Facebook Marketplace - so many counterfeits

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I casually clicked on Facebook marketplace and was faced with what seemed to be numerous and exclusively counterfeit items being presented as genuine, and other things that just looked like they'd been stolen (quad bikes, trade tools etc).

Most notable were the watches... just acres of fake ste with no indication that they were fake (not even using the infamous word "replica") in the description.

If you want a laugh, head over.

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what's the point in making a really high quality fake using genuine movement? Bit of a high cost/risk enterprise. Presume the aim is to sell it for the same money as a genuine item (as opposed to the "Rolex for £150 honest" ste that is the subject of this thread) but how much effort, resources, time would it take to get close? Lots... too much?

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WelshChris said:

Hoofy said:

Good question. I guess the issue is that if you sell it as your own brand, that requires a lot of marketing. Easier to drip feed the ebay/gumtree/facebook market selling fakes as used genuine items?

I suspect that people selling fakes as fakes make enough without trying to knock them out as genuine!

well exactly. A £20 watch poorly made to look like a £5k watch and being sold for £200 would seem the fake sweet spot.

i guess the point with the FB stuff though is that much of it makes no mention of them being fake or replica and some even have what appears to be an attempt at fake papers and box etc

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Taaaaang said:

Hoofy said:

Taaaaang said:

I have two friends, one who owns a steel Hublot Big Bang that he bought from an AD. The other has a fake he bought in Bangkok for £500.

I spent ages trying to tell them apart, one in each hand trying to figure out the weight difference etc. It was impossible.

Having said that, those horrid things are well known as being relatively easy to copy.

And did they get their respective watches back or are they now wearing each other's watch?

Oh yeah. The friend with the real one is still rather peeved about the whole thing.

not sure why. I'd be happy to know mine was the real one.