Low quality service becomes custom in harsh economy

However, in our current environment, it is almost impossible for the untrained and critical eye to distinguish between original and counterfeit products.

Some may argue that it is easier to copy packaging of superior brands for application to inferior ones.

However, it is unlikely that the counterfeiters will be able to replicate the quality of the original products bearing in mind that they simply do not have the resources to invest in.

If this were the case, they would be better off coming up with a better competing brand.

Everyone is likely to be a victim of counterfeit products despite their socio economic status, preferences and status symbols.

It is for this reason that if you have a Rolex watch that you treasure and show off in meetings to your admirers, you had better be careful that the second hand on the chronometer display does not make a “ticking” sound.

The fact is that the second hand of a Rolex simply sweeps round the clock face.

If you put your Rolex watch to your ear and hear anything, you have been had.

Rolex watches retail for anything north of $7,000 so if you paid Sh7,000 for yours, chances are that the loud ticking sounds and your heartbeat are synchronous.

You may be much safer hanging around the more discernable digital watch world.