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As my wife and I were wandering around a tourist-catering market in Puerto Vallarta, we saw the inevitable faux Louis Vuitton and Coach bags awaiting purchase. It’s good to see that none of the vendors of such things actually expect their cruise ship-based customers (which we were not) to believe the wallet, backpack, or purse to be the genuine article. At one shop, where my wife considered a purchase (sorry, LVMH) but didn’t make one, she commented on the copies seeming to be of decent quality material. The proprietor responded “That’s right. We don’t sell any of that Chinese junk here.” That’s right: he took some national pride in selling “Mexican cows, not Chinese cows.” Apparently, the reputation of Chinese quality is not high even here in the land of paper-thin…well, everything. I wonder if Hu Jintao is concerned.
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Ken (Old Texican)| 11.28.11 @ 11:42AM
I bought a pair of beautiful Mexican made boots once. They were great until they got wet. Stunk up the whole house like rotten meat.
Oldefarte| 11.28.11 @ 2:41PM
Ross, I don't know now. Since retirement, I shop exclusively at Walmart or Targets' and can live on the Chinese quality of same [I gave up competing with the Jones a long time ago]. The ludicrous nature of Johnnie Cochran and OJ's LOUIS VUITTON luggage of style should have been apparent anyway overall. It's always the old saying about being able to dress up a pig with lipstick but it still is a pig. I'll simply put my savings from buying Walmart over Louis in the bank and earn my 1/2 of 1% interest instead!!!!
Ross Kaminsky | 12.1.11 @ 12:09AM
I'm with you...
Not only does Walmart do more good for America -- and get less credit -- than almost any other company, but even if I were into expensive, showy brands I would avoid ones which I know are widely counterfeited. After all, if your point is to show off, what good is an item which some or many or most would assume is fake anyway?!?