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Shopping, according to apparently reputable surveys, is the No. 1 activity for travelers. This comes as a surprise to me. Based on what's on the Travel Channel 90 percent of the time, I would have thought it was watching guys with sunglasses and scraggly beards play Texas Hold 'Em.
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He's right, I think. There's a tiny demographic willing to spend more on a handbag than a lot of folks spend on their cars, and these people don't as a rule buy cheap knock-offs. Likewise, it's hard to imagine the sort of person in the market for a $25 counterfeit Gucci suddenly deciding instead to upgrade -- at 40 times the price -- to the real thing.
There's only one shirt with a Calvin Klein label hanging in my closet, and it's a fake I bought for $3 in Bangkok nearly 20 years ago. The label's on the inside of the collar,[url=http://monclerjassenherenoutletnederland.olimx.com/][b]http://monclerjassenherenoutletnederland.olimx.com/[/b][/url], so no one ever sees it but me. And it's a style -- a chambray work shirt -- I'm pretty sure Calvin Klein has never sold. But here's the thing: It's a great shirt. It fits well, and it's outlasted every other shirt I've ever owned. Do I feel I'm defrauding Mr. Klein by owning it? Not hardly.
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