Fakes, Coming to a Store Near You 286
fishdan writes to tell us that while most Slashdotters have their own trusted sources for gear there is a growing concern that all consumers should look out for. According to PC World, more and more counterfeit hardware is coming to market each year. From the article: '...batteries aren't the only tech item that counterfeiters love. In October 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Anchorage, Alaska, seized 20,000 suspected fake Memorex USB memory key thumb drives from Asia. And last year, Miami officials seized 900 allegedly phony laptops valued at $700,000. "Maybe it's a laptop, an MP3 player, or a component like a DVD drive--anything in the digital world can be counterfeited," says Therese Randazzo, a U.S. Customs Service counterfeiting expert.'"
don't by stuff from men in vans (Score:1, Funny)
Act now to stop hardware counterfeiting (Score:5, Funny)
P.O. Box 12345
Hometown, USA 12345
Please note that due to cost concerns, your hardware cannot be returned. Thanks and if you include your email address I'll let you know if it's counterfeit.
(just a joke...please don't actually send me anything cuz that address is extreme bogusness)
Is this the real /. (Score:2, Funny)
Dupe? (Score:2, Funny)
Windows (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Windows (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Act now to stop hardware counterfeiting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't get it (Score:5, Funny)
Fake laptops are almost indistinguishable (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't get it (Score:1, Funny)
How is that different from buying a REAL Sony DVD player?
I've got a fake Music CD (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Act now to stop hardware counterfeiting (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently, one of the big reasons they ended up setting up a test system was due to money loss from installers trying to find apartment #545329823098234 on "DO NOT INSTALL" lane.
Mod parent down for aggravated assault on English! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:But does it run Linux? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow I'm glad he's an "expert" (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe he's a counterfeit expert?
Re:I don't get it (Score:2, Funny)
That happened to me. I bought a thinkpad and found out that it was a knock of from some chinese company - Lenovo or somethting.