# Trip to Chinatown - or - cheap goods!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 20, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669 "2002-09-20T00:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669/1 "2002-09-20T00:00:37Z")

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My brother is on assignment in NYC, and he is pondering spending some well earned cash in Chinatown. One of his friends said that he got like 3 Tag Heuer watches for 50 dollars a piece. Having never been there, is this sort of thing feasible, or are they most likely a bunch of vendors with imitations?

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669/2 "2002-09-20T01:34:51Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Stccrd \*  
> \*\*…3 Tag Heuer watches for 50 dollars a piece. … are they most likely a bunch of vendors with imitations? \*\*

Lots of counterfeit stuff out there. Caveat emptor!

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**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669/3 "2002-09-20T02:29:51Z")

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gee, people ripping off tourists - the horror!

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669/4 "2002-09-20T04:00:25Z")

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HEY!!! All the NYC street vendors aren’t counterfeiters!

[sub] some stuff is just hot…[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669/5 "2002-09-20T14:10:39Z")

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50 clams for a fake watch is pretty steep. If you act like you don’t want it (or actually don’t want it) and try to walk away without one, the price tends to drop pretty fast- sometimes below 20 clams. I’m a fan of the fake Rolexes (Rolexum?) myself.

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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-chinatown-or-cheap-goods/128669/6 "2002-09-20T15:06:18Z")

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Forget it, **Stccrd**. It’s Chinatown.