I’ve just heard that “to send knowingly counterfeit goods through the post” is illegal.
So… Where do we stand as Truck drivers should we find mickey mouse merchendise on the backs of our wagons in good faith?
Your boss won’t have offered you anything to “look the other way”, so where do you stand if you’re pulled, and, come to that, - who would you expect to be pulled by?
What happens if someone uses your courier firm to “send back” dodgy goods originally received by other means?
Winseer:
I’ve just heard that “to send knowingly counterfeit goods through the post” is illegal.So… Where do we stand as Truck drivers should we find mickey mouse merchendise on the backs of our wagons in good faith?
Your boss won’t have offered you anything to “look the other way”, so where do you stand if you’re pulled, and, come to that, - who would you expect to be pulled by?
What happens if someone uses your courier firm to “send back” dodgy goods originally received by other means?
Think you’ll find they’re replicas until the point they are offered for sale. Relax, you’re fine.
Surely, it’s not a replica if it proports to be something it’s not - I’m not talking “cheap imitations” here so much as items that say they’re one thing, and inside they’ve the makings of an inferior model altogether…
I’ve bought an Mp3 player for myself, and I’ve run a test on it straight away - only to find it’s mickey mouse.
Sender says I should “send it back for a refund” - but if I do, I’d be breaking the law I’m told… Besides, if this “sender” is knowingly selling bogus items - It’s about time some upstart like myself went for the “name and shame” option rather than just accept a refund of an amount less than a tenner to start with… The postage back would probably cost me more than that!
…Not to mention the time and hassle I’d have jumping through the “retail refund” hoops! It’s gonna be more than a tenner’s worth of my time wasted eh?
Winseer:
Surely, it’s not a replica if it proports to be something it’s not - I’m not talking “cheap imitations” here so much as items that say they’re one thing, and inside they’ve the makings of an inferior model altogether…I’ve bought an Mp3 player for myself, and I’ve run a test on it straight away - only to find it’s mickey mouse.
Sender says I should “send it back for a refund” - but if I do, I’d be breaking the law I’m told… Besides, if this “sender” is knowingly selling bogus items - It’s about time some upstart like myself went for the “name and shame” option rather than just accept a refund of an amount less than a tenner to start with… The postage back would probably cost me more than that!…Not to mention the time and hassle I’d have jumping through the “retail refund” hoops! It’s gonna be more than a tenner’s worth of my time wasted eh?
It is not ilegal to send (even by post) a return item because you belive it to be counterfeit. This is a consumer related problem. Its relevance here even with its tenuous link to transport is doubtfull.
I’ve no idea how you can be so articulate as to give us ten paragraphs of how Governments and big business are doing the working man down, but can’t manage to return an item or contact trading standards. And you need to do one of them two things, or both.
This, is exactly what I’m not understanding about all this…
If it’s illegal to send back a dodgy item (counterfeit rather than faulty) then I would say that such practice is just the tip of the iceberg - relying upon some product’s general cheapness - the new “made in Hong Kong” tat label if you like - as a cop-out during any investigation.
I’ve already followed up to see if the practice of sending inferior goods dressed up in a higher goods label is going on anywhere else… It is, apparently - large.
I am the one wondering that “if it’s illegal to send knowingly counterfeit items through transit” - then it must be related to the transport industry along the lines of the “knowingly conveying an illegal alien” for example. It would be upto the driver/transport yard to prove “good faith”. This is easy if the driver is employed by the yard, but a lot harder for the driver should they be contracted I’m thinking here.
If you get pulled with umpteen peoples in the back of your truck - saying “Ahh I didn’t know they where there officer” offers scant defence. Surely the same must apply to “I’m conveying goods which I have already admitted are counterfeit”…? You are standing right in front of them. The countefeiter stands out of reach in a country far far away. Who are they gonna arrest? 
So, do we all still love shopping on the interweb?
I always wondered about the freshly baked in store,you would pick them up,from a food factory .
My mrs was having none of it ,until I brought a box full home ,vowed never too shop there again,but she does .