| Time and time again, there is a crooked
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| | products, the real manufacturers lose
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| vendor on the auction powerhouse that is
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| | sales. Buying cheap knockoffs threatens
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| peddling counterfeit products and passing
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| | the livelihoods of the people who worked
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| them off for the real thing. This is a
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| | the assembly line to put together the
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| growing problem for unsuspecting buyers
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| | product that the manufacturers are
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| who shell out tons of money a year for
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| | selling. So by purchasing such fake
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| products that turn out to be a fake.
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| | goods you can ultimately cost somebody
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| When you are shopping on the internet,
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| | their job.
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| beware of what you are buying since you
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| | What are the most commonly counterfeited
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| may not be getting what you paid for.
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| | products?
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| Product counterfeiting is big business.
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| | • Car parts
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| Just about every product you can think of
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| | • Airplane parts
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| is being counterfeited from Rubik's cubes
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| | • Baby formula
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| to Louis Vuitton wallets. DVD's,
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| | • Toys
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| designer watches, and software are among
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| | • Purses
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| the most counterfeited items.
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| | • Shampoo
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| Sometimes, it can be obvious to the buyer
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| | • Sunglasses
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| if the product is counterfeit especially
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| | • Movies
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| if the seller wants to offer you a Rolex
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| | • Medical devices
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| for only $30. You can assume that it is
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| | • Consumer drugs and medicines
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| fake or stolen. Authentic Gucci handbags
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| | • Food products
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| sell for over $1000 each. If somebody
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| | • Apparel
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| wants to let it go and sell it to you for
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| | • Jewelry
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| only $80, it is counterfeit. If a street
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| | • Cosmetics
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| vendor is peddling a movie that is still
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| | • Software
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| showing in theaters, it is pirated.
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| | • Music
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| What about those same products on the
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| | • Etc.
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| internet?
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| | People have been known to be apprehended
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| The same principle applies. Be cautious
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| | for buying, selling, or possessing
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| of prices that seem too good to be true.
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| | counterfeit products. In July, 2006,
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| It is likely that these products are
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| | Austin police arrested four vendors for
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| counterfeit products. If they are
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| | selling counterfeit DVD's, CD's, and
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| legitimate, then they are stolen.
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| | movies during a raid of a flea market in
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| There are some buyers who do not mind
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| | Austin, Texas. The raid netted
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| buying counterfeited items. However,
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| | approximately 1,700 counterfeit items.
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| most of the time, the quality of
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| | According to the Austin Police
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| counterfeited items is usually very poor.
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| | Department, Austin is a top hotspot for
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| The DVD movie that you bought at the
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| | the pirating business.
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| flea market is so grainy that it is
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| | You worked hard for your money. If you
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| impossible to view. That Bulova watch
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| | want good, quality products, then be sure
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| that you bought from a street vendor will
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| | that what you are paying for is the real
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| usually rust before the battery needs
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| | thing and not some cheap clone. By
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| changing.
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| | heeding this advice, we can put a stop to
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| Who does counterfeit products affect?
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| | the crime of product counterfeiting.
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| Whenever you purchase counterfeit
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