I was traveling overseas and I bought a pair of counterfeit adidas pants for 10 bucks or so. I have been wearing this for a while now and in my opinion it’s superior the adidas pants I normally buy at rebel sports for 100 bucks or so. The pockets are deeper and the logo is sewn in rather than one of those plasticy stick on things. Also the fabric hasn’t pilled yet which happens to my genuine adidas pants rather quickly.

The thing is they look just like the real branded goods, down the the labels inside. You really can’t tell them apart except maybe the fabric is a little thinner (which I actually like).

Are there places in NZ where I can buy counterfeit goods? I never realised they would be better than the real things.

  • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Do you actually care about the branding? If you don’t just get the highly rated stuff on Temu/Aliexpress, it’s likely made in the same factories.

    • BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzOP
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      3 months ago

      I do actually like the branding which is why I bought the counterfeit pants. I think they look nicer than the run of the mill sweatpants.

      Oddly enough adidas changed the styling on their pants this year and I like the new designs less than the old ones so this makes the counterfeit ones even more desirable.

      • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I’m not sure locally you can find counterfeit clothes easily, and they may be of variable quality if you do manage to find someone doing it without being shut down.

        I do remember from my sneaker obsessed days that there were sellers on Taobao that sold “replica” sneakers. Not sure about cheaper end Adidas but I remember on reddit there was a sub for discussing “replica” clothes and shoes, r/fashionreps or something? You might be able to find an international source there.

        Many years ago I went to Hong Kong and Shenzhen and picked up a number of “replica” luxury watches for myself. They had them by grades and you could choose to spend more for higher grade replicas. I think I was paying $100-$150 for replicas of $10000+ watches which most people wouldn’t be able to tell they were fakes. I still remember they would bring out catalogues from watch manufacturers and tell you what they have available and what grade they were. The whole replica industry is pretty interesting.

  • RecallMadness@lemmy.nz
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    3 months ago

    You can find some stuff on AliExpress usually by misspelling brands. Eg Abidas or Adimas. Or if you know the product just search for that.

    But just because you bought a counterfeit from a stall, where the vendor couldn’t hide the bad quality, doesn’t mean you’re going to get the same quality online.