Knock off purses, and replica ones, are ment to be high fidelity copies of original desinger purses but at a very low pricing. Some times this low price comes as a tradeoff to small detalis like Prada becoming Proda. The tradeoff provides a legal safe heaven for selling knockoff and replica purses. Many purse designers are either located in San Francisco, or in New York. If you intend to purchase a knockoff in New York, it's probably going to happen in the markets or from a street vendor.
Most probably, street vendors will go cheaper than markets. The reason is that the vendors are prohibited by laws to block the sidewalks with their merchandise so they will have to trade fast before any police officers arive and possibly fine him. Usually this takes about twenty minutes. You can get even lower prices on street vendors by haggling. Start off by letting the vendor put up a price and just keep talking trying to lower it. In case the vendor appears to be stubborn turning around and walking away will get them to break in to your request.
In the markets, the sellers are not pushed around by an urgency to sell the wares before having to relocate and the markets provide a steady stream of customers so they can afford to keep it up.
One problem remains: are knockoffs and replica purses worth it? You can't expect a purse for which you pay 20$ to be the same quality as one that costs 200$. But generally knockoffs are a very good trade, improved by the chance to acquire a stolen designer purse labelled knockoff. The reason because knockoffs are such a great idea is they are ment to provide normal earning people a shot at having something 'really expensive'.
