Jan 5 2009Pssst, Over Here: Cheap Knock-Off Brands
Knock-offs: they look like the real thing, but are bought out of the back of a skeezy guy's van for a quarter of the price and either break or explode within a week of purchase. Then, to make matters worse, the bastard isn't set up on the same street corner when you go to return the merchandise. What a sham! And speaking of which, I will now perform a magic trick -- Alakasham! Can you still see me? I'm supposed to be invisible. *entering women's locker room* "EEEEEEEEEEKK!!!!!!" Oh, oh shit.
Hit the jump for a few more knock-offs, including a chicken wearing the Colonel's tie.
10 Knock-offs That'll Knock Your Socks Off [mentalfloss]
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Ten seriously bizarre knock-off "brand names." [core77]
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Reader Comments
1. SiGee - January 5, 2009 2:07 PM
Haha!
2. gizmoduck - January 5, 2009 2:12 PM
KLG???
what the f***?
why?
3. che-che - January 5, 2009 2:13 PM
back in the nineties, i almost bought some tony hillfiger jeans in mexico. esto es el chuntaro estyle!!
4. bar room hero - January 5, 2009 2:16 PM
I saw stuff like this in Russia...
Nike - backwards swoosh
Addidas - Four stripes
and so on...
5. gizmoduck - January 5, 2009 2:18 PM
what is the point? seems like a waste of time and monies and space and logic and....
its like wearing
nothing at all
nothing at all
nothing at all
damn stupid sexy flanders
6. known - January 5, 2009 2:18 PM
the pumas, addidas & converse sell great in the dyslexic community because I see tehm all teh tmie
7. Pat - January 5, 2009 2:24 PM
@6 You should try Scientology; I heard it cures things like that.
8. jeff - January 5, 2009 2:39 PM
Haha, I while ago in chinatown (toronto) I picked up a pair of Camel sneakers. Camel cigarettes. Same camel logo and everything. I dont know if theyre actually a knockoff but wtf?
9. crazygeek - January 5, 2009 2:41 PM
"known" you are hilarious, you dyslexic freak! I needed a good laugh.
Oh and to summarize Daisy's favorite comment and for it to actually mean something - FAKE!!
10. Ed aka the-iguana - January 5, 2009 2:43 PM
Bald Sonia lol.
11. known - January 5, 2009 2:50 PM
Pat there's no proof or correlation with your religion helping my dyslexia, so I wouldn't believe everything you hear. Besides I head once from Daisy that scientology was fake & had something to do with that movie Never Back Down
12. (+.[___]-:-) - January 5, 2009 2:57 PM
I have a pair of those "Pmua" shoes. I flash 'em to my friends, and they think I can actually afford them!
Just kidding, i don't have friends.
13. colin - January 5, 2009 2:59 PM
I bet they're from Korea. LOL They have a multiple day convention over there for all their knock off shit.
14. Moose Knuckle - January 5, 2009 3:03 PM
Does that mean my "IPUD" is fake?!?!?
Masterbatory euphemism alert...
15. Pew³ - January 5, 2009 3:07 PM
KLG is gud!
Kentucky Laid Goodness!
16. butterbee - January 5, 2009 3:11 PM
It's illegal to make fakes, but I'd have to guess that these are also illegal... so what's the point? Why not just make the fakes?
I guess lesser nations might have looser laws on infringement... which is why America rocks (especially the central portion of Northern America).
17. Timbo - January 5, 2009 3:21 PM
I would sooooooo buy some "CNOVESRE"!
18. Mvivanc - January 5, 2009 3:24 PM
Super sonic?
19. Elmo - January 5, 2009 4:14 PM
HAHA that chicken's selling fried human asses, extra crispy
20. eat mor chickin - January 5, 2009 4:16 PM
KLC? Where exactly is that place located? By the looks of that sign, it's an highway off-ramp drive through. Sweet! Bucket of original recipe and make it fast! That damn semi looks to be doing about 70 mph!
21. energizer bunny - January 5, 2009 4:18 PM
Why would you need knock-off batteries? If your friends ridicule you for not having REAL Panasonic batteries in your television remote, you need some new friends.
22. sarah - January 5, 2009 4:42 PM
carp!!
23. sblue - January 5, 2009 4:47 PM
Those pmuas are lookin' pretty hype. Where do I buy?
24. Coweena - January 5, 2009 5:00 PM
I've actually eaten at the KLG in Taiwan, not gunna lie it was freakin' delicious!
25. DeeplyTroubled - January 5, 2009 5:24 PM
I thought all the KLGs were on Martin Ruther Ding Blvd?
26. Waffle - January 5, 2009 6:17 PM
Great post. I ruve dis stuff. I raffed and raffed. Hawarious. Why make fun of the chinee and koree pepo? Dey jus make stuff you buy...NOW! Good deal for you today! You nice guy, you buy!
27. Jesus - January 5, 2009 6:25 PM
free xbox live for 5 years at hackedxboxlive.kk5.org
28. Skarge - January 5, 2009 7:49 PM
That's very very old in my country
we have durabell batteries, adidos, PEGA (a video game like sega), super mantendo, and more... xD
29. Daisy - January 5, 2009 7:53 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was out hunting for some varmints, and missed his shot. Where his bullet hit the ground, and crude oil came out of the hole.
Max sold the oil rights to his property, and became stupid rich, so he moved to Beverly Hills.
30. dan - January 5, 2009 9:53 PM
Just like mexico...
KENTUCKY FRIED TIJUANA
ETSBOTS
PUMBA
31. Franchesca - January 5, 2009 9:55 PM
hahahaha
PUMBA? seriously? I haven't seen those but I've seen "Gualmart"
32. Spam Artist - January 5, 2009 11:24 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene from the movie Tender Dracula where Dracula is a homeless man who tries to drown himself in the swimming pool of a rich family in Beverly Hills. He moves in with them, then disgusts the rich family, beds a few of the women, and takes a bath with the dog.
33. Carlito - January 6, 2009 1:45 AM
Thers a lot of those on china, and well yes here on Mexico too LOL, they are cheaper
34. OMGirl! - January 6, 2009 1:55 AM
Mexico, china, europe, everywhere!
in egypt i once saw a shilaba, abibas brand!
35. Colonel Sanders - January 6, 2009 2:54 AM
Kentucky Lied Gicken FTW!
36. Gourmet Vagina - January 6, 2009 9:38 AM
@7: You got it all wrong- Scientology cures the Kawasaki Virus. . .sometimes
37. RC-960018 - January 6, 2009 10:45 AM
I used to have some PenesamiG batteries.
I don't remember, but I'm almost sure it came with the television's remote control.
As a matter of fact, I live in South America. These things are everywhere now.
And I heard that South Korea's speciality is creating fakes. Works with everything from products to television shows. If you can barely change the name and colour scheme, it's done.
38. Ana - January 6, 2009 10:54 AM
Knock-off perfumes are a big thing where I live. You have Channel, Hugo Boos, Amore Amore, etc. It's actually very funny.
39. k - January 6, 2009 1:59 PM
Why make knockoff brands when they sell counterfeit that looks identical to the real thing?
40. k - January 6, 2009 1:59 PM
Why make knockoff brands when they sell counterfeit that looks identical to the real thing?
41. Eva - January 6, 2009 11:02 PM
The Sunbucks Coffee creature is scarier than the Burger King king.
42. NVG - January 8, 2009 12:39 AM
MADE IN CHINA!
hah! Complete disregard of the Roman Alphabet!
43. sandymc - January 12, 2009 4:44 AM
definitely made in China..
Indonesian's production > China's Production
In Indonesia, handicap, refurbished or rejected items from the original brand factory are sold in a retail store called 'Factory Outlet' for like tenth time less expensive than the original price of perfectly produced item. And of course, the brand name and logo remain as it is. No Pmua or Cnoverse bullshit. It is in fact, have the exact same substance or material as the original one.
44. utopiah - January 12, 2009 5:48 AM
I have also seen "iWin". It looks a lot like iPod, and seems legal enough to be sold alongside with iPods.
Also, Puma, Adidas and the likes are all cheaply made and use child labor before being sold for an arm and a leg to bastards like us. The sad thing is that these "counterfeits" probably use the same methods.
I tend to avoid brands, especially in clothing. I don't want to pay 100 euro to advertise a firm, by carrying their tm all over the place.
45. whatever - February 27, 2009 12:38 AM
OMG those sonia earphones, im ashamed to say it but i had bought those, i live in mexico what do u expect?
46. bob - November 20, 2009 7:26 PM
LAST!
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