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Originally Posted by pieface  The film studios are incredibly unsuccessful in stopping the counterfeiters!
My point about the research is that if you are careful about who you purchase from, i.e. retailers who the brand owner authorises, you can be sure you are getting original equipment.
No, I don't have shares in ghd but I do work for a company where brand and counterfeiting is a problem so know that it is an issue companies like mine and ghd will take extremely seriously. It is also a very complex issue to manage for reasons I have mentioned in earlier posts as enforcement of the chinese counterfeiters is very very difficult and hugely expensive and time consuming. Did your hairdresser tell ghd exactly who offered them the product, what their address/contact details are and for proof of the offer? If she didn't have this then what do you think ghd can do?
You still haven't mentioned where you purchased the fake from - a picture on the internet is bound to be undetectable to the human eye... |
In reply to your last question first.The Hologram is not detectable with the human eye when it is 2 inches away from you,let alone on the internet.The statement you have made regarding taking counterfeiting seriously is also invalid,as the companies concerned use counterfeiting as an excuse to keep prices artificially high.I fully expect someone to tell me that the goverment are not aware of the tons of counterfeit crap that pours into this country every day through ports such as Felixtowe and Harwich,etc,but then the devious goverment are making millions of pounds daily through import duties and vat,whilst turning a blind eye to the chinese criminals (must not upset the chinese must we).As for the film companies,you can go to any car boot sale or street market any day of the week and you will find masses of trading standards with half the metropolitan police in tow to catch someone selling a couple of pirate DVD's,which is a big crime worth spending millions of pounds on because some poor film director is being shortchanged.Once again they whinge about pirating is causing DVD's to be priced high to take pirating into account,but there is a small flaw in this statement,which is as follows.Would someone please explain why the likes of Warner Brothers,CIC,Paramount,etc,were charging over £75 for a VHS film way back in 1980,when pirating did not exist to the extent that it would cause concern to the film companies.This is a fact that can be confirmed.The other thing to take into account was that Video recorders would have died a death if people had to rely on the rubbish that the film companies were putting on video,the quality of the pirate films was actually better than most film companies could manage (or be bothered to put out to the public).Pirating actually forced the film companies to get their act together and give the paying public what they were paying for,but they still whinge about their profits.I do not in any way condone counterfeiting,but as you can see manufacturers can be given a sharp boot up the jacksie when they start getting above their stations and ripping the public off with these ridiculously high prices.The GHD straighteners are more than likely made in the same chinese sweatshop as a pair of Morphy Richards costing a fraction of the price,but where kids are concerned it has to be the dearest,because clever advertising tells them that this is what they should buy.My younger daughter has had her GHD's for just over a year (bought direct from GHD by the way) and has sent them back for repair twice.GHD's excuse for the premature failure was "they must have been used commercially",what a load of tripe,she is a 19 year old kid that uses them maybe twice a week.Sorry to be so negative,but I have more than likely had more negative dealings over the years than you.
26th September 2008, 09:15 PM
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