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    BBC News (World)‏Verified account @BBCWorld Sep 19

    French police seize 20 tonnes of Eiffel Tower souvenirshttps://bbc.in/2Nlc3cN 

    11:00 AM - 19 Sep 2018
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      2. aj‏ @ajusted Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        Lavender Hill Mob 🙂

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      2. 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢, 𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍‏ @ReadySetAwkward Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        But... why? You've provided no context or explanation. Who cares if street vendors sell souvenirs? Do the Paris police really have nothing better to do?

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      3. Andrée‏ @MissAndree2U Sep 19
        Replying to @ReadySetAwkward @BBCWorld

        Google it, it's an ongoing problem involving many kinds of fakes: 2013: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-eiffeltower/60-tons-of-eiffel-tower-trinkets-seized-in-paris-idUSBRE96O1A720130725 … 2011:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/police-clash-with-souvenir-sellers-under-eiffel-tower-2342760.html …

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      4. 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢, 𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍‏ @ReadySetAwkward Sep 19
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        The Independent article is helpful, thanks. I understand from it that licensed vendors are suffering because unlicensed vendors are taking business. But to characterize souvenirs as "fake" or "counterfeit" is ridiculous. Nobody, licensed or not, is selling the real Eiffel Tower.

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      5. Andrée‏ @MissAndree2U Sep 19
        Replying to @ReadySetAwkward @BBCWorld

        The genuine items have a legitimate network. Where they're made, what they're made of, how they're transported, who owns the rights. Fake items have no quality control, could contain anything, including toxins. Jewelry, 2010:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/owners-of-downtown-la-jewelry-store-plead-guilty-to-selling-phony-leadladen-designer-jewelry.html …

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      6. 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢, 𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍‏ @ReadySetAwkward Sep 19
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        This is not a question of counterfeit goods. How can any common trinket sold in souvenir shops, be it an Eiffel Tower, a Tower of Pisa, or a Statue of Liberty, be regarded as “genuine” or “counterfeit”? There is one genuine Eiffel Tower and it is not for sale.

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      7. Andrée‏ @MissAndree2U Sep 20
        Replying to @ReadySetAwkward @BBCWorld

        The sellers do not claim to be selling the actual full-scale Eiffel Tower. The items sold are souvenirs, to serve as a remembrance of the visit. Of these mementos, there are licensed and unlicensed. Only one may be legitimately sold.

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      8. 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢, 𝚜𝚎𝚝, 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍‏ @ReadySetAwkward Sep 20
        Replying to @MissAndree2U @BBCWorld

        >Of these mementos, there are licensed and unlicensed. Only one may be legitimately sold. Can you please link to your source for this info?

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      9. Andrée‏ @MissAndree2U Sep 20
        Replying to @ReadySetAwkward @BBCWorld

        By the way, I like that you like links. I like links too, it allows me to learn more about a subject I'm interested in.

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      1. Niamh  🥀‏ @niamhmarie_ot Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld @BBCNews

        One of these guys, whilst i was in Paris by myself ( and i look quite young), tried to get me to follow him to a café saying ‘c’est pas méchant’ (it’s nothing mean/bad). And, honestly, that’s the main problem, they harass and scam tourists. It is an actual problem

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      1. Meg‏ @MeganThwaites1 Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld @BBCNews

        Hallelujah was pestered the whole time I was in Paris to buy theseeee

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      1. Homayoun Niknam‏ @HomayounNiknam Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        Is it enough to melt them and build a new big eiffel tower? 🤔

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      1. Joanne Haynes‏ @vandykhaynes Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld

        Pickpockets are a much bigger problem.

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      1. Mr Stanton‏ @JStanton_81 Sep 19
        Replying to @BBCWorld @BBCNews

        Sacrè bleu !

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      1.  ☠Ghul 💀Nevermoore 🦇‏ @meimo_ninja Sep 19
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        pic.twitter.com/HHFOyZ3cth

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