In another Techdirt post today, a man was fined $53,ooo for bringing back a few fake rolexes from China for family gifts. Techdirt questions whether this is the best use of Customs’ power. Shouldn’t Customs worry about the wholesaler sellers, not buyers of a few rolexes. I say Customs shouldn’t discriminate on the designer goods’ authenticity and instead fine those who enter our country wearing designer (faux or real) goods who look tacky. Bad taste is an epidemic, and Customs should be our first line of fashion police. For our second line of defense, INS (aka ICE) should deport the fashionably challenged–watch out Britney (and my father).
That Fake Rolex You Buy In China May Cost You More Than The Real Thing
