Had to check this wasn’t nottheonion
Cheap Chinese made Trump merch is what a Trump rally is covered in. Seems on brand to me.
Are these actually counterfeit, or just the extra produced past what is contractually required at the original factory?
Many Chinese factories will be contracted for say 18 hours of production, but stay open for 24 hours, and the extra is sold on the grey market. Or the product that doesn’t make it through contracted quality control will be sent to the grey market.
I can’t believe the actual market for these is large enough to actually justify a second factory spitting out duplicates when the original factory can just make extra beyond what’s contracted. More likely the original factory made like 5,000 pairs instead of the 1,000 Trump sold officially, and those are on the grey market as “counterfeits” despite being exactly the same, just not official.
That’s exactly how most Chinese counterfeits are made. By patent definition, a counterfeit is an illegal copy of an original. Any similar or identical items produced outside of contract are infringements, and considered counterfeits.
Also, not all grey market counterfeits are exactly the same as originals. The manufacturers no longer care about brand representation, so they tend to have far lower quality control standards, and often use lower-quality materials to increase profits.
I don’t think quality control is that tight for Trump products.
That’s why I’m thinking the factory that made the official 1000 of them just made a bunch more to sell to the grey market and those are making their way out as “counterfeit” despite being exactly the same product from the same factory.
No doubt the Chinese company made more profit by selling them at a massive discount because you know the orange felon screwed them.
I mean, I can see that if you’re unaware and maybe from another country you can see them as looking pretty cool at first glance. Maybe? But as actual Trump merch I feel that they’re of limited demand.
I mean, I can see that if you’re unaware and maybe from another country you can see them as looking pretty cool at first glance
Only if you’re Mr T, Liberace, or a French king. Those things are gaudy as fuck 😄
I didn’t say that a person with class would find them cool, but they are awful indeed.
https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Engineering/Courses/En100/IP/ThirdShift_Fortune06.htm
They’re not exactly the same. Since they’re being produced outside the contract, they don’t have to meet quality standards, so they can use cheaper materials and skip QC entirely. This means that they can look almost like the genuine article, because they’re using the same plans and methods, but in reality they can be significantly inferior.
Seriously, I’m sick of this black mirror episode, it’s becoming a sitcom.
We live in the dumbest timeline.
Only because the media gives them a talking mic and doesn’t call out their stupidity.
Fuck being polite. If someone says something stupid, call them out on live TV.
A less than fun though experiment is to comb through the past 10ish years and think of how something could’ve made it stupider. It’s really hard on a macro historical scale and it’s not even limited to geopolitics, sports, industry, entertainment it’s all one big ball of stupid shit
We should just give up
Naw, hell fucking naw, they’ll have to kill me
Ladies and gentlemen, the conservatives of the Grand Old Party.
I do wonder if Trump is going to turn against her for bragging about not giving him money though…
I mean, if you were feeling particularly bored and mischievous, it wouldn’t be too difficult to make a few fake accounts and post questions asking about why ‘this traitor is ripping off Trump’ 🤷🏻♂️
I feel like someone who hates Trump had to design a shoe for him or else get fired and this is what they came up with. It’s so gawdawful.
