U.S. Customs and Border Protection lately seized a dispatch of fake Fitbits get along from Hong Kong . The total haul was just 350 counterfeit wearables , but they ’re estimated to be deserving about $ 35,000 .
The counterFitbits were n’t explicitly deemed a base hit hazard , but instead were swag for infringing on Fitbit ’s intellectual belongings rightfield . The fake wear were box to count exactly like legitimate Fitbits . But for all we know they could be satiate with mulch and sawdust . ( They ’re probably not filled with mulch and sawdust . )
“ We look for consumer goods that may not be in compliance , ” Steve Sapp , Public Affairs Officer at CBP in Philadelphia , told me over the phone . “ We ’ve been seize hoverboards , Beats headphones , and this Fitbit seizure is the prominent of that kind of detail that I ’ve hear . ”
Thosecombustible hoverboardsmight be getting all the headlines these day , but counterfeit Fitbits are clear coming through US port as well . Any time a new gismo becomes popular , counterfeiters around the world start to crank out fakes and get them into the state as quickly as potential . And manifestly Fitbits are no different .
So if someone offers to trade you a Fitbit from the back of a van , peradventure keep running . With the measurement accuracy of legit Fitbitscoming into questionanyway , it may not even matter if you get one filled with sawdust .
[ US Customs and Border PatrolviaPhilly Mag ]
Top photo by Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg via Getty Images ; Bottom photo from CBP
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