Over 400 counterfeit bags seized at Phuket Town house

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At the house police found many counterfeit bags including brand names such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Coach. Photo: Narongsak Sangsridam

 

PHUKET: Police seized more than 400 counterfeit brand name bags at a house in Phuket Town yesterday (Oct 4).

 

At around midday yesterday, Col Akkanit Danpitaksan and Lt Col Pathak Khwanna led a team from the Phuket Provincial Police to raid a house on Pattana Rd Soi 1 in Phuket Town after officials received a tip-off that many counterfeit goods were stored inside.

 

The tip-off also revealed that the counterfeit items were being sold via a Facebook page.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/over-400-counterfeit-bags-seized-at-phuket-town-house-64180.php

 

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I must be a bit stupid...what was the real problem ultimately ?...

 

..counterfeit goods or the fact that the folks were selling the goods on Facebook and thus generating unfair competition towards the "legal" street hawkers of such items ?

The real problem is that the FB "vendors" don't grease the wheels

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The tip-off also revealed that the counterfeit items were being sold via a Facebook page.

So, a competitor then

What puzzles me is that people can produce almost identical bags to the "Label" bags for 10% of the price and nobody complains about the extortionate profit made by the "Label" brands .

 

These are handbags (women's shoes are the same) not life saving drugs that cost many millions to research, test and produce...