new Jolida

Well China is a tough country to prosecute. There was a really good story on the radio last night about American companies who get put out of business due to teh gray market of knock-offs. Apparently it is a costly and futile battle.
I know a guy that builds speakers. He can get his boxes cut and assembled in China, shipped in usable cartons to the US, for less than he can get them cut in town. He still uses the local company though because he knows that his speaker designs would then be available on the gray market for half the price straight from China.
Oh well.

Well actaully..... Jolida is a Chinese company. But after living there for some time I can assure you the eventually ( even in China ) there will be a law suite agianst the fake company.

Sort-of. Jolida is an American company that manufactures in China. I have no personal experience dealing with the Chinese government. If it is true that they are dealing with counterfeit goods more seriously that is great. China is a major player and will continue to be. If they start playing by the same rules as teh rest of the big producers it will only increase the desirability of their goods.

Bignerd100,

Looks like we have our own thread going here.

Actaully I contacted the seller out of curiousity. He is actaully out of the UK and told me that the US would frown on him selling to the US under-cutting the market here.

But he CLAIMS to be legit.

I found "Jolida JD100S" cd player on Ebay and a few asian websites. Players looks very cool and seems to be improved version of JD100A.

Then I phoned Jolida and they said this is gray market player with inferior parts and that they are working on it to have this "stopped" (i.e. using Jolida name).

I'm not a 100% convinced that player is inferior or knock off (if you look at parts they claim to use, it's seems equal to if not better). What may be questionable is reliability & warranty issues...but don't forget likely the unauthorized Jolida is from OEM factory that makes legit Jolida's.

Also, I read in an older thread Jolida JD 100S was sold in europe/asia 2 years ago already (with no complaints)....makes me say "hhmmmm?".

Remember, Ford Focus was sold/made by Ford Europe for many years until it was released in North America?