hel_n2,
Read The Economic Costs of Counterfeiting and Piracy.
โThis report shows that the infiltration of counterfeit and pirated products, or IP theft, creates an enormous drain on the global economy โ crowding out billions in legitimate economic activity and facilitating an "underground economy" that deprives governments of revenues for vital public services, forces higher burdens on tax payers, dislocates hundreds of thousands of legitimate jobs and exposes consumers to dangerous and ineffective products.โ
Every time that someone buys a "cheap knockoff", they're contributing to this illegal activity. As you know, Customs will seize counterfeit products coming into Australia when they're aware of it, but so many small personal counterfeits come flooding into the country that it's a major battle. By knowingly buying fakes, you're partnering with the very people who make and sell counterfeits. How do you know that the cheap knock smart watch won't explode because it's made of substandard materials? How do you know that it doesn't contain compounds that irritate the skin and causes rashes?
I don't know how many times I've posted on this, but I expect to post it many more times yet, because people just don't think about what the risk is. You might want to read this post where I mention the law of subrogation and the lower quality components in fakes, and touch on the risks involved.
Why not look at getting a refurbished smart watch that's perhaps a generation or so older than the current one, from an authorised Australian seller of these items? You will then know it's up to Australian safety standards and that it's genuine, and the price should be something affordable...
