2 Million Baht’s worth of counterfeit branded items seized at South Pattaya Mall

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2 Million Baht’s worth of counterfeit branded items seized at South Pattaya Mall



PATTAYA: -- On Wednesday evening, Region 2 Police and Pattaya Police took part in a raid of a South Pattaya Shopping Mall which resulted in the arrest of 14 vendors and the seizure of over 5,000 fake branded clothing items worth over 2 Million Baht.

Police Colonel Terapon, the Deputy Commander of the Region 2 Special Investigations Unit led the raid at Mike Shopping Mall which is a well-known location for purchasing fake branded items and has been the subject of many raids over the years.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/121418/2-million-bahts-worth-of-counterfeit-branded-items-seized-at-south-pattaya-mall/


-- Pattaya One 2014-03-13

[wxpwzrd]

Someone missed some payments.

[A1Str8]

Still failing at going after real criminals? It's ok..maybe next time.

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[clockman]

Tip of the iceberg, Just for public consumption. and media.

[Patje]

Police Colonel Terapon, the Deputy Commander of the Region 2 Special Investigations Unit led the raid at Mike Shopping Mall

Their wives and family will be pleased with the new acquired wardrobe

[focus27]

Well that's the cops sorted for their Songkran gift shopping.

[JesseFrank]

I just wanted to go buy a new stock of G-star, guess will have to wait a few weeks, and it maybe 300 Baht for such an original t-shirt then.

[alfalfa19]

This is bad news. Mike's is one of the very few reasons to visit Pattaya. Seriously though, I wonder how much the vendors have to pay to retrieve their goods.

[farangbanok]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

[SOTIRIOS]

....how do 5000 pieces of fake goods add up to 2 million baht.....???

[Johnnie99]

Thank goodness they didn't raid Panthip Plaza .. or MBK ... or the whole of Silom ...

[masuk]

An acquaintance of mine recently visited Thailand, and was amazed how much cheaper smart phones were than in Canada.

So he bought one. The keypad was a bit odd though, and the wrong numbers came up when he tried to call someone.

Took it to the S........g repair shop, and was promptly told that he'd just bought himself a genuine fake.

[Johnnie99]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

It's called capitalism. Producers have the absolute right to protect their goods, sold by their company, in their stores or authorised outlets.

It is up to the producer to decide on the different prices for different markets, whether or not you think profits are excessive. If people think they are excessive, they will not buy the goods.

You seem to suggest that counterfeiting is fine.

Would you be happy flying on an aircraft with a counterfeit turbine fan?

[ZAKY]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

I thought that the brand name was versace !

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[ronthai]

Now give it all to goodwill

[circusman]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

Do you have anything to back up your claims? I think not.

[Brevity]

Of course this is all done just for appearance. Notice that all the "perps" have baseball caps on pulled down low to partly cover their faces? The police made them do that because it might seem suspicious if these guys are seen back at Mike's the next day selling the exact same merchandise. "Okay boys, photo shot is done. Pay Officer Somchai 1000 baht and collect your merchandise. Hope sales go well. See you again sometime later when we have a need to make the world feel we are doing something about copying everything and never creating or inventing anything of our own. Sorry for the inconvenience."

[sam sen]

in the UK we have the 'crime stoppers' hot line where you can anonymously phone in to report crimes and on occasion following the bust receive a percentage of the take.

if they had such a scheme here i'd be a very rich man... just going for a walk down KSR followed by a trip to pantip then yawarat and an evening visit to patpong...

[ggt]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

You wear the same shirt for 15 years?

[laurentbkk]

they should also visit the different night markets in bangkok ...

[focus27]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

I thought that the brand name was versace !

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Yeah, but his shirts say "Versachi"

[ZAKY]

There is only one unic versace which is pronounced versache, if it is versachi then nothing in common

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[Sydebolle]

So there is another manhunt on now - after the Suede's Rolex deal .......

[rickirs]

In other breaking news, the Chatuchak Market has announced a weekend sale on many thousands of miscellaneous branded items just recently purchased from unidentified sources.

[JSixpack]

Someone missed some payments.

Congrats--you were first out o' the gate with it ahead of hundreds. Mapped to a hotkey perhaps?

[soihok]

Still failing at going after real criminals? It's ok..maybe next time.

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Yes, especially as the real criminals are extorting tourists daily on the beach just over the road from Mikes.

Pathetic really.

[sailblue]

Not rocket science.

New guy wants more money. Heard they have been asking more from bars as well.

Inflation, more cars and Harleys for the boss.

[jinners]

If you are in the country where the original goods are manufactured it is likely that you are buying over-run or slightly substandard goods.

The hysteria comes from the brand-name owners who don't want to lose 700 or 800% profit.

I lived in Hong Kong and bought Versachi shirts at 3 for 10UKP. They were manufactured on the same production lines. by the smae operators using the same fabrics and accessories so to all intents and purposes they were not fake or copies. The only difference was price 3.33UKP in Honk Kong .... 105.00UKP in UK.

Naturally Versachi claimed they were low quality fakes.

If they were low quality fakes why do they still look almost brand new and crisp after 15 years?

It's called capitalism. Producers have the absolute right to protect their goods, sold by their company, in their stores or authorised outlets.

It is up to the producer to decide on the different prices for different markets, whether or not you think profits are excessive. If people think they are excessive, they will not buy the goods.

You seem to suggest that counterfeiting is fine.

Would you be happy flying on an aircraft with a counterfeit turbine fan?

Understand the concept behind capitalism, thanks for that. But I would much prefer to buy something without excessive mark up by a manufacturer, wouldn't you? And what does a shirt have to do with a turbine fan? Please lets not go down that road.

[Suradit69]

Someone missed some payments.

Still failing at going after real criminals? It's ok..maybe next time.

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We could all save some time and effort if, when a police arrest "news" item is published, they'd just add on the same childish comments.

1. "Missed payments." Ha Ha Ha. Very clever comment.

2. Establish Thai Visa hierarchy of acceptable crimes for arrests and ignore everything else.

[clockman]

The fake goods market, is controlled by organised crime! Even fake military aircraft parts. Have found! So we should be aware.