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Buying Fakes With Eyes Open
Observed during a short visit to a street market in Delhi - the seated gentlemen is boxing up covers for Nokia phones.
The quality of the covers varied but the boxes were pretty obvious fakes. On the assumption that most consumers in this market will be aware are of the origin of the goods, to what extent do (fake) boxes increase the value of (fake) covers? Are there markets where taking objects out of packaging increases their value?
Hmm, what makes a fake a fake?
Writing from Hawaii | April 16, 2006 | Permalink
Comments
Or is the purpose of the covers to communicate that these covers actually fit a Nokia device?
Posted by: Juha at April 18, 2006 10:51 PM
> Or is the purpose of the covers to communicate that these covers actually fit a Nokia device?
Perhaps.
But the boxes make it harder to test whether cover properly fits the phone - since they are more difficult to remove than when stored in plastic containers.
Posted by: Jan at April 18, 2006 11:41 PM