LeCharivari Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Excuse my ignorance but I bought a lower end Samsung smart phone from there. It was in a sealed package and everything looks legit. The phone works as expected. Are you saying a phone like that is probably a copy? In other words, how can you tell? As advised by jbrain, but you could also see if you can get Samsung Updates from the Samsung website - or go to a genuine Samsung dealer, such as those in Central, where they generally cheaper anyway. I am a bit surprised (maybe not!) to see both reports timing the "raid" at 6.30pm. I was there at around 3pm collecting my (genuine) laptop after repair on the 3rd floor and many of the smaller shops were already closed and the raid was already supposed to have taken place. Edited January 18, 2013 by LeCharivari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Which of the items in the photograph were fakes? How come no one was pointing at them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falang07 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I wonder why they keep selling (mostly) crappy fakes when there are loads of legit Chinese phones with impressive specs out there (at least I could not find them in Tuk Com). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I wonder why they keep selling (mostly) crappy fakes when there are loads of legit Chinese phones with impressive specs out there (at least I could not find them in Tuk Com). Because of face. No Thai bg would wanted to be seen dead with a chinese phone or Tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrer Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 How much do they have to pay the police to buy them back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I bought my mate one of those fake Ferrari Vertu's at Tukcom and he went into the Vertu shop at Heathrow with it. The receptionist asked him to press the Butler button and it worked! He blew his cover when he asked how much one of the cases in the window cost. She glared at him and gritted "Two thousand pounds" and at that point he legged it. Apparently if you need to ask.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I bought my mate one of those fake Ferrari Vertu's at Tukcom and he went into the Vertu shop at Heathrow with it. The receptionist asked him to press the Butler button and it worked! He blew his cover when he asked how much one of the cases in the window cost. She glared at him and gritted "Two thousand pounds" and at that point he legged it. Apparently if you need to ask.... I don't know those vertu devices - what is the butler button supposed to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceyummm Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) All this counterfeiting gets confusing. My stepdaughter got an iPhone for a very good price at the IT place in Khon Kaen, I was concerned that it was a Chinese knockoff but was relieved to see on the label that it was "Made in Mexioc". Edited January 19, 2013 by riceyummm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I don't know those vertu devices - what is the butler button supposed to do? You press just one button to dial a service where a guy with a Cadbury accent makes you wish you'd opted for an iPhone instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanUSA Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Fake cell phones? How strange. I've never even heard of that. So I assume some Chinese company makes a phone that looks exactly like a Galaxy S3 for cheap, and then they try to sell it for the regular Samsung price at the IT shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keesters Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just got back from Tukcom. Samsung?? tablet computers from Baht 2900. Business as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoli Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Jingthing, there are some people here that are phone experts, and the likes of you and me are just noobs, and I cant even tell the difference between a fake t-shirt and the real macoy. Even the big auto dealers have been caught selling fakes in their repair shops. Counterfeit cars? Wow. They are good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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