tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post8930496321149049606..comments2023-10-30T02:18:50.850-07:00Comments on the spitting vessel: Piracy's Pestering Popularitydurano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-24097160619158756802008-03-17T07:49:00.000-07:002008-03-17T07:49:00.000-07:00Hi JC,Yes, there are strict guidelines in the US a...Hi JC,<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are strict guidelines in the US and Europe about fake items, and if you're caught with any, you have violated the law and are deported outright.<BR/><BR/>Good for that fashion diva to get deported. Are you sure she didn't know about it? :-) In Hong Kong, there are fake items tagged A-1 or top of the line, looks original. But I wouldn't be caught in one when going abroad. Thanks for the visit. :-)--Durano, done!durano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-9544398007443126702008-03-17T07:45:00.000-07:002008-03-17T07:45:00.000-07:00Hi Tapline,You're busy on my site, thanks!China is...Hi Tapline,<BR/><BR/>You're busy on my site, thanks!<BR/><BR/>China is known as the foremost counterfeiter in the world. Well HongKong and Thailand for a time, but China's vast manufacturing capability can out-produce the original manufacturer.<BR/><BR/>This has been going on for a time, I agree. Before, fake Levi's were being sold in Ho Chi Minh City for 150 dollars because they really loved it there. When I was in Vietnam in the 90's, fake Cartiers watches were sold in Hanoi supposedly taken from dead French soldiers. It's a crazy world! :-)--Durano, done!durano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-64149783639357624052008-03-17T07:41:00.000-07:002008-03-17T07:41:00.000-07:00Hello Zhu,I know you're still in France. Good thin...Hello Zhu,<BR/><BR/>I know you're still in France. Good thing you have a home there and need not rent.<BR/><BR/>As far as films and fashion items and clothes are concerned, I'm with you there. It's the food and medicines I'm more concerned with. I don't think anyone would knowingly buy fake medicines that would kill and not cure. Well, technically, if death is the result, there is no more patient, but that is such a horrible thing!<BR/><BR/>Pharmaceuticals ought to curb these fake drugs, they have lots of profit anyway. Also to avoid clones in their products, they should price these much lower. --Durano, done!durano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-87701695559069594572008-03-17T07:36:00.000-07:002008-03-17T07:36:00.000-07:00Hi Anonymous,I don't know if you're the same perso...Hi Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you're the same person that keeps popping out in my comment box, but Welcome!<BR/><BR/>I agree with you, especially on the food and medicines, more with medicines. If the pharmaceutical companies are really there for humanitarian reasons, which they are not of course, they should lower prices. Looking at their ads, these people are posturing as mankind's savior from diseases - but I suspect they also invent ailments to continue their greedy and profitably despicable ways. :-)--Durano, done!durano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-77967670778616982332008-03-17T06:51:00.000-07:002008-03-17T06:51:00.000-07:00Hi Durano! This article reminds me of the craziest...Hi Durano! This article reminds me of the craziest blog in our country today, the one written by an Aussie. I read in one of the comments that there's this fashion diva who got deported from France for bringing in a fake Louie Vitton bag. Can be so embarrassing, especially if you don't know that you're lugging a fake.jc smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416164709039335928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-30669547672288456762008-03-16T22:49:00.000-07:002008-03-16T22:49:00.000-07:00This is as old as, I don't know....years ago when ...This is as old as, I don't know....years ago when i was in the Middle East. Rolex's were the going item. China made many items also....stay well....Taplinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161842191574184492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-53748643395727613172008-03-16T10:55:00.000-07:002008-03-16T10:55:00.000-07:00Not sure what to think... While it's obviously ver...Not sure what to think... While it's obviously very dangerous to take counterfeit medicines, I don't feel the same about counterfeit clothes of fashion products. <BR/><BR/>Fake stuffs are everywhere in Asia... and most people wouldn't buy the real think, which costs probably ten years of wages (including me!). So why not letting them alone... Don't punish at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-43662810167863885592008-03-16T07:21:00.000-07:002008-03-16T07:21:00.000-07:00Obviously, what you cite as the 4 reasons why fake...Obviously, what you cite as the 4 reasons why fake items are patronized is a need that must be satisfied. manufacturers must address this need, otherwise, the counterfeiters will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com