Entire Apple stores being faked in China BEIJING — It looks almost exactly like a sleek Apple store. Sales assistants in blue T-shirts with the company's logo chat with customers. Signs advertising the iPad 2 hang on the white walls. Outside, the famous logo sits next to the words "Apple Store" Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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The stores sold/sell genuine Apple products bought from authorized resellers in China, an official at the city's business bureau said. One retail knockoff has sought Apple's approval to be a reseller and was not shut, a local government spokesman said.
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Chinese officials stressed that although the stores may not have may the real thing, the iPads, iPods and MacBooks were.
The stores aren't authorized by Apple, the products inside them are legit Apple products, not counterfeit apparently. That's not illegal in China, so who cares? This sounds like a non-story to me.
China shuts 2 phony Apple stores, 3 others stay open
The stores sold/sell genuine Apple products bought from authorized resellers in China, an official at the city's business bureau said. One retail knockoff has sought Apple's approval to be a reseller and was not shut, a local government spokesman said.
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Chinese officials stressed that although the stores may not have may the real thing, the iPads, iPods and MacBooks were.
The stores aren't authorized by Apple, the products inside them are legit Apple products, not counterfeit apparently. That's not illegal in China, so who cares? This sounds like a non-story to me.
The product may have been Apple branded, and probabally even came from the factory where all Apple products are produced. But they still could be 'knock offs' that were not wholesaled through Apple.
China shuts 2 phony Apple stores, 3 others stay open
The stores sold/sell genuine Apple products bought from authorized resellers in China, an official at the city's business bureau said. One retail knockoff has sought Apple's approval to be a reseller and was not shut, a local government spokesman said.
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Chinese officials stressed that although the stores may not have may the real thing, the iPads, iPods and MacBooks were.
The stores aren't authorized by Apple, the products inside them are legit Apple products, not counterfeit apparently. That's not illegal in China, so who cares? This sounds like a non-story to me.
Riiiiight, cuz we all know that Chinese gov't officials(or gov't officials from any other country for that matter) would lie.
which if you read what it is saying, isn't talking about counterfeit products inside the store either. They're saying it's a fake-apple-store, selling legit apple products.
There's nothing in the original story to suggest the products inside were fake other than this:
which if you read what it is saying, isn't talking about counterfeit products inside the store either. They're saying it's a fake-apple-store, selling legit apple products.
I believe 90% of what I see, 50% of what i hear, and 10% of what news organizations tell me.
If the store is a knock off - right down to the t-shirts - I see no great leap in believing the products are too.
I believe 90% of what I see, 50% of what i hear, and 10% of what news organizations tell me.
If the store is a knock off - right down to the t-shirts - I see no great leap in believing the products are too.
Hey, believe whatever you want. I'm just saying that when I first saw the story I assumed what you and others here in this thread did, that bogus shops were selling bogus products. When I read the story I realized that 5 stores exist, 3 were shut down for failing to have a business permit. That leaves 2 still operating, and the article says 2 more are planned to open soon, and there is nothing at all to suggest that the products are bogus.
So I don't mean to insist that you are wrong, I just wanted to say the headline is somewhat misleading. The stores are what are being "faked".
I believe 90% of what I see, 50% of what i hear, and 10% of what news organizations tell me.
If the store is a knock off - right down to the t-shirts - I see no great leap in believing the products are too.
Hey, believe whatever you want. I'm just saying that when I first read the story I assumed what you and others here in this thread did, that bogus shops were selling bogus products. When I read the story I realized that 5 stores exist, 3 were shut down for failing to have a business permit. That leaves 2 still operating, and the article says 2 more are planned to open soon, and there is nothing at all to suggest that the products are bogus.
So I don't mean to insist that you are wrong, I just wanted to say the headline is somewhat misleading. The stores are what are being "faked".
It's cool, you are just not getting what I'm putting down. Might be my fault for dancing around it so much.
See, the way to 'counterfit' products in Chinese factories is to have, say 3 working shifts per day. 8 Hour days. During these shifts, everything is above board. But they really run 4 shifts per day. The 4th shift, the product is churned out as before - sometimes with lower quality components - but functionally and visually identical. The company for which they are normally produced is never told of these units. These are the products I am talking about, that the stores may be selling.
Almost totally 100% real Apple product. Just when you got to take it in for waranty work, Apple has no record that it ever existed.
This has happened to me. My wife and I bought Bulova watches at the local Costco, no less. while we were home, my watch lost the stem. i took it to the local jeweller/watch repair guy and he said both watches were fakes. My Rolexx that I bought in Guangzhou, about 10 years ago, still works fine though