Is your Coke the real thing?

A friend of mine complained of Colitis a couple of weeks back and we realized it has something to do with the water, She said the Natur -security/watchman (The guys who apart from their real jobs also seem to be controlling the real estate rental  market and now the water trade) delivered her water Can. So we decided to investigate (actually, we just walked down two floors). We asked the Natur, where did he get this stock of Oasis can- he had 2 answers for it and  nowhere close to the one we were looking for.

Its simple, what happens when your printer cartridge ink runs out?  Do  buy another cartridge worth Dh 115 or simply pick the classifieds with scores of  options on an appx.  Dh 25 refill (the math is simple). You choose the brand and they have the refill options.

I don't remember crushing my Coke 1.5 litre or the bottle (that's too much noise). Now, its not very surprising when friends tell me that sometimes Coke tastes Different from exactly the same product bought in a different store.

While parallel brands are welcome to this economy (competing or me-too options), Parallel trade certainly isn't.

Piracy, counterfeiting and parallel trade have had a large share of its discussions during investments forum in Dubai and the forthcoming event Dubai Business and Investment Roundtable (Economist conference in Feb 2005, London) will address some of these issues.