Maybe you can't afford the real thing. Or perhaps you think you deserve a bargain.
So you head off to an online auction or a street corner to buy a fake handbag. After all, the fakes (also called copies, knockoffs, replicas and counterfeit goods) now are so good that even pros have trouble telling the difference. Who doesn't wanna look posh in Louis Vutton, Jimmy Choo. Christian Loubitouns, Chanel.. the list goes on and and on, gues what you can get them in the streets of down town Jozi anytime of the day, with different colours and designs and the price tag? not even the quater or the original thang.

Versace, Rolex, Polo, Ralph Lauren and many more, are not authentic brand-name products, of course. They are inexpensive replicas, but they make me look and feel good, and I doubt any of my friends can tell the difference. That’s why we buy knockoffs, isn’t it? To polish our self-image and broadcast that polished version of our personality to the world—at a fraction of the price. But does it work? After all, we first have to convince ourselves of our idealized image if we are going to sway anyone else. Can we really become Ray-Ban-wearing, Versace-bedecked sophisticates in our own mind, just by dressing up?

According to http://henriettashandbags.com,   by purchasing a designer fake, we are supporting illegal activity. There is even some evidence that part of the money for bombing the World Trade Center came from the sale of counterfeit goods. There is also documentation that these purses are made by child laborers in unsafe conditions. How do smugglers get around the law? One way is for designer fake handbags to be imported without the labels. Customs will not seize these purses without the designer labels because then there is no proof. The tags are then added on the goods in this country. Fines of not more than R250,000.00 and no more than 5 years in jail await these smugglers. The profits range in millions of dollars per years. If you want to help stop counterfeiters, you can report these replica handbags at the genuine websites of all the handbag designers such as Coach, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci, etc.