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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2386995, member: 4373&quot;]Joe, I do hear you. I have seen examples of such albums and do wonder about who manufactures such albums. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some concerns that I have which I do not know the answers for them -</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Since these are manufactured overseas, suppose if there is some kind of quality defects, would it not be the buyers that suffer? Quality of workmanship? How would return policy work? </p><p><br /></p><p>2) Shipping logistics - another huge cost</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Copyright issues. I&#039;m not sold on the idea of spending a huge time researching, designing and hand over the final product, only to get a pittance for it. Imagine if you have it produced in China - sure you get cheap products. Wait a few months down the road and you get pirated goods that spring up quickly, only to bite into profit. Just to put into context, while there is a base template for the Japan album since Dansco produced one more than 50 years ago, it took me a good week to research and another week to produce the design. Main reason being is that I disagreed with the overall presentation which it did take a huge amount of time and effort to go against everything that I knew. </p><p><br /></p><p>4) Suppose all of the above issue is addressed. The startup cost of manufacturing such album is a huge question. What kind of capital is required, where would it be manufactured, quality of material that is going to be used, material cost, potential profit, marketing, final product cost, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it helps if one knows the field. Last time I tried to design a US type set, it took me at least two weeks to research and another week to come up with a rough design. Would have taken another week for a full prototype design. Reason why it took that long is that it&#039;s not my forte. Threw it on the side since there doesn&#039;t seem to be much interest in it. I guess I can apply doing it to any numismatic field and have it a prototype design ready in one month depending on the complexity. If it&#039;s a small type set which spans for 50 years, I&#039;m certain I can have it done in a week. I&#039;m just not prepared to throw that much time for the sake of charity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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