Wanna see the REAL threadless ripping off? go to Thailand(or just check this blog)

Hello dears.
I'm back from Thailand and i want to show you how many threadless fakes i found down there. Yep, beside diesel,abercrombie,cartier and tons of "main stream" brands, i was so lucky to see ripped off Threadless material in many many shops(and i assumed they sell a lot: many morons wearing them on the streets...).
Here a selection of pics, but you know, there was more and more. either in bangkok or in islands.






^Some of you may know that non-threadless design...
I saw at least 10 versions of stuck with pins' theme.ripping off a thief made me sort of bitter laughing...

^And that was the biggest surprise: they stole my "temptation" sub even if not printed(that shop had a couple of other unprinted subs)! I've been such of lucky on find it, it was a small shop in a pretty huge market. I didnt know if should i be sad or happy about that...anyways, i bought it, forgive my vanity..


So, WE ARE DEFINITELY FAMOUS!
aren't we?

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blonde8007

holy crap!

Stevethegreat

jesus that's prolific

ir0cko
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whoa.

Pank

Hey you came back just in time... there was a military coup or something

fastjumper
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yep yesterday they did a golpe

Skipper6745
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That's so many it's mind-boggling!

broooke

That is amazing that you found your own submission in there. Haha, you should've told them, then threatened to sue.

fastjumper
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and hell yeah they are prolific.there was many many more

theperk
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holy shit

phones

i wish i could see them :(

Pank

Killing Tree version 2.0

fastjumper
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i couldnt believe my eyes whren i saw my sub printed.it was the last piece, the guy in the shop told me he sold many of that but...never trust a thai shopper..

speedyjvw
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oh man i hope you called them out on this shit hard core

chelly

that's crazy. and i totally would have bought my own shirt.

plastikaa
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I'd love to have seen the persons face if you had told them you designed that shirt and not given permission for it to be printed. Then insisted they removed it from the shop and destroyed them else you were going to ring the cops.

theperk
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i didn't think my shop was big enough to get ripped off! i didn't even have a big version of the image anywhere! any of my subs printed there erik?

fastjumper
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well consider that there are streets full of shops in wich you can find diesel,rolex,nike,adidas,abercrombie and go on....that companyes seems to can not do anything against this phenomenon. its not on the shops itself obviously:there are factorys that works only like this, and the demand is probably very high..most of them come from china i guess

fastjumper
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yep josh i've seen the optimistic one

fastjumper
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lol the internet is big enough for that i guess

(matthijs)
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djeezz, that's insane. But did you also get the 'I went to Thailand and all I got was this fake Threadless shirt' shirt?

plastikaa
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its funny how they do it so obviosuly though... if they used one of two designs they could possible get away with it. But the fact they do loads and p[ut them all together in the shop. And whats with the different labels... they made by different companies but then somehow all end up in the same rack in the same shop?

staffell
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ZOMG!!! and Hi Eric!

pilihp
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yikes! i think i'll start incorporating my name or something into my designs so i have proof i created it. tsk tsk Thailand, shame on you :(

Luke...
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ahhhh, nobody ever rips of my shirts... :' ( [well, 'cept my wife...badda-boom-baby]

theperk
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any other go ape shirts there? did they print bad day at the office before i did?? haha

theperk
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luke i could've sworn i saw a blog with a ripped off goldie

staffell
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i'm speechless

Luke...
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haha, lets all make "anti thai tees"...hahaha say that 3 times fast

fastjumper
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yes plastikaa, there was many different companyes on labels.i quit getting pics of them when i realized they were manymanymany lol@matthijs

phones

I can see them- wow that's hardcore insanity!!! Did they ask why you took so many photos?

Luke...
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perk, some guy made it into a free blog background, no biggie, cept he claimed he made it, but a he wasnt makin money off it, and there wanst a contact...so say la veeeee

fastjumper
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theperk on Sep 20 '06 at 2:29pm any other go ape shirts there? did they print bad day at the office before i did?? haha hahaha not yet dude.i saw only that one.but probably next year...

phones

holy shit- mystery of mission 5 on white! Is it too late to go back and get me one?

fastjumper
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phones on Sep 20 '06 at 2:31pm I can see them- wow that's hardcore insanity!!! Did they ask why you took so many photos? heh they were looking at me strange but they didnt asked nothing.they probably thought i was a stylist. or a stupid...

plastikaa
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You should have picked your shirt up and just walked out the shop without paying... then on the acusation of theft you can just tell them taking what is already yours isnt theft.

fastjumper
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hehe many palettes are changed..and the quality of prints is crappy in most of them

phones

hahaha doing a spread for 'threadless magazine'

Luke...
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i have nothing against the people of thailand or anyone that is thai, but it would be really funny if a bunch of "anti thai tees designs" were sent their way, just as a fun little jab.

tikitoaster

so how much do they charge for a shirt?

alacyt

This makes me reluctant to submit anything. Anyone printed care about getting ripped off?

.moto.
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thailand is a dirty pit of t shirt scandal.

fastjumper
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i told to the guy on the shop: HEY THATS MY FUCKING DESIGN MAN!!! he started looking at me as i was stoned... so i got it for a special price and i left the shop

.moto.
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they printed fastjumpers extra tasty sub! bastards..

Luke...
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nope, i got paid...i cant realistically hope for anymore cash for my product, besides i would be much angrier about non-printed designs getting stolen...i just hope that i can be printed again, so that more thai people can sport me designs...haha

OlliRudi
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insane. but i kinda want a few anyway. especially temptation(why the hell didn't threadless print that?) as the historic saying goes, "it's not stealing if it's in asia"

.moto.
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oh... you are fastjumper. lol

(matthijs)
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alacyt, if I can feed 10 thai families by them ripping of my shirts, it's alright with me ;)

fastjumper
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tikitoaster on Sep 20 '06 at 2:38pm so how much do they charge for a shirt? i payed for my own design like 3 bloody dollars Luke... on Sep 20 '06 at 2:38pm i have nothing against the people of thailand or anyone that is thai, but it would be really funny if a bunch of "anti thai tees designs" were sent their way, just as a fun little jab. if they wouild sell, they would steal that too

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