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Re: [OM] Fwd: Shanghai camera shopping

Subject: Re: [OM] Fwd: Shanghai camera shopping
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:58:16 -0500
But where does the glass come from that's in the Nikon box?  Is it a 
cheap knockoff itself (like the box) or is it a case of Nikon's 
subcontactors producing one for Nikon and another (possibly defective) 
to go out the back door?

Chuck Norcutt


Sandy Harris wrote:
> On 1/29/10, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/29/10, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>  > Just out of curiosity: given the, shall we say, relaxed, Chinese
>>  > attitude to intellectual property, how confident are you that the
>>  > things on offer were genuine?
>>
>>
>> I'd worry about really common easily forged items with brand
>>  labels. Is that really a Kingston SD card? Or about expensive
>>  collectibles, the expensive "Leica" that's actually a rebadged
>>  Zorki or some such.
>>
>>  For things like my K-X, I do not think there's much concern.
>>  They would be harder to forge and have neither the volume
>>  of the SD cards nor the astronomical price of the Leica to
>>  make it worth a forger's trouble.
> 
> On the other hand, I just found this:
> http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231958
> 
> " Be sharp and check the boxes for printing errors...
> " fake Nikon lenses are already out on the streets.
> " I was shocked to see them. Goodness knows
> " what other lens makers have fallen prey to these
> " fakes. It is quite easy to spot with blotched printing
> " on the boxes. On the lens itself, the silkscreened
> " text has slight bleeding... so check carefully...
> 
> You see a lot of that in China. Misprinted, mismatched
> or mispelled labels are a dead give away on many of
> the bogus brand-name clothing items.
> 
> e.g. I have shoes that say Converse on the top,
> but the soles have "Dolce and Caibana" and
> "D & O".
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