What Kills me is that there is NO MENTION of What in My Mind is the SINGLE BIGGEST Reason that Counterfeit Products Flourish---Coporate Greed---The Companies that Charge people Excessive amounts of Money for their Products. I can actually Understand and Agree to a certain Extent with Herme's and other Designers for Charging Thousands of Dollars for a Handbag or Shoes that Might cost them $50.00--That is all about allowing a Certain Class of People (The Rich) to distinguish themselves, and you know, People who are wealthy and have earned it I guess deserve it. But when I see Companies Charging $150.00-$200.00 for a DVD Boxset that cost them $10,00, TOPPS, or a CD for $20.00, that cost them $1.00--Thats Corporate Greed Pure and Simple, and please Do Not tell me about the Artists, the BIGGEST Actors, and Singers get about 2%-8% of those Sales. so lets do the math a $200.00 Boxset-8%(16.00)-$20.00(for production of the Set)=$164.00 for the Company, I Know they have additional expenses, but I also Know that they have their Bonuses, Corporate "Luncheons", Board meetings, "Business Meetings at Strip Clubs, Limos,and on and on, then they "Cook" the Books and "Screw" the Stockholders.
None of this goes on in the far East.
CNBC Will NEVER Tell you, But this is a HUGH Factor that allows Counterfeiters to flourish. Immaging if they Sold the DVD in My example for $40.00 or $50.00, How Many Counterfeits do you think would Exist?
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