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Ferarri Knock-Off Cell Phones Defile the Ferrari Name
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You’ve got to hand it to the cheap Chinese gadget makers. Not only are they amazingly ballsy to release products which clearly bear the branding of products they haven’t licensed, but in this case, they’ve produced something that doesn’t even bear a slight resemblance to the product in question. While… |
February 9th, 2012
Propia Hige Fake Beard: Look Like a Gangster or a Kung-Fu Master
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I know a lot of guys who wished they could grow beards but couldn’t, because it just wasn’t in their genes. Back in my immature old days, I used to prank them and draw on goatees and beards with a Sharpie whenever I caught them sleeping on their desks (for… |
February 7th, 2012
Buyers Sold Clay Instead of iPads
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How’d you like to plunk down $500 or more for a brand new iPad 2 to find out that you just bought yourself a box filled with clay? Apparently, at least ten customers were sold bogus boxes containing clay instead of iPads over the holidays from several Canadian electronic stores.… |
January 18th, 2012
Mole Kart for iPhone, It’s-a-Not-Me!
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Nintendo’s lawyers just got more work thrown their way. Mole Kart is a Mario Kart… knock-off for iPhone that you will probably never see via the App Store. It doesn’t look half bad for a rip-off, but then again all you really have to do is throw in some mushrooms, |
January 12th, 2012
PS Vita Gets Cloned Before Launch
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Sony’s PS Vita hasn’t even had its official worldwide launch yet, and a clone has already been developed and launched in China. Begun, these clone wars have. The first PS Vita knock-off is called the Yinlips YDPG18. That rolls right off the tongue, no?… |
December 13th, 2011
Angry Birds Mate With PSP, Lay an Egg
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You’ve gotta hand it to schlock gadget merchants of China for their ability to completely laugh in the face of all intellectual property laws. Take, for example, this craptacular version of Angry Birds… which you can now buy. |
December 11th, 2011
The Dark Knight Fails: Battman Xbox Bundle with PS1 Controllers
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Would you look at this abomination. This is a knockoff/ripoff “Battman” console whose origins are unknown, though it’s clear from the “Made in China” sticker that it came from somewhere in that part of the world.… |
September 22nd, 2011
Woman Buys Wooden iPad for $180
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You know the old saying, Don’t take any wooden nickels…? Well, you shouldn’t get suckered into buying a wooden iPad for $180 either. |
August 31st, 2011
Fake Apple Store in Kunming, China Changes Name, Keeps Apple Logo
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Last month we talked a bit about a fake Apple Store in Kunming, China that was so convincing that some of the employees even though they worked for Apple. It was later discovered that there were about 22 other fake Apple Stores in Kunming and the authorities moved to close… |
August 15th, 2011
Chinese Man Brings Fake MacBook Air to Real Apple Store for Help, and Gets it!
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I am not sure what to make of this story. Either this guy was too cheap to buy a real MacBook Air and just some major stones to take it into a real Apple Store to get help from the Genius Bar, or the guy really thinks he has a… |
July 30th, 2011
