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Post by 950nancy on Nov 30, 2017 17:14:55 GMT
Firstly I'm sure JM gets a lot of her stamps etc for free from suppliers so her buy American made stuff is maybe biased if you kwim. Secondly the whole Ali Express thing has caused many arguments debate etc amongst crafters. Personally I have spent a shit ton of $ on branded dies stamps ETC over the years. I just recently discovered Ali Express thru 2 peas and some YouTube videos. Regardless of the debate and crafters saying how dare you attitudes I have bought dies and stamps from AE. It floors me to see a die I paid upwards of $40 and see I can get an almost similar one for $2. I've found you don't dare share your Ali Express finds on social media as you may be ran out of town by pitch fork toting crafters lol. I personally am about a balance of great quality and best bang for my buck. I will continue to buy most of my stash from LLS with a healthy sprinkling of some great deals on AE and risk the pitchforks lol.This is where I sit too. While I have only ordered once from AE, why would I buy the same die for 10 x as much? But I do support my LSS and other scrapping stores on a weekly/monthly basis. I am single handedly trying to make sure that no craft company goes out of business. |
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Post by cbet on Nov 30, 2017 17:47:00 GMT
I watched the video in question (on my Firestick/TV, which means I don't see comments at all) and didn't take it as a comment on the AliExpress knockoffs at all. She was talking about her favorite inks and did a little spiel about how image quality is affected by 3 things - the ink itself, the cardstock you are stamping on, and the stamp. When she mentioned stamps made in Taiwan/China, she was talking about the difficulty of getting a good image with the cheaper silicon/acrylic stamps as opposed to the photopolymer, which are manufactured in the USA. There are US based companies that have their stamps manufactured overseas - interestingly enough, some of the companies that lisae says are the brands she gets good images with  Hero Arts is the US made photopolymer. I don't believe that Jennifer was trying to be USA FIRST! or trying to slam Taiwan - she was trying to show a short way to determine what the stamp is made of before you buy it. Thank you for posting. I went and watched some of the video. I see that you are absolutely correct. I never watched the video so I shouldn't have opened my mouth. No, it sounds like from what was posted here that some of the commenters on YouTube, who I'm assuming DID watch the video, missed the point of the comment as well I'm far from a Jennifer McGuire superfan; I trust reviews from people here much more than those from craft celebrities, because (as said before) the celebrities simply ignore the items they don't like. People here will tell you if they bought something and think it was a waste of $$$ But I don't think she posts positive reviews of things that she doesn't like, just because she has ties to the company that makes it. Am I jealous that she gets some really cool stuff for free? Of course, but she doesn't really get it free. She works hard posting informative and professional videos that show ways to use some of those tools and supplies that I had to have. And those videos get some of the rest of us to go out and buy what she's showing. So her "free" items are really payment for the time and effort she spends on those videos. |
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Post by slicksister on Nov 30, 2017 18:04:19 GMT
I watched the video in question (on my Firestick/TV, which means I don't see comments at all) and didn't take it as a comment on the AliExpress knockoffs at all. She was talking about her favorite inks and did a little spiel about how image quality is affected by 3 things - the ink itself, the cardstock you are stamping on, and the stamp. When she mentioned stamps made in Taiwan/China, she was talking about the difficulty of getting a good image with the cheaper silicon/acrylic stamps as opposed to the photopolymer, which are manufactured in the USA. There are US based companies that have their stamps manufactured overseas - interestingly enough, some of the companies that lisae says are the brands she gets good images with  Hero Arts is the US made photopolymer. I don't believe that Jennifer was trying to be USA FIRST! or trying to slam Taiwan - she was trying to show a short way to determine what the stamp is made of before you buy it. Absolutely this!!! |
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Post by canadianscrappergirl on Nov 30, 2017 18:10:42 GMT
Firstly I'm sure JM gets a lot of her stamps etc for free from suppliers so her buy American made stuff is maybe biased if you kwim. Secondly the whole Ali Express thing has caused many arguments debate etc amongst crafters. Personally I have spent a shit ton of $ on branded dies stamps ETC over the years. I just recently discovered Ali Express thru 2 peas and some YouTube videos. Regardless of the debate and crafters saying how dare you attitudes I have bought dies and stamps from AE. It floors me to see a die I paid upwards of $40 and see I can get an almost similar one for $2. I've found you don't dare share your Ali Express finds on social media as you may be ran out of town by pitch fork toting crafters lol. I personally am about a balance of great quality and best bang for my buck. I will continue to buy most of my stash from LLS with a healthy sprinkling of some great deals on AE and risk the pitchforks lol.This is where I sit too. While I have only ordered once from AE, why would I buy the same die for 10 x as much? But I do support my LSS and other scrapping stores on a weekly/monthly basis. I am single handedly trying to make sure that no craft company goes out of business. Haha that made me laugh |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 22:31:35 GMT
Buying American vs oversees has nothing to do with closemindedness. It's about keeping American jobs in America.
I can't even fathom how that's offensive.
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Post by ginacivey on Nov 30, 2017 22:34:29 GMT
from just reading the OP and skimming
it sounds like you are saying that crafters, as a whole
are close-minded
is this REALLY about the rubber stamps
or the fact that a bunch of her supporters seemed close-minded?
gina
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Dec 1, 2017 2:55:49 GMT
It’s a stretch to say that some are not “open minded” (or that they are closed minded, when their fault might be that they just did not explain the reason why they won’t use stamps produced in other country’s; its an assumption to think it’s for any other reason than say the quality of the product.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 3:46:59 GMT
My biggest concern is places like China knocking off the original work of western artists and selling it for pennies on the dollar. It’s happening a LOT and impossible to prosecute. I would be very upset of I created a painting and found bags and trinkets made with my image and no royalties.
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Hero Arts is the US made photopolymer.
