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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:31 am Post subject: Fake cell phones in China Beware! |
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Taipei - A Taiwan man spent 600 US dollars to buy three Nokia cellphones in China, only to find out they were fake with painted circuit boards, Taiwan television reported. According to cable television channel ETTV, the Taiwan man bought three Nokia N73 cellphone with a built-in digital camera at a cellphone store in China because the handsets were cheaper than in Taiwan.
But after he returned to Taiwan, he realized that the cellphones did not work. When he opened the case, he found the circuit board was a piece of plastic board painted to look real.
The man took the fake Nokia cellphone to a Taipei cellphone shop and found that the Chinese fakes looked the same as the real Nokia N73 cellphone sold by the Taipei shop.
"I think the Chinese shop owner showed him a real Nokia cellphone, but sold him fakes which he hid under the counter," the shop owner said on ETTV.
For 600 US dollars, the Taiwan man bought three toy cellphones. |
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igotthisguitar

Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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i betchya the brain cancer & misc. other related health problems are TWICE as bad with these cheap rip-off imitations  |
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Pligganease

Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: The deep south...
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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igotthisguitar wrote: |
i betchya the brain cancer & misc. other related health problems are TWICE as bad with these cheap rip-off imitations  |
Yeah, and there's probably lead paint on the circuit boards. |
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