Once great brands ...... now junk.

Liam McPoyle · 28-11-2017 08:31AM

Panaphonics and Sorny, they've really dropped off the map.

James 007 · 28-11-2017 08:32AM

Dell, Gateway 2000

Beta Ray Bill · 28-11-2017 08:36AM

Greybottle wrote: »

Nokia.

Still around, but still make excellent phones, but are nowhere near as prominent as a few years ago.

This...

What a fall from grace.

3210 and 3310 were amazing phones.

And not only did they have great phones, they had a patent on the "Nokia Charger" which basically charged conceivable device..... And then the went and changed it/made it obsolete! biggest mistake ever!

JohnBoy26 · 28-11-2017 08:36AM

Sony is a good brand and is far from junk but imo it's not the last word in quality as it once was. Anyone remember the trinitron flat screen tv's? They were pure quality.

greenttc · 28-11-2017 08:37AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Back in the day, we had a Pye telly. And a Ferguson. (Not the tractor).

Kodak would probably be the sort of brand in this category.

Your pye telly would have been made in dundrum where the shopping centre now stands!

Littlehorny · 28-11-2017 08:40AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Mercedes Benz.

You can close the thread now, Merc's are gone to fook

Beta Ray Bill · 28-11-2017 08:42AM

Oracle Database.... 12.1.0.2 in particular....

Greatest heap of SH*TE!!!!!!!!!!

no.8 · 28-11-2017 08:48AM

Optimalprimerib wrote:

Sketchers. Their shoes only last a few months

Have owned 2 different models (casual shoe and runners). I'm not one for selecting one brand over another but tbh I didn't have any problems with them. V comfortable. Not the hardest wearing but certainly well above average to me.

flaneur · 28-11-2017 09:12AM

In a lot of cases, certainly with the electrical and electronics brands, it's just some modern day cheapo company cashing in on some long-since-closed-down company's brand legacy.

For example, The Hoover Company hasn't existed since 1995. You're actually buying products from Candy in Europe or Techtronic (China) in the US.

A lot of the other whitegoods brands that are out there are made by a Turkish company called Arçelik (yes that's really its name). It's a division of Koç Holding (which is pronounced Coach...) and known usually as BEKO in Ireland, the UK and much of Europe .... for obvious reasons.

In case you think I'm making those names up:

https://www.arcelik.com.tr/default.aspx?lang=en-US https://www.koc.com.tr/en-us/

Some of them are just store brands / local relabelers who own an old legacy brand, sometimes they're owned outright by Arçelik.

Nekarsulm · 28-11-2017 09:19AM

As RobaMerc posted, Nordmende was once a top class brand. And you can add Ferguson and Bush to the list of once respected audio makers.

Ciaran_B · 28-11-2017 09:21AM

md23040 wrote: »

The irony of the name - Quality Street.

Really cheap choclate that's excessively sweet. Pure muck.

So much chocolate like this now. Most Cadbury is barely edible, Roses especially.

flaneur · 28-11-2017 09:21AM

The Nordmende brand is owned by KAL Kitchens in Ireland and sources appliances from various companies.

It's a weird one, as it's owned by Technicolor (Thomson SA) everywhere else, although I'm not aware of them still using it.

Also, Nordmende was a high end audio/visual/radio brand originally, it didn't make domestic appliances.

Bush is a trademark of Sainsbury's / Argos group now and used as an own brand.

Ferguson seems to be used by Thomson SA in some markets, but they've totally moved away from making appliances and are far more focused on their core businesses around IP and telecommunication stuff.

You need to be careful to check behind brands before you actually buy. In a lot of cases you've people buying products that are nothing to do with the original companies at all.

whisky_galore · 28-11-2017 09:25AM

Ciaran_B wrote: »

So much chocolate like this now. Most Cadbury is barely edible, Roses especially.

The incredibly shrinking box of Roses....

whisky_galore · 28-11-2017 09:26AM

Levi's jeans.

flaneur · 28-11-2017 09:27AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Levi's jeans.

They're pretty much unchanged, they just went out of fashion.

It's amazing how Levi's went from being the essence of cool to something your granddad might wear in a very short space of time.

Nekarsulm · 28-11-2017 09:28AM

Do Mitsubishi even make TV's now? The Black Diamond was THE set to have 20 years ago.
And I remember when Texas Instruments on your calculator ment you had a prestigue brand.

flaneur · 28-11-2017 09:31AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Do Mitsubishi even make TV's now? The Black Diamond was THE set to have 20 years ago.
And I remember when Texas Instruments on your calculator ment you had a prestigue brand.

Mitsubishi moved away from that kind of stuff in this market anyway quite some time ago. They're a huge conglomerate though and very much still in existence. They've just changed focus.

Texas Instruments is still very much alive and well, they just no longer operate in the consumer space very much.

whisky_galore · 28-11-2017 09:31AM

flaneur wrote: »

They're pretty much unchanged, they just went out of fashion.

It's amazing how Levi's went from being the essence of cool to something your granddad might wear in a very short space of time.

No, the quality went to sh!te as well.

flaneur · 28-11-2017 09:32AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

No, the quality went to sh!te as well.

Could have been one of those cases of over-marketing too like CK underpants.

flaneur · 28-11-2017 09:33AM

The one that I really notice is Cadbury's. None of their products taste the same anymore and I just don't buy them, which is probably good for my health.

The old foil wrapped Dairy Milk bars and cream eggs and all of those things used to actually taste reasonable quality. Now they just taste like absolute junk.

28-11-2017 09:51AM

I have a Nokia phone and most of my jeans are Levi's. Neither brand might be the height of fashion any more, but still quality.

bonzodog2 · 28-11-2017 09:52AM

Hewlett Packard used to be a highly respected maker of electronic equipment

Heres Johnny · 28-11-2017 09:56AM

Cars in general. I'm driving 2 generations newer now but I don't think I'll ever beat either of my BMW e39 5 series as drivers cars. Now just a collection of electronics and computers that pretend to keep emissions down.

Man I loved those cars.

Nekarsulm · 28-11-2017 10:08AM

This thread got me thinking about Grundig. A quick Google reveals that after WW2, the Allies strictly controlled production of radios in Germany.
A guy with a radio shop, Max Grundig, started making sets without valves. As these were not technically considered radio's, he could make and sell all he wanted without censure!

valoren · 28-11-2017 10:08AM

In terms of a great brand becoming more or less obsolete then for me it's Blackberry.
It's status in the mobile market is junk.

28-11-2017 10:10AM

Nostalgia used to be great.

Cookie_Monster · 28-11-2017 10:13AM

flaneur wrote: »

Mitsubishi moved away from that kind of stuff in this market anyway quite some time ago. They've just changed focus.

yeah, now they build really cheap horrible cars SUVs.
even the Lancer has finally died

dan1895 · 28-11-2017 10:20AM

valoren wrote: »

In terms of a great brand becoming more or less obsolete then for me it's Blackberry.
It's status in the mobile market is junk.

Unless your in Canada where everyone seems to own one.

Rawr · 28-11-2017 10:20AM

Apparently Burberry used to be regarded as a fancy quality brand...

...I say apparently, because by the time I had learned of the brand the Chavs/Skangers had already done a number on it

loyatemu · 28-11-2017 10:22AM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Levi's jeans.

Wranglers!

I wore nothing else when I was 15 - now I'd only buy a pair if I was thinking of getting into line dancing, or was forced to go to a Nathan Carter gig.

Once great brands ...... now junk.

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