snoop1130 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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 Caption: PHOTOS: MGR Online Full story: Phuket GO 2024-01-30 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 That's an average value of 20k THB for a bunch of bags, purses and shoes. I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 If they are fake they are fake nobody would think they are genuine, 500 fake goods worth about 150k max at 300b a pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negita43 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Probably a more shocking headline - "Genuine designer goods found in Phuket" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 minute ago, Negita43 said: Probably a more shocking headline - "Genuine designer goods found in Phuket" Lots if genuine goods in shopping malls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikishrory Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Strange I see lots of markets in Phuket have fake designer goods and have operated openly for decades 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujayujay Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Uups....somebody forget the brown Envelopes to hand over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish star Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Another Russian Venture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Lowf Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I've just received my B360 "Nike" trainers from Lazada - life goes on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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