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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles by dec0dedab0de on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:49AM (#18649165)
My local mall had something similar for sale at a kiosk. I was shocked that nobody checks to see if what they're selling is legal. The mall is owned by Macerich a company that owns a ton of malls all over the place.
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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles by lotsofpulp on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:59AM (#18649252)
The kiosk is renting from the mall owner, the mall owner has no liability about what the kiosk owner sells.
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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles by dleslie on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:53AM (#18649194)
Counterfeit items aren't a new thing; these are to video games as knock-off Prada bags are to fashion.
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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles by sodafountan on Monday December 10, 2018 @02:54PM (#18650687)
Right, this whole thread reads like hacker news is just discovering knock-offs
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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles by bonestamp2 on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @02:35AM (#18662038)
I'm sorry if my comment came off that way. I used to buy Folex watches on the street 20 years ago... so knock offs are certainly not new to me. The difference is that the sleazy guy on the street has nothing to lose while best buy, large malls, soulja boy, etc are taking a much larger risk by promoting it because they all have a lot to lose. Knock offs are not surprising -- the risk is.
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Re:Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles by dec0dedab0de on Monday December 10, 2018 @04:35PM (#18651353)
It's strange to see them in "main stream" locations though
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