Thats a lot of shoes...

[Dragon Forge Design]

Germany seizes nearly 1M knockoff Nikes

Wow thats a lot of shoes.. I can understand them not wanting them to make their way into the market place, but couldnt they have distributed them to the poor somewhere.. like africa oe somewhere people need shoes instead of destroying them?

 

[spazzy]

No telling, there wasn\'t any mention of the quality of the items, so it\'s entirely possible that they may not be worth distributing anyway. But, then again, if they are decent quality, I\'m sure there are a lot of charitable organizations that could have made good use of them. The logos would have to be defaced somehow, though. I\'m sure Nike, Adidas, and Puma would not want their logo on products that aren\'t theirs.

 

[matty1001]

And think about the fumes from the materials when they burnt um!

 

[LavronYor]

think about the fumes if people wore them for 6 months and then burned them

 

[demonherald]

Knowing Nike et al they would leave the logos knowing they get free advertising everytime some poor third world countries plight is shown on TV.

 

[LavronYor]

Actually, the third world country guys are probably the ones who made the shoes. \" Damn, these shoes are cursed, they are following me!\"

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Originally posted by spazzy
No telling, there wasn\'t any mention of the quality of the items, so it\'s entirely possible that they may not be worth distributing anyway. But, then again, if they are decent quality, I\'m sure there are a lot of charitable organizations that could have made good use of them. The logos would have to be defaced somehow, though. I\'m sure Nike, Adidas, and Puma would not want their logo on products that aren\'t theirs.

Nope in many cases the countefits are just as good as the origionals.
Useually what happens is when a factory in China tools up to make a product, they make a \"Extra set\" of tooling and send it to a different factory..say \"Uncle joes\" down the road and they make the counterfits. In most cases the counterfits look identical and what makes them counterfit is the fact that the company of origin makes no money off them. There might be a slight change or if its a really expensive item cheaper materials, but in this case they are probably just as good.

 

[No Such Agency]

Screw Nike and screw every \"brand\" out there. These shoes were probably made in the same factory as the real Nikes, the only difference is the swoosh is paid for on some. Selling branded items for big bucks, items poorly-made for pennies in the developing world, is consumerism stripped bare to its most base, pathetic, and exploitative. I could tattoo a swoosh or Roots logo on my sack and some morons would be willing to rub it on their forehead because \"wearing Nike makes me cool\". It\'d be teabagging as lifestyle marketing, I\'d make millions.

 

[AinuLainour]

What a waste of materials! You would have thought they would cover up the story and sell the shoes from real branches

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by No Such Agency
teabagging as lifestyle marketing

Ok, NSA...you\'ve said some strange things in the years I\'ve virtually known you...but that takes the cake!!lollol

 

[spazzy]

THAT is freaking hilarious. lol

 

[Bill]

1500 tons of counterfeit stuff - shredded! ???

Crazy :duh:

 

[supervike]

This thread has no sole.


OH! I\'m such a heel.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Vikey you shoe\'d have held your tongue.

[size=-2]Sorry for that one![/size]

 

[supervike]

You are my ARCH enemy!

I am KNOT going to go down this road.

If I do, surely I shall be given the BOOT.

I know I am only hanging on by a SHOESTRING at this point.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Vike you really have to TREAD carefully, or you might have to TOE the line.





[size=-2]Ah Puns the epitome of humour! [/size]