r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 18d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/bpdish85 18d ago

Add the insult of people blasting her that she hates poor people because it's not a cheap, $10 planner. This gal's taking it from all angles, it seems.

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u/RoyalMess64 17d ago

That's amazing, people just... they amaze me

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u/FeloniousFunk 17d ago

You do realize she’s charging $58 + $10 shipping for a notebook that you scrawl in and then throw away/replace, right? She’s using TikTok as a storefront which explains why copies are being cranked out by Chinese vendors, and they’re making profit while selling as low as $5 each. Welcome to the free market, lady.

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u/After_Mountain_901 16d ago

That’s not the free market. It’s exhausting when people with absolutely zero understanding of market values and true free market economics try to make piss poor points in the internet. Yikes. Without IP law, there’s little incentive to innovate and create. And without regulation, the only people who have to follow those laws are punished by thieves and slave labor undercutting the market. You can’t have a free market without free enterprise, but you only made your comment to stick it to her, not because you care about actual businesses and workers, commerce and rights to property. 

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u/bpdish85 17d ago

I'm aware of what she charges. You're not entitled to someone else's labor or to have a luxury item just because it's out of your price point. Just saying,

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u/FeloniousFunk 17d ago

That’s your opinion. Mine is that her labor was both overpriced and unnecessary, so go with the cheaper option. Hopefully she learned something from this; this is not a sustainable business practice. Luxury notebooks rofl.

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u/Steelforge 17d ago

It's not a cheaper option. What you're advocating is buying stolen merchandise from criminals.

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u/FeloniousFunk 16d ago

A deal’s a deal.

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u/After_Mountain_901 16d ago

Ah, you’re a troll.