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I Love Stingrays, but $7,000?

#154
I think it’s definitely a cool thing for a worthy cause- if you’ve had a family member with Alzheimer’s, you know how tragic it is to see what Alzheimer’s will do to a person. Obviously there will be folks who will buy one, & I say congrats to them for a cool bass, representing a great player, for a worthwhile cause !
I’ll never criticize anybody for paying whatever amount of money they wish to spend on a bass. Life is short, we’d better enjoy what time we have left here without raining on other folk’s parade. Just my 2 cents
 
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In support of what Afc70 said. :thumbsup:
 
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#158
bobyoung53 said:
From what I saw when I looked up he difference in the two terms, there's not much if any at all:

"It's definition of “Handcrafted”; to fashion or make by hand. Merriam Webster: Handmade; made by hand or by a hand process. Handcrafted; to fashion by handicraft. ... Handmade; made by hand or a hand process."

Handcrafted vs. Handmade.
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It probably comes down to what the FTC regulations are, and I cannot find anything regulations regarding the use of "handmade" or "handcrafted" for EB's industry. Textiles, yes, and here's the FTC quote:

"It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by implication, that any industry product is hand-made or hand-wrought unless the entire shaping and forming of such product from raw materials and its finishing and decoration were accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the maker to control and vary the construction, shape, design, and finish of each part of each individual product."

and

"It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by implication, that any industry product is hand-forged, hand-engraved, hand-finished, or hand-polished, or has been otherwise hand-processed, unless the operation described was accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the maker to control and vary the type, amount, and effect of such operation on each part of each individual product."

I doubt that handcrafted Stingary would fit the FTC definition for either if it was a textile product. Otherwise, there would be no way for EB to create each one in identical shapes. So, I interpret this to mean that EB can define whatever it means to them within reason.

This is Sterling we're talking about, piracy of software in their past, and H1B visa because his company couldn't find US IT workers, either citizens or green card holders.
 
#159
74hc said:
It probably comes down to what the FTC regulations are, and I cannot find anything regulations regarding the use of "handmade" or "handcrafted" for EB's industry. Textiles, yes, and here's the FTC quote:

"It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by implication, that any industry product is hand-made or hand-wrought unless the entire shaping and forming of such product from raw materials and its finishing and decoration were accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the maker to control and vary the construction, shape, design, and finish of each part of each individual product."

and

"It is unfair or deceptive to represent, directly or by implication, that any industry product is hand-forged, hand-engraved, hand-finished, or hand-polished, or has been otherwise hand-processed, unless the operation described was accomplished by hand labor and manually-controlled methods which permit the maker to control and vary the type, amount, and effect of such operation on each part of each individual product."

I doubt that handcrafted Stingary would fit the FTC definition for either if it was a textile product. Otherwise, there would be no way for EB to create each one in identical shapes. So, I interpret this to mean that EB can define whatever it means to them within reason.

This is Sterling we're talking about, piracy of software in their past, and H1B visa because his company couldn't find US IT workers, either citizens or green card holders.
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Well hopefully for $7000.00 each they were made individually by artisans and I would guess since there is no legal definition of what handmade or handcrafted means we'll just have to take their word it.:laugh:
 

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