Counterfeit Products
Discussions center on the prevalence, detection, quality, and implications of counterfeit goods, debating whether they constitute fraud if buyers are aware, their functionality, and risks in tech/hardware contexts.
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Counterfeits is a problem. How would you know you are getting the real deal?
It isn't a counterfeit if the buyers know it is fake.
You're buying counterfeits.
Would a counterfeit be a problem for this particular application? Dont they still work?
Do you also plan to detect counterfeit pieces ?
Who knows if it wasn't counterfeit?
Counterfeiting still happens, right?
Hard to be counterfeit if you don't claim to be the thing....
Are these counterfits imported?
It's only fraud if you sell them as genuine?