>As soon as you introduce strong fines and/or consequences
If strong fines were sufficient to prevent tampering then the proposed blockchain solution wouldn't even be necessary; just fine dishonest actors, period.
> if every luxury Louis Vuitton handbag is tracked and you know precisely whether it's been sold
There is no way to accomplish this though. You cannot reliably track a physical object because there is no way that a computer can automatically verify the authenticity of an object.
If strong fines were sufficient to prevent tampering then the proposed blockchain solution wouldn't even be necessary; just fine dishonest actors, period.
> if every luxury Louis Vuitton handbag is tracked and you know precisely whether it's been sold
There is no way to accomplish this though. You cannot reliably track a physical object because there is no way that a computer can automatically verify the authenticity of an object.