Many high end products are made in China! Nearly everything is made in china, including Burberry (a few months back, a PS member contemplated returning her *real* bag because it cost $400 and was made in China).
Oh, and a fake Cartier Watch too Then, after a day, I felt guilty. I gave them away, and went out and purchased the real bag in NYC. I am still waiting on the watch though If I didn't shop as much, I could have a slightly larger home! However, of all the stores, the one place I would love to browse in is DF's closet
I was responding to two posts. As far as yours, designers have gone from manufacturing in countries like France to now producing in China. Coach for example has their products made there and I DO think it's to take advantage of children in China. Isn't that the point? Saving money. Cutting corners. Using cheap labor!Date: 9/9/2008 6:43:22 AM
Author: Blackpaw
MC - I didnt say anything about terorism, ive heard that said that counterfeit goods fund terrorism but i dont know anything about it! That said, there's a difference between companies making use of cheap labour in china, and the manufacturing of fakes, which is completely unregulated. And while i have no doubt that a lot of high end labels are made in china (ralph lauren i know is?), genuine louis vuittons are made in france, but their fakes are not, which i why i used them to illustrate the point!
Not trying to be defensive i just didnt want to be associated with the terrorism stuff - not a debate id like to get into!! I for one also think the prices these companies charge for their good is criminal too
Stmdr there have been a number of programs here in Australia investigating this particularly in Malaysia and Thailand. If there is any doubt that my dollar could fund an illegal activity and whether I''m buying a handbag, a ticket to a football game or a TV that fell of the back of a truck I won''t support it + You get what your pay for and there is no way way a knock off even it is is supposedly made in the ''same'' factory as the ''real'' thing stacks up!
I cant dis-agree more...the real or original designer does lose huge amounts of money...I worked at a Rolex dealer and saw first hand the paper work that showed the millions and millions of dollars that Rolex and its sales associates lost not only on lost sales ,but the millions and millions that were lost in Legal fees world wide fighting in courts over copy right infringement...I also remember jewelry designer David Yerman going through years of legal battles of the loss of millions due to his designs being ripped off...now today you see how Tiffany and Company has suffered huge losses to design rip-offs on e-bay.Designers work hard to develope designs that have wide appeal and are popular enough to be copyrighted. There are people behind the big company brand name logos that worked hard to come up with the designs that are being ripped off.
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