Sellers peddle simulated watches via smart retainers and websites.

"Dubai Economy" implements campaigns on the markets and closes the violating shops

Shoppers said that they were subjected to "fraud and deception", according to their description, when purchasing luxurious hours, as it was found that they were imitated and carrying slogans of international brands, which forced them to pay large sumsProfessionally imitated, known as "number one" and selling them to the public as original hours, bearing the slogan of international brands, and it was purchased from the approved shops to sell luxury watches.They added that sellers promote the sale of counterfeit watches via smartphones and communication sites, and are characterized by the accuracy of the design and the weight of their weight to match the original watch, and wrapped with a slogan that identical to the original product, and is sold at high prices, amounting to between 20 and 50 thousand dirhams per hour, and consequently it is professionally imitated by 98%The consumer can only distinguish between the original and the imitation by going to the parent company and investigating the truth.

Selleples stated that they find a great demand for counterfeit hours, noting that they do not violate the law to sell them, as they buy them from the shops and trade in them..On the other hand, the Executive Director of the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector in the Economic Department in Dubai, Omar Bouchahab, said that the department is working to organize inspection campaigns on a daily basis on the markets to counter the spread of counterfeit goods, which are a violation of the Intellectual Property Protection Law, and the violating shops are closed,He explained that the department is destroying counterfeit commodities, noting that "hours are considered imitated goods with high demand, and it is difficult to discover that they are not original with the accuracy of the manufacturing process, stressing that the department does not tolerate any shops that sell counterfeit hours.".In detail, Citizen Khamis Saeed said that he was fraud and fraud from the owner of a commercial store from which he bought an hour as a luxury for 20 thousand dirhams, as its value in the producing company (the agent) is 50 thousand dirhams, pointing out that the owner of the store highlighted him with a card bearing the slogan of the mother company However, it is the warranty card in the event that the hour is broken, and after months the watch was broken and took it to the agent to discover that it was not original and was deceived, and the store owner's response was that it was "not original, but it is identical to it in all respects, and you can go to the relevant authorities and file a complaint if not convinced", noting that Until he went to the Department of Economic Development and submitted a report of the incident, but to no avail, calling on the department to tighten control over the shops, especially those that sell watches.His friend Ahmed Saeed supported him, saying, "I was cheating when buying a luxury hour from a store in a market in Dubai, after following my sellers promoting these hours via smartphones and communication sites, and I discovered after a period that she was imitated and not original." He pointed out that he filed a complaint against the store but did notLegal measures are taken against him, on the pretext that there is no bill to prove this, and that he knew that the watch is imitated.He added that he bought the watch because it was cheap in the amount of 16 thousand dirhams, compared to the agent, which has a value of the hour, has 25 thousand dirhams.Khaled Salmin stated that he entered one of the markets and a person came to him and asked him if he wanted an hour of a luxurious type, adding that when he expressed his desire to do so, the person led him to one of the shops and offered him his goods and bought him an hour after the seller convinced him of the guarantee, but after months, after monthsFrom his purchase of 25 thousand dirhams, she fell from his hand and her screen was shattered, and he went to the agent to fix it, so he was surprised that she was imitated, adding that this type of watch is in very high quality, and it may be difficult for the public to distinguish it from the original goods.The seller (she preferred not to be named) confirmed that she has been trading in counterfeit hours for four years through social media, and she discharged during her trade 300 thousand dirhams, as she trades in hours carrying slogans, As you buy it from shops and sell it through various means of communication, such as smartphones and social media.She pointed out that she sells one o'clock at a price of between 1000 and 6000 dirhams, according to the brand of the watch, noting that the counterfeit hours are divided into several levels, including what is called (one number hours), i.e. a high -quality version and completely identical to the original hour, in addition to the hoursThe normal imitator, which resembles the original form, confirming that the trading of counterfeit watches is profitable.The seller, Mohamed Mahmoud, stated that he is trading in imitated hours through mobile phones, and he receives a great demand for them and wins large sums.He added that the trading of the imitated watches personally is not contrary to the law, as the price difference between the original and imitator is reaching thousands of dirhams, pointing out that it is not possible to distinguish between counterfeit and original hours, explaining that he buys these hours of the stores in a secret way and is only sold to the trusted people.The seller, Khaled Ahmed, said that he began to expand in the trading of counterfeit watches that carry the slogans of international brands, due to the large number of demand for them by the public because of its cheapness and their compliance with the original, and it is not possible to distinguish between them, indicating that he promotes counterfeit hours via smartphones and across the web represented in communication sitesSocial.He continued that the original hours that are from luxurious brands ranged between 20 and 50 thousand dirhams, so it is difficult to buy them except those who have been high, so the solution in buying a counterfeit watch bears the slogan of the luxury company to boast in front of people, as there are international laws that fight the tradition of brands, but they do notIt affects the people who buy it from commercial stores and sell them in a personal way.The executive director of the commercial monitoring and consumer protection sector in the Economic Department in Dubai, Omar Bouchahab, explained that the department is organizing daily inspection campaigns on the markets to confront the spread of counterfeit goods, which are a violation of the Law of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, as the department is destroying counterfeit goods, indicating thatWatch is one of the loud and high -demand goods, and it is difficult to discover that it is not original with the accuracy of the manufacturing process.He added that the owners of the shops have finally kept the sale of counterfeit products, especially the counterfeit hours due to the large number of demand for them, and the losses of manufacturers of watches are estimated at millions of dirhams, pointing out that the department is working to control the shops that sell counterfeit hours and fined them and close the storeThe store is closed permanently because of its great losses to the producing companies.On the people who sell imitated hours personally, Bushehab indicated that there is no law that is fined or prohibits the sale of the public for counterfeit hours, as he acquires these hours of stores and sells them in his own way, stressing that the department will not tolerate the owners of shops that sell counterfeit hours or any productIt holds the slogan of international brands and is imitated.