[StylinRed]

So this chick lives in China, Kunming, Yunnan to be exact

and she spotted a fake Apple Store and after strolling around found a few more fake apple stores


Are you listening, Steve Jobs? « BirdAbroad (http://birdabroad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/are-you-listening-steve-jobs/)


engadget ended up picking the story up too


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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zyQyD__WXxI/TiWbaZlATxI/AAAAAAAAFB0/TcgtQt6Tmuw/s512/IMG_6530.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xkgOhIUFl-U/TiWbmQ40mRI/AAAAAAAAFCA/3TFp1btOqws/s640/IMG_6533.JPG


engadget story about ^^
The ultimate KIRF: fake Apple Store spotted in China -- Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/the-ultimate-kirf-fake-apple-store-spotted-in-china/)

[Vansterdam]

LOLOL

[Culverin]

^
:lol:neckbeard::lol:neckbeard::lol:neckbeard:

So much win. China is awesome! :fullofwin:

[nosaj]

LOL...i feel sorry for the employees....hired by a fake brand

[danned]

LOL what a great china

[GLOW]

"Stoer" LOL

they should have just named it Cr-Apple Store instead of the spelling error :fullofwin:

[Jsunu]

"Stoer" LOL

they should have just named it Cr-Apple Store instead of the spelling error :fullofwin:

Or Arpple or something, don't misspell store lol.

Cool stoery Bro lol

This is what got me lol:

Being the curious types that we are, we struck up some conversation with these salespeople who, hand to God, all genuinely think they work for Apple. I tried to imagine the training that they went to when they were hired, in which they were pitched some big speech about how they were working for this innovative, global company – when really they’re just filling the pockets of some shyster living in a prefab mansion outside the city by standing around a fake store disinterestedly selling what may or may not be actual Apple products that fell off the back of a truck somewhere.

[noTirl]

App Pull Store?

[InvisibleSoul]

That's actually pretty damn funny.

[Gumby]

Only in China...

Given that StylinRed got a fail from Hyde, this must be one of his stores! :lol

[b0unce. [?]]

omg this is awesome HAHAHHA

[hotjoint]

:lol

[shenmecar]

I wonder if they sell iPad 2 with DUAL sim card slots...............or perhaps an iPhone 4 with a replaceable battery..........

[Ikkaku]

or they all have extendable antennas that allows you to watch tv

[jeedee]

Only in China :fuckthatshit:
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[BaoTurbo]

Lol this is gonna be funny if they get into shit and beef starts :spin:

[xilley]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH only in china :fuckthatshit:

[Durrann]

lol lots of customers at the store haha

[CP.AR]

China I applaud your *lack* of creativity

http://gifsforum.com/images//uti/howto/applause_gif.gif

[flagella]

who else other than China is creative enough to make fake apple store?

[Groot]

welcome to the "Appurle" store :fuckthatshit:

[FerrariEnzo]

SO if steve jobs walks in... THEY wont know who he is!!! lmao..


lmao in BirdaBroads, article, he mentions lots of store popping up including McDonalds.. holy the food over here is already bad.. mcnuggets are scraps of left over crap... beef isnt REAL BEEF.... hate to imagine what they would use over there!!!!

[Presto]

SO if steve jobs walks in... THEY wont know who he is!!! lmao..


The whole operation is run by the Chinese Steve Jobs:
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4cb855ff7f8b9a130a120000/meet-the-chinese-steve-jobs.jpg

[AzNightmare]

^ People in China think THAT IS Steve Jobs.
They don't question his white last name.

[R&R]

:fullofwin:

[spideyv2]

omg :facepalm:

[Jboii59]

LOL

[StylinRed]

i guess one of Hydes friends must own these stores ;)


whoever owns these must be paying the govt. a lot for them to be fine with it

[Zheff]

LOL ~ the stoer look pretty nice!!

[tegz]

"Appo" store

[spideyv2]

"Apper" store

Fixed.

[.Renn.Sport]

i guess one of Hydes friends must own these stores ;)


whoever owns these must be paying the govt. a lot for them to be fine with it

every apple reseller store in china looks like the official Apple Store to begin with. and every mall in china have at least 2-3 stores that sells Apple stuff and looks the same.

and they all sell genuine Apple products for over MSRP. So I don't see whats so special about an Apple reseller making them self looks like the Apple Store:failed:

[StylinRed]

i knew your reasoning would be retarded as always

both articles are named Fake Apple Stores

all 3 stores brand themselves as the Apple Store


you're reasoning is "well we sell apple products so of course" sounds like when a chinese store here gets caught selling fakes and they're like "i dunnnnnnnnnoooooo"

[twitchyzero]

The whole operation is run by the Chinese Steve Jobs:
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4cb855ff7f8b9a130a120000/meet-the-chinese-steve-jobs.jpg

^ People in China think THAT IS Steve Jobs.
They don't question his white last name.

I'm pretty sure that's Sterve 工作

[.Renn.Sport]

i knew your reasoning would be retarded as always

both articles are named Fake Apple Stores

all 3 stores brand themselves as the Apple Store


you're reasoning is "well we sell apple products so of course" sounds like when a chinese store here gets caught selling fakes and they're like "i dunnnnnnnnnoooooo"

well, I guess you have been living in a shit hole all your life won't be able to explain that every fucking Apple reseller in China calls themselves The Apple Store.

Its only you ppl that never really been out of the lower mainland would be still be surprised at this shit.

I've got quite a few prime real estate location in China, and the real apple store want to be in my location also a lot of fake reseller claiming to be Apple wants the location also.

[StylinRed]

:facepalm:
lol dude ur pathetic

[optiblue]

Are the products real though? I can't believe that there are fake DS lite, fake games, and even fake rom cards nowadays that work pretty much like the real thing. won't be long before they can copy just about anything.

But I dunno real = made in china, fake = made in china. There is no spoon. :(
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[taylor192]

So I don't see whats so special about an Apple reseller making them self looks like the Apple Store:failed:

I'm going to create an account with the name .Renn.Sport. - notice the slight difference? I doubt most people will. I'm going to copy your avatar and your signature. Then I am going to post whore until your reputation is ruined.

Nothing special, right? :p

[RFlush]

To be honest, they are probably selling real apple products even though the store is a fake. Hyde is semi correct, most of the apple reseller stores in Asia do look quite similiar to the official store, its just that this one even copied the name. If it wasn't for the name, most people wouldn't care.

Regardless, Steve Jobs must be laughing. In the end, it just means more sales for Apple fake or not!
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[Riddle]

Just heard about this on radio this morning. They were saying that there are no authorized resellers in that city. Even the employees don't know that it's a fake store. Lol.

[alanp]

:troll:

[Ronin]

The only way Apple is going to get involved is if they sell something in that store that is against Apple policy. Every Apple store sells almost exactly the same thing. If this place deviates with all the fake or pirated garbage that's everywhere in China, then I'd imagine Apple would have to step in.

well, I guess you have been living in a shit hole all your life won't be able to explain that every fucking Apple reseller in China calls themselves The Apple Store.

More like no one gives enough of a fuck about China to notice.

[Gumby]

I'm going to create an account with the name .Renn.Sport. - notice the slight difference? I doubt most people will. I'm going to copy your avatar and your signature. Then I am going to post whore until your reputation is ruined.
The ONLY person that doesn't know about Hyde's "reputation" is Hyde himself. :p

[Boostslut]

well, I guess you have been living in a shit hole all your life won't be able to explain that every fucking Apple reseller in China calls themselves The Apple Store.

I must live in a real shit hole, because i honestly had no clue that "every fucking Apple reseller in China calls themselves the Apple Store."

Thanks for letting me know though, i will add this to my vast quantities of knowledge.

[TOPEC]

China inspects electronics stores after fake Apple shops report | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/23/us-china-apple-idUSTRE76M2NP20110723)

im surprised the authorities r taking action so quickly, usually they just shrug it off

[dangonay]

China inspects electronics stores after fake Apple shops report | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/23/us-china-apple-idUSTRE76M2NP20110723)

im surprised the authorities r taking action so quickly, usually they just shrug it off
How many people are employed in China making Apple products? I'm not surprised they'd get involved.

[StylinRed]

they just took it another step further with closing some stores down


25 July 2011 Last updated at 03:59 ET
Officials close fake Apple stores in Kunming city, China

China has moved to shut down several fake Apple stores found in Kunming city.

Three of the elaborate fake stores, which mimicked the look of the real thing, came to the world's attention after being exposed on a blog.

Following the publicity, trade officials investigated and found five stores in Kunming posing as official Apple retail outlets.

Two of the five have now been closed as their owners lacked a business licence.

The BirdAbroad blog, written by an American woman living in Kunming, wrote about a visit to one fake Apple store which superficially resembled the official outlets.

In the article, the blogger wrote about conversations with staff, many of whom were convinced they worked for the US electronics firm.

Chinese officials investigated the shop visited by BirdAbroad but it was not one of those closed down. It has a licence to trade and is selling genuine Apple products.

Apple has said it has no comment to make on the discovery of the counterfeit shops.

...

A further check revealed that none of the three stores she found are mentioned on Apple's list of official resellers known to be trading in Kunming.

What was also unclear was where the fake store had got the Apple products on sale - whether they had come from an Apple distributor or a grey market source.

The blog entry mentioning the visit to the fake store has proved hugely popular and has gathered more than 500,000 visits in less than 48 hours.

BBC News - Officials close fake Apple stores in Kunming city, China (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14273444)

only cuz they lack the bu$ine$$ licen$e

[white_guilt]

they just took it another step further with closing some stores down




BBC News - Officials close fake Apple stores in Kunming city, China (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14273444)

only cuz they lack the bu$ine$$ licen$e


that just makes it even more epic. Make a fake store selling forgeries, but forget to forge a business license.

[ptrinh]

China , you're doing it all wrong.:failed:

[Bahhbeehhaaaa]

i wonder what's not fake in china.. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Culverin]

they don't fake faking stuff in china. everything u think is a fake, it's really IS fake.

That and they take faking items very seriously. I always heard stories about how much the chinese knock off, but until I went to one of the underground malls, I never knew how crazy it was. EVERY single item was a knock off. And this mall would probably be at least close to half of metro, and packed to the brim like night market.

It's truly amazing. I think eventually, china is going to overtake the US. Once they throw the government off it's shoulders, they will be the ones to truly herald in the age of DRM free, open internet, and region free.

[Bahhbeehhaaaa]

hahahahha!!!~!!~

[Mananetwork]

every apple reseller store in china looks like the official Apple Store to begin with. and every mall in china have at least 2-3 stores that sells Apple stuff and looks the same.

and they all sell genuine Apple products for over MSRP. So I don't see whats so special about an Apple reseller making them self looks like the Apple Store:failed:

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