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    Hand Pump Imitation and Flattery

    December 5, 2018 / No Comments

    Imitation is the best form of Flattery Well we certainly must be doing things right quality-wise because it seems now our competitors have started branding their own pumps and parts as “Manufactured by SKI ”  🙂 … Our dealer in Cameroon came across the above shown SS Cylinder Assembly for India Mark 2  which Proudly carries our name in Center along with name and branding of the exporter in top left…We have blurred out the name of the exporter to save them the blushes and this cylinder certainly is not made by us and we cannot comment on its quality or lack thereof but we must say we are very flattered…

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