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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 02:07 PM
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Have you seen this?

I was just cruising around the new custom maxima website and noticed they have angel eye rings for $199. I thought these were only made by umnitza, they look exactly like them too! check it out. You think that's some type of patent copy or stuff like that?

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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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Umnitza doesn't have a patent and there is nothing to protect someone buying/copying his product.
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by IceY2K1
Umnitza doesn't have a patent and there is nothing to protect someone buying/copying his product.

Dont you think you can just goto an electronics store, like a big company that produces light bulbs and order it from them making it a lot cheaper. I mean really all you need is a power source to generate them and then a relay no?
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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No...at least in Umnitza product which looks like great quality, there is more involved.
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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not to mention, BMW was doing it before Umnitza I would think.
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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yeah, thats what I was thinking... I dont know if they can patent what already exists.
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 04:03 PM
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um........has anyone even considered that those may actually be umnitza angel eyes and custommaxima bought them from him at a wholesale price, and is selling it..............or is that just too crazy an idea.....
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 04:14 PM
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Yes....at least the original.
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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um........has anyone even considered that those may actually be umnitza angel eyes and custommaxima bought them from him at a wholesale price, and is selling it..............or is that just too crazy an idea.....

DING! We have a winner...
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by PoLo
um........has anyone even considered that those may actually be umnitza angel eyes and custommaxima bought them from him at a wholesale price, and is selling it..............or is that just too crazy an idea.....
that's what i was thinking also, they seem too similar. Guess it comes down to $$$$
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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They aren't making much profit, but it's $10 more from custom maxima than just straight from Umnitza. I bet more non org members will run into them there than on Umnitza's website.




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