Fakes sold at sneaker conventions. Who takes the blame?

Seller

Organizer

Both are to be blame actually...seller should not sell fake anyway...fake seller who pretending that they are selling legit stuff should burn in hell! And as for the organizer they should hire someone to legit check the goods that are going to be sold in the event.. Anyway this year SS was a good one dont let one idiot seller ruin it...great job Dexter and everyone who arrange the event!

It isn't the organizer fault for not knowing but we also can't blame the seller as we might not know whether is he aware of his sneakers are fake or not c

Personally, I think the onus is on the buyer. Yes, you go into a convention assuming that everything is authentic, but in this case, when the signs are pretty obvious that something's not right (like Daniel Tan mentioned, a PE of a school, with so many pairs available), then alarm bells should have been ringing like mad. I mean, even if the organizers request that all vendors submit their entire inventory for the exhibition, and go the extra mile by screening each and every pair (which is exhausting, to say the least), the fake vendors can still produce a genuine pair for verification, then sell the fakes ones at the exhibition. Bottom-line, the buyers must do your homework.