Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Do as you would be done by

On holiday a couple of years ago, my wife and I were browsing round the local shops. We saw a nice T-shirt in one shop - perfectly plain in a sort of burnt orange colour, good quality according to my wife, and priced at £6. A couple of shops further along, another T-shirt in a virtually identical colour - not such good quality according to my wife, BUT this T-shirt had a logo on - Lacoste, Calvin Klein or some such - I can't really remember. And the price? £22!! I am always reminded of this when designer goods companies start kicking up a fuss about "fakes". It seems to me that if you are ripping people off, you can't really complain if you are ripped off in turn.

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