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Post at 21-7-2011 03:23  Profile P.M. 
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China fakes Apple Stores

http://www.868.co.nz/portal.php?mod=view&aid=10325

China not only fakes iPhones… but Apple Stores, too!
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Are  the products real? I wish the article would go into, if this is a loop hole or plain illegal
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Reply #1 sirtiger's post

In HK practically every authorized Apple reseller has renovated their stores to resemble the Apple store. The first time I saw one of these stores, I wondered if they had to decorate that way because Apple required all their resellers to look that way or that they deliberately wanted to recreate the Apple Store feel. If one didn't look at the signboard upon entering, one would have felt they just have entered a small Apple store.

I read a similar article in the wsj and thought it was no big deal. I am sure the "Apple Store Look-Feel" can be found all over Asia.
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lol i've been to a few apple stores in china.. some looked off to me.. haha maybe now i know why.
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lol. i was reading about this today on the bbc news website. Apparently some of the employees really believed they were working for Apple inc!
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I was reading it, I believe they were actually just trying to resell REAL APPLE PRODUCTS in a fake apple store.
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this was featured on Bloomberg last Monday and as of press time, I heard that 2 stores have been shut down and an investigation has been launched
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Its pretty crazy how they copied it almost exactly, even to what the employees wear. i must say really good job on copying
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by DaBestHK at 27-7-2011 04:59 PM
this was featured on Bloomberg last Monday and as of press time, I heard that 2 stores have been shut down and an investigation has been launched

china and their fake for show raids

QUOTE:
Originally posted by gohdunlam at 28-7-2011 01:35 PM
Its pretty crazy how they copied it almost exactly, even to what the employees wear. i must say really good job on copying

china is KING of copy cats! fake baby formula, fake viagra, fake condoms, fake everything!

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About time the some body in government start cracking down on fakes stores. It's scary to get a fake product that resembles some genuine
product only to find it's a knock off that doesn't work.  i bought some fake ipod first hand and thought they looked real on the outside but wasn't
allowed to turn it on or play with it. Until i took this back to a hotel did i know i got ripped off. I was so pissed!!

I won't buy anything expensive in China related to electronics. I am even more so scary about the fake food in China. What has this world come too?
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by gohdunlam at 29-7-2011 02:35
Its pretty crazy how they copied it almost exactly, even to what the employees wear. i must say really good job on copying

whaty gives it away is the chinese word of "apple store" outside. in a real apple store there is no chinese words
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 84080863377102.html

I guess its more than fake apple stores.  A article made it to wsj haha
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