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What is the "Beats By Dre" of it's industry?

  • 22-12-2016 03:56PM
    #1
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭


    What do you think are the most over priced or/and over rated brand of an industry you're intersted in? No doubt plenty will say "iPhone" or "Apple anything" here.

    Im going to say Harley Davidson motorcycles. Based on the obscene cost, they are incredibly underpowered and have always been quite behind the competition for technological improvements.


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  • #2
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,908 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Mercedes-Benz.


  • #3
    Kichote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭Kichote


    Every industry has one for sure.

    "Ah here lads look here these lads over in Wanxi Dong have a factory and they can make 10,000 thingymebobs for a thousand quid and they'll shtick on the logo an'all. All we have to do is pay the customs and sell em on! Money for jam baaaaaaaaaaaih!"


  • #4
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    IPhone or apple anything


  • #5
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,885 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    Budweiser.


    Pure stink.


  • #6
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,908 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Kichote wrote: »
    Every industry has one for sure.

    "Ah here lads look here these lads over in Wanxi Dong have a factory and they can make 10,000 thingymebobs for a thousand quid and they'll shtick on the logo an'all. All we have to do is pay the customs and sell em on! Money for jam baaaaaaaaaaaih!"

    Is this a direct quote from Dr Dre?


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  • #7
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    "Coffee by Starbucks"

    "Anything by Paul Costelloe"


  • #8
    blackdog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭blackdog2


    Eddie Hobbs


  • #9
    c montgomery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭c montgomery


    Good question.

    There are many rip off products IMO like Newbridge silverware and most perfume brands but beats by dre is hard to beat, pun unintended.


  • #10
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Mercedes-Benz.

    A beautiful car. If Im getting a taxi I try to get a Merc. Why do you think it's the "Beats By Dre" of cars?


  • #11
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,885 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    IPhone or apple anything

    I've the new Apple anything 7s. It's just like last year's anything but they removed some vital ports from it and somehow I've ended up with more wires than ever.


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  • #12
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    blackdog2 wrote: »
    Eddie Hobbs

    What the hell is he upto these days? He lost a lot of money in a property scheme if memory serves.


  • #13
    HigginsJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,317 ✭✭✭HigginsJ


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Mercedes-Benz.

    To be fair to Merc they tend to lead the way with a lot of technical improvements. Things that are in new Merc's now will be found in your average family saloon in 3-5 years.


  • #14
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,908 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    As an aside, here is the whole story of beats by dre and how they screwed the inventors out of a lot of money. Its an interesting read:

    http://gizmodo.com/5981823/beat-by-dre-the-inside-story-of-how-monster-lost-the-world


  • #15
    ...And Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭...And Justice


    Frosty McGiggleShaft wrote: »

    "Anything by Paul Costelloe"

    Is that the guy with the plank of wood for €60?


  • #16
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Chanel perfumes. 80 quid for a bottle of stink.


  • #17
    mahoganygas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭mahoganygas


    San Pellegrino water.


  • #18
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    ...And Justice wrote: »
    Is that the guy with the plank of wood for €60?

    Thats him.

    Cheeky fupper


  • #19
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,029 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Nespresso, so much meh...


  • #20
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭nelly17


    Gibson Les Paul Customs and Fender Custom Shop anything


  • #21
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    IPhone or apple anything

    :)

    So Boards.


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  • #22
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    The grub they sell in Donnybrook Fair


  • #23
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,707 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Jo Malone.

    Never heard of them before until the missus bought a candle the size of an eggcup for €60


  • #24
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Chanel perfumes. 80 quid for a bottle of stink.

    I'd disagree there. They make great aftershaves and you only need a tiny squirt of their stuff to smell great all night.


  • #25
    Mr.Plough
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭Mr.Plough


    mahoganygas wrote: »
    San Pellegrino water.

    Can get it cheaper than river rock in most shops now, tastes better aswell.


  • #26
    CaptainR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭CaptainR


    nelly17 wrote: »
    Gibson Les Paul Customs and Fender Custom Shop anything

    I know nothing about guitars but why are these no good? Is there better guitars or are there guitars that are a lot cheaper but nearly as good?


  • #27
    Train Dragon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 267 ✭✭Train Dragon


    eviltwin wrote: »
    The grub they sell in Donnybrook Fair

    Am pretty sure I read before that they have crisps for €14.

    Not even if I won the Lotto.


  • #28
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Michael Koors handbags. Tacky to fook and hand stitched by some orphan chained to a loom in Bangladesh.


  • #29
    evil_seed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,457 ✭✭✭evil_seed


    90% of Brown Thomas things. All ridonkulous over price gaudy w@nk


  • #30
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Samsung and HTC Phones, HTC are getting worse and Samsung better but there's much better phones out there, Xiaomis, OnePlus and a couple more that offer much better value with a lot less of the silly gimmicks or overbloated software.


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  • #31
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    I must say that the first thought in my head whenever I see anyone wearing beats headphones is 'bellend'.


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