Of course once you suck the profits away from the originators you'll be left with ****-all in terms of product development....but hey, a buck saved.....
Know what you're saying Ed, but i'm not convinced it work in practice.
For folks that are looking for a tent for a festival or a night out car camping with mates i recon the cheapo ripoff's aren't a bad choice.
How many on here would choose one over a tent or tarp from a reputable manufacturer though?
Any of us could camp out in any old tent and it'd still likely do the job, that fact that many of us choose to spend hundreds of quid on a tent isn't going to change just because they're cheaper ones that look similar.