protegeV said:
that lame. Why cant they make something original?(dunno)
I was wondering why all of their stuff was copied, but I never knew they actually never set out to do anything original...Id have to hear it come right from DG to believe it though.
well how about from me? this is the reason: to make something brand new it requires EXTENSIVE r&d, especially since DGM garuntees fitament or your money back. they need to come up with the design, make a mold, fit it, improve it, fix mold, fit it, etc etc. this costs SERIOUS time and money.
these kind of things would be very promising, IF - the protege board did what the **** they said.
on MANY MANY MANY occasions i have tried to get new products started by DGM for people on this board. lets say 30 people say they are willing to pay - when it comes time to pay beforehand (to front DGM the r&d money) maybe one person will pay. this has been seen over and over again. one example, not to do with DGM, but sort of is my "you choose DGMs next product thread". in that thread one of the most popular selections (with like 50+ votes i think) is a CF trunk for the sedan. craig (boostisgood) found someone to make the trunk, and guess how many people he got to sign up? ZERO.
another example was DGM borrowed protege5gurly's autoexe wing for the protege5. 10 people were supposed to commit 50 dollar deposit to being production. we could not get more than 2 people to commit despite the fact that well over 10 said they would. DGM ended up having to pay to ship the wing back.
another example is this gas tank door cover. well over 50 people i believe said they would buy it, and ive sold about 10.
so there is your answer. we can thank the unreliable assholes (not everyone, if the shoe fits wear it) that lie and "window shop" for the unwillingness of DGM to produce brand new products. the molded products are risky enough as it is, as shown in the past.
...but anyhow...yea they do get a lot of business. once the initial investment is paid for, there is a pretty good profit i think. just speculation though. i just ask amie for prices when i can and pass them along, i never see the bottom line.
