Finally got the Harley Maverick.



Funny thing was the tag. "An American Legend..." Made in China

 

Damn you stuck with the search for a long time. Glad you found what you were after.

 

Well, they say patience is a virtue...

 

Wow, that took 4 years! Guess you really didn't need a jacket that bad.

 

Didn't he write the book Chinese Rupture?

OP congratulations on tracking down your jacket.

 

Good looking jacket. Amazed that you stayed on track to find it.

 

I guess you couldn't find it without the eagle on the back. That's probably because all the jackets they wore were made it just for the movie. Glad you found one. A+ for your persistence.

 

http://www.leather4sure.com/men-23.html?view_all=1

 

And you're surprised? Personally, I could care less where stuff's made. To me, tags are only there for the size.

Nice jacket though, even if it took 4 years to get it. You probably could have made it yourself in that time and stuck a "MADE IN THE USA" tag on it!

 

Ouch, you hit a nerve. I can write a book on how/why manufacturers like this are scamming innocent customers. Starting with the illegal use of trademarks/copyrights and intellectual property and ending with the fact that they have never made most of the jackets on the site. That is why they are using pictures from the film instead.

Back in 2006 when we started our site there were no manufacturers selling replica jackets from films and television. There were a few folks who sold replicas of jackets that they actually made for the films and a handful of people who sold select jackets but nothing like this. We virtually started this business, and nearly every replica vendor out there stole their images from our site. Here are some tips to avoid a scam/low quality junk.

• Does the site use actors names to sell jackets?
• Does the site use film or television show names to sell jackets?
• Does the site use images of the celebrities or screen captures or production stills used to sell jackets?
• If the text of the site is written in your language, does it make sense or does it sound like it was translated with a fee web service?
• Other than replica jackets, does the site offer you anything else? Look at what the site offers you, other than the chance to spend your hard-earned money.
• Are there "odd" jackets on the site that do not seem to fit with the rest of the jacket selection?
• Do you see the same images on multiple sites?
• Is the jacket selling for less than $200 USD?
• Is the jacket description accurate or does it tell you about other things like what the film is about?
• Does the vendor use their own images?

I can provide images from unhappy customers who ordered a specific jacket, and show you what they actually received. It is usually not pretty. Some are funny, like the manufacturer who used an action figure by mistake because it was a high-res image:




Some are not funny. One customer ordered the jacket on the right (clearly stolen from Belstaff's site), which was advertised on the site. What they received instead was the jacket on the left.