A relative of mine attended the 2008 Beijing Olympics and mailed me some official shirts. The funny thing is that the shirts had these little hologram stickers on them to denote that they were official. I wonder if hologram stickers can really be considered a mark of authenticity. How hard is it to even make fake hologram stickers?
I read that the stickers contain hidden info too. Perhaps the stickers are more for authorities checking shipments as opposed to being for consumers looking for official products.
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thats very cool, I hope they are still selling them because I really wanted one.
But aren’t the Chinese the ones who are best at faking holograms and making counterfeits?
I think it’d be really funny if the shirts that came from China were “Made in the USA.” Probably in a decade or so…
Holograms for security are mostly snake oil. The main point is that they are relatively expensive to print. However, nowadays printing even of high-quality products is often outsourced to China, so it’s fairly idiotic to assume they couldn’t afford the equipment. I wouldn’t be surprised if counterfeits and originals frequently originate from the same factory.