Here at Shop Bodo, we’ve noticed that there is a scourge of modern shopping that fake designer bags and purses that are being produced cheaply in China and other eastern oriental countries in huge numbers are then being imported into the United States and Europe to be sold in markets and garage sales or car boot sales- and it’s big business.

It’s also highly illegal.

The people who buy each fake designer bag believing they’ve got the real deal are victims of crime. Perhaps they believe they’re getting a good deal on an authentic designer bag, but before long they’ll discover they’ve been duped.

The fake designer bag they just spent their money on is relatively worthless and there is often no way to get their money back. That’s because the criminals that peddle each fake designer bag never stay in one place for very long.

How do these fake designer bags get into the country initially?

One way is that the labels are not attached until each designer bag arrives in the US, or Europe. It’s still legal to import a designer bag if it just mimics a designer bag, as without the label attached the manufacturer can’t be implicated.

All the smugglers have to do is import the fake designer bag without the label and then add it once it has arrived safely in the target country.

Consumers should know how to avoid being hoodwinked by this fake designer bag scam. The best way is to know the difference between a fake designer bag and a real designer bag.

Here’s how.

Firstly, there’s usually a big difference in quality. That because the people who manufacture fake designer bags can’t afford the high quality leather and other materials that a genuine designer bag would be made from. A real genuine Burberry bag will obviously be perfect in every way with the very best leather and perfect stitching. Not to mention the best quality fasteners, buckles and other accessories. So look closely at the materials the bag is made of. Is the leather soft and supple? Look at the quality of the stitching too – is it straight and neat or a little skewed and badly threaded?

Secondly – and this might sound obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t realize – and that’s the price.

A fake designer bag is usually priced much lower than what you’d pay for a real designer bag in a store. The sellers do that to attract bargain hunters. People are easily conned into buying a fake designer bag when they think they’re getting a good deal.

The bottom line is simply: Stop and Think!

As long as you realize that it’s highly unlikely a genuine designer bag, which would normally sell for around a thousand dollars, could be bought at a flea market for one or two hundred dollars.

When the price difference is so great, alarm bells should be going off in your head!

Always remember, if it seems too good to be true – it probably is!

Shop Bodo

Toyota. Salt Lake City is a large city with some absolutely stunning out of town scenery which makes it a prime candidate for some of Toyota’s four wheel drive vehicle owners to explore. There is a fantastic range of Toyota four wheel drive cars and trucks to choose from and several respected dealers that specialize in Toyota Salt Lake City.

Here we’ll take a look at an alternative point of view when looking for that new or used Toyota, Salt Lake City.

While millions of people log on to eBay every hour of every day looking for that great bargain, not so many automobile hunters actually think of doing the same. That’s because most people think of eBay as a place to buy stuff online and get it shipped or posted in the mail once they’ve paid for it.

But you can narrow down your search for stuff in eBay to locally sourced merchandise, and that includes automobiles. Yep, you can look-up some great new or used Toyota Salt Lake City and get a nicely stocked itinerary of vehicles that are local to your area.

You can then simply contact the seller by email and get their exact location and then go an view the vehicle they’re selling yourself, just like you would if you found it through the Yellow Pages, or local advertiser.

Better still, I can save you the hassle and hard work of searching through ebay for Toyota Salt Lake City locally sourced new and used vehicles! I’ll give you the link that will take you straight to the page you want, so all you have to do is scroll down and see if there is anything there you like!

(Link Temporarily Removed)

Now ain’t I good to you!!!

Shop Bodo

Welcome to Shop Bodo, a great new site that will deal with shopping online. I intend to write a lot of informative and interesting and hopefully entertaining articles all about shopping online and how to shop around online for the best bargains.

This is a change from the original site, which domain was allowed to expire by the previous owner for reasons unknown. The old place was probably called Shop Bodo to match the domain, although I don’t know that for sure as there was no information about the previous site, only whois info. Sill, now its mine and I’m using it as a shop around online resource for online shoppers to get the best deals on a huge array of items and merchandise.

I’ll have information about where you can get discount coupons from as well as checking out some of the more popular online shopping websites and what they have to offer.

So stick around, you never know what I might turn up as I go and shop around online for you!

Shop Bodo