The genuine dark blue tops retail at £70 for kids and £90 for adults but bootleggers have been selling identical replicas for as little as £10
Adidas has launched a probe into the sale of fake Scotland tops after a Daily Record investigation revealed fans were snapping them up for just £10.
The genuine dark blue tops retail at £70 for kids and £90 for adults but bootleggers have been selling identical replicas for as little as £10 on websites such as DHgate and AliExpress. The cut-price counterfeits, which come with free shipping, allowed a family of four to get a strip each delivered to their door for less than £50. Listings reveal that many of the tops come from the Far East, with China and Thailand named as the country of origin.A spokesperson for Adidas said: "Our brand protection team will be investigating this matter as we take counterfeit products very seriously.
Top news stories today A spokesman for China-based AliExpress said: “Although we do not take custody of the goods being sold, we take product compliance very seriously and have in place related policies that all our third-party sellers must comply with.
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