Counterfeit

The counterfeit market is quite a booming one.

Some of the reasons we give (ourselves) for buying counterfeit:
1) It is the design, not the brand. I like the design.
(Well, isn't it the same thing?)
2) They are pricing it too high and making too much from it, it is not fair. I 'pay' what I think is the reasonable price.
(Well, they never force you to buy. You pay yourself only.)
3) What want to buy counterfeit if I can afford the real thing.
(Well, poverty isn't really the issue here, is it? Will you die not having it?)

Of course you have more yourself, don't you?

Bottomline:
We want the "real" thing but we don't want to pay the price.
We want to be seen having the "real" thing but not pay the price.


The counterfeit mentality has moved into the church as well....
The price of Christianity is so high, the cost of following Christ is so high.. but we want 'Christ'.
So how? Counterfeit christianity market booms...

Let's re-argue

We want the "real" thing, we pay the price we deem fair for it, and we own a counterfeit,... hoping it will pass as the real thing to those around and (amazingly) hoping it will pass as the real thing to ourselves.

There is something illogical here.

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Part II

Of course there are the more "self-professed honest and bold" ones who would say, "Well, I am buying a fake because I want to buy a fake. I have the money, but I don't want to buy the real thing, I want to buy the fake."

How should then to respond to such 'righteous' declaration? Or it is better left not to respond.
Well, I have yet learnt how to respond to this.

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The supplier is always willing and able to meet our price, question is do we want to meet his price.