New products that have been a complete flop

Mazeire · 10-11-2011 7:44pm

44leto wrote: »

I was never in Stringfellows, the few times I was there, I thought the Spirit was quite good, it was different.

So so expensive from what I remember, even for Celtic Tiger times. Wasn't it €20 to get in on a Friday and Saturday night?

44leto · 10-11-2011 7:45pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Modern warfare 3.

Bought it today, its shyte alright, the gameplay is practically the same as MM2, its just different templates.

DO NOT BUY.

10-11-2011 7:49pm

Ashtrays for motorbikes!

kupus · 10-11-2011 8:04pm

can Toshiba's HD DVD vs blue ray be counted as a flop kinda like betamax vs video in past years.

psychward · 10-11-2011 8:06pm

The HSE

Paparazzo · 10-11-2011 8:08pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Modern warfare 3.

Predictions that it'll make $1.1 billion in it's first 6 weeks. You mightn't like it, but hardly a flop!

headmaster · 10-11-2011 8:15pm

Polska fund investment

ShadowHearth · 10-11-2011 8:17pm

Paparazzo wrote: »

Predictions that it'll make $1.1 billion in it's first 6 weeks. You mightn't like it, but hardly a flop!

I doubt it will make it. Even if it will, then I will losse all faith in human kind.

smash · 10-11-2011 8:18pm

The DVD rewinder

retalivity · 10-11-2011 8:39pm

minidisc.

was awesome for all of about 7 months before mp3s came and took me away....

Capt'n Midnight · 10-11-2011 9:33pm

smash wrote: »

The DVD rewinder

Actually that sold quite well as a novelty item

Capt'n Midnight · 10-11-2011 9:39pm

zinzan wrote: »

Isn't that Dasani tap water now sold as Deep River Rock?!

yes

then again Perrier also know how difficult it is to put water in a bottle :rolleyes:

value lemonade costs less than water , so what is it made out of ?

Capt'n Midnight · 10-11-2011 9:40pm

Microsoft Bob

Professey Chin · 10-11-2011 10:01pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Microsoft Bob

Sweet jesus. The flashbacks!
Bastardin thing gave birth to that fcukin Clippy bastard!!! :mad:

Ray Palmer · 11-11-2011 9:52am

sparksfly wrote: »

Most people who bought 300k apartments lost substantialy.

Shake and vac sold so well it was discontinued.

JML are successful but many of their products are pure crap that have a very short sales life.

We are commenting on products, not companies.

Some people really need to think before they argue stupidly:rolleyes

Most people who bought 300k lost but that doesn't make them a flop it just means the value didn't stay. They sold the them.

Shake and vac sold very well. The fact they discontinued it doesn't mean it was a flop just it doesn't have a market any more.

JML sells the units at a profit. They aren't flops, short sales life doesn't make something a flop. By that definition many toys that make a ton of money are flops when they aren't

You really aren't thinking this out at all.

mathie · 11-11-2011 10:23am

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Most people who bought 300k lost but that doesn't make them a flop it just means the value didn't stay. They sold the them.

Shake and vac sold very well. The fact they discontinued it doesn't mean it was a flop just it doesn't have a market any more.

JML sells the units at a profit. They aren't flops, short sales life doesn't make something a flop. By that definition many toys that make a ton of money are flops when they aren't

You really aren't thinking this out at all.

flop /flɒp/ noun
to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.

Paying over the odds for an apartment is ... ?
A product that is discontinued is ... ?

A success?

You really aren't thinking this out at all.

11-11-2011 10:48am

A flop would be the Ghost Estate in the Midlands that is full of completed but unsold houses.

psychward · 11-11-2011 1:02pm

Deleted User wrote: »

A flop would be the Ghost Estate in the Midlands that is full of completed but unsold houses.

no they served their purpose 100% of transferring wealth from the taxpayer to corrupt vested interests :rolleyes:

Ray Palmer · 11-11-2011 1:14pm

mathie wrote: »

flop /flɒp/ noun
to be a complete failure; fail: The play flopped dismally.

Paying over the odds for an apartment is ... ?
A product that is discontinued is ... ?

A success?

You really aren't thinking this out at all.

AS the people who made many of the 300k appartments sold them they were not a failure for them. Ie not a flop

Selling millions of units and getting a massive return on your initial investment means a product is not a flop.

So yes they were successes. Just like a pet rock, they don't really sell them now but a massive success. The discontinued the Model T ford too are you saying it was a flop?

Think about it becasue you simply haven't so far.

iregk · 13-11-2011 7:34am

sparksfly wrote: »

JML are successful but many of their products are pure crap that have a very short sales life.

We are commenting on products, not companies.

Some people really need to think before they argue stupidly:rolleyes

They don't really. You can get pretty much all OS their products of their website. Supermarkets here go through phases of selling a couple as to sell all of them would require a second store!

Their products sell exceptionally well and they make shed loads of cash. At least know the product before you bash it.

Overall I did it funny that people say their products are crap yet they are rated in the top companies in Europe. Some achievement for someone with crap products!

nitromaster · 13-11-2011 7:51am

Orando Broom wrote: »

There are three big consoles and it is a distant, distant third despite the obvious advantage it had. Both other consoles have now adopted the controller type and the Wii will be buried.

The Wii sold a ton, third party/average number of games per console sales was higher then it's competitors....
Seems a success to me.

Liam Byrne · 13-11-2011 10:03am

rubadub wrote: »

not a product but www.bendunne.com I remember the radio ads on all the time.

Think that's Ben Dunne!

lil'bug · 13-11-2011 11:19am

clear cola
it was every where for one summer

also shake and vac is still around

Freddie59 · 13-11-2011 12:28pm

MidlandsM wrote: »

...whats pron?;)

I would say the minicall pager yokes

Did ya never watch pron stars on Discovery?:p

The Sinclair C5

Jesus Wept · 13-11-2011 12:37pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Microsoft Bob

Never heard of this thing! Must set this as my desktop background.

wrote:

Released right as the internet was beginning to become popular, Bob offered an email client where a user could subscribe to MCI Mail, a dial-up email account. The price was $5.00 per month to send up to 15 emails per month. Each email was limited to 5000 characters, and each additional email after the limit was reached was an additional 45 cents

Bargain alert.

rubadub · 13-11-2011 12:53pm

nitromaster wrote: »

The Wii sold a ton,

yep 5th best selling of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_game_consoles

Sony PlayStation 2 2000 153.5 million[1][2][3]
Nintendo Nintendo DS 2004 149.00 million[4]
Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color[5] 1989 and 1998 118.69 million[4]
Sony PlayStation 1994 102.49 million[6]
Nintendo Wii 2006 89.36 million[4]
Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2001 81.51 million[4]
Sony PlayStation Portable 2004 73 million[7][8][9]
Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 61.91 million[4]
Microsoft Xbox 360 2005 57.6 million[10]
Sony PlayStation 3 2006 55.5 million[11]
Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 49.10 million[4][12][13]
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 39 million[cn 1]
Nintendo Nintendo 64 1996 32.93 million[4]
Atari Atari 2600 1977 30 million[17]
Microsoft Xbox 2001 24 million[18][19]
Nintendo Nintendo GameCube 2001 21.74 million[4]
Sega Game Gear 1990 11 million[20]
Sega Dreamcast 1998 10.6 million[21][22]
NEC TurboGrafx-16 1987 10 million[22]
Sega Saturn 1994 9.5 million[22]
Nintendo Nintendo 3DS 2011 6.68 million[4]
Sega Sega CD 1991 6 million[22]
Atari Atari 7800 1986 3.77 million[23]
Mattel Intellivision 1980 3 million[24][25][26]
Nokia N-Gage 2003 3 million[20]
Magnavox/Philips Magnavox Odyssey² 1978 2 million[27]
Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer 1993 2 million[22]
SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color 1998 and 1999 2 million[20]
NEC TurboExpress 1990 1.5 million[20]
Sega Nomad 1995 1 million[28]

Shake and vac sold very well. The fact they discontinued it doesn't mean it was a flop just it doesn't have a market any more.

Shake n vac is still on sale.
http://www.scjohnson.co.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=6003

I will burn in hell for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT4ojkLZOS8

cock robin · 14-11-2011 10:38am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

value lemonade costs less than water , so what is it made out of ?

It's made out of water without a massive marketing budget. The actual production cost of a 2l bottle of leading brands of soft drinks is around 35c.

Jumpy · 14-11-2011 10:46am

Dickens Cider.

cock robin · 14-11-2011 10:50am

sparksfly wrote: »

Most people who bought 300k apartments lost substantialy.

Shake and vac sold so well it was discontinued.

JML are successful but many of their products are pure crap that have a very short sales life.

We are commenting on products, not companies.

Some people really need to think before they argue stupidly:rolleyes

JML are a world leader in selling products so they are no flop.
Shake & Vac has not been discontinued, it sold more before people bought timber flooring so no flop there.
300k Apartments were sold and bought at market value so no flop their either.
Products have come and gone but that does not mean they were a flop, the Polaroid camera is a case in point, not available anymore due to more modern technology but by no means a flop.
Your opinions on the other hand are a flop as you have missed the point.
Example of a flop The DeHaviland comet.

Ledger · 14-11-2011 11:09am

Pippin's cider - about 30 cases were sold in the first month, about 20 of them came back, not selling. (wholesaler).

One to soon join this list:

Smithwick's Pale Ale - It has been on the market for about 2 months, probably only about 20 cases have shifted, and it wouldn't surprise me if most of them will be coming back again too.

also does anyone remember Cashel's cider? no? exactly.

retalivity · 14-11-2011 7:40pm

Ledger wrote: »

also does anyone remember Cashel's cider? no? exactly.

I do! It wasnt that bad was it?

Ledger · 14-11-2011 8:38pm

retalivity wrote: »

I do! It wasnt that bad was it?

well i never had it, i just remember it being a really slow mover

EddyC15 · 14-11-2011 9:05pm

Does anyone remember that tabloid news paper that was launched a good few years ago? I can't remember the name of it but it's selling point was that it had absolutely no articles and was instead a collection of pictures, captions and ads. It lasted about six weeks.

14-11-2011 9:31pm

Was it a bit like the "Sunday Sport".

EddyC15 · 14-11-2011 10:16pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Was it a bit like the "Sunday Sport".

I don't think so. As far as I can remember it was a paper version of Hello or one of those magazines.

New products that have been a complete flop

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