Would You Buy Fakes??

I was browsing in the web looking for my dream bag - PRADA Medium Nappa Stripe in grey, which was sold out worldwide. Trying my luck to see whether it was on sale by someone who has had enough of it. I found quite a number on sale but to my horror all are not the real one!! What I cannot stand is the seller state the word "AUTHENTIC" on their advertisement.. C'mon who will believe that this so called "authentic" are on sale at 1/8 of the original price! I am not against replica bags. But I really appreciate if those seller would indicate that "these items are replicas with AAA or Super A grades.. bla.. bla.." instead of claiming it was the real deal. And for those people who purchased these and think you have purchased a real one, I pity you.. Fakes are not only ugly, distasteful & unsightly.. most importantly they are ILLEGAL to buy or sell!!

*guess which is the real PRADA?*

Maybe people cannot understand why certain handbags cost a bomb & some are not. The difference between these 2 are, these designers or couture bags are usually handmade & the material used are from the highest grade, the craftmen usually spend quite a number of hours to complete a piece. They have put their heart & soul into their masterpieces and are very proud of them and suddenly these ugly mass produced bags just stormed over and overshadowed these masterpieces. It is very very sad...

Lately I noticed a lot of our local stores sell lookalike designer bags at a very reasonable price which are on par with the quality of the bags. I would buy a lookalike bag rather than the fake one which displayed the designer's name or logo (which are definately not authentic!) at least I know what I buy & confident with the quality of my purchase. No worries!

So the BIG question now is - WOULD YOU BUY FAKES??