Faking It

Just a quickie as I have things I must do ... mostly Science Museum today with a side order of gift shop avoidance. Lord's was superb yesterday, the London Film Museum less so (seriously, wait till they get their act together - a couple of years might just suffice).

The IPN daily bulletin pointed me to this:

Fake goods are fine, says EU study

A new European Union-funded report has declared that buying designer goods can benefit consumers and the companies whose brands are being ripped off.

The article is well worth reading if only for the ovine 'drug dealers' reference.

It reminded me of recent occurrence. The £3 fake 'Levi' jeans I bought in Turkey in 1998 finally fell apart a couple of weeks ago. The genuine Levi 501s, costing £45, which were bought for me on our return because "you can't beat the real thing", lasted six months before I could touch skin through both inside legs.

The Turkish (cough) 'Timberland' fleece is still going strong.

And yes, I do realise that there could be more to this than meets the eye, but just saying is all.