Need Help Regarding my Fakes

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misskris03 said:
You could give them to friends/family (assuming they are aware that the bags are fakes). That seems better than tossing them out.
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I actually agree here!

And no this does not mean I approve of fake bags! Just seems a waste I guess.

Also very big of you to admit this! Takes character!
 
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If the leather is decent (?) maybe you could take them apart and repurpose them... as coin purses or something. I really have no idea as I'm not crafty at all but I hate the idea of so much waste as much as the buying and selling of counterfeits.
 
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Elliespurse said:
The manufacturing of these are unregulated so they may contain hazardous chemicals like mercury, chromium, acid dyes etc. It's best to destroy/send as waste.
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Exactly, it's worrying isn't it! hence why I want to start saving my money and buy real designer bags instead :tup:
Mind you, I always treated my real and replica bags equally because I didn't want their feelings hurt :nuts:
 
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I know I will be the unpopular one here but burning a bag that someone could use seems pretty wasteful to me. I would give the bags to a friend etc who needs one- of course with the knowledge that they are fake. I also like the idea of repurposing them for storage etc. They have already been purchased, let's let someone who can use them have them.
 
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gail13 said:
I know I will be the unpopular one here but burning a bag that someone could use seems pretty wasteful to me. I would give the bags to a friend etc who needs one- of course with the knowledge that they are fake. I also like the idea of repurposing them for storage etc. They have already been purchased, let's let someone who can use them have them.
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I agree. Destroying them seems needless and wasteful.
 
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gail13 said:
I know I will be the unpopular one here but burning a bag that someone could use seems pretty wasteful to me. I would give the bags to a friend etc who needs one- of course with the knowledge that they are fake. I also like the idea of repurposing them for storage etc. They have already been purchased, let's let someone who can use them have them.
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Who needs a fake? I'm asking seriously. Who would that person be?

If wastefulness is the big concern, balance this against the fact that the fakes industry is often in flagrant disregard of environmental good practices. Saving fakes is in effect tolerating the conditions under which they are produced. No thanks.
 
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jellyv said:
Who needs a fake? I'm asking seriously. Who would that person be?

If wastefulness is the big concern, balance this against the fact that the fakes industry is often in flagrant disregard of environmental good practices. Saving fakes is in effect tolerating the conditions under which they are produced. No thanks.
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I don't think anyone here is championing the counterfeit industry, but there are many, many people who could use a free handbag. The bags have already been purchased, so it's not as if the act of giving them away for free will further enrich the counterfeiters nor do any workers additional harm.
 
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misskris03 said:
I don't think anyone here is championing the counterfeit industry, but there are many, many people who could use a free handbag.
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Shouldn't this imagined person be given a free non-counterfeit? Or be given $.25-$.50 for a thrift store unbranded handbag? I find it a strange argument that because an illegal item exists, it should be preserved and passed forward for an imagined "needy" new owner. (Don't we pass values to people when we hand them goods?)
 
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jellyv said:
Shouldn't this imagined person be given a free non-counterfeit? Or be given $.25-$.50 for a thrift store unbranded handbag? I find it a strange argument that because an illegal item exists, it should be preserved and passed forward for an imagined "needy" new owner. (Don't we pass values to people when we hand them goods?)
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First, I gather you are not a regular thrift shopper. I am. I have never seen decent bags ("unbranded" or otherwise) available for $.25 or .50. Ever. I'm not saying it never happens, I'm sure some [people find them, but I personally have never seen it in 3 years of thrifting in a wealthy area.


Second,let's be clear--*possession* of the bags is not illegal. *selling* the bags is illegal. Giving them to a thrift shop to sell is unethical because she knows they're counterfeit and they should not be on the market.

There is nothing illegal about wearing/using them.
 
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misskris03 said:
First, I gather you are not a regular thrift shopper. I am. I have never seen decent bags ("unbranded" or otherwise) available for $.25 or .50. Ever. I'm not saying it never happens, I'm sure some [people find them, but I personally have never seen it in 3 years of thrifting in a wealthy area.


Second,let's be clear--*possession* of the bags is not illegal. *selling* the bags is illegal. Giving them to a thrift shop to sell is unethical because she knows they're counterfeit and they should not be on the market.

There is nothing illegal about wearing/using them.
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In Europe, misskris, buying, selling or wearing a fake is illegal.
There are posters in the airports such as
Fausse Cartier
Vrai casier
Fake Cartier
Real police record.
 
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misskris03 said:
First, I gather you are not a regular thrift shopper. I am. I have never seen decent bags ("unbranded" or otherwise) available for $.25 or .50. Ever. I'm not saying it never happens, I'm sure some [people find them, but I personally have never seen it in 3 years of thrifting in a wealthy area.


Second,let's be clear--*possession* of the bags is not illegal. *selling* the bags is illegal. Giving them to a thrift shop to sell is unethical because she knows they're counterfeit and they should not be on the market.

There is nothing illegal about wearing/using them.
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Exactly. Neither one of us are saying counterfeits are good and you're trying to do something decent here. Maybe it would bring a friend a little pleasure. Tossing something in the garbage here means nothing. The garbage cans are gone thru and items taken out in a second. Products are then resold. My cleaning lady can't afford to buy herself new items and I would happily give her a bag like that I wasn't using.

You could write 'fake' on the inside pocket so it can't be sold to anyone else I guess.
 
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