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Who could tell the difference?
by Galaxity 6y ago
Who could tell the difference?
- verroq 6y agoPeople who buy collectibles are going to ask for proof of authenticity and the chain of custody.
- throwawaygh 6y agoThe value of these sorts of things will drop precipitously with time. Who's going to remember/care about fyre in 20 years?
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- khazhoux 6y ago"Bob, I wanna show you something, hang on... OK, here it is.. Remember that Fyre festival a few year ago?" "The scam thing?" "Yes! This... is a real Fyre merch hat!! Got it at auction." "Huh."
- evan_ 6y agoThe real ones look like they’re embroidered but you can get hats embroidered at the mall
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- emteycz 6y agoIf I desire the collectible, how will a fake fulfill my desire?
- kstenerud 6y agoI think what he's getting at is: How would you be able to verify its authenticity? A mass-produced clothing item wouldn't have telltale markers...
- emteycz 6y agoThat's easy in this particular case - the U.S. Marshalls are selling it, and presumably they're not lying about it. Maybe the U.S. police is that corrupt, but I think somebody would find out sooner or later (they would need to make them somewhere, a large order of custom Fyre-branded hats by the U.S. Marshalls is not an everyday thing), and that would be an obvious case of fraud then. On the other hand yeah, members of the U.S. services tried to steal the Silk road bitcoin too, so who knows.
- austhrow743 6y agoThe assumption is that the US Marshal Services is reasonably trustworthy with the items they sell.