Why Do People Buy Fake Designer Bags Or Fake Designer Anything?

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anusa said:
if carrying fake would becaome an offence worthy of fine i would be one of those who will be penalised, why ?? because i was duped into assuming that bags sold on site like ampm fashion.com could be real. (i did not know better at that time) So just to spare so many more innocent people who dont know they r carrying fake this should not be worthy of fine.

there are people who have bought fakes at saks fifth avenue there is a thread at miu miu about this(somebody returned a fake)

there are people who have bought fakes at high end shopping malls latest( http://forum.purseblog.com/prada/bought-fake-prada-in-local-boutique-479714.html) and have paid like 1100 dollars for it thinking it for real

so IMO fines are not possible to be applied to carrying fake. How on earth are you going to discern that a person carrying fake purchased it knowingly or unknowingly.(possile but difficult)
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People don't get out of a speeding ticket by not paying attention to how fast they were going. Or out of any other crime by claiming not to know it was illegal. Ignorance of the law is no excuse once you get into a courtroom.

It would help to educate people who think that buying a fake hurts no one, when in fact it helps criminals, terrorism, child abuse, slavery, etc.

Like some crimes, immunity might also be granted to the informants, if they were able to turn in the distributors.
 
#1,967
I'm sure that if a person bought a fake from SAKS and was in court pleading their case, having been fined for carrying a fake, that a simple proof of purchase from an authorized dealer, aka SAKS, would get them out of trouble.
 
#1,968
they need to be made aware of the huge consequences that this fake purchase can cost to the society on the whole. And that it is irresponsible as a social being to buy fakes.

any sensible being can understand that i am sure.



[
QUOTE=bisousx;11632877]but then you have the issue of people who know something is fake, justify it despite the facts, then buy it anyways.[/QUOTE]
 
#1,969
yes but what about those who ignorantly bought it at ebay
or other sites at internet
not every one know about tpf to get it authenticated here
and not every one can identify a fake

Swanky Mama Of Three said:
I'm sure that if a person bought a fake from SAKS and was in court pleading their case, having been fined for carrying a fake, that a simple proof of purchase from an authorized dealer, aka SAKS, would get them out of trouble.
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anusa said:
If saks fifth avenue ane NM are not able to spend to train there SA s about fakes and people are able to return fakes. I dont think state would have the incentive to do so either.
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It doesn't take specialized training other than the ability to work a cash register to work at Saks and NM. And yes I have worked retail before.
 
#1,971
ignorance of law is not an excuse but ignorance of fact is

and it is a matter of fact wether a bag is fake or real not a matter of law


that is what i said awareness is required to curb counterfeiting. finning is not a solution
new.old.bag said:
People don't get out of a speeding ticket by not paying attention to how fast they were going. Or out of any other crime by claiming not to know it was illegal. Ignorance of the law is no excuse once you get into a courtroom.

It would help to educate people who think that buying a fake hurts no one, when in fact it helps criminals, terrorism, child abuse, slavery, etc.

Like some crimes, immunity might also be granted to the informants, if they were able to turn in the distributors.
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anusa said:
they need to be made aware of the huge consequences that this fake purchase can cost to the society on the whole. And that it is irresponsible as a social being to buy fakes.

any sensible being can understand that i am sure.
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I agree, but trying to explain to someone the effects on society when they simply refuse to believe is useless. Also aggravating when they use excuses like "I can't afford XXXX, so that's why I buy this" even after the facts are presented. People only believe what they want to believe.
 
#1,975
well if he/she was driving how can one not know at what speed was he/she driving
and if one is so care less not to know the speed at which he or she was driving that is unatentive driving and poses a much bigger threat to people on road than people carrying fakes on road .
new.old.bag said:
It is also a matter of fact that if one gets pulled over for speeding, and one don't know how fast one was going, one will still be subject to a fine.
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venusfly said:
Maybe a real purse is comaprable to surgery performed by a licensed competent plastic surgeon - it may cost more because reputable surgeons charge more - and a fake purse is comaprable to the botched cheap horror surgery sometimes performed in foreign countries by underqualified or unlicensed doctors on people trying to get inexpensive foreign plastic surgery? Just a thought! LOL! Whether plastic surgery or purses you often get what you pay for ..... I haven't read the whole thread but the boob comment above grabbed my attention....
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I'd rather carry a plastic bag that put plastic into my body, personally.
Surf around the web and look at a few photos of what your boobs can look like once your implants crap out on you. And this isn't only cheap foreign surgery, either, sorry to say. If you like the look of a bigger bosom, stuff your bra with tissue or something--don't mess yourself up permanently, destroy your ability to breastfeed in the future, make it harder for mammogram machines to detect cancer and all the other things that can happen to you. Many men actually like smaller chests, though you wouldn't know that from reading fashion mags that cater to insecurity. And did you ever notice, that women who have chests on the smaller side often have the best legs?
 
#1,977
I am not condoning fakes here what i am trying to say that a law in effect to make carrying fakes illegal and penalizable is next to impossible to maintain. It will not solve the problem
 
#1,978
anusa said:
if they cannot train their SAs (which will profit there business directly). Then state needs much more human resource for other very very important issues
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I don't think you can compare the two. First of all, the probability of Saks being affected by people returning fakes is extremely small. I don't have facts on that but you can use common sense and figure out that it's not a normal occurrence. Secondly, this is what I meant by what I said previously about people believing only what they want to believe... what happens to be "very very important" issues to some (funding terrorism and child labor) just doesn't comprehend to others. I find it a bit sad that people who know better still try to justify using a fake for the sake of frugality, fashion, whatever they want to call it.
 
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anusa said:
I am not condoning fakes here what i am trying to say that a law in effect to make carrying fakes illegal and penalizable is next to impossible to maintain. It will not solve the problem
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I don't think it would solve the problem either, just like speeding tickets don't stop people from speeding or taxing cigarettes doesn't stop people from smoking. In theory I do believe it would bring some good back to the world what the black market takes out of it.
 
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anusa said:
I am not condoning fakes here what i am trying to say that a law in effect to make carrying fakes illegal and penalizable is next to impossible to maintain. It will not solve the problem
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It is my understanding that some countries are able to successfully enforce such laws. I don't have all the details on that, so it is just my opinion.
 
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