Police have confiscated over 500 counterfeit items valued over 10 million baht from shops in Patong. The Phuket Express reports that officers were acting on a complaint from a company that sells genuine branded goods from designers such as Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Adidas, and Balenciaga.

 

Police raided 4 shops along Patong’s Rat Uthit 200 Pi Road on Sunday, January 28, and seized over 500 fake designer items, totalling over 10 million baht in damages for the brands in question.

 

According to the Phuket Express report 3 Thai nationals, and an undisclosed number of other nationals, were arrested.

 

By Peter Roche

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That's an average value of 20k THB for a bunch of bags, purses and shoes. I doubt it.

13 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

That's an average value of 20k THB for a bunch of bags, purses and shoes. I doubt it.

 

   Some of the genuine  bags are 500 000 Baht new 

If they are fake they are fake nobody would think they are genuine, 500 fake goods worth about 150k max at 300b a pop.

15 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Some of the genuine  bags are 500 000 Baht new 

These are just copies, and the vendors would rarely tell you otherwise, it's the copyright logos that upsets the designers.

Probably a more shocking headline - "Genuine designer goods found in Phuket"

1 minute ago, Negita43 said:

Probably a more shocking headline - "Genuine designer goods found in Phuket"

 

   Lots if genuine goods in shopping malls

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Some of the genuine  bags are 500 000 Baht new 

 

If these fakes were not available, would the buyer of such a fake buy the original?

4 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

 

If these fakes were not available, would the buyer of such a fake buy the original?

 

  They wouldn't , no

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  They wouldn't , no

 

Yup, and so a real bag having a price tag of 500k doesn't mean there's 500k damage due to a fake one for 500 baht being sold. That was my point because the article claimed there was 10M damage from 500 items and I find that unrealistic.

Strange I see lots of markets in Phuket have fake designer goods and have operated openly for decades 😊

Uups....somebody forget the brown Envelopes to hand over

1 hour ago, sikishrory said:

Strange I see lots of markets in Phuket have fake designer goods and have operated openly for decades 😊

Very true, and I have seen this here in Patong since I came here 17 years ago, and nothing has changed.

 

However I got an insight into why nothing has changed because the Thai/Chinese guy who lived opposite me in a large house used to bring in these fake goods from overseas (read China) and distribute them to the small shops around Patong, and he made no secret about it, and more to the point on many occasions I saw several of the BIB sitting drinking with him in his garden, and they seemed friendly enough.

 

So if certain members of the "law enforcement" are receiving "gifts" from the importer and distributor of these fake goods, then it's never going to stop. Furthermore, once these shops had been raided by the BIB, then they would still need to sell goods and that's where the importer/distributor came into it because he could restock them, therefore doubling his turnover – – a cunning plan! 

Another Russian Venture 

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