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his tag producer located unhidden on a mainstreet of the textile

A purchaser from Africa can be seen next to fake goods. Armani, Polo, any kind you wish. Honestly the design is often a very good copy and hard to distinguish the difference, with quality about 90% the same at only 5 us dollars or less per shirt.

 

FYI: It should be advised that taking photos like this can be extremely dangerous. Importing illicit items is a dangerous trade, and you can be beaten, killed, deported, etc.. Buying is easy.

I did not take this pictures easily. Be carefull.

As the developed world uses 80% of the worlds resources, and often exploiting third world countries; third world countries, in turn copy developed products like this one, and compete with wages no developed country could match, just to feed their families.

 

It is hard to say that the Chinese companies are at fault for creating so many fakes and unfair competitive advantages causing millions to lose their jobs in the west; when if you see the hardships so many developing nations had to go through for many years....

 

Lost jobs after living in the lap of luxury for decades? Or never ever knowing luxury and starting to getting enough to feed your family from copying a brand name.

 

Hard to say. Brand name recognition in Developing countries is very very low. Many of the factory workers who produce ultra high priced products never get the money to buy them themselves. Only those in developed countries enjoy such waste. Many workers produce these products in high quantities at a cost of less than the 500% or more mark up final value. Such a wealth imbalance in the world creates a situation of pain on all sides in today?s crises. As the economy worsens, and people become more desperate, regulations become more lax. As food becomes easier to access on the streets though street butchers, so too do fake items.

 

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Uploaded on June 2, 2009
Taken on December 26, 2008