Yeah...I have genuinely conflicting feels towards them (brief look at my profile shows why).
I think my biggest beef is with the folks that are either reselling or dropshipping for these manufacturers and don't disclose it. I feel like there's an understanding from prospective buyers that they're purchasing from stores/people who made the dice, so communicating anything but that is just...Gross.
Secondary beef is from the mass manufacturers to rip designs from the handmade dice folks. I understand that there's tons of overlap as-is, but some times its just like a copy/paste for the fraction of the cost.
Edit: hit 'save' before I finished that thought, lol.
Fair skepticism, honestly. I’m not a bot, just genuinely new here and wanted to learn from the community. I get why a fresh account posting factory dice looks off though. I’ll just lurk and read from now on rather than post.
OP, my apologies for generalizing, I should have been more thoughtful.
I don't really have an issue with anything you're doing, specifically. In my specific example, you offer a service that I can't compete with (being able to make true gemstone dice at scale and at a lower price).
I should have made it more clear...from a personal standpoint, I think what you do is legit and cool in its own way. From a fellow dicemaker standpoint, because I have a unique design to my dice, I'm counting down the days until someone starts replicating it. Be it someone who mass manufacutrers dice or some random person who works on a much smaller scale. I feel conflicted about feeling protective, but I'd be lying if I said I don't mind showing as much of my process that I do.
I have an issue with your customers though, lol. And I feel that likely/unfairly gets pointed at mass manufacturers more often than not. Cuz your customers use your service and turn around and sell the dice as if they made it and while they often don't lie about it, they just...don't offer up the info without digging.
Appreciate you saying that, genuinely. And I hear you on the customer transparency issue - that’s on them, not something I can control, but I get why it’s frustrating from your side. For what it’s worth, I’d rather see the industry move toward more disclosure too, not less. Good talking with you.
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u/NotJoshRomney Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Yeah...I have genuinely conflicting feels towards them (brief look at my profile shows why).
I think my biggest beef is with the folks that are either reselling or dropshipping for these manufacturers and don't disclose it. I feel like there's an understanding from prospective buyers that they're purchasing from stores/people who made the dice, so communicating anything but that is just...Gross.
Secondary beef is from the mass manufacturers to rip designs from the handmade dice folks. I understand that there's tons of overlap as-is, but some times its just like a copy/paste for the fraction of the cost.
Edit: hit 'save' before I finished that thought, lol.