The rain of terror continues..... PMI falls victim to SP

[Gunga]

Uh...that's reign, not rain.

reign n.

1. Exercise of sovereign power, as by a monarch.
2. The period during which a monarch rules.
3. Dominance or widespread influence: the reign of reason.

not

rain n.

1.
1. Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
2. A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
3. The descent of such water.
4. Rainy weather.
5. rains A rainy season.
2. A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.

[Skoad]

Dosent SP know, that what they are doing is bad for business? They countinue to victimize companys and with every company, they victimize people are turning away from SP products. Hopefully one day they will suffur from what they are doing to other companys.

Bad for business? They are getting free money!

[hAppy]

but it does make them 0's

i agree, but thats business for ya

[lopxtc]

Quite to opposite in my area ... you may see people saying they wont buy SP stuff again, but it doesnt happen much.

When I was in Montreal a ton of people were shooting SP gear and looking to get SP gear ... around my area I see more and more shockers popping up and always more Impulses (thanks to their price.

I love my SP gear (freak, shocker, etc) and love how I can get SP gear really cheap now from people who dont want to support SP's even though they already bought the gear and gave them the money.

Hell the average rec baller in my area doesnt follow the law suit, and most could care less about it ...

And like they say any advertising is good advertising. I dont see this hurting them at all ...

Aaron

Dosent SP know, that what they are doing is bad for business? They countinue to victimize companys and with every company, they victimize people are turning away from SP products. Hopefully one day they will suffur from what they are doing to other companys.

[vonort]

Sounds like extortion to me. Pay us X # of $$$ or we sue. Hopefully the FTC will get involved at some point. Then we will see if it hurts SP or not. Not like the Gardners haven't been involved in patent fraud before. Hope to see them bankrupt in a few years with the feds knocking down the door.. Then I'll be

[68magOwner]

the PIMP kit initially was just an imp body kit where you just installed your own ram assembly, but then they decided to screw that and market it as a complete marker

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Another smart company! Along with the likes of NPS and DYE!

if you actually think either of those companies actually paid Smart Parts a dime for their agreements I've got some beachfront property in Arizona to sell you...

[logamus]

necessity is the mother of invention. if the sp lawsuit really does stifle the electro, then something else will pop up. sometimes it takes something drastic like the lawsuit to shift the brains into gear.

how many people here own a betamax player? how many own a vhs player? in 10 years we might be sitting around giggling about a time when people actually had to put 9v batteries in their guns to play.

[teufelhunden]

Sounds like extortion to me. Pay us X # of $$$ or we sue. Hopefully the FTC will get involved at some point. Then we will see if it hurts SP or not. Not like the Gardners haven't been involved in patent fraud before. Hope to see them bankrupt in a few years with the feds knocking down the door.. Then I'll be

Um, negative. It's a licensing agreement. The company, PMI in this case, buys a license to make a product which falls under SP's patent.

Now, learn what those big words mean or stick to little ones.

[Pickle]

[shrug]All this does is add another company to my list to not buy from. PMI.[/shrug]

[WenULiVeUdiE]

How can they say this also effects the Pimp Kit? It's a kit, not a whole gun. I read with some other Pimp Kit info, that Evil made it as a kit to get around Sp's patent. Ahh this is just getting crazy.

[teufelhunden]

I think they're selling it as a whole gun.. at least that's what I'm led to believe by EPBO..

[Target Practice]

SP has a well marketed, nice electro in the 400 dollar range, they will never see a downfall in buisness unless something major happens.

Well, it looks like we are just going to have to blow up the Corporate Headquarters then. WHO'S WITH ME?!

[TeamNausea]

[shrug]All this does is add another company to my list to not buy from. PMI.[/shrug]

Yeah good for you...But it would take probably even more than 3/4 of all pballers to boycott them for it to affect them at all

[WARPED1]

I'm surprised they didn't get nailed for the Omen
DB, NPS, DYE, and ICD already signed agreements to continue making electronic guns, hence the DM4 for example.