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will anyone be buying counterfeit gift this Christmas?

  • 12-12-2018 05:17PM
    #1
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭


    Just hearing on the radio today that some of the counterfeit perfume on sale on market stalls and that can contain lead :eek:

    Just wondering how lucrative this market is and what is the quality of this stuff normally like, and if people on here regularly buy fake items be it clothing , perfume, handbags, shoes or whatever, around Christmas time (or any other time of the year come to think of it) and save a lot of money by doing so?

    Does the receiver also know its fake or cant they tell normally
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  • #2
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,922 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Can someone please just give this person his own Kneemos-style thread for asking stupid questions???


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Can someone please just give this person his own Kneemos-style thread for asking stupid questions???

    I think it's a sh*tethreadbot tbh


  • #4
    DontThankMe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭DontThankMe


    Yeah I've already purchased some counterfeit football jerseys that I've going to be giving to a relative this Christmas.


  • #5
    Raheem Euro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭Raheem Euro


    I'm gonna buy real stuff with counterfeit money.


  • #6
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Will be giving the nieces and nephews counterfeit money in a card.

    Feck ‘em.


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  • #7
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Can someone please just give this person his own Kneemos-style thread for asking stupid questions???

    unfortunately I havent swallowed a dictionary so I dont even know what that means :)


  • #8
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Omackeral wrote: »
    I think it's a sh*tethreadbot tbh

    each to there own - i wont force ye to follow it :)


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Of all the counterfeit stuff you could buy - bags, clothes, etc, who in their right mind would buy perfume or beauty products that were fake?

    I like my face too much :D


  • #10
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Berties_Horse wrote: »
    My preference is fake news.

    could be - friend of mine once bought a load of fags one christmas , had marlboro on the pack, quite convincing print - got a funny taste of metal or something and ened up chuckin them


  • #11
    Raheem Euro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭Raheem Euro


    It's all cosmetic.


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  • #12
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    unfortunately I havent swallowed a dictionary so I dont even know what that means :)

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96872515


  • #13
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Can someone please just give this person his own Kneemos-style thread for asking stupid questions???

    Say what you want about Andy's threads, but you have to admit they usually end up being kinda funny. Usually for all the wrong reasons. Considering how every second thread in After Hours is dole bashing, anti-traveller, compo claim, immigration related misery, Andy's threads are a silly breath of fresh air.

    Take it away, Andy.


  • #14
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Mark Rippetoe wrote: »
    Take it away, Andy.

    I mean... take it Andy



    I'm hilarious.


  • #15
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    unfortunately I havent swallowed a dictionary so I dont even know what that means :)

    Here you go Andy...


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96872515


  • #16
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Mark Rippetoe wrote: »
    Say what you want about Andy's threads, but you have to admit they usually end up being kinda funny. Usually for all the wrong reasons. Considering how every second thread in After Hours is dole bashing, anti-traveller, compo claim, immigration related misery, Andy's threads are a silly breath of fresh air.

    Take it away, Andy.

    thanks (I think?) ... :D


  • #17
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    thanks (I think?) ... :D

    Thank you fellow human.


  • #18
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Can someone please just give this person his own Kneemos-style thread for asking stupid questions???


    HEY?


    Stupid is as stupid does.


  • #19
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Mark Rippetoe wrote: »
    Say what you want about Andy's threads, but you have to admit they usually end up being kinda funny. Usually for all the wrong reasons. Considering how every second thread in After Hours is dole bashing, anti-traveller, compo claim, immigration related misery, Andy's threads are a silly breath of fresh air.

    Take it away, Andy.

    These fake goods are bought and sold by dole scroungers and travellers. The entire fake industry is promoted by these scumbags that the hard working taxpayer funds via dole and forever homes. Immigrants are in on the act too. All of them are into the fake compo claims ...obviously. Have i done this right?


  • #20
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,831 ✭✭✭degsie


    OP is a Russian bot, bought 5 anyway.


  • #21
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    you hear quite a lot these days about online shopping taking business away from local shops - but i wonder how much business shops are loosing out to these people selling these items ? - quite a fair bit i hazard a guess.


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  • #22
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    I always find it funny when on holidays and you see the lucky lucky men selling their wares, it's usually 90% Irish people buying from them thinking the are getting a bargain when they are actually buying pure trash.


  • #23
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    you hear quite a lot these days about online shopping taking business away from local shops - but i wonder how much business shops are loosing out to these people selling these items ? - quite a fair bit i hazard a guess.

    What if these local shops had online shops?


  • #24
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Thinly veiled “pm me if you want any” thread


  • #25
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,831 ✭✭✭degsie


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    What if these local shops had online shops?

    Careful now!


  • #26
    Auguste Comte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Auguste Comte


    I was going to buy some counterfeit pencils until I heard they had led in them aswell.


  • #27
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    I get people's reasons for fake bags, watches etc...
    You can display them to others and pretend you own a luxury item, but in reality you can't.
    Fake perfume though... unless you are carrying the bottle around with you, others will think a cat pissed on you or the local wino slobbered all over your face.
    Even some of the chain fashion stores like Zara have perfumes that are decent if you're stuck for cash.


  • #28
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭cml387


    Auguste Comte wrote: »
    I was going to buy some counterfeit pencils until I heard they had led in them aswell.

    You mean "lead".
    You kinda spoiled that, didn't you?


  • #29
    somefeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭somefeen


    Grandeeod wrote: »
    These fake goods are bought and sold by dole scroungers and travellers. The entire fake industry is promoted by these scumbags that the hard working taxpayer funds via dole and forever homes. Immigrants are in on the act too. All of them are into the fake compo claims ...obviously. Have i done this right?

    Its kinda sad that I found the first sentences of this very convincing.

    Yes, you're doing it right.


  • #30
    Auguste Comte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Auguste Comte


    cml387 wrote: »
    Auguste Comte wrote: »
    I was going to buy some counterfeit pencils until I heard they had led in them aswell.

    You mean "lead".
    You kinda spoiled that, didn't you?
    You obviously never bought knock off pencils.


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  • #31
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    I get people's reasons for fake bags, watches etc...
    You can display them to others and pretend you own a luxury item, but in reality you can't.
    Fake perfume though... unless you are carrying the bottle around with you, others will think a cat pissed on you or the local wino slobbered all over your face.
    Even some of the chain fashion stores like Zara have perfumes that are decent if you're stuck for cash.


    Fake Make-Up is another big one apparently. Bewildering stuff. You're paying for the quality, that's why they are so expensive. Having the box with some make up that could be from Dealz does not make sense.


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