dear anti yobs wrote:
i was wondering what happend to the armani jeans i bid on the other day on ebay i also raised a complaint just glad i never paid for them oh well some you win some you lose

Kerry wrote:
£500,000 divided by a 'total of 4000 items' = £125 per item = not fake. This is police brutality!

emma wrote:

Kerry wrote: £500,000 divided by a 'total of 4000 items' = £125 per item = not fake. This is police brutality!

They could be the Stone Island jumpers though that cost 250 quid in the shops.

charmaine wrote:
why dont they legalize this, i have bought loads of nock off gear but i cant afford to buy the real stuff, i have a baby, rent, food, nights out to pay for, if they made it legal this would solve the crime problem

Gloria wrote:
Think of it the other way....if the fakes are worth £500,000 what would the real ones have been worth.

BoltonBornNBred wrote:
Panzer given the price tags there would be a lot to be said for a massive import duty on such products, based in retail prices to encourage the products to be made here in the UK One off ranges with a limited issue would be one thing but these are mass market product, there should be some penalty for overcharging, especially when the production costs are so low per unit.

werty wrote:
Talk of inferior products, did you know that cotton uses 10% of all arable land and 25% of the worlds fertilizers

BoltonBornNBred wrote:
I really don't hink much of wearing branded clothes, a pair of jeans from Asda at £5 is OK for me, a comment I hope charmaine will note.

On the other hand we own a couple of UK trade marks. We have an attorney who defends them. We have issued a licence for one company to use one of them.

The trade mark is goodwill based on a lot of costs, not least advertising.

We will not see any financial beneift from the licence for instance for years as the legal bills are huge.

Trade marks and branding costs a fortune, but can make millions. It's a pity people who cannot afford such products find they have to resort to buying fakes.

I wonder if the principle of the VW Beetle would ever work, a brand image long ago that proved such a success.

charmaine wrote:

dear anti yobs wrote: i was wondering what happend to the armani jeans i bid on the other day on ebay i also raised a complaint just glad i never paid for them oh well some you win some you lose

dont worry, there are other places you can get fakes from aswell, my mate debbie's boyfriend jamal can get armani jeans for 20 quid, i think he lives in breightmet, do you want to meet him?

Tom Thumb wrote:

BoltonBornNBred wrote: I really don't hink much of wearing branded clothes, a pair of jeans from Asda at £5 is OK for me, a comment I hope charmaine will note. On the other hand we own a couple of UK trade marks. We have an attorney who defends them. We have issued a licence for one company to use one of them. The trade mark is goodwill based on a lot of costs, not least advertising. We will not see any financial beneift from the licence for instance for years as the legal bills are huge. Trade marks and branding costs a fortune, but can make millions. It's a pity people who cannot afford such products find they have to resort to buying fakes. I wonder if the principle of the VW Beetle would ever work, a brand image long ago that proved such a success.

£5 for jeans made by slaves in a third world country. Hmmm. They should label jeans as well as food.

steve wrote:
Should a public funded police force be protecting the multi million pound clothing industry.I'm sure many people could find real work for them.

tosh wrote:

steve wrote: Should a public funded police force be protecting the multi million pound clothing industry.I'm sure many people could find real work for them.

If the police can raid public houses to prevent football matches being shown,also on behalf of large multi national companies I think they can prevent Illegal goods being traded. Maybe funding the already considerable drugs trade in this country. I think that is real work!