The faux Louis Vuitton handbag has become a standard for people hoping to capture designer style without designer cost. These fake designer products (Oakleys, Dolce & Gabbana) are so common that most people who wear them do not realize that they are, in fact, illegal. That’s right. It is illegal to sell and illegal to purchase fake designer goods.
Now normally both parties are very much in the know. If you buy a Louis Vuitton handbag off a cart in China Town in New York City, chances are it is not the real McCoy. Cheap prices also give the fake designer goods away. (I.e., five dollar Oakleys can only be Faux-kleys.)
As expected, the sale of fake designer merchandise has taken to the Internet. But this website marketplace adds a new layer of deception. People purchasing the designer shoes do not realize that they are fake.
There are several websites out there claiming to sell Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahnik footwear (to name a few of the designers victimized by the scammers). The shoes that are sold through these websites are actually made in factories in China, but of course you would never see this information posted on the website. Instead, the website claims that it only sells genuine Christian Louboutin shoes. These shoes, which are exact replicas, happen to be 30 to 70 percent off. Instead of paying the £435 pounds that Kate Moss did for her Louboutin Pigalle Pumps, you pay only £129.99. Now £129.99 is a great deal if you are actually receiving Louboutin Pigalle Pumps, but I doubt anyone out there wants to spend that much money on a fake pair of designer shoes. It is one thing to slap down 20 bucks at a market stall in China Town, and another thing altogether to spend a substantial amount of money on something that is fake and falsely advertised. (Although, it is important to note that all forms of counterfeiting are illegal!)
