Pay attention to counterfeit products when buying online
A Sweeping Universal Problem
Selling counterfeit products has become common practice where people flock in person at flea markets, college campuses, salons, libraries, swap meets, and at “private homes parties” where the dealer shows you their products. Amongst the counterfeit products you may suspect would be MP3 Player
,Mobile phones, watches, and Notebook which have been amusingly renamed such as Essey Miyami instead of Issey Miyake. Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, said that it was rare for counterfeit products to be sold in well-known walk-in stores.
Selling Counterfeit Products is Booming
The internet has allowed counterfeiters to find partners who can make, market and distribute counterfeit products to an ever broad audience. In January of 2008 the Department of Homeland said that 81 percent of all conterfeits in the U.S. came from mainland China.
It is very easy to fool people. Ninety-nine-point-nine percent do not know the difference between the original and a counterfeit product. The fake products in the long run do not wear as well and lack the technology that contributes to comfort. But if the maker is to blame, so is the buyer. One in five Americans knowingly bought a counterfeit product last year mostly because the fake products were easy to find and the price of the original product was seen as unaffordable.
In some instances, the counterfeit products are easily spotted. The printing may be blurred, the embroidery is of low quality and the labels are often missing. But to the casual consumer who has been misled by the marked down prices, the fake products look just fine.
Take the MP3 Player for example
MP 3 players are become our part of lives now. Comparing to the first F-10 MP3 produced by MPMAN, modern MP3 now have a wealth of advanced features, like picture-viewing, high definition video display, super-clear sound, etc. They free us from helpless boredom like on-the-bus time and walk-time.
Because of its speedy development, high-simulated, low-priced MP3 boost now. Their prices are much lower than the authentic products. Plus, they could offer the same appealing appearance and incredible functionality as the real products.
These products are everywhere in our lives. Many electronic wholesalers and retailers, no matter online, in the store or in the mall, have a large number of these digital audio players in their stock. Many of us couldn’t move our eyes from these counterfeit, but the rest scorn these products. In my opinion, the most important is to follow our hearts and the counterfeit MP3 have their own pluses and minuses.
Pluses:
1. Terrific functionality. The manufacturers of these product always thoroughly study the authentic types. So the simulated products undoubtedly have the same function as the original prototype and quite a few of them even have several new features.
2. Individualized appearance. Though the appearance of these counterfeit is not as exquisite as the authentic, their designers put more personality in their appearance design.
3. Budget-friendliness. Their prices are about 1/3, 1/2 less than the prices of real products, even much lower. That is because manufacturers or sellers of these products could effectively control their cost, have flexible product distribution methods, and they barely spend money on the ads. and promotion.
Defects:
1. Lack of quality guarantee. These products are produced in medium or small factories. Most of these factories have no formal rules about the quality and the production process is a little harsh. So their quality is unstable.
2. Poor after-sale service. These fake products have no independent places for after-sale services. But now, almost all of their manufacturers offer one-year return policy. So you have less worries.
3. Upgrade difficulty. Manufacturers of fake products don’t have their own ability of research and development. They couldn’t offer firmware upgrade like authentic products manufacturers.
Buying the MP3 that you want is worth of every penny you spent. Whatever you like, you need to consider your budget. More important, don’t disobey your heart.
Look at the following picture- contrasting
MP3 Player
The fake 6GB player bears an uncanny resemblance to an apple nano. It is slightly thicker, its screen is not quite as bright, it doesn’t work with iTunes, and it has an On/Off button where the Nano’s Hold button is located. It also uses a generic operating system with a cartoonlike display. Its “click wheel” is a crude jog dial; its headphones are inferior in sound quality. But the fake has a voice recorder and an FM radio which no iPod has.
Electrical Cord
John Drengenberg, consumer affairs manager at Underwriters Laboratories says of the 21 billion UL marks placed on products every year, very few are fakes. Most fake labels are on high-volume, low-cost items such as night-lights, extension cords, and power strips. The real strip bears a holographic label and the fake one has a printed “UL” label that the Chamber of Commerce identified as fake.
Diebetic Strip
Counterfeiters added a finger and changed its typeface and made “One Touch” two words. There were incorrect results in counterfeit kits in 2006 found by Lifescan and these results could possibly lead to serious complications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration saw counterfeit-drug investigations rise to 54 at the end of September 2006.
Sunglasses
Counterfeits like these Oakleys may not provide the proper protection against ultraviolet rays and also may not be impact resistant which could expose the wearer to eye injuries.
July 7th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Gut!