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* Mike Mozart of [[Jeepers Media]] once reviewed a bunch of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtSrPRBCGnM knockoff iPods]. The reality of these things annoyed him a great deal. He strongly recommends the official iPods in this case.
* The city of Kunming, China contains an [http://gizmodo.com/5822918/fake-chinese-apple-store-looks-amazingly-real/ almost perfect copy] of an Apple Store. A few tiny tip-offs include displaying the name of the store (real stores just show the Apple logo) and the employees' name tags just simply saying "Staff" rather than their name. Amazingly enough, even the employees were fooled.
** There's also [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104030103/http://socialdiets.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/the-ikea-experience-at-kunming-yunnan-provincechina11-furniture-storefake-exposed/ 11 Furniture Store], a fake Ikea that copies almost everything about it, but the cafeteria serves traditional Chinese food instead of Swedish food. This is also located in Kunming.
* With the return of the [[Casablanca|ceiling fan]] to popularity in the late 1970's-early 1980's, most quality models (such as this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5q_pIvHROc Hunter Original]) were made in the USA, had long-lasting motors and parts, were relatively quiet, and could cost well over $250–300 new (roughly $1,000 on today's market). Enter the ''$29.95'' offering from "Family Handyman" magazine, complete with the advertisement literally "daring you to tell us the difference"... well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR2jorKYcCY listen for yourself]... and enjoy the yellow plastic while you're at it.
* A Chinese company named Lifan used to make and sell "Hongda" motorcycles which were shoddy copies of Honda's models, until [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aI5Y5nlSaiXI&refer=top_world_news Honda sued] and put a stop to it.
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