[Nexus 4 Accessories] dbrandSkins:
Not at all, the customs team is just concentrating 100% of efforts on completing the tasks at hand. We'll take on the next round of projects starting Monday.

They may be "real", but that depends on what you mean by "real". Plenty of companies out there take white carbon fiber and color it, or take a garbage red carbon fiber, put it on 3M wax paper and call it 3M material, etc... There are a lot of ways to pretend you have the real stuff. There is only one version of the material we have, and ours is guaranteed to be 100% authentic.

One thing you may want to note about this eBay seller is that there's no way to know whether what they're selling is genuine 3M carbon fiber material. There are plenty of companies and sellers on the market who claim to use the best 3M material available, but we are the only company (to our knowledge) that uses exclusively the top-tier 3M vinyl across all products.

There is only one "legit carbon fiber" in the world and it's called carbon fiber. "Legit" carbon fiber is comprised of the element carbon. What we, and every other company in our industry, uses to replicate the carbon fiber look is vinyl. Vinyl which is textured to look, feel, and give the light-reflecting effect of real carbon fiber. There are various grades of carbon fiber vinyl on the market. There's printed versions, there's knockoff versions with minimal texture and very poor adhesive, there's 3M CF vinyl which has limited texture and good adhesive, then there's the Official stuff that we use. It's 3M top-tier vinyl, and it's the highest grade, thickest, most textured/durable/authentic carbon fiber vinyl on the planet. It has patented 3M adhesive which is guaranteed to never leave any adhesive residue on your device.

Again, it's possible that the material we use and have access to is available in limited quantities to other vendors. From what our 3M rep told us, we are the only sellers in North America with this vinyl. Rest assured that regardless of whether or not this vendor is selling the real stuff (which there would be no way to know unless we grabbed some for ourselves), it IS a limited edition material. 3M is not mass producing it, nor will they be doing another production run of it. It was done exclusively for Ferrari and once the material has run out, it won't be offered again. We have secured enough of it to ensure that we will have stock long after every single one of these "buy 4 square feet at 500% markup" losers have run out.

They cost half as much as us because:

A. You honestly have no idea what you're getting.

B. You have no idea whether the cut is even remotely close to what they showed, as the picture displayed is clearly a photoshop mockup.

C. Even if the cut is what they showed, it's nothing to be impressed with. Anyone can measure three rectangles and call it a day. It takes extreme dedication and skill to measure a device hundreds (even thousands) of times to achieve flawless precision.

D. They send it from Malaysia and quote delivery at 32 days.

E. It's eBay. They don't have to create a complex eCommerce environment, do constant upkeep, host, market, ten trillion other things that are are incorporated into the cost that comes from a real company. This is probably just some guy buying from a sweatshop and reselling it from his mom's basement on an Intel Celeron 847 with Windows XP.

It doesn't take us 2 months to receive new materials. We could have it next week if we really wanted to. It's about pacing the market and not giving it all up at once. We realize that you guys want the new stuff RIGHT NOW, but it simply doesn't work that way. For a product launch to be truly successful, and not just sell 100 units here and there, you have to properly build anticipation. You have to tease the consumer base and work through marketing strategies. The smartest moves are always made with a great deal of thought behind them.

If you're really that intent on getting silver carbon fiber, you can most certainly do so. Just pay the price. We have limited amounts of sample material and are willing to part with a unit at a premium. Send me a PM for details.

lol. Honestly not sure what to say to you any more. Our CEO went from a University dropout to a Lamborghini Aventador in under 1 year. We all trust his judgement on how to pace the market and release new materials after creating the proper hype. If you want to buy silver carbon fiber skins from eBay sellers, we wholeheartedly encourage you to do so. If you'd rather buy from us, just send me a PM and I'll give you the price for a pre-release sample unit. Nobody in the universe has the precision that we have, nor will you get the guarantee that their materials are 100% authentic.