Do you buy fake?

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 05:07PM #1

Yes?
No?

With Sunday markets and boot sales becoming ever more popular, fake items(contraban) such as DVDs, clothes, handbags, cosmetics, computer hard/software, music CDs and so on freely available to anyone who wants them and with theese items being so closley replecated its near impossible to tell the difference between real and fake with the naked untrained eye.
it seems very little is done here in Ireland to prevent the sale of these goods.
The market here is huge for fake goods and do you think the street sellers and market stall holders intend to make a few quid or do you think it supports more lucrative goings on??

KTRIC · 22-02-2008 05:08PM

Absolutely not, never willing buy fake and never will.

I don't think I've ever bought a fake item that I know of and I have a very good eye.

Xavi6 · 22-02-2008 05:14PM

Nope.

Personally I hate the look of fake football jerseys on kids. They look horrible. My kids will never wear one.

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 05:16PM

KTRIC wrote: »

Absolutely not, never willing buy fake and never will.

I don't think I've ever bought a fake item that I know of and I have a very good eye.

Just curious to see why alot of people feel so strongly against theese items,
personaly ive never bought fake but i dont feel overly strong about it

Xavi6 · 22-02-2008 05:19PM

bitemybanger wrote: »

Just curious to see why alot of people feel so strongly against theese items,
personaly ive never bought fake but i dont feel overly strong about it

Purely for quality. I bought a pair of knock of Ray Bans and the frame broke within a month. That's my reason anyway.

Whyner · 22-02-2008 05:20PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Purely for quality. I bought a pair of knock of Ray Bans and the frame broke within a month. That's my reason anyway.

A month? Wickid, can you PM me the details of where you bought them? Thanks in advance...

humberklog · 22-02-2008 05:26PM

Far bigger abuses of child labour apparently and as it's illegal,therefore unregulated,it doesn't even appear as a blip on the radar of the 'lefty for a year' brigade.

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 05:30PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Purely for quality. I bought a pair of knock of Ray Bans and the frame broke within a month. That's my reason anyway.

I totaly agree with cosmetic items or thinhs like ray-Bans because they offer protection against the suns harmful rays and cosmetics are desigmed to do a specific task that i dont think any fake can offer but when it comes to fashion and DVD or CDs, what do we do there because its the same film or music, its just the disc itself thats fake

Xavi6 · 22-02-2008 05:34PM

bitemybanger wrote: »

I totaly agree with cosmetic items or thinhs like ray-Bans because they offer protection against the suns harmful rays and cosmetics are desigmed to do a specific task that i dont think any fake can offer but when it comes to fashion and DVD or CDs, what do we do there because its the same film or music, its just the disc itself thats fake

Download FTW with music/dvds.

I find the quality in clothes inferior tbh.

stevoman · 22-02-2008 05:35PM

your a knock off nigel..your a knock off nigel!

ScumLord · 22-02-2008 05:35PM

When it comes to digital media such as music/software (I would say dvds but the quality of those is so low it's not even worth buying. I don't know why in this day and age they continue to use the worst recording available) I'm not at all pushed.

Football jerseys are a money making scam. If I was inclined to buy one I wouldn't think twice about buying fake as you'll only get a years use out of it before the next one is out.

"genuine products" are priced way to high and I see nothing wrong with taking money out of they're pockets.

If I want cheap designer I just go to tkmax.

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 05:36PM

stevoman wrote: »

your a knock off nigel..your a knock off nigel!

Gonna have that bloody song stuck in my head now:mad::D

aliqueenb · 22-02-2008 05:38PM

i wouldn't ever purposely buy fake but the hollister jumper i'm actualy wearing now is probably fake, bought it thinking it looked real but i think now its not

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 05:44PM

Would any of you buy clothes on E-bay for the fear of them being fakes even though the ad might say genuine?

FunkZ · 22-02-2008 05:48PM

I bought some legal Marijuana in a Head Shop one time*.

*Not really though.

phasers · 22-02-2008 05:50PM

No, I'm far too wealthy to buy fraudulent goods

ScumLord · 22-02-2008 05:57PM

FunkZ wrote: »

I bought some legal Marijuana in a Head Shop one time*.

*Not really though.

That's one area where the product must be genuine.

FunkZ · 22-02-2008 06:12PM

ScumLord wrote: »

That's one area where the product must be genuine.

Ha yeah man, with the effort it takes sometimes I don't want a cheap rip off!

Then again it's never gonna be cheap anyway

Plug · 22-02-2008 06:35PM

I buy some cloths of the pakies, good and cheap. Whats wrong with that....

Grinderman · 22-02-2008 07:39PM

Don't know why anyone would buy fake goods.
I save up and go to the states and get the real thing every 12-18 months, in case any revenue people are spying, yes of course i pay the import tax.

Joe (Bloggs)

Nightwish · 22-02-2008 07:43PM

all my stuff (clothes etc) are from cheapo shops and I hate designer stuff so no need to go fake there. I buy my cds from the internet which ensures they're cheap enough and when I'm a fan of the band I tend to like giving them the money!

The Real B-man · 22-02-2008 07:45PM

NO its easy to buy a DVD for €5 but i mean there is human suffering and trafficing behind some of the Big dealers was a Program about this the other Nite on BBC or CH4.

Leeby · 22-02-2008 07:51PM

Not a chance.

I'm not into designer labels anyway but even if I was I still wouldn't buy fakes, wouldn't trust that it hasn't come from a sweat shop and made by young children.

Wertz · 22-02-2008 08:12PM

Good thread.
Anything I've bought that's been fake was unwittingly, like memory cards and such. I bought a pair of really good fake oakleys in mexico one time and liked them so much I saved up to get a real pair.
Never buy fake video/music discs....I'm of the persuasion where I just illegally d/l most of it; I'll let you decide which is worse. Where I live if you buy them, you're either funding criminals or ex terrorists.
Clothes, I don't see the point. I like a good label if I can afford it; fakes only cheapen the whole label if there's loads of them about.

The thing that does my head in about counterfeit stuff is the things like vodka or cigarettes and such where the package is all they need to fake and you're getting an inferior product sometimes being sold at close to RRP.

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 10:41PM

Where I live if you buy them, you're either funding criminals or ex terrorists

I know the people who sell theese fake items are themselves classed as criminals as its against the law but i dunno about ex terrorists, maybee on the large scale of fake booze and tabacco.
What about the people who buy them? are they just as bad?

Jay P · 22-02-2008 10:53PM

No

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 10:55PM

Jay P wrote: »

No

Great input there Jay P, Keep it up:rolleyes:

22-02-2008 11:00PM

Not into buying fake I have to say, however I don't see the problem with DVDs and CDs.

If someone is offering a good quality film at a reasonable price, what's the difference if you only look at it once or twice?

If you really like it you'll go on to buy the original - simple.

bitemybanger · 22-02-2008 11:11PM

Record companies and Film makers refere to pirate DVDs and CDs as stolen,
obviously not the disc but the contents of the disc.
Sounds a bit harsh or even silly but when you take a second to think about it...
Downloads are different because thier online and infront of you now.
We herd all the stories of people getting thier PCs siezed for downloading music but was this just scare tactics??

Jay P · 22-02-2008 11:18PM

bitemybanger wrote: »

Great input there Jay P, Keep it up:rolleyes:

Thanks. I'm not trying to get my post count up or anything...

Punchesnpeaches · 22-02-2008 11:21PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Purely for quality. I bought a pair of knock of Ray Bans and the frame broke within a month. That's my reason anyway.

I bought a pair of real ray-bans and the blooming things broke within a month. Put me off 'labled' sunglasses for good. They're just too delicate to be spending a fortune on imho.

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