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Default BBC Documentary on Counterfeiting

There is an interesting documentary produced by the BBC called "The ⊗⊗⊗⊗ Trade" which shows the world of counterfeiting in great detail.

The interesting part, for me anyway, is that some of the brand owners of lower-cost premium-priced items are now actually manufacturing counterfeits of their own products for profit.
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Oh what irony! I'm watching "counterfeit culture" right now on amazon prime. Lol. Just as this thread just got started!
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Looks interesting will watch it when I get a chance, for others who may want to watch

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The interesting part, for me anyway, is that some of the brand owners of lower-cost premium-priced items are now actually manufacturing counterfeits of their own products for profit.
That is interesting - mixture of deceit and intellect hah
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Thanks for the link 123!
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The interesting part, for me anyway, is that some of the brand owners of lower-cost premium-priced items are now actually manufacturing counterfeits of their own products for profit.
The worst part of this is the fact the drug companies are allowing phake drugs to be marketed to sell in Third World countries.

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The worst part of this is the fact the drug companies are allowing phake drugs to be marketed to sell in Third World countries.

Nothing suprises me anymore...
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Thanks for the link 123 .. was going to ask where it was lol
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The interesting part, for me anyway, is that some of the brand owners of lower-cost premium-priced items are now actually manufacturing counterfeits of their own products for profit.
This is not new to me and it is around since the early '80.
I remember on the newspaper, back then, there was an interesting article talking about the Lacoste brand which was manufacturing expensive polo shirts and it was also putting on the market very cheap end evidently counterfeited polo shirts to cover the whole market. The shirts for the reach people n the shops and the shirts for poor people in the street markets (I had a couple of these).

That sounded kind of genious to me.
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This is not new to me and it is around since the early '80.
I remember on the newspaper, back then, there was an interesting article talking about the Lacoste brand which was manufacturing expensive polo shirts and it was also putting on the market very cheap end evidently counterfeited polo shirts to cover the whole market. The shirts for the reach people n the shops and the shirts for poor people in the street markets (I had a couple of these).

That sounded kind of genious to me.
We used to buy them in bulk in Thailand & Vietnam. We had a nice market in Turkey for them

So badly made, collars would come undone on the first wash.

Later the manufacturing moved to Mexico. No improvement either.


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We used to buy them in bulk in Thailand & Vietnam. We had a nice market in turkey for them

So badly made, collars would come undone on the first wash.

Later the manufacturing moved to Mexico. No improvement either.

LOL

GB... you are selling stuff since the Stone Age

(no offence for how old you would be )
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LOL

GB... you are selling stuff since the Stone Age

(no offence for how old you would be )
You forget I have several older brothers who dragged me into their world




and what fun that has been.

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You forget I have several older brothers who dragged me into their world




and what fun that has been.

The youger you are, the more you learn
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The youger you are, the more you learn
So true.

I used do their messages for them aged about 5.

Used to take 10 cents off each brother from their change.

They never noticed until our Da told them. ( he used do the same to his older brothers).

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Here's the Series I've been watching:

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Default Re: BBC Documentary on Counterfeiting

About those Lascoste shirts... Many moons ago, they were all the rage among young people (1980-1984) and I bought one. It was $40, which was a lot for a shirt back then. But the QUALITY was AMAZING! I owned that shirt for almost a decade!

The new ones? Not so much. And the one I tried a couple of years ago was bought at a major retail store, not on eBay, so I'm pretty sure it was the real deal. It LOOKED the same, but it didn't FEEL the same and it only lasted for two years.

Maybe I should have tried changing the shirt...
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Here's the Series I've been watching:

⊗⊗⊗⊗ Britain 14May-2013 09.15 - YouTube
Yeah this one is really good I've seen most already.
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Quite the eclectic show MM78
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The new ones? Not so much. And the one I tried a couple of years ago was bought at a major retail store, not on eBay, so I'm pretty sure it was the real deal. It LOOKED the same, but it didn't FEEL the same and it only lasted for two years.

Maybe I should have tried changing the shirt...
Company actually took its manufacturing plant off shore.

After that, its quality went badly down hill.

I even know of several merchants in the UK who truly thought they were selling 'real' Lacoste'. Wrong! They got nicely scammed.

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Company actually took its manufacturing plant off shore.
Bur.berry has done the same sh!t...all Chinese except the high-high end stuff. Dol.ce & Gab.bana and Pra.da making tons of garbage in Vietnam as well...same place as good ol' Nike!
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Nike set the standards for sh*t indeed hah
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