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beb · 09-18-2010, 09:32 PM

Geez guys, have you not realized that EVERYTHING from Japan has gone up in recent times? The Dollar to Yen f'ing sucks. Materials cost more. Fuel to transport costs more.

Mackin doesnt sit around twiddling their thumbs and thinking up ways to raise the price for no damn reason. On the contrary, they spend majority of their time trying to find ways to market and keep these wheels as affordable as possible. None of you know what goes on behind the curtains... you dont see the hard work people put into developing things like the 57D, Genesis or Superlap - all of which were created to save the consumer money! You dont see how people are cutting down their profit to try and keep the price from going even higher. Rays Engineering and Mackin are not dumb, they know that raising prices makes it harder to sell these wheels!!

Its just so disappointing to see some of the stuff said in this forum.

Those who want to defend and rock replicas, go right ahead. But DONT say there is nothing different between an authentic Volk wheel and a replica. There are years spent on designing and developing quality wheels, yet hours of tracing for replica companies - there is a difference?? What about structural integrity? A wheel isnt something like a wallet, where even the fake ones still serve the same purpose just as well as a real one.

Anywho - Varrstoen was actually selling VOLK and TE37 stickers....as well as calling their TE37 replica a Model: TE37... And YES, there are trademarks in place.

09-18-2010, 09:32 PM	#32
beb Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Orange County Posts: 354 Trader Rating: (6) Rides Gallery: beb Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Geez guys, have you not realized that EVERYTHING from Japan has gone up in recent times? The Dollar to Yen f'ing sucks. Materials cost more. Fuel to transport costs more. Mackin doesnt sit around twiddling their thumbs and thinking up ways to raise the price for no damn reason. On the contrary, they spend majority of their time trying to find ways to market and keep these wheels as affordable as possible. None of you know what goes on behind the curtains... you dont see the hard work people put into developing things like the 57D, Genesis or Superlap - all of which were created to save the consumer money! You dont see how people are cutting down their profit to try and keep the price from going even higher. Rays Engineering and Mackin are not dumb, they know that raising prices makes it harder to sell these wheels!! Its just so disappointing to see some of the stuff said in this forum. Those who want to defend and rock replicas, go right ahead. But DONT say there is nothing different between an authentic Volk wheel and a replica. There are years spent on designing and developing quality wheels, yet hours of tracing for replica companies - there is a difference?? What about structural integrity? A wheel isnt something like a wallet, where even the fake ones still serve the same purpose just as well as a real one. Anywho - Varrstoen was actually selling VOLK and TE37 stickers....as well as calling their TE37 replica a Model: TE37... And YES, there are trademarks in place.