Originally Posted by gregf83

I'm sure the Prada bag is nice as well but these type of luxury goods are always going to be subject to counterfeit since the difference in performance between the 18.000 bike and the 5000 bike is negligible to non-existent. A large part of the value is based on 'looks' which are relatively easy to copy. It's a little more difficult to copy an iPhone or a Porsche which also have high margins but are a few orders of magnitude more difficult to copy.