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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:^^^Niche is an anagram of “chien”. It actually means kennel in French!

Interestingly, it’s also an anagram of “Chine”.

Whatever. :problem:
I thought that means dog in French Steve, albeit you are on the same canine lines.


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I personally wouldn’t be spending $250 on a homage which is likely to be a much poorer quality product to the original.

I’d prefer to save a little more money and buy the real McCoy (McCoy is a more premium homage manufacturer ).


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Sorry, Patrick. My wording was a little ambiguous.
Niche - kennel
Chien - dog
Chine - China.

The aptness of the triple anagram just struck me as rather funny. I have a strange sense of humour.
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:57 am Sorry, Patrick. My wording was a little ambiguous.
Niche - kennel
Chien - dog
Chine - China.

The aptness of the triple anagram just struck me as rather funny. I have a strange sense of humour.
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Thegreyman wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:50 am I’d prefer to save a little more money and buy the real McCoy (McCoy is a more premium homage manufacturer Image).
Do I detect a chip on your shoulder?
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:55 am
Thegreyman wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:50 am I’d prefer to save a little more money and buy the real McCoy (McCoy is a more premium homage manufacturer Image).
Do I detect a chip on your shoulder?
Thats a bit salty of you Steve
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Sorry. I had some but I fed mine to the dog in his kennel. In a china bowl.
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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:55 am
Thegreyman wrote: Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:50 am I’d prefer to save a little more money and buy the real McCoy (McCoy is a more premium homage manufacturer Image).
Do I detect a chip on your shoulder?
Would that be an oven ready chip?

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More like a Euro-American one, I fear.
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" I wonder what companies offering homages do to make money, even lower margins? Even lower overheads? My guess is probably lower quality to achieve the price"
Well, for a start, they don't have to spend a penny on research & design. Reverse engineering is cheaper than starting from scratch. From what I've picked up from YouTube reviews, they also don't spend/waste money on elaborate packaging. or advertising/fancy website, retail premises etc. If they sell far more then they don't need to make as much per item. We are told that the CW business model is that our watches cost 1/3 of their price to make, so the C65 that sold for £695 (less the usual £100 discount voucher) mus have cost £200 to make. I don't admire homages, but I can see how you can make a decent one and still make a profit ...

Labour costs in China are lower than Europe but whether or not the quality is lower is more complex. I always assume that any country with a space programme is capable of decent production quality, though of course that won't be achieved at the budget end of the scale - you don't always get what you pay for, but you never get what you don't pay for.
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