Originally Posted by
Braindrain
Actually, never bought a bootleg anything in China/Asia. The local outlets sell enough bootleg DVD's as it is and I never touch the watches. Clothes? Unless we're talking t-shirts, the "cut" is always a poor facsimile of the original.
The way I figure, if you can't afford the real thing, you can't afford it.
To the untrained eye and morals, my friend...
And actually, we WERE talking T-shirts and baseball caps - the cut of the cheap copies is the same as the originals.
With respect to the rest, there are also people who CAN afford the real thing, but believe firmly that those overpriced genuine articles are simply not an appropriate expenditure of their money compared to other expenditures that do more for society. Folks who are impressed by pricey labels fully deserve to be deceived. The fact is, a $10 quartz watch performs the base function of telling time as well, if not better than a $17K mechanical Patek does. And high quality $30 counterfeit performs the base function of impressing brand snobs as well as a $17K Patek does.
I'd rather donate $17K to helping solve world hunger or disaster relief than buy an overpriced watch with the money. I'll stack my morals against the person who'd rather buy the fancy brands any time.