You said
If I twisted your words by saying you called me an asshole, I don't think it was a very hard twist. But no real offense taken - I'm often the asshole here. FWIW, I think that's an underappreciated job.
No, I've never run a group buy. It's a funny thing - I remember reading back in the day that a person running a group buy couldn't make any profit. That seemed crazy to me, not just for all the work involved, but for the risk taken. I did recently buy a rack of chips and to sell them off as singles. I wasn't looking to profit (I was just looking to save them from the drill press,) but I hated the idea of all the work involved in sending out so many packages, and what if one of them got lost? So I built in a profit of something like a buck a chip. And it's a good thing I did, because one $40 package did get lost. I ate the cost entirely and sent out a new package. What happens if that happens in a no-profit group buy? FWIW, I've noticed people building profits into group buys now. I'm not complaining because I don't know if the "rules" have actually changed, and like I said, its kind of insane to do all that work yourself. So no, I don't run group buys, I appreciate the people who do, and I assume thay have their reasons for doing so.
I read this on page 1:
To me, that sounds like an exact copy.
Listen, I'm no trademark law expert and I'm sure you aren't either. And as long as you have a Tina willing to reproduce anything, then I guess you're free to do so - if you and/or Tina are assuming any risk, that's your business. But by the same token, I think I'm allowed to bitch about stealing designs ON A THREAD ILLICITING FEEDBACK ON THE DESIGNS.