john_murphy•1mo agoProlific Poster

Bought a $150 'ancient coin' online that turned out to be a modern tourist replica

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I mean, calling it a tourist replica is a bit off. Those are usually cheap metal sold at sites. A $150 fake is more like a deliberate forgery meant to fool collectors. The real tourist junk is like, five bucks in a gift shop.

victor_davis171mo ago

Yeah but "tourist replica" can still mean a high end fake. The price just shows they're targeting a different kind of buyer, someone who thinks they're getting a real deal. It's all meant to trick someone, just at a different level.

laurar3814d ago

This whole thing reminds me of a friend who bought a "really nice" fake watch on a trip. He paid maybe two hundred bucks, convinced it was basically the real thing without the brand name. Got home and the thing fell apart in a month. The weird part is he was more mad about the quality than the fact it was fake. Kinda shows how the price tag itself can trick you into expecting a certain level of stuff, even when it's all junk in the end.