Genuine Vs Fakes

Figure 1: Imagine yourself drinking a glass of "fake" Coca Cola.

Just though of a topic to blog about, well still this is strictly limited to those who are collectors, appreciate a great quality product and basically doesn't mind to spend a portion of money in own these items. Still in the long run, there are setbacks in obtaining collectibles which are actually authentic, here comes the fakes which can actually ruin the fun of actually having or think of having the actual work of art, limited edition and also rare item of great and exotic quality.

Genuine or authentic product are usually most of the time, expensive, consume a lot of resource and creative energy to actually develop the product which can be appreciated by all collectors. This type of collectible is definitely a time-piece to have if it is within the financial reach of the collector, still collectors would do anything just to obtain that.

Fake products or known as counterfieted products are copies of the authentic product which can actually be as close as 90% the same as the authentic. A fake product may or may not use a good quality materials, still this depends closely on the nature of the seller. A very good quality replica may cost you about MYR200 above which is only a tad cheaper than the authentic. 

All those branded collectibles such as Levi's, Adidas, Nike and others are all in risk of having replicas, especially the limited edition products, which are really expensive, and basically out of reach of many collectors who are short of financial power. Still it is a wrong thing to actually imitate a product which is the hard work of a designer or company.

Wearing fakes have left a grave impression on me, as an example ,I used to have fake adidas running shoes which I actually use to run in, I have used these shoes for sometime, but the more I used it, the comfort sponges on the shoes grew thinner which causes my foot to have blisters. After that I decide to get the authentic and after some mileage, I have no problem running around and the quality of the shoes lasts me even until now which is probably 3 years.

Still, everything in this world can be faked, can be easily destroyed, and nothing is 100% pure, and anything that we use or consume can harm us physically or spiritually. Thus, a focus in divine power is of the main importance.

Figure 2: The trefoil can be faked, but don't fake yourself.