Being an independant distributor we send almost every part that we sell to our customers to a test facility for counterfeit testing(the balance of the product gets tested at our customers facility). This is not cheap but it ensures that authenticity of the parts we sell.
I am not sure why independant distributors should be the last defense against counterfeiting at all. Our government (U.S.) needs to work with China (over 85% of counterfeiting components come from today) in doing a much better job shutting these counterfeiters down.
Testing is very expensive and does cut into profits for the company but it is imperative in order to sell good parts. The manufacturers push out lead times and tell you to go to a local franchise and when they have no stock and tell you 20 weeks on delivery, what do you do then? You go to the open market for product. That's just they way it is. Just my two cents.
yes,by targeting the manufacturers we can prevent the counterfeit products but buyers also need to think before buying a counterfeit product, at that point of time they come with cheap cost but they may not work in future so I feel its always better to go for the actual product instead of a counterfeit product..
If you think at how the music industry is tackling the issue, they tried to go for the end-user, the "middle man" (music sharing sites) but I haven't seen them go after the big distributors.
I certainly agree with you Kunmi, Many people are in this business for profit majorly so they don,t bother to know much about what they are selling but if the manufacturers are fished out, the seller will have no choice other than to sell the right thing.
Well, we don't know but we can only assume. What's the "weakest" link? Apple should do what Coke and Pepsi are doing, vertically integrate in order to have more control over distribution, etc.
yes, thats true.. we need to target the people who is manufacturing and bringing these counterfeit products into the market then only it can be controlled..
The manufacturers should be addressed not the people selling them. The sellers may not know the degree of adulteration but if the manufacturers are checked, it may be better controlled
What hasn't been proven is the best way to tackle counterfeiting. Is it to attack the people selling them, look for the manufacturers, leave it open, etc.
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