[marka666]

Would you buy a "fake" item if the job done was just perfect, yet you were told that it's not authentic?

My mother knows someone who sells "fake" handbags. The reason I put fake in quotation marks is because it's really hard to tell if they're fake or not because they are so very well done. My mom's boss bought one of those bags, which was a replica of Chanel. She's in a taylor business and her clients are very rich. So one of the clients saw the bag and got obsessed with it. She used to work for Chanel and she knows a lot about designer stuff in general. She inspected the bag carefully and just refused to believe the bag was not an authentic Chanel. I've seen some of them and I really liked a couple, but I'm debating with myself right now. She's also giving me extra 10% off.

So would you buy something like that or you would just stick to your principle of not buying fakes?

 

[lawgal2002]

Ya. I would NOT go there.

 

[shadepixie]

Nope. Couldn't do it. I'd always know, y'know?

 

[shelley]

OMG is this for real?

 

[trippt]

I would not buy it on principle. If I can't afford to carry designer stuff around, I will do without it and pick up a random bag that I can afford.

 

[dpchemd1]

It's fake so I wouldn't.

Even if it fooled everyone I know, as long as I know it is fake, I don't want any part of it.

 

[Hera]

stick to principle....hands down


Fakes no matter what are Illegal, and support terrorism

i would never support that ....ever

 

[ely0322]

i would say no only because you don't know what kind of causes or activities that money is supporting...i would hate to think that my hard earned money is helping to support a counterfeit kingpin who abuses women and children for labor:shake

 

[shelley]

Dude, there is always SOMEONE that can tell it's fake. If you think you can walk around with a fake bag and no one can tell - you are wrong.

 

[motech]

I DEFINITELY would NOT.

1) Principle
2) Where $$ that supports fakes goes

Among other reasons

 

[thestylechick]

No. Fakes are illegal.

 

[alexandra1999]

you've opened a can of worms IMHO

I would NEVER buy fakes regardless of whether they are flawlessly made.

 

[marka666]

I would not buy it on principle. If I can't afford to carry designer stuff around, I will do without it and pick up a random bag that I can afford.

I'm pretty much the same way. I'm not a brand whore at all (I can't stand brand whores, really). It's all about design for me.

 

[motech]

I think my morning coffee hour tomorrow will be very interesting.

 

[mandoir]

She used to work for Chanel and she knows a lot about designer stuff in general. She inspected the bag carefully and just refused to believe the bag was not an authentic Chanel.

Many companies' employees aren't experts in authenticity, unfortunately.

 

[idalis]

Never in a million years.

Counterfeiting is a TERRIBLE industry to support, no matter what their end product looks like. It's a criminal industry whose profit goes to more criminality.

 

[marka666]

Many companies' employees aren't experts in authenticity, unfortunately.

This one is. She's a millionare and everything she owns comes from designer brands and stuff. She's very much into fashion so she knows a lot about it.

 

[ckcnguyen]

I don't think that means anything.

Wave a pair of fakes in front of Nicole Richie and you think she will know the difference? No.

I think you can only know fake from real if you see jeans day in and day out like the experts here.

 

[missmk]

just because she is a millionaire doesn't mean she can tell a real bag from her ass.

 

[ckcnguyen]

I'm pretty much the same way. I'm not a brand whore at all (I can't stand brand whores, really). It's all about design for me.

...Dude, WHAT are you doing here?