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DysonInventsBig


Location: USA
Joined: Jul 31, 2007
Points: 1454


Original Message   Jun 28, 2008 12:41 am

Dyson is in the news frequently and so a dedicated thread.

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CarmineD


Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Reply #504   Jan 22, 2009 5:47 pm
Dyson dumb.  Bit off his nose to spite his face [read: ego].  After the US, Japan is probably dyson's most lucrative market.  Spin this story anyway you want, but the bottom line is this:  No other consumer market is more loyal to its heritage than the Japanese.  Dyson just lost the Japanese market.  Mark my words.

Carmine D.

M00seUK


Joined: Aug 18, 2007
Points: 295


Reply #505   Jan 22, 2009 8:01 pm
CarmineD wrote:
Dyson dumb.  Bit off his nose to spite his face [read: ego].  After the US, Japan is probably dyson's most lucrative market.  Spin this story anyway you want, but the bottom line is this:  No other consumer market is more loyal to its heritage than the Japanese.  Dyson just lost the Japanese market.  Mark my words.

Carmine D.



Hello Carmine,

You're entitled to your opinion, as always, but I disagree with you on this point.

No one was more surprised than Dyson that they have become established in the Japanese market in the face of strong domestic competition, in such a short time. Their product's small size, high technology and attention to detail have made them a top seller. In their marketing they proudly state their vacs are 'Designed in the UK' - presumably because the fact that it's foreign product appeals to a lot of people buying the machines.

I'm not dismissing the prospect that the Samsung patent case *could* have a negative impact on sales. But clearly, a competitor having a machine which infringes on their patents and in a stroke, removes all the hard work and expense that's gone in to giving it this USP shouldn't be tolerated either.

If this case *was* to get any publicity in Japan, I'd like to think that Japanese people are clear minded enough to see it's a simple business resolution that went to court and happened to be awarded in favour of Dyson.

My prediction: Nothing major will come of this, mark my words.
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CarmineD


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Reply #506   Jan 22, 2009 8:30 pm
Hello M00seUK:

No product.  No threat.  No loss.  Ego, pure and simple.  Dyson's done in Japan.  Close shop.  Pack up.  Go home.  The party's over. 

If you like and would, please post dyson sales for Japan before the lawsuit.  And we'll track here over time to see the impact.  If you would?

BTW, fans of dyson and APPLE like to compare the two companies and products in their industries.  For example, both have products that are high-end discretionary purchases.  James and Jobs as CEO's are singularly identified with their companies.  Both are overly protective of their patents, logos etc.  Both loathe Wal*Mart stores and speak disparagingly about them and the customers who shop at them.  Nevertheless they sacrifice their elitist attitudes, for the sake of profit, and sell their wares in W*M stores. APPLE the leader in its industry is currently valued below its two largest rivals Hewlett-Packard and Dell.  Even with Jobs absent, APPLE stock should trade above its two peers and it's not.  APPLE has an unbeatable brand name in technology and a diversified product line up [sound familiar].   What has APPLE done most recently:  Realizing that its high end products [read: luxury consumer goods] are susceptible and vulnerable to a nasty recession, APPLE has broadened its range to include lower price points.  Big box stores already are discounting dysons way below MAP and offering buyer incentives too.  How long will dyson take to follow suit [that's follow suit not file suit and no pun intended]. 

Dyson and you called this one wrong.   

Carmine D.

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DysonInventsBig


Location: USA
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Reply #507   Jan 23, 2009 1:02 am
CarmineD wrote:
Hello M00seUK:

No product.  No threat.  No loss.  Ego, pure and simple.  Dyson's done in Japan.  Close shop.  Pack up.  Go home.  The party's over. 

If you like and would, please post dyson sales for Japan before the lawsuit.  And we'll track here over time to see the impact.  If you would?

BTW, fans of dyson and APPLE like to compare the two companies and products in their industries.  For example, both have products that are high-end discretionary purchases.  James and Jobs as CEO's are singularly identified with their companies.  Both are overly protective of their patents, logos etc.  Both loathe Wal*Mart stores and speak disparagingly about them and the customers who shop at them.  Nevertheless they sacrifice their elitist attitudes, for the sake of profit, and sell their wares in W*M stores. APPLE the leader in its industry is currently valued below its two largest rivals Hewlett-Packard and Dell.  Even with Jobs absent, APPLE stock should trade above its two peers and it's not.  APPLE has an unbeatable brand name in technology and a diversified product line up [sound familiar].   What has APPLE done most recently:  Realizing that its high end products [read: luxury consumer goods] are susceptible and vulnerable to a nasty recession, APPLE has broadened its range to include lower price points.  Big box stores already are discounting dysons way below MAP and offering buyer incentives too.  How long will dyson take to follow suit [that's follow suit not file suit and no pun intended]. 

Dyson and you called this one wrong.   

Carmine D.


... Is it “opposite day” again? 

DIB

P.S.  Samsung is Korean not Japanese.
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DysonInventsBig


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Reply #508   Jan 23, 2009 1:08 am
M00seUK wrote:
Great find, thanks!

Glad you liked it. 


DysonInventsBig


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Reply #509   Jan 23, 2009 4:12 am
Dyson's IP director said the patents in question were issued in 2007.

2007 Samsung patents using dual cyclone like separators...
http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=CN&NR=101023856A&KC=A&FT=D&date=20070829&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?KC=A&date=20070829&NR=101023856A&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=CN&FT=D
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CarmineD


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Reply #510   Jan 23, 2009 7:07 am
Thanks DIB for the clarification. But who said anything about country!  Heritage:  Origins by birthright.  Korea:  A former country in East Asia, on a penisula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910 and under Japanese rule 1910-1945.  Both peoples, Korean and Japanese, share the common bonds of Altaic language and Asian race.

Sony [Japan] and Samsung [Korea] are the electronics leaders of the world.  Why?  Heritage! 

Watched the inauguration? Did you see the exuberant celebrations of the peoples in Africa.  Why?  Heritage!   

PS:  Heritage transcends borders, governments and oceans.

Carmine D.

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M00seUK


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Points: 295


Reply #511   Jan 23, 2009 11:39 am

Although hopefully not widespread, business operating in the countries of the far east have somewhat of a reputation for unethical practices. Bear witness to the Chinese baby milk scandal in the news this week, which caused sickness in 300,000 infants and the deaths of six. I think the last thing we should be doing is going easy on businesses that try to push their luck in taking short cuts to profit...


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CarmineD


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Reply #512   Jan 23, 2009 12:27 pm
Hi M00seUK:

Firstly, dyson presumes that all copy right infringements are deliberate and wiifull wrongdoings by others against it whether they are or not.  Samsung?  Really?  I don't believe it.  Innocent oversight and mistake?  Most probably.  That would be my opinion.  What was the heinous effect of this?  Anyone die?  Anyone get sick?  Any loss of money?  Any lose of vacuum market share?  No.  Just, ego.

Secondly, based on historical record no other human race IMHO metes out justice more sternly for wrongdoings [business/human] than Asians.  Not with litigiousity.  It's not their nature as it is with Americans.  Their loyalty to heritage is such that bringing shame upon oneself and one's family in the eyes of others, whether in business or life, may cause ending his/her own life as penance.  That's not my perception of going easy.

Carmine D.

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Venson


Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Points: 1900


Reply #513   Jan 23, 2009 1:31 pm
M00seUK wrote:

Although hopefully not widespread, business operating in the countries of the far east have somewhat of a reputation for unethical practices. Bear witness to the Chinese baby milk scandal in the news this week, which caused sickness in 300,000 infants and the deaths of six. I think the last thing we should be doing is going easy on businesses that try to push their luck in taking short cuts to profit...



Hi M00seUK,

Carmine and I have already voted in favor of a neck-tie party.  Not meaning to be humorous about it,I'll add that  I read recently that at least one participant has been sentenced to death due the scandal.  It is not my wish that participants in pure sin even of this degree have their heads lopped off.  What would be satisfying is that company's and persons involved in these stupid schemes be made to make some kind of restitution -- though there is no restitution for for the dead or mamed.

Venson
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