Comments on: In the News: A Miamian hunts knock-off purses in New York

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:14:31 +0000

You may feel justified in buying expensive bags if you’ve worked for them….but you will never be justified in using the amount of punctuation you just did.

By: Designer Boots Store

Designer Boots Store — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:23:29 +0000

I second that Maren. I love the satchel bag pictured above. I just wish it was available in metallic.

By: wholesale Underwear

wholesale Underwear — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:10:40 +0000

It all comes down to common sense really

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:51:54 +0000

Sadly these REAL handbags cost little to make in the first place and that is the sad part. I’m sure they cost about $100 and then retail them for $800+. So basically the designer is ripping us off and we don’t seem to really care!

By: Tom Andrea

Tom Andrea — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:49:19 +0000

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By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:05:02 +0000

Get over it! This country has way more important issues than Fake purses!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:25:14 +0000

Oh all you people of BOTH sides…LIVE AND LET LIVE!!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:58:25 +0000

It seems that law enforcement is going after those who are selling a high amount of fake bags. Understandable. I am getting tired of resale shops selling them. Many of the owners of resale shops can’t even tell the difference. I have siz resale shops in my immediate city all of which are selling fake bags. Disgraceful. Juts to make a buck. They need to be reported also.

By: dela

dela — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:04:19 +0000

You argument would be sound if we were using a universal currency. $1/hr in India means about 40 rupees/hr and that would mean as you said “a stable well-paying skilled career.” That might not make a person rich but you can still lead a comfortable life. Remember, these are countries where you can still lead a comfortable life on one person’s salary and we can’t say the same about the working class in the US. The problems in these countries are not because of wages, but because of corruption and greedy governments.
A computer engineer outsourced in India will only make a faraction of their US counterpart, but within in the context of the country he has a job of a lifetime (with a multi-national company).
With in the US we experience the same thing. In the Bay Area salaries are much higher than a place like NC, on the other hand so are the real estate prices.
Here were are vocing opinion against illegal operations ie theft not against companies like Apple or Gap, which are taking advantage of the diff. costs of living and at the same time opening oppourtunites for workers in third world countries.

By: buyer

buyer — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:50:34 +0000

I have several comments aimed toward all the people on this forum who are so self-rightous as to think they don’t own anything from a sweatshop.

Look around your home… at least 90% of what you own or consume was produced by someone making the equivalent of $1 USD or less per hour, but did it stop you from buying it. If you don’t believe it, then get on a plane, fly to China or Cambodia or Vietnam and see for yourselves.

If you’re so against buying something from a sweatshop why didn’t you think about that before you bought the computer you’re using to read this blog? Or the Apple IPod you listen to? That very genuine IPod, sold by Apple, was made in Shenzhen China by someone making $1 per hour in a factory that employs 260,000 people. The circuit board inside that IPod, and indeed those inside you’re genuine cell phone and DVD player, were made in another factory by someone making .44 cents per hour. I know this, I have seen the factories, I have seen their payroll figures, I have met the people making the products. To them a factory job like that is a stable well-paying skilled career. Why? Because as long as we keep buying those IPods, toothbrushes, t-shirts, etc. they get a paycheck. If those items were made by our pay standards you wouldn’t be able to afford to buy them. This is the sad reality of the global economic situation. Read this…
www. theatlantic. com /doc /200801 /fallows-chinese-dollars

And also… The GAP (and other designers) did not just realize their clothes were being made in factories like that. It would be more accurate to say they “just realized” it in the media. They chose those factories to produce their clothes for a reason, so their profit margin on cheap “diposable” clothes Old Navy brand would be higher.