Is it illegal to buy designer shirts from out of the country, ie: lacoste, and sell in the US for a

I notice on EBAY that Lacoste polos are being sold way under retail value. These shirts retail for $72 and sell for anywhere upwards of $20. They are listed as authentic (ie: designed in France, made in Peru, etc)... so...I guess I want to know if these shirts are truly authentic and if so, is it illegal to buy in bulk at a cheap price (as low as $9 per shirt) and re-sell here in the States for much lower than retail while still making a profit? Does each state have different laws? I live in Florida. Any advice or help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Is it illegal to buy designer shirts from out of the country, ie: lacoste, and sell in the US for a profit?microsoft flight simulator

those shirts are almost always fakes. buying designer brands

off ebay is hardly ever a good idea, even if the price is fairly high so you would think it's authentic. generally it is illegal to sell those shirts on ebay or elsewhere in the states. but hardly anybody cares

if you buy authentic designer brands, they will cost roughly the same anywhere in the world. it doesn't matter if you buy a louis vuitton bag in paris or vietnam, it will still cost more or less the same. that being said, as long as they are authentic, you should be legally able to re-sell them, but i doubt you'll make much profit that way

Is it illegal to buy designer shirts from out of the country, ie: lacoste, and sell in the US for a profit?windows 2000 internet explorer

If they are counterfeit it is. The word authentic only means they look like the legal ones. If you suspect bogus products are being sold on ebay, you should try and alert the company and ebay of this. Ebay does not check out everything sold on it. They can't, its too big.

Some companies sell their seconds (item that do not meet quality standards set by the mfgr.) to others. These are then sold in low cost stores like Dollar General, Family Dollar etc.. A company like Lacoste will not do this cause it damages their name and also cost them sales. Then they would have to lower their prices.

No, those you saw on ebay are probably counterfeit.

Here is the url of the ebay forum about detecting Lacoste fakes.
These are "surplus" of the original production, sold in the "black" market with original tags. Factories are allowed to legally sell this surplus only if they cut off the tags.

If you sell items with cut-off tags, I don't know if you could have as much profit...