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Originally Posted by Homme 
+ guys with multiple watches on each arm selling trenchcoat-pocket Chanel no. 5 everywhere 
Nice pickups spoo
Nice pickups spoo
You are right about the guys with Chanel and watches.
But knock offs are very much treated as a big deal in France by the Government ( as experienced travelers can attest ).
If you have a bunch of knock offs and they are discovered when you are entering or leaving Paris, it is a big deal indeed ( as my poster buying friend warned me ).
It seemed the exact opposite of Hong Kong. When I was there it seemed that knock offs were very openly sold and were just another HK industry. There's a district, just outside of HK ( someone will know it ), that is like a knock off capital.
Also, Spoo has shown above that with knowledge you can get some great stuff at the Paris Flea Market for what I assume were good prices for him and better than he might have done in the US. That is what my collectible poster buying friend does at the Flea Market. He spends a lot on nicer stuff in that niche and has always been able to resell it higher in the US.
If there were any Italian-speaking parasites in that furniture I would think they would have been promptly eaten by good-ol American termites.
very well put
