I Tried Amazon's Weird Knock-Off Art Supply Brand..(can't believe these are real)

Amazon has their own budget friendly Art supply Brand and all I can say.. it's strange.

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[SuperRaedizzle]

Hi! I’ve been really amping up my video quality. As videos take longer and my schedule becomes more erratic be sure to turn on notifications. *laughs in evil billionaire*

[l.g.]

The thing about Amazon is that they'll beat out all the competition, and then once they're the only place you can go, watch the quality drop and the prices go up.

[megn.mp]

Company: tirelessly works to build a brand and create great products
Amazon: Is for me🥺?

[amyh]

Not just diapers, bezos first did it with books, he put so many book stores out of business the exact same way.

[monandang]

I just really hope prismas dont get shut down the same way

[stabbocrabbo]

*Rae:* Amazon did the most petty thing in existence.

*Blackest black paint:* I'm still here, you know.

[dawngeorge]

It's not just Prisma they're taking business from, but other companies like Arteza.

[joannarodriguez]

Amazon does this a lot and it makes me sad. While I love the convenience of Amazon- they constantly steal ideas from small/medium sized businesses and make them into “Amazon basics” totally undersells it and then that original business ends up going under.

[magicalmystery]

The one thing that prismacolor has that no other pencil company has, and can’t replicate, is their color range. They have the best color range of ANY colored pencil set.

[yuzu-tsuyu]

Having people very close to me who worked for amazon for a lengthy period of time, they spoke of this extensively... literally all the amazon products (not always named amazon basics) are 100% sourced from pre-existing supply chains. They may direct them to cut costs (use a cheaper pigment option, cheaper wood, poly blend instead of cotton, etc.) but otherwise it is often made in the exact same factory/a factory owned by the same people, with the exact same materials/same material supply chain, before being packaged differently. So yes, the problem with this is what you pointed out... basically a cannibalization of every possible industry in order to control the supply. It costs money to hire product developers, packaging designers, product testing, etc. and they pass the savings that came from ripping off the design/formulation of a company's final product on to... well a little to you (just enough to get you to buy it, and not a penny more) but the rest to bezos.

I'd pass on these--if for no other reason than feeling like part of my soul was dying having to look at 'amazon' on an art supply while I was using it... There is also the very legitimate fear that as he crushes existing companies and narrows down your options, that product innovation dies and they can then degrade the quality of the products they're offering once you're stuck with no other options. Which is scary and... gives me that uncomfortable feeling you mentioned... :')

[mindylafler]

FYI...
The Amazon Basics colors are identical to the Marco Raffine' 72 piece set. I have them both, and did a side by side color chart. Same numbers even. The only difference, besides their names, is that the Marco Raffine' pencils are oil-based, and the Amazon Basics set is wax based.

I don't know if anyone else told you, and I wanted you to know.
🙂

[sanriofanxoxo]

8:56
"Now when I first think of thicc, I think of myself."
*I just stan her. Periodt.*

[MrLelopes]

They can be as good as you say... It will last till they get prismacolor out of market. Then it will turn into shit and you wont have a choice.

[citiesinruin]

*Youtube is getting real comfortable with these double no skip ads*

[miaanne]

"When I think of thick, first I think of myself"

-Rae Oct. 10 2020

[sumimishra]

It wasn't a petty move. It was evil and technically illegal.

[NevaehS]

Okay the initial story is actually pretty shocking to me... We have laws in Germany that forbid these practices, one if the reasons Walmart never stuck around here. It's horrifying, really

[jonahjameson]

Rae is actually the world's official bad and bootleg art supplies researcher

[tet]

i hate bezos so much but whoever they underpaid— i mean hired, went off with these

[fangchick]

I have completed my four week lightfast test! And I am here to say that amazon basics coloured pencils are not lightfast. Though they fade a lot less than I expected. It's like a 25-30% fading in the four weeks in my windowsill, so, now we know for certain.