Brand snobbery

falan · 04-08-2011 07:48PM

All new ALDI own brand Shampoo,

Because your worthless.

The Davestator · 04-08-2011 08:18PM

I refuse to write with a biro. Needs to be decent pen - cross or Parker will do.
Also, ketchup must be chef. Heinz is muck

AlanBr · 04-08-2011 08:27PM

I wouldn't consider myself a snob but the reality branded clothing generally looks better. For instance shirts from Dunnes are not quite as good looking as say river island or Hollister shirts.

needadvi · 04-08-2011 08:31PM

falan wrote: »

All new ALDI own brand Shampoo,

Because your worthless.

LMAO.

mr kr0nik · 04-08-2011 08:41PM

General Zod wrote: »

I refuse to buy brands, no matter how much I like the product, who have annoying adverts.

Nothing from Harvey Norman then so! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

mackg · 04-08-2011 08:45PM

Was in the drapery section of dunnes last night and saw the best loooking pair of converse knock offs I have ever seen, only 12e and all gonna get 2 pairs on Friday. May just turn to dust after a week but worth a go. Most of the reason I don't wear supermarket clothes is they seem obsessed with plastering nonsensical slogans across the front- athletic class 1937 etc.

mr kr0nik · 04-08-2011 08:49PM

mackg wrote: »

Was in the drapery section of dunnes last night and saw the best loooking pair of converse knock offs I have ever seen, only 12e and all gonna get 2 pairs on Friday. May just turn to dust after a week but worth a go. Most of the reason I don't wear supermarket clothes is they seem obsessed with plastering nonsensical slogans across the front- athletic class 1937 etc.

That was a damm fine athletic class. WHy we used to do two laps around the quad, calisthetics for 30 minutes and then have a fine cigaratte to relax afterwards.

Green Back · 04-08-2011 08:50PM

FinnLizzy wrote: »

I grew out of being a brand snob when it comes to clothes. I used to only wear shoes made by Vans, etc.

With regards to food, own brands are alright with a few exceptions. Rashers MUST be Denny's! And obvious knock offs are an absolute turn off (ie. Freeway Cola (Lidl), Fizz-up, Crisp Rice and Spar Toobs (Pringles knock off))

I'm far from being a Dub, but that still annoys me! If it's Tayto, it's Tayto... If it's Walkers, it's another brand of crips!

Walkers are poor value for money.
Similar to Willy Wonka putting 5 golden tickets into bars of chocolate, Walker's have started a new competition where they have placed 5 crisps into their bags of air.

mackg · 04-08-2011 08:52PM

^I've never noticed a big difference between the two brands.

mr kr0nik · 04-08-2011 09:01PM

I go for Tayto now just to keep Tayto park going. Its great for the kids.

Cormic · 04-08-2011 09:01PM

I found that a lot of cheaper clothes fall apart / shrink after a couple of weeks.

A number of years ago I went to the US and bought a load of designer tshirts / jeans in a outlet store. I have not looked back since.

I am still wearing the same Tommy Hilfiger T Shirt that I bought in 2005. Well worth the $25 I paid.

saa · 04-08-2011 09:02PM

Oh there's a lot of people who would not be snobby now but five or six years ago twas a different story.

Hopefully we've gotten this straight being picky over quality is fine.

I would never worry about being "seen" in anything

I wonder though do people ever catch themselves being a bit of an inverted snob

mackg · 04-08-2011 09:04PM

Cormic wrote: »

I found that a lot of cheaper clothes fall apart / shrink after a couple of weeks.

A number of years ago I went to the US and bought a load of designer tshirts / jeans in a outlet store. I have not looked back since.

I am still wearing the same Tommy Hilfiger T Shirt that I bought in 2005. Well worth the $25 I paid.

:eek:

si_guru · 04-08-2011 09:08PM

Only two - Nescafe and Kelloggs.

..three. Brennan's

efb · 04-08-2011 09:08PM

Nobody makes Tayto like Tayto???

Nobody makes crisps like Tayto surely!

King ftw

Paparazzo · 04-08-2011 09:10PM

I used to be a clothes snob. But Pennys is so cheap you can afford not wash stuff, just bin it and buy new stuff.

Hank_Jones · 04-08-2011 09:12PM

Have started buying Aldi own brand multipack crisps.

The Smoky Bacon & Salt and Vinegar taste like Tayto.
The Cheese and Onion taste like Walkers.

Works perfectly for me, as Tayto Cheese & Onion are rank.

I look for quality stuff at low prices, doesn't necessarily have to be a brand of sorts, just has to be decent quality.

Have stopped buying clothes in Penneys because they shrink after a couple of washes.
The internet is your only man for good clothes, mandmdirect, it's the way forward.

EuropeanSon · 04-08-2011 09:12PM

AlanBr wrote: »

I wouldn't consider myself a snob but the reality branded clothing generally looks better. For instance shirts from Dunnes are not quite as good looking as say river island or Hollister shirts.

Hollister clothing (shirts, tshirts, hoodies, etc.) is generally horrible looking IMO.

When it comes to clothes, I suppose I am quite the snob. Most of my clothes are from Brown Thomas/House Of Fraser/Best Menswear etc. I maintain, though, that it does look far nicer. You will not get a shirt or pair of jeans in River Island, H&M, etc. and definitely not in Penny's, Dunnes etc that looks anywhere near as nice as a Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss or Armani one.

Paparazzo · 04-08-2011 09:19PM

AlanBr wrote: »

I wouldn't consider myself a snob but the reality branded clothing generally looks better. For instance shirts from Dunnes are not quite as good looking as say river island or Hollister shirts.

I think River Island clothes is probably the worst quality crap you can buy. Seriously, the stuff in Pennys budget line is better quality.

I draw the line at buying clothes in Lidl, it just seems wrong.

mags1962 · 04-08-2011 09:31PM

Depends what you want from the Clothes, better brands tend to last longer and are of better quality, thats how they got their rep in the first place. If you can afford the price and are not a slave to changing fashion then the brands do last longer, wash better, wear better etc, then they do work out cheaper in the long run I suppose. Buy both by the way so not a snob so.

shanec1928 · 04-08-2011 09:47PM

efb wrote: »

Nobody makes Tayto like Tayto???

Nobody makes crisps like Tayto surely!

King ftw

thats why there made by tayto:p

borderlinemeath · 04-08-2011 09:58PM

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Have started buying Aldi own brand multipack crisps.

The Smoky Bacon & Salt and Vinegar taste like Tayto.
The Cheese and Onion taste like Walkers.

Works perfectly for me, as Tayto Cheese & Onion are rank.

I look for quality stuff at low prices, doesn't necessarily have to be a brand of sorts, just has to be decent quality.

Have stopped buying clothes in Penneys because they shrink after a couple of washes.
The internet is your only man for good clothes, mandmdirect, it's the way forward.

Heathen!!!
Cheese and Onion are the best Tayto!!

Although I have to say a LOT of Aldi own brand is lovely. I just had a lovely meal of king prawn and smoked salmon pasta in a creamy white wine sauce, every ingredient from Aldi and tastier than you would buy in a restaurant. Even if I say so myself.

Mike 1972 · 04-08-2011 09:58PM

Its not necessarily brand snobbery if the branded stuff really is better quality.

Sometimes it is. Sometimes theres no difference and sometimes the cheaper stuff is actually better. Ive been known to go shopping in M&S for some things and pop next door to Lidl for others.

Auvers wrote: »

that's cause Kellogg's taste better

My @r$€; they do !

Darkginger · 04-08-2011 10:06PM

I won't buy any clothes with an 'outside' label or logo on them (not paying to advertise the brand!). Heinz beans and ketchup just taste right, and the others taste wrong. I don't buy Nestlé because someone once mentioned something they do that I didn't agree with at the time, but I've forgotten what it was (this happens as you get older).

Now someone's going to tell me that Nestlé and Heinz are the same people, aren't they?

si_guru · 04-08-2011 10:12PM

Darkginger wrote: »

... I don't buy Nestlé because someone once mentioned something they do that I didn't agree with at the time, but I've forgotten what it was (this happens as you get older)...

Give baby milk powder to mothers in the 3rd world??

Darkginger · 04-08-2011 10:14PM

Ah now, that could have been it - sounds bad, erm..I think. Is it a bad thing?

Sunnyisland · 04-08-2011 10:17PM

Not to long ago you wouldn't have people talking about shopping in aldi or lidel, how times have changed,There everywhere now and thriving.

si_guru · 04-08-2011 10:18PM

Darkginger wrote: »

Ah now, that could have been it - sounds bad, erm..I think. Is it a bad thing?

Alledgedly....

..the mothers stop lactating and become dependant on it. Of course the mother only got 1 free tin or something.

That was the hype as I remember it.

Mike 1972 · 04-08-2011 10:23PM

Darkginger wrote: »

Is it a bad thing?

Free powdered milk just long enough for your breastmilk to stop then they gotta water it down (often in contaminated water) because they cant afford to keep paying for more powdered milk.

Result = 1 dead baby

Which most people would describe as "a bad thing" but given that this is AH expect anything really.

Darkginger · 04-08-2011 10:27PM

OK, thanks for the reminder, will continue not to buy Nestlé then - and make a note of why I'm not buying it. Sometimes being ethical requires a whole blinkin' notebook!

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