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Apr 23, 07
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OMG! Replica Consumer Goods!
Louis Vuitton Handbags, Wholesale Replica Purses, Wallets
It's amazing the demand for affordable LV and other brand-name items like Chanel and Prada.:sick: Even the Damier clutches look expensive yet affordable. And these are American dollars. Damn! I wish we had a big replica store in Vancouver, so I could mock the poseurs for being so fake they buy fake replicas. E.g. a fake Boulogne Mini Lin ranges from $119 (deal price) to $199 (sale price). Authentic Boulognes retail for $1000. 
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Apr 23, 07
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meh....
if it ain't genuine then its welfare. There's a guy in vancouver who has contracts with Harley Davidson, OCC, WCC and a whole bunch of other companies where he go's around to flea markets looking for replica / knockoff items and such. He reports it to the cops gets the paper proving that the person is getting charged for various violations and sends it to the companies only to get nice rewards from them. He makes a living off of this and forks in a shit load of money.
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Apr 23, 07
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Yeh, but that applies to fraud trying to pass off replicas as authentic.
If you state "Replica", then it's not fraud. It only becomes fraud when someone buys a whack of fale LV purses and tries to defraud eBay customers for great deals on LV purses. However, if I wanted to impress my nieces by getting them LV replicas, then now I can without having to save up for months. In Japan, lower middle class women and their families line up for blocks to get into the LV boutiques, and LVMH's sales from Japan make up over half of their global sales. And we're not talking about Japan's elite, who wouldn't be caught dead standing in a 1/4 block lineup to get a new Murakami design. These women in Japan have scrimped for a year on office lady salary. And I see no parallel in Western society for this phenomenon, because most Western low middle class women are waiting for Walmart to open.
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Apr 23, 07
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it comes down to royalties on the actual companies since they do sell there own shirts. All of the "genuine" companies have there name patented. Even though say for instance the "replica" or "knockoff" item may have a different stitch then that of the "real deal" the company has each and every right to charge those who use there name.
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Apr 23, 07
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How insecure about your shit do you have to be for you to want to put people down for having less money than you?
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Apr 23, 07
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Fuck, I dont get it.
how the hell have these companies generated so much demand for a leather bag that women will spend $1000's on them? I think the replica ones are even overpriced. two hundred for a material/leather sac? wtf.
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Apr 23, 07
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YOU DONT GET IT BECAUSE YOU DONT VALUE DESIGN OR QUALITY TO THE DEGREE THAT SOME PEOPLE DO.
JUST LIKE A HOBO WEARING SWEAT PANTS AND A SHOPPING BAG WOULD BE LIKE "MAN THAT GUYS STUPID FOR WEARING THAT TSHIRT, THIS SHOPPING BAG IS JUST AS AIRY AND IS ALSO WATERPROOF" TO YOU.
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Apr 23, 07
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I think that its retarted.
And design and quality DO NOT GO HAND IN HAND. I personally believe that whatever fits nice, looks good, and lasts long is the choice to go for. If you can afford real LV or Gucci, go ahead and get it. But IMO most of those purses and shit are NASTY and the whole concept about them is THE LABEL. Why not buy a better looking purse that is more functional for 1/10th the price? Sure i buy a few expensive peices for my wardrobe. Mainly my shoes and jackets. But please, id never shell out the cash people want for jeans that cost me over 100$ or something. I buy my jeans at 50$ max and they fit amazing, and look awesome. The brand is irrelevant THEY ARE JEANS. And honestly, who wants to pay like 200$ for something fake?? Are you joking me?? I bet the running cost to produce those purses is under 40$ at MAXIMUM.. probably under $20. If you want to buy it, just to pretend to everyone else that its real, you have a problem. If you want to buy it because its a cheaper alternative that looks identical to what you are looking for, you are in the more positive mind set. Some of the stuff i come across downtown when i get myself there (I live in burnaby, metrotown is so much closer) is ridiculous. Sure they look AMAZING, and they fit very well. But they are asking like 200-400$ for some jacket with less material in it then my sisters thong. The whole price is based on a label. Instead i go to some other store, get an almost identical jacket, with enough material to be made at least out of my sisters booty shorts, for under 100$. So could you tell me where i go wrong on here? I just think you have your ideals messed up on that.. buy it for how it is, not what it is.
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Apr 23, 07
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LOTS OF PEOPLE BUY $1000 PURSES/$200 JEANS BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU EITHER CANT OR WONT, INSTANTLY SEPARATING THEMSELVES FROM THE HERD.
THINK ABOUT IT. 1) "COMPANY A" PUTS OUT "SHIRT A", A WELL MADE, ARGUABLY ATTRACTIVE T SHIRT AND SELLS IT IN BURNABY/RICHMOND/COQ/DOWNTOWN/EVERYWHERE IN POPULAR STORES FOR $25 2) RAMPANT POPULARITY OF "SHIRT A" MEANS MANY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE BUY IT AND WEAR IT PROUDLY 3) "COMPANY B" PUTS OUT "SHIRT B", IT HAS A DIFFERENT (THOUGH STILL ATTRACTIVE) STYLING THAN "SHIRT A", AND IT IS EQUALLY/SLIGHTLY LESS WELL MADE. THEY MAKE 30 AND SELL THEM AT 3 TRENDY STORES DOWNTOWN FOR $120 4) a) PEOPLE WHO BUY "SHIRT A" GO 'LOL THAT SHIRT IS EXPENSIVE AND MINE IS CHEAPER, AND JUST AS WELL MADE! FUCK THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE SHEEP!' b) A SMALLER GROUP GOES TO THE STORE AND SEES "SHIRT B", AND EXCLAIMS 'FINALLY, A GREAT SHIRT THAT DOESNT MAKE ME LOOK LIKE ALL OF THOSE "SHIRT A" SHEEP. MAN I HATE THOSE GUYS!'
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Apr 23, 07
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ALSO WHEN "SHIRT A" BECAME POPULAR, PROBABLY 4 OR 5 OTHER COMPANIES HAD A SIMILAR $25 SHIRT OUT.
WHEN "COMPANY A" IS BORED COPYING OTHER COMPANIES AT ITS OWN PRICE POINT, A $25 DOLLAR SHIRT COMPANY WILL STEAL A DESIGN FROM THE $120 SHIRT COMPANY, AND EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT A $120 SHIRT WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE "WEARING THAT TREND 6 MONTHS/A YEAR EARLIER" AND WILL HAVE MOVED ON. BASICALLY WITH THE $120 YOU ARE BUYING PRETENTIOUSNESS INSURANCE, THAT YOU CAN BE A SELF-IMPORTANT ASSHOLE WHEN ALL THE "A SHIRT" PEOPLE END UP DRESSING LIKE YOU DID, ALBEIT 2 SEASONS LATER AT A LOWER PRICE POINT. YOU WILL NOT LOOK LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE SUBURBAN KIDS WHO SHOP IN METROTOWN OF GUILFORD OR COQ CENTER. SHIRT A AND SHIRT B PEOPLE BOTH HAVE GOOD REASONS FOR BUYING THE SHIRTS THEY DO, I WOULDNT SAY EITHER ARE STUPID. THEY JUST HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES. Last edited by rawb; Apr 23, 07 at 04:04 PM.
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Apr 23, 07
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I think they become LVMH drones, all alike. Other women fantasize that they are in league with celebrities. The women in Japan are the worst: Louis Vitton et al. defines them. In buying an LVMH clutch they are in the group and experience the only esteem available to the Japanese: group-esteem. Which makes them batarian women, night of the living dead zombies for fashion. If they couldn't stand in line for hours at the LVMH boutique, then they'd feel worthless, save up for a vacation, and sightsee NYC.
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Apr 23, 07
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I am dreading the day when some lady mugs another lady for her replica LV purse, just like thieves targeted men for the college jacket they wore. Though so far, most of the time when a purse is stolen, it's usually for the cash in the wallet, not the value of the purse.
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Apr 24, 07
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I just have a hard time understanding how illogical many consumers are in purchasing a product just because it caries a status symbol name. If these bags were not branded the way they are they would not be in such high demand. And for the record, this immitation crap is no better quality than no-name bags, as its made in the same factories.
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Apr 24, 07
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NO BIGGY
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Apr 24, 07
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Apr 25, 07
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where are you going with this? kind of lost
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Apr 25, 07
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those cars are probably under 30 grand.... i bet a bmw car wouldn't be under 30 grand .... and that is the point we are trying to make..... thanks for reading everybody.... tune in next week with me and radha for the next episode of "When retards use the internet"
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