Would you allow someone to give your children counterfeits for Xmas?

[ChestnutsroastingintheFireligh]

I don't mean obvious Primarni copies of designs (the school arnt fussy about labels just style) - I mean actual items that are bought from a dodgy market stall/warehouse with fake labels etc

My feeling is that dd especially would be laughed at as she's gullible & wouldn't know the difference but her friends would.

The quality of the items (handbag & sports clothing) are very poor.

[Gossipmonster]

Miss Sassy trousers? they are £9 in our local shop - am I buying counterfeits without realising?!

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Austarlian sheep are not skinned alive to make uggs though

They are subjected to mulesing though ( which admittedly is only a partial skinning)

[SPsWantsCliffInHerStocking]

My stance on "back of the lorry goods" is that if the price is right then yes I will purchase them.

When I was younger shoplifters used to knock on the door with their van of "goods" and see if you wanted anything.

Never heard of Miss Sassy. Are they like the Juicy ones?

I have a fake burberry upstairs. Well, I am sure its fake. Its as ugly as the real things though
And yes my parents, friends parents, people in the street bought them. We also bought and used copied DVDs.

[mrsjay]

I dont know what that is itsallgoingtobefine will google I dont really like wearing animal so i would never buy any uggs or a leather jacket

[Crowler]

Why is it OK for Primark to knock of designers but counterfeiting in other forms is wrong?

[mrsjay]

oh I dunno crowler least they are being honest and upfront about copying designs I suppose

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Why is it OK for Primark to knock of designers but counterfeiting in other forms is wrong?

Because it all comes with a Primark label in. Its not being sold as something it's not.

[DolomitesDonkey]

merry funding terrorism in Turkey? Not heard of the PKK then?

[ChestnutsroastingintheFireligh]

What itsallgoingtobefine said. Primark do similar designs but use their own branding & labels.

Counterfeits are pretending to be the original.

[AmberLeaf]

Primark are most certainly not the only high st store to 'knock off' designers.

The whole lot of the high st clothing stores are knocking off designers!

Also calling Primark 'Primarni' isn't because they do knock offs, it was something started years ago by people making a joke of shopping in a cheap store, humorously trying to make it sound high end.

LadyRainicorn
Ive heard of factories here doing that too, have an order for X amount of dresses for Topshop for example, over produce the order and keep back the excess, which would be sold in markets minus the Topshop label.

the market in counterfeit goods supports not only terrorism, but organised crime and the drugs trade, apparently

I have to laugh at the drugs trade bit.

The drugs trade is incredibly lucrative, the drugs trade supports itself. It doesn't need supplementing!

[Caitlin17]

No idea why Mary marigolds thinks just mentioning the word terrorism is someone being Islamophobic.

If it were me I would destroy these goods immediately and make clear to the donor I would not accept anything like this in the future.

They are the proceeds of crime. At the very best they are defrauding the UK Exchequer of VAT ; at some stage almost certainly laundered money will have been involved; and at the very worst may well be funding terrorism. The question couldn't be clearer. They are unacceptable. I'd actually be insulted at the idea of anyone thinking I would accept them.

[Caitlin17]

BTW, does anyone who thinks it's OK actually have any experience of dealing with and complying with Anti-Money Laundering / Proceeds of Crime legislation,?

If not, you really don't know what you're talking about.

[MerryMarigold]

Caitlin, because nearly all the knock off hot destinations are in Muslim countries.it's write convenient really.

[MerryMarigold]

write = quite

[MerryMarigold]

(call me cynical)

[3asAbird]

theres a programme bbc fake britain saw one about little boy killed by ds charger so steer clear electricals.

Lot fake dvds/cds made in uk from bedrooms.

scariest was fake electrical parts ad fake drugs within cheists and nhs hospitals.

Basically in china they fake most things even an egg which was odd. some stuff is made in actual factories hence why looks so good,

Only fake present been given was lion king video as a kids great aunt brought off market stall we neer wathed it as mum was worried it break video player adremember those awful scary piracy trailers with bad looking people at tart of films scared me as a kid.

I do confess brought fake louis vuitton bag and wallet in corfu 10years ago which still use now and people think are real.

greece and majorca had lots fake stuf in touristy shops.

but other stuff not bothered on brand guess for teens with sports wear trainers labels more important im happy with next version converse. uggs i do like but wory buying off ebay would be fake and want ghds but they risky on ebay too.

I thourght most toys re made in china.

[IceBeing]

merry thanks for the offer to stab me if I go to London....that has quite made my day. I will add it to my list of suicide plans...the only way to cope with having made my kid neurotic by buying her European made toys...


Or back in the real world maybe it is totally fine to avoid risks that cost you little or nothing to avoid (buying toy X instead of Y and not buying anything off the back of a van) and keep taking the ones that are a key component of your lifestyle (driving etc.)

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

AmberLeaf - as Caitlin correctly pointed out, the business of selling fake goods is part of the process of laundering money - including drug money.

I was on a jury in a money laundering case, and the expert witness made this very clear.