We have all heard of the knock-off pocketbooks in the middle of Times Square. We all know they are made overseas of lower quality, but they look good enough, right? Plus, the price is certainly right. You could say, who cares? It’s just an accessory. Well, now imagine that low-grade quality and potentially toxic material touching your sex organs.
That’s right, people! More and more high-end sex toys typically selling in the hundred-dollar plus range are being counterfeited and sold at discount prices. XBiz reports high-end sex toy knock-offs are being sold all over the internet: “Porn Guardian co-founder Peter Phinney says that the strategy of his organization’s new Product Piracy Pilot Program…is to make it ‘uncomfortable and [financially] unproductive’ for sellers of counterfeit merchandise.”
Porn piracy has been followed and tracked for year. High-end sex toy knock-offs are creeping into the internet market place. Retailers, like Desiree’s Desires, sign merchant agreements with high-end sex toy companies guaranteeing the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. While our prices may be set and never on sale, it’s because we believe in the product. Its technology, material, and protected patented innovation is worth the price. If we didn’t believe the product was worthy enough, we wouldn’t be able to sell it for a high price. Why would we bother to sell it?
High end sex toys offer so much to the consumer:
- quality material – usually F.D.A. approved medical grade silicone
- product dependability – the motors have warranties
- ergonomic design – contours your body to hit your pleasure zones
- product innovation – high-end sex toy companies are in the pleasure business and always want to have the newest and greatest product
General rule of thumb on detecting high-end sex toy knock-offs:
- internet sites that house “marketplaces” like Amazon or eBay
- if the product is discounted more than 25% on a product that has a minimum advertising price (MAP)
- if the price is too good to be true, you are most likely purchasing a knock-off counterfeit high-end sex toy
Find a local adult boutique or a reliable site that you know is in the USA selling products straight from the manufacture.