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Originally Posted by teh603
The difference is that the "fake" watches and handbags are often the same quality as the expensive ones. The added cost is just to pay some over-priced designer whose stuff looks the same as that from every other over-priced designer.
It also illustrates one of the bigger lies of capitalism, that in a free market the cost of purchase will approach that of production.
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You are so wrong as far as watches go. "Fake" watches have extremely cheap movements and other parts. The quality of the metal is cheaper. Most are fold plated and the plating is so thin it might last a couple of months. The pins holding the links together are also inferior and the bands tend to fall apart after a short period of time. If they are copying a Rolex or one of those they are not even in the race as far as anything goes. And I do not like Rolex personally.
Back in the 1990's Hong Kong passed a law stating that watches assembled in Hong Kong, assembled from 100% Swiss parts could legally be called Swiss Watches.
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