Consumer series with Matt Allwright. Stories include the fake car airbags that can kill, and the counterfeit car number plates that could get you arrested.
yeah well the real companies spent a lot on research and development. Usually theyre higher quality which makes the cost go up. Some shit is a rip off yeah but there are reasons it costs more
As far as BMW doing tests does anyone remember a few years back that watchdog investigated why genuine BMW wheels were cracking consistantly ? BMW's reply was that the british roads are to harsh for them..............short memorys some people and another thing, never had a replica wheel crack !
In the USA, all license plates are issued directly by the various state governments. I was really surprised to discover when I first visited Britain in 1976 that you got plates from individual private stores. I wondered why people didn't get fake plates all the time.
cause in the UK if you get a number plate you are supposed to produce your car registration document . that's why you should only be able to get them made by a company that is registered with the DVLA. In Denmark number plates are only issued at the tax office.
***** I say what i said to keith nagle DO YOU UNDERSTAND MONEY, COMPANIES CANNOT AFFORD IT, THEN COUNTERFEITERS WILL TAKE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, CATCH 22 YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE FAKERS.
Is there any cases after a separation women/ex-wife actually pay for the man/ex-husband? All I hear is women getting the children and plus money in almost all divorce cases. I think that is very intriguing. I thought women have EQUAL rights in the Western world, not extra privileges.
Yes, they expect to be paid the same as men yet (based on 30 years of experience of working in environments with women) they spend 30% of the time gas bagging and not getting anything done. Several jobs I had required some lifting, none of the women would do the lifting, all the men did the heavy work.
Ha, reminds me of a delivery I made other week, 1 ton of dog food to a shop, dragged the pallet around the back and she opens the door and says it all needs to be stacked in this shed.. I refused as I don't have to and she said "so you're going to make a woman do it?" Why would she order 1ton of dog food through a kerbside delivery service and not expect to have to move the stuff?
3:49 One huge reason not to drive a Honda is that if you crash, you might end up looking like Rimmer from Red Dwarf with an 'H' branded into your forehead.
Yes go to a manufacturers main dealer and pay 100's for a genuine airbag. Granted you can't put a price on safety, but if dealers didn't charge so much money for them, people wouldn't be tempted by cheaper parts just to pass MOT's
+Buano Taquito I never said that. What I said was that cheaper alternatives will appeal more to people if they can't afford a genuine airbag, but don't know the consequences of cheap air bags. I think more people would choose OEM if the prices weren't as high as they are. I get that they're not cheap to manufacturer, but when you consider how important airbags are to saving lives, I believe that encouraging people to replace with OEM should be more important than the profit made on selling them
A lot of cars only have a drivers airbag. So are you saying that unless you buy an expensive car with air bags all over, you don't care about your family?
There are dozens of companies doing this and trading standards are too busy in certain areas of the company to do anything about it. They are more concerned with doorstep crime.
I've always considered airbags to be a mixed blessing. Pull your seat belt up tight, and this stops you flying forward. I've had several collisions while rally driving and the belt (especially full harness) works the magic. Also, the airbag compromises you controlling the vehicle as the impact develops.
First time to watch this show and loved it! It make me wonder why the countries that ignore Intellectual property, Trademarks, and product registrations invalid and support the Fake market as a legitimate business and source of income to their economy. For example. A large Asian company not only does fails to enforce counterfeit laws, the finace free, or dramatically discounted shipping cost to target nations. So they are responsible by collaboration. So all countries have to screen a large percentage of their imports creating expenses such as inspectors and storage of the counterfeit goods. Why not hold that country of origin responsible for those expenses with fines and cost to return them to the country of origin and make them pay the disposal cost? Should they not pay their fines, stop all imports from off loading until their fines are paid. Too Simple? As it is they are not controlling their exports ( No expense) When Caught the get free storage (no expense) and destroy the local market yet still grow their economy (high expense for the target market) So they can dump waste material all over the world with no penalties, Steal economic markets with fake goods, continue to invest in higher quality fakes that are harming our people and home businesses, yet can depend on their country to protect the criminals and free services like shipping, storage and disposal for the fakes that are detected. So in summary, they are facilitating economic theft, involved in the distribution, benefiting from the income. It is time to fine them and stop the unloading of all their "goods"until the fines are paid and charging storage fees for counterfit goods while returning ships return the garbage to their country of origin for environmentally responsible disposal.after being rendered unmarketable for resale. This can be done by any country with laws and their economy will grow again. No laws towards any individual country, All of the counterfeiting countries will be held accountable for their intentional failures to respect other countries economy, and their support of organized crime.
At the Honda dealership I work for, they either install Honda parts or Napa parts. Occasionally they will install a junkyard part with the owners knowledge. They don't ALWAYS install Honda parts unless there is a recall.
Gummy Bear Such an easy answer, simple for a very naive person. #1-Those who copy haven't spend a penny to research, buy a paten,t employ engineers to create the products. #2-Copies use poor quality parts, they can't use quality parts and still undercut the real thing. #3- copycats have no liability insurance, no patents, employ no sales people or attorneys saving huge amounts of money. #4-, The knockoffs are made in plants that meet NO environmental standards, they don't care for their employees, nor do they hire well qualified people, they hire anyone who wants a job so badly they will work for very little. Do you really think that the buyer gets a good deal by buying knockoffs that are cheaper but of terrible quality?
Bobby Paluga all i hear is excuses. Toyota ask for a hand out $ to keep cars made in Australia yet the hand out wasn't even 1 years advertising budget for them. plenty of cost savings could be made to include cheaper air bags for replacements.
Gummy Bear it's not that easy, fakers usually use lower quality party and assemble them in some chinese sweatshop, while I have no qualms buying fake watches or designer clothes I wouldn't trust a fake airbag
Thank _GOODNESS_ he caught those fake Little Mermaid DVDs, otherwise there would be _LOTS_ of happy children with parent's that have more money for food! *CRISIS AVERTED*
The trouble is it's not only car parts that are being faked, aircraft parts are finding there way into major airline workshops, via wholesalers, truck drivers etc. Having worked around Asia not all of the merchandise offered is not fake, it's over runs made after hours and at night. There is also the genuine stuff that's stolen.
The British cops are so polite, a suspect tells them to get their hands off him after he has been arrested and the cop doesn't do anything. In the US that would get you a beatdown for contempt of Cop...
the real crime is taking over 60% of a mans gross pay. he would be better off being nice to her taking her on a nice holiday trip on a boat then throwing her over.
Interesting how the woman always gets custody and the man is left paying. She gets the gold mine and he gets the shaft, and the government condones it. Hell, here in the US, a woman could be sitting on the courthouse steps doing crack and she'd get custody.
Defective Takata airbags have been linked to 24 deaths worldwide (17 in the United States) and at least 240 people have reportedly been injured because of a defective Takata airbag as of February 2018, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and media reports.
If manufacturers are so concerned about the safety of counterfeit parts why don't they stop ripping people off with the retail cost of "genuine" parts.
Most can be deactivated by the driver/owner of the vehicle, but it might automatically invalidate your auto insurance or make you liable in a wreck, or both.
I've known people who were injured due to the deployment of factory air bags. So, it seems that the "fake" ones are doing the same thing as the "real" ones. Of course, the best solution is to just not get into an accident in the first place. :)
Problem is Mr Honda representative, your parts are too expensive, if you want to kill the counterfeit trade then undercut the counterfeiters... simple really.
A E S T H E T I C 生活のための Ummmm, most of the time they are coming from the same supplier of parts... Lower prices squeezes out the fakers, its that simple.
hi guys im from Merica ,i dont understand why someone would buy fake plates.in america you get ur car it comes with a lic plate,then you have to pay registration to the dmv(department of motor vehicles)to put it in your name and you get a tag(sticker)that will say something liek april 2019 or jan 2020 depend on what year it is so basicly your paying for a year of registration to drive your car....so buying a fake plate doesnt work cause if the police run a fake plate it would come back that the plate is from another car,and then they would take your shyt.or u can not pay the registration and hope the cops dont notice,also the tags are colored so liek 2018 is red 2019 is green and so on,so they could catch you at a glance...so can some 1 explain to me how it works there?
wtf. I'm not paying a Volvo dealer £50 for a plate for my new trailer. So, I will buy a cheap one off the Internet. Where's the crime in that? Also, wtf are the police doing investigating copyright infringement. they work for the people, not the companies or councils.
electricsilver No, they DON'T work for us, the people. The police serve the government, banks and corporations, that is why they always turn out in numbers for protests, yet cannot spare anyone if your house is being burgled. They have dedicated teams of cops for nothing other than fake goods, etc. WHY would that be? If I bought a fake CD for £1 it is because I KNOW it is fake and I only want to pay a quid, not because I can't recognise a fake product.
ukpropaganda 100% agree with you. My irony was somewhat lost in the text. The police are OUR servants, yet as you rightly say they are now only interested in corporate profit and interests.
Unfortunately, I agree with you. It IS whoever pays the most, gets the protection. My council tax bill shows a breakdown of the services I pay for; fire, police etc., yet as you say, the companies pay more therefore get to chooses the rules. So to update my original post. I did NOT pay Volvo the £55 they requested for a trailer plate. I paid £8 on eBay. Should I expect a knock at the door?
Apart from some quasi government department telling us it is "illegal" to make a flat yellow plate and print MY details at MY request upon it: what law has actually been broken? These "laws" are put in place to keep the corporate fat cats rich. You need to understand WHY these laws are implemented in the first place. Not simply bow-down because they say so. I think it is YOU that needs a few lessons on the concepts of law, morality and ethics. I'm sure if this goes on long enough, Godwin's Law can be invoked (look it up - councillor.)
Oh dear - you've gone off topic. The example you gave could happen regardless of it being legal OR illegal. I'm talking about MY right to purchase a plate for MY car. AGAIN, where is the crime? except in the eyes of the quasi dvla, who lobbied for this to be a "crime" to line their pockets even further. And yes, I would cry for "injustice in a heartbeat" because THAT would be a "crime". THAT is what I pay for in my taxes. Twice now, you've made reference to the fact that the richer you are, the more "right's" you have. It's quite shameful, that the majority can't be afforded any justice because individually they pay less tax, but on a percentage of their salaries, probably pay a damn sight more. I'm bored now - and you're "blocked". Let's just say I won that argument hands down. 😂
Yay to the fake wage slip part. The guy was paying less than he was supposed to, sure. But after that? He paid nothing at all anymore! Because he had no job, and as a person who has been to jail, he probably will provide never again.
From this video there is one conclussion: You can manufacture and distribute those conterfeit parts because in UK nobody bother to chase, capture and to get you to court. You will definitely avoid the responsibility for spreading those fake parts and nothing will happen to you. There is also question for having remorses if something bad happen to whoever bnought them but.... I never met anyone in UK who has a remorses for deliberate acts to gain profits and instaed, people are brilliant in producting excuses.
My ex got a judgement for me to pay 12k a month in child support. She uses most of it to sustain her own expensive lifestyle. Wish I could have had the guts to show less income, and the judge did not care about the money going mostly to her.
This explains why I never got my fake number plate I ordered off of eBay years ago, there was a company in the UK selling on there for vanity plates for those of us not in the UK or EU, I ordered a German plate that said TAUNUS for my German 59 Ford Taunus and it never came and nobody would reply to me. I'm pretty sure it would not have caused problems here in Canada...
And crappy programs like this is why the UK public is too paranoid to take a shit in case it upsets some zealot with a little bit of power. Stuff like this should be ignored at all costs.
Michael Demetriou since the advent of the ANPR system cloning is rife, so yes if you can't prove it wasn't you then there is little you can do, someone could run speed cameras and get you banned on points alone, so unless you can prove it wasn't you , then you've had it!
Michael Demetriou indeed its so bad now that if you lose your plates off your car they put the number on a special list so if the problem you mention occurs you have some defence.
Interesting that in the UK private companies make the number plates (license plates here in the US), here in the US the plates are supplied by each individual state, and we get them from the DMV (department of motor vehicles) in the county you live in. Of course that doesn't really stop anyone from making fake plates, or more commonly here, someone ,might steal your plates before committing a crime.
nobody in their right mind would produce fake airbags as they could not enter the market on new cars. the airbags on the internet are from dismantled cars that are perfectly fine and original, trouble is that these airbags are a fraction of the stealership price
One aspects to keep in mind the program seems to ignore, is sometimes the items being sold are the real deal, and not fakes, but real stock stolen by the semitrailer load and sold over the Internet cheap.
Ive bought these fake plates before, but for my show plates, they look identical to a real plate though, i wasnt asked for any identification or anything of the sort, and I was told theyre road legal £20 on Amazon!
Surely the companies doing this on a bigger scale receive lower overheads per item than a guy in his garage. If they're charging £10-£20 a plate and making thousands a week for a small man operation, why do the larger companies need to charge £50 odd? I bought a motorcycle with a number plate made at the garage and the ink ran and it fell to bits in days of rain. I ordered one online for £8. It's well made, clean and has lasted 8 months, still looking new. And that site was taken down for not being legit. :-/
It's funny how they try to make printing number plates as faking them but all I see is a plate printed operation that doesn't do their due diligence in checking if the customer owns that plate number. Using a few decals with car brand logos although dodgy is ultimately harmless and just a technicality they used.
