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Sorry if already posted. Crazy read.http://wweek.com/portland...cle-18528-nikeleaks.html
NikeLeaks: WikiLeaks drops info on Nike and fakes
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“Some of the clothing…appeared to be high-quality, genuine products being sold at low prices…. This is likely the result of ‘third-shift’ manufacturing, in which factories produce extras to sell on the side….
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looool
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First page #@#!$
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Cliffs tho
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But to be honest, I got through the first page and halfway through the second and wondered what the *#$@ is this about
All I got from this is that Nike is not about that life, and they cannot control fakes because mobs and stuff run that business, and the cops are corrupt, and that they'd save alot of headaches by just moving production to America
Sounds like a great movie plot
I wonder what's more money: the cash they lose from fakes annually or the money they'd lose from increased labor rates by coming back to America
All I got from this is that Nike is not about that life, and they cannot control fakes because mobs and stuff run that business, and the cops are corrupt, and that they'd save alot of headaches by just moving production to America
Sounds like a great movie plot
I wonder what's more money: the cash they lose from fakes annually or the money they'd lose from increased labor rates by coming back to America
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And what's a damn shame is that y'all tryna stop Randy from feeding his family, because y'all mad y'all bought Air Joqdans to stunt on some basic %!+!%% early, when you should be mad at the shady factory owners
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I would love to see "MADE IN USA" on Nike/Jordan Shoes.
I dont see that happening though.
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Regardless of whether Air Randy had fakes or not isn't truly the issue. Why were dudes paying that much over retail just to break other men's necks? And for the price Air Randy sold, you could get a pair now for that price without flaws such as clear toes.
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Been told y'all.
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Your concept of legality is even weaker than your grasp of our post editor.
"It's not bootleg if it's made in the same place?" If you buy a "bootleg" concert tape, it's not a tape of a fake band; it's an unauthorized recording. That it's "made in the same place" as an official live album makes no difference. "Third shift"/after hours products are unauthorized and, thus, illegal.
One could argue that Nike sets the table for this by contracting out its production work in order to give themselves plausible deniability with regard to labor violations, and consequently loosening its control over the factories and workers that produce their merchandise. However, whether Nike "deserves" it or not has no bearing on the law. You're not going to promote illegal products/services on NikeTalk, period.
If a shipment of shoes "falls off the truck," they could be authentic, authorized Nike products - but we're not going to let you advertise stolen goods here. So, why on earth should we tolerate the promotion of unauthorized products? Whether they're "the same" as retail items or not is irrelevant.
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you can be sure the corporate bean counters have crunched the numbers, continuously, and the sweat shops are saving them a bundle of liability over domestic labor. rest assured, there is no question.
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It actually would be.
A colleague of mine from school worked for a division of LVMH that dealt with counterfeiting. He told some pretty crazy stories about being chased through back allies, and shot at by counterfeit factory operators in Asia.
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Your concept of legality is even weaker than your grasp of our post editor.
"It's not bootleg if it's made in the same place?" If you buy a "bootleg" concert tape, it's not a tape of a fake band; it's an unauthorized recording. That it's "made in the same place" as an official live album makes no difference. "Third shift"/after hours products are unauthorized and, thus, illegal.
One could argue that Nike sets the table for this by contracting out its production work in order to give themselves plausible deniability with regard to labor violations, and consequently loosening its control over the factories and workers that produce their merchandise. However, whether Nike "deserves" it or not has no bearing on the law. You're not going to promote illegal products/services on NikeTalk, period.
If a shipment of shoes "falls off the truck," they could be authentic, authorized Nike products - but we're not going to let you advertise stolen goods here. So, why on earth should we tolerate the promotion of unauthorized products? Whether they're "the same" as retail items or not is irrelevant.
Man im just tryin to hook YOU up. sheesh.
the main thing we are missing is this...(theoretically) if theyre doing 3rd shifts and banging out lebrons spot on that i can sell at a profit for $80usd, then why does nike sell at $165usd?
whats really illegal here?
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This dude really doesn't learn. Helping Meth out? By selling sketchy kicks? What happened to the days when people made honest money? Sheesh.
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The jobs that would bring.
Good looking on those price hikes too.
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there is a big difference between money you have to pay out to get your stuff made and money you didn't make.
the 80% of the merchandise thats manufactured that didnt slip thru to a legit store are sold to people who wouldnt have bought the "authentic" product anyway.
so really nike loses a lot less than they claim.
u really think they lost even 100k to that huge run of spongebob dubzeros?
cause cats said "hey forget these real ones... ima get these" right?
ditto with orange and pink and yellow lebron ix's and all red dmp packs.