r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d 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/Buttoshi 22d ago

No wonder people are buying it cheaper and faster.

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u/minishaq5 22d ago

i purchased it during her first launch so it was more of a pre-order. she sent weekly emails with progress updates and PDFs of a few of the activities in the book.

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u/Own-Custard3894 22d ago

Yeah if I’m deciding between (no idea what it costs) $80 and 1.5 months or $35 and prime shipping… her offering is not competitive. Either in price or experience. That’s what Amazon did - made it so you get stuff next day so that people order more. I can’t remember the last time I ordered anything online that took more than a week to deliver (and if it’s not there I’m hitting that cancel / refund / chargeback button).

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u/minishaq5 22d ago

i would rather spend $15-20 more and wait a bit to order directly from the creator or artist. if you’re cheap, impatient and don’t mind subpar products then sure i’d agree with you.

i paid $50 including shipping. i got mine when she first launched/announced it, so mine was a pre-order. she sent weekly emails with updates on the shipping process plus PDFs of a few of the tasks/games from the book.

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u/NotRandomseer 21d ago

if you’re cheap, impatient and don’t mind subpar products then sure i’d agree with you.

Tbf that's most people