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You could tell by looking at the two gloves in the story that they were different, but the "fake" actually looked better to my eyes - the blue rubber appeared t
by poulsbohemian 7y ago
You could tell by looking at the two gloves in the story that they were different, but the "fake" actually looked better to my eyes - the blue rubber appeared thicker and more pronounced. Which brings up a really interesting question about fakes - if they are as good or better than the products they are mocking, are they actually "fakes"? I fully recognize that there is a need to protect copyright / product dress / brand and that there is a distinct consumer interest in ensuring that products are safe / made from safe materials, BUT - so many of the products that are cloned on Amazon are only distinguishable by price anyway, and have no unique value proposition from one "brand" to the next.
- heavyset_go 7y ago> if they are as good or better than the products they are mocking, are they actually "fakes" Quality of an individual product aside, the issue surrounding counterfeits is that confidence in the market as whole will wane, which isn't good for anybody.
- Symbiote 7y ago"The fake glove’s painted-on lines gave off a melted-plastic smell when we used it to hold a heated cast-iron pan for 10 seconds."
- graylights 7y agoEven if it's just as good, you lose all warranty protections. Also if a counterfeit safety product fails and injures someone, good luck.
- toast0 7y agoI think there's certainly a terminology issue here. A product that looks like a name brand product, but doesn't claim to be that product is one thing. A product that claims to be the name brand product, but isn't is a different. The name brand probably doesn't want either to be easily avaialable, and will call them both fake. A purchaser might want to take a chance on the former, but shouldn't have to have a chance of getting the latter.