What brand hurt when it failed you?

The_Minister

For me it's Ecco Shoes

I've worn them since I was a kid and wore each pair into the ground - they'd last for ages, keep their shape and be vaguely black.

As an adult they've been my go-to work shoes, as I walk around far too much to have any of that designer nonsense.
Also, in a world where Aladdin-pointy shoes seem to be inexplicably in fashion in every shop, they have a nice normal round shape.

I bought the latest pair only three months ago, haven't worn them much...and they've turned grey and streaky - I'm using the care cream thing I got with them (they warned off any polish) but they look like they're three years old already.

I'm completely disproportionately gutted that my Ecco shoes are such low quality - I used to love clomping around in them thinking I had a sturdy, robust, comfy shoe on.


What brands are you unreasonably attached to?

Speedwell

I'm a diabetic who has a reaction to foods containing a high proportion of sucralose (Splenda). In the US, basically every "diet" drink contains it, and most "sugar free" foods. When I moved here a couple years ago, I was so happy to see that sucralose is used in far fewer "no sugar added" foods and drinks, but there are still plenty of things that contain it that I would otherwise love to buy, and it's very disappointing to see something that looks perfect but that I have to put back on the shelf. What really hurts (literally) is when a brand that used to not contain it and that I used to trust switches to a formula containing it, and I don't notice in time.

Widdershins

Dolmio stir-in pasta sauce. When they took Anna, Giovanni and Luigi off the packet, it went to the dogs. Very watery now.

darkpagandeath

EagererBeaver

Durex

D0NNELLY

Ford. Had a 01 focus.. loved it. Years later, got a 141.. Hated it every day till i got rid.. souless piece of mediocrity.

osarusan

Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Cream

stacybeauchamp

Starbucks is killing me. I love the experience - but the coffee and poor customer service is horrendous.

AbusesToilets

Nokia for me. Always liked their designs, their focus on actual innovation, as opposed to the guff peddled by Apple. I'm hoping that they can make a return in the future.

Squeeonline

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Durex

The condoms or the lube?

jimmy blevins

osarusan wrote: »

Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Cream

That was you so.

minibear

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Ford. Had a 01 focus.. loved it. Years later, got a 141.. Hated it every day till i got rid.. souless piece of mediocrity.

ditto on Ford. Had numerous Mondeos from the 1.6 to the 2.5L V6. Had a few different cars and then got a 2007 Mondeo. Got rid of it within twelve months as I really really disliked it. I actually feel a bit sad about that old Ford relationship. We were great together for so long and then... well in this case it WAS you, not me.

MRnotlob606

I think Nestle have a lot to answer for after they ****ing changed the cylindrical box the candies were sold in (They used to have lovely coloured caps too).Those ****ers should've been brought to the Hague.

boardie100

Black and decker

Notsomindful

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Durex

He he he

matchthis

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I think Nestle have a lot to answer for after they ****ing changed the cylindrical box the candies were sold in (They used to have lovely coloured caps too).Those ****ers should've been brought to the Hague.

Great for shaking and the down the hatch in one. Couldn't talk for a few mins after that

suicide_circus

stacybeauchamp wrote: »

Starbucks is killing me. I love the experience - but the coffee and poor customer service is horrendous.

If you hate the product and service (totally agree btw) what can you possibly love about the experience?

Sound Bite

Anglo Irish Bank

Birneybau

suicide_circus wrote: »

If you hate the product and service (totally agree btw) what can you possibly love about the experience?

Was baffled myself. The whole pretending you're in an episode of 'Friends' thing perhaps?

Vojera

suicide_circus wrote: »

If you hate the product and service (totally agree btw) what can you possibly love about the experience?

#pumpkinspicelatte #girlylunch

4ensic15

AIB used to be a decent bank.
Ulster bank used to be pretty alright.
All I can say now is that if there was any half decent bank available i would move.
Bewleys used to have tea in their cafes that i could drink.
ECCO City was a good shoe when it was available. No adequate replacement.
MBT shoes were OK for a time and then started to fall apart within weeks.

brevity

Sony.

munster87

Tesco Value Gin

Your Face

I feel Jo Brand fails me everytime she says something.

Skyfarm

brand boards ... sold out for the kings shilling..:D

Schwiiing

Formula 1. No decent competitive season since '08.

Call of Duty. MW2 was the last version I enjoyed.

shane9689

Roses chocolates. I remeber as a kid they were the bomb. now they taste like stale balls of sugar

riclad

ALL the irish banks , they all had be rescued by the government ,
we will be paying the bill for 20 plus years .
Irish charitys ,alot of them seem to spend most of the money raised on executive pay , pensions
Do you really need to pay some bloke 100k plus to work for a charity.
Any big tech company that makes billions and pays 1 per cent tax ,through
various tax dodges .
Any company like nintendo that takes down videos on youtube or abuse,s the dmca process as a form of censorship.
TO take ad revenue from all those evil people who just want to
review a game .
Does anyone in japan know about fair use .

ZeroThreat

The_Minister wrote: »

For me it's Ecco Shoes

I've worn them since I was a kid and wore each pair into the ground - they'd last for ages, keep their shape and be vaguely black.

As an adult they've been my go-to work shoes, as I walk around far too much to have any of that designer nonsense.
Also, in a world where Aladdin-pointy shoes seem to be inexplicably in fashion in every shop, they have a nice normal round shape.

I bought the latest pair only three months ago, haven't worn them much...and they've turned grey and streaky - I'm using the care cream thing I got with them (they warned off any polish) but they look like they're three years old already.

I'm completely disproportionately gutted that my Ecco shoes are such low quality - I used to love clomping around in them thinking I had a sturdy, robust, comfy shoe on.


What brands are you unreasonably attached to?

Most brands of shoes fail me the the medium/long term. All the soles (including Ecco) wear down at the outside of each heel after a couple of months.

Outlaw Pete

Bought some Grolsch recently and it was like drinking a totally different beer than what it used to taste like.

jester77

Windows, it just went continually downhill after XP.

fergiesfolly

Fanta.
When they changed the formula, a little of my childhood died.

riclad

Windows 10 ,its a good os,
but its basically designed for the nsa,fbi etc
so it has send all browsing data ,file info,user data ,
etc to microsoft to improve the os ,for telementary ,user experience ,
Yeah ,if you believe that ,Theres a bridge in brookyn i want to sell you.

Oops69

cadburys creme eggs and most of their products are pale shadows of their former quality, also loop the loop ice pops by hb ice cream , when they were a fully irish brand they were long lasting and gorgeous , when bought out by Walls or whatever they shrunk and became tasteless.

Oops69

my UCD degree , the brand just keeps falling a few notches in the university placings every year.

endacl

Pacers.*

Really liked them, and then they weren't there any more


*Veiled Boardsie vintage check.

Edit: Also, spice burgers. Remember the panic a couple of years ago when there was a threat that the humble spice burger was to be retired? I'd never had one. So, to support this bastion of Irish late night cholesterol shots, I tried one. One bite and in the bin. Feckin' rank. I felt very very let down, given the fuss that was being made at the time.

Soolander

Cookie Crisp used to be my favourite childhood cereal. Loved everything about it. Bought a box a couple of years ago and to my horror they completely changed the cereal. If theres any way I could describe the previous recipe I'd say they were kind of powdery(?) in texture whereas now they have a glossy sheen on the outside. It completely changed the whole experience of the cereal in regards to soggyness, milk sweetness, crunch, finding a ball of chocolate chips. They definitely don't taste the same as well. Bought a box recently and unfortunately the ****e new recipe remains.

kowloon

Surprised this isn't full of Samsung.

ibFoxer

riclad wrote: »

Windows 10 ,its a good os,
but its basically designed for the nsa,fbi etc
so it has send all browsing data ,file info,user data ,
etc to microsoft to improve the os ,for telementary ,user experience ,
Yeah ,if you believe that ,Theres a bridge in brookyn i want to sell you.

Tell me more....

To answer the question, fcuk Cadburys and their generic American wax "chocolate"

kowloon

It's the Creme Egg that got changed to ****ty chocolate, the Dairy Milk is fine, right?

endacl

kowloon wrote: »

Surprised this isn't full of Samsung.

Thay can't access boards. Their phones are on fire.

ibFoxer

kowloon wrote: »

It's the Creme Egg that got changed to ****ty chocolate, the Dairy Milk is fine, right?

It's all different..... the normal Dairy Milk is alright, but the Golden Crisp is gone to the dogs, same for Turkish.

But yeah they really screwed the Creme Egg.

kowloon

ibFoxer wrote: »

It's all different..... the normal Dairy Milk is alright, but the Golden Crisp is gone to the dogs, same for Turkish.

But yeah they really screwed the Creme Egg.

Ah, feck .

makeandcreate

jester77 wrote: »

Windows, it just went continually downhill after XP.

Definitely

http://nerdclub-uk.blogspot.ie/2015/12/congratulations-microsoft-you-finally.html

Stealthfins

High end fishing reels.
When they were made in the USA and Sweden they were the dog's bollx now that they're being made in the other side of the world, they are poor quality.

Falling apart and made of cheap alloys....

Aglomerado

ibFoxer wrote: »

It's all different..... the normal Dairy Milk is alright, but the Golden Crisp is gone to the dogs, same for Turkish.

But yeah they really screwed the Creme Egg.

+1 they're Gank now.
Sour cream and onion Pringles have changed too, rotten now. Not that they were great to begin with (Tayto ftw) but certainly more edible....

riclad

Marvel comics, every 3 years any comic can be rebooted ,
everything changes , a character can be married or single or replaced by someone else .
A reboot means start from zero, anything that happened before can be changed or forgotten .
Every few years theres a no1 spiderman or a no1 xmen just to get a sales boost, from collectors .
i remember when comics used to go on for 300 or more issues .
Characters will also be changed to fit in with the movies .
Every english sweet ,chocolate company is being bought by american corporations ,
so sweets don,t Taste as good as they used to.

Jrop

seconded on Creme Eggs Mc Donald's Shamrock Shakes. As child a St Patrick's treat was being allowed to have a shamrock shake for breakfast, minty ice cream deliciousness. I bought one recently it was disgusting. Mc D's had changed the recipe and it tasted awful.

Conall Cernach

I'm with the OP re: Ecco shoes. I got a pair about a year ago for €110 or €120 and wore them to work for 2 or 3 days a week. I work in an office with a carpeted floor and I wouldn't exactly be the most active so I wasn't doing much walking in them except going less than a mile to and from work. After a few weeks I noticed the rubber sole on them was crumbling but I thought that was normalish wear and tear. After 3 or 4 months I noticed that if the ground was in anyway damp they would let water in. I wore them for another couple of months but only in dry weather. Finally one day at work a big chunk of the sole fell away and my foot was on the floor with only the insole and sock between. I took them to a cobbler who pronounced them deceased.

Anyway, since then I've been wearing a pair that I got for €20 in one of those discount shoe shops and not a bother with them.

razorblunt

Cadbury's, first it was replacing the foil on the Dairy Milks, then gradually the chocolate in the Dairy Milk itself was changed (long after their chocolate in other bars was changed). It's now awful.

Brunch ice creams. There's absolutely no coating nowadays.

OldGoat

Labour party.