text to sell it's counterfeit product. If this is true, the Ebay seller is no better than the fake Rolex salesman with watches up his sleeve. This is the way "the biz world operates" only because fools with no conscience continue to support people like this to save a buck. This man is no fool and this man will not support people like this. If the product is identical and the allegations are true, I hope the Ebay seller gets sued. I would be happy to take the case.

Originally Posted by problemchild

Now who is trying to control the way a thread goes?

I think the WORLD and open market always find a cheaper better way. If BT was 50 bucks then they would have been the ones to sell 30 plates in 90 days.

Under this logic microwave ovens should still sell for 2000.00 dollars as the first ovens did way back when. Now I go to wallworld and buy a microwave for 39.00 dollars and if it breaks I toss it out.

Welcome to life and the way the biz world operates. You will find it impossible to put the gene back in the bottle.

[jjksutton]

Does BT have a petent? If so I would assume this would be an easy case to make. I'm no expert in these issues, but I understand a manufacturer has to recoup R&D costs, etc. in the price of their products. From my understanding, that's what the patent is for...to protect the developer from having folks swoop in and benefit from someone's hard work.

I do think the market should establish prices for products, but it's also patently (pun intended) unfair for someone to take advantage of another's hard work.

On a related note, I noticed that the BT plates appear to be on back order. I'm not sure if it's because demand is very high or production of the plates are done in some kind of batch process.

I hope the OP didn't have any ill intentions here. I see he's been a member since Nov 07 and this was his first post. My presumption is that he thought he had found good info and wanted to share. If that's the case, I hope he's not decided to continue participating.