Crackdown on counterfeit fashion designer - the price of a real fake

  A seller of the first 100% authentic, high-end fashion, Rodeo Drive Resale offer advice on the benefits of buying authentic and affordable luxury design objects.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) 27 June 2012

Across the country, began on the authorities, handbags against the sale of imitation, clothing and other replicas of the high-end goods. Knockoffs of designer brands like Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Chanel and are entered in record numbers, and that new laws designed to punish the buyers of fake goods, Rodeo Drive Resale cofounder Raya Jaffer, a seller of luxury authentic Pre-modes you love, gives tips on how consumers can take on the popular fashion trends and celebrities such as affordable and legal.

The fake goods market is not limited to clothing, as counterfeiters known to duplicate everything from perfumes, toothpaste, but the fashion-industry hit particularly hard in recent years, made as advances in technology have a hard time even for well-meaning consumers to identify correctly from incorrectly handled too well. Clothing and footwear were among the most important drugs in fiscal year 2011 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized, according to a report published in January by the agency.

Earlier this month, Miami NBC 6 News an article in which officials have $ 11 million of fake Burberry and Louis Vuitton products discovered, published in a shipment at the port of Miami. On 22 June told St. Louis station KSDK NBC 5 that a federal grand jury indicted a woman had, on charges of selling counterfeit products. According to court documents, Fox was 49 Soukeye an inventory of nearly 6,000 counterfeit labels handbag, which they are intended to create fake branded goods. If convicted, head of Fox carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and / or fines up to $ 2,000,000.

War against counterfeit goods is not confined to big cities: 17 January authorities intercepted 5.7 million counterfeit clothing from a semi-trailer during a routine traffic stop in Wyoming.

"The creator of the estimated imported counterfeit clothes, be of one manufacturer in China," said Wyoming officials in a press release. "The trailer carries counterfeit clothes at home in a port of Los Angeles, California, and was intended for delivery in New York."

Raya finds that savings by buying a can be found knockoff is usually not worth the risk, and that, with just a little savvy shopper, you lovers of premium brands to the contribution of their fashion dreams to find a price that fits their financial reality.

"Allow the purchase of products from sites like authentic ShopRDR.com used you to buy the maker of luxury without the high price of luxury," she said. "Often you can get a gently worn Louis Vuitton about the price of a new coach."

Raya also suggested that buyers who build their collection of authentic luxury goods brands such as handbags, you should start small and then work their way up to larger objects.

"Almost every designer has that one as a" starter pack ", which is usually their entry-level bag, which has priced much lower cost than their standard styles. You the creator of the brand without sacrificing the quality or authenticity . "

A resale of Rodeo Drive, a luxury department store online resale of more than a decade in business, buyers can choose from a range of designer items including handbags, shoes, select jewelry, accessories and watches. Customers range from bargain hunters every day for the stars of a high level, are 100% authenticity of each item in storage that meets Raya said guarantees no debt purchase - an asset at a time when consumers are faced criminal charges for possession be counterfeit goods.

"Despite what you think, folks, if you claim you're know," she said. "Cities like New York are introducing new laws that buying an imitation offense. Punishment may follow up to $ 1000 or even a year in jail. Other cities are."

Raya said that start while some countries just to take a position on major smuggling, many cities around the world have laws in force in order to acquire even a single piece of counterfeiting a criminal offense, which means that a dream holiday quickly, an international nightmare for American tourists, making the forgeries.

"It is illegal to buy or transport of counterfeit goods in Italy or France. Could land a walk through the airport with the wrong Fendi is a heavy fine."

"The purchase of luxury design objects is an investment. Often you can add for near, what to sell you pay for, unlike the imitations that have resale value to zero," said Raya, consumers advised never to to pay real money for fake goods. "They work hard for your money, please do not."