broken counterfeit jeans

The label reads:

=if(Label="","RMA","?")

This is an Excel function. It also would work in Microsoft Access. The factory is using Excel or Access to store all the logos for the different jeans they make and then print them onto leather. This is what happens when there is a bug in their software.

Chatuchak market, Krung Thep, Thailand. (Bangkok)

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RuutAckses says:

I'd probably prefer a pair with this on -- more geek cred, more unique and probably just as well made as the originals.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian_Brooks says:

Where was this photo taken?
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bsdfm says:

Chatuchak market.

I'll throw that up in the caption.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

MLuotio says:

Oh so cool :D

I wonder if its C++
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bsdfm says:

I think C and C++ both use if(Label="")then{option1();}else{op tion2();}
or (Label="")?"RMA":"?" ;

So no, not C++. Excel or Access function or old-style macro or VBScript maybe. It's not plain VB.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bingaman says:

These aren't necessarily counterfeit. It could have been a mistake at the actual factory, which is how they ended up wherever you snapped this. Great pic.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Punsalan says:

Blogged on UNEASYsilence.

I'm kind of wanting a pair of misprinted knock-offs after seeing that tag.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

heather says:

Please add "thisisbroken" to your tags.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

thousandrobots says:

I think it's supposed to be =IIf(Label="","RMA"," ?")

If it were written "Iif" instead of "If", it would work in any Microsoft Office application and in VB. It means, "If the field/column/whatever 'Label' has an empty value, return the value 'RMA'. Otherwise, return the value '?'."

It's a good way of populating one field based on what's in another field.

Maybe now I can get a job writing software for Thai blue jean counterfeiters.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bsdfm says:

That's right. It's supposed to be iif, not if.

(Edit:But it probably isn't plain VB, just because of the equals sign.)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Tarathene [deleted] says:

Must get a pair! I think that maybe I want some with non-MS specific code, though.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

more stupid than the others says:

photoshopped

3 art directors' and one graphic designer's vote.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

thebilly says:

photoshopped or not, i'd like some
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Baron.LSN says:

I'd have to concur with popular opinion: that pair kicks the *ahem* pants off the others.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bsdfm says:

Would any of y'all like to put some money on that, Deea?

The reason you shouldn't even doubt me is because I'm not nearly creative enough to imagine the workflow at a counterfeit jeans factory, let alone come up with a plausible screwup like this. And this is pretty plausible. Because it happened :)

But no need for critical thought. It was dark in the stalls in Chatuchak, so I had to take several shots to even get this blurry image. I didn't upload the original because I wasn't Flickr pro yet.

These are not interesting photos: camera jitter, too close, the one that I posted, and with a flash.

In the unlikely event that anyone would like to use one of those images, feel free under either Sharealike 1.0 or Attribution Sharealike 2.5.

I don't even have a copy of photoshop. My GIMP skills aren't that good.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

ingerson says:

Like many before me have said I'd like a pair with this on! Geek Chic. Also you got to remember lots of the jeans in markets in these places come from the genuine factories and are 2nds/rejects (or the factory keeps the machines running after they number of units they have been contracted to make). So lots of the goods are actually from the proper factory but don't get the proper packing/labels put on.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

prq says:

It may not be a bug. They could be ThinkGeek jeans.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

bsdfm says:

The main reason I assumed they were counterfeit was because there were a bunch of sad looking lucky 7 and diesel jeans at the same prices.

The second reason was that I assumed real factories would be doing large enough runs that they wouldn't depend on Excel to allow them to print all kinds of different labels. But now in retrospect, I doubt that the legit companies are more organized than the counterfeiters.

Anyway. I'm sure you're right. They probably aren't counterfeit. Keeping the title.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

RSEanes says:

I'm mainly surprised that no one caught it, even if they are in fact counterfeit (which I could believe easily).
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Hello Again says:

Counterfeit or not - it's a great find & like so many people I'd love a pair ;-)
And, counterfeit or not,it's strange nobody noticed and they are in the shops ...
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

asplodzor says:

That is simply awesome. I'm the umpteenth person to want one...
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

polromeu says:

Per quan el podria comprar ?
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Drunken Monkey says:

Everybody wants them. I'm going to counterfeit a pair and put them on eBay.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Counterfeit Chic says:

Love it, blogged it: www.counterfeitchic.com/2006/05/counterfeit_m isprint.php

And come to think of it, the manufacturer may have avoided a trademark violation, only to infringe copyright!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Balop Erdida says:

I live here in Thailand, and that market is known for its fake stuff. Its uber normal to get dumbass stuff like that. Like on the back of a romance movie it had a comment saying "absolutely hilarious!" When the movie had nothing funny in it at all. If your visiting Thailand get used to that kind of crap!
But that is pretty funny. I could hardly read the label anyway.
Lee is what I wear. My Lee is not fake.

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Seen on a rss agregator . (?)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Timo Kozlowski says:

I live in Thailand since six years now, but I haven't seen a label like that. Must be a real rarity. I hope you bought the whole stock to establish it as a new brand. :-)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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