Fake designer glasses

That's not true. Buying counterfeit glasses provides people working in the less developed world jobs-- and I suspect no more are working in sweatshops producing glasses than are producing nike trainers . Buying fakes also provides competition for designer brands and helps lower prices of these goods for all.

No it doesn't.

The products are illegal, ergo the places making them aren't exactly going to be legit and up to scratch.

You're not providing people with jobs, you're encouraging slavery.

It won't lower prices, as the designers keep their prices high purposefully to be exclusive, and you'd have to be pretty stupid to lower your prices to compete with an illegal product.

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Anyway can quote a news article:

Well I think what apple and NIKE are doing with the sweatshops in china is slavery.
If Prada is not selling much because of competition from illegals, they will lower prices. People might be more persuaded to buy the authentic at a reasonable price.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7969335/Fake-goods-are-fine-says-EU-study.html

You do realise in that article the Association of Chief Police Officers says that buying counterfeit "is not a victimless crime."

Why don't you check out the govt. sites I posted.

And no, Prada, or for that matter any reputable designer, will not lower prices because some idiots think they're fooling everyone with £5 sunglasses.

of course the policeman is going to say that, he's a bloody policeman.

"It (the study) disputes claims that the counterfeiting of luxury brands is funding terrorism and organised crime, and argues there is little public appetite for tough law enforcement measures as consumers enjoy the bargains offered by the illegal trade, which has been estimated to be worth £1.3 billion in the UK."

People that buy fake designer clothes and accessories are sad wannabes really.

The whole point about the designer quality is that the product is well made and that is why it looks good. If you get a fake then you get a poorly made product just to have the designer label on it.

That's not true. Buying counterfeit glasses provides people working in the less developed world jobs-- and I suspect no more are working in sweatshops producing glasses than are producing nike trainers . Buying fakes also provides competition for designer brands and helps lower prices of these goods for all.

Are they paying taxes in their country?

Are they contributing to their country's GDP?

Who benefits from the profits does it go back to the country's government or some criminal gang?

As for buying fakes providing competition for designer brands and helping lowering the price LOL. They are hardly competing are they. How come Louis Vuitton don't feel the need to lower their prices to compete with the £25 ones you can get on ebay or the market?

Please don't buy fakes. If you can't afford the real thing just go without. You may as well just give your money directly to the drug and people trafficking rings.

Excuse me? Fakes by no means go directly to the "drug and people trafficking rings", what, is this because they are often immigrants? Simply because something is affliated to small, underground business does not mean those involved in it are despots, often they have kids to feed and are simply trying to make a living.

Excuse me? Fakes by no means go directly to the "drug and people trafficking rings", what, is this because the sellers are often immigrants? Simply because something is affiliated to small, underground business does not mean those involved in it are despots, often they have kids to feed and are simply trying to make a living. Try to have a chat with a fake sunglasses seller (for example in Southwark), and figure out for yourself whether they are engaged in bringing women to this country to be abused, or whether they are doing it to feed their families.

Try to have a chat with a fake sunglasses seller (for example in Southwark), and figure out for yourself whether they are engaged in bringing women to this country to be abused, or whether they are doing it to feed their families.

To make a counterfeit good, you need money.

You need a factory.

You need a "workforce".

You need to produce the material and process it.

You need to be able to convincingly recreate designs and labels.

You need a vast network of contacts and links to ship goods between countries and to avoid customs. You then need contacts and distributors within the country.

"Small underground businesses" my arse.

And what does any of that have to do with slavery or drugs. So far all I got that was illegal from that was a vast network of contacts who are willing to bend the law to make a quick buck.