Big Brand names whose products are way overrated

Mervyn Skidmore · 03-05-2020 2:49pm

olestoepoke wrote: »

Kindles are terrible. We have a draw full of broken ones that just clapped up for little or no reason. I know they are cheap enough but a waste on money imo.

Really? I have a basic model from about 10 years ago. Still going strong and brought it all over the world with me.

Xaniaj · 03-05-2020 2:56pm

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Really? I have a basic model from about 10 years ago. Still going strong and brought it all over the world with me.

Just about to say the same! Mine is going strong 10+ years later.

Muahahaha · 03-05-2020 3:30pm

monkeysnapper wrote: »

My friend at work has boxers ..... now that's one breed that lacks years ...I think you are lucky to get 10 years ..... sucks!!!!

10 years probably isnt bad for some pure breeds. I know that the Bernese mountain dogs that Michael D Higgins has tend to only survive to about 5 or 6 years of age, you can already see that they walk around very slowly and are on the way out. Was thinking of getting one myself but dont think I could handle that heartbreak after only 5 years. Its the same with King Charles Caveliers, they are bred specifically to have that squishy nose but it is actually what kills them in the end as later in life they develop breathing problems and have to be put down.

03-05-2020 3:36pm

SEGA

Electronic Arts

TicketMaster

Star Wars / George Lucas

Hornby

SHARP

Hewlett Packard

Saville Row

John Rocca

gormdubhgorm · 03-05-2020 3:39pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

Yeezys, very expensive and look like something a peasant would have been wearing 200 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkrkGm1vK0

ShatterAlan wrote: »

They do indeed look stupid. Like something you wear with a Hazmat suit in some lab.

And yer man in the video thinks they are great and is real excited about them. They must be giving him money to talk them up or something?

tedpan · 03-05-2020 3:51pm

antimatterx wrote:

I've been between Apple and Android devices, and despite the price, Apples wins all the way.

At least give us a reason why?!

howyanow · 03-05-2020 4:03pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

McDonalds is crap too. I think a Burger King Whopper is ok.....but like you mentioned a chipper burger is better. You can actually eat a Big Mac without chewing or maybe chewing just once or twice. I think it's designed that way to make people morbidly obese.

To the thread I will add STARBUCKS. It is appalling. I'm not a huge coffee-head maybe drink it a couple of times a month but most pubs have a bog standard coffee machine with good beans and that to me can be a lovely coffee with a ham/cheese toastie.

Anheuser-Busch is another big name that produces crappy beer. I don't want to get on an America bashing rant but having lived there for several years so many of their big name products are just garbage. People on here are complaining about cars like Audi and BMW or Toyota Landcruisers. I have one word for you...Chevrolet. Utter junk.

WonderBread. This is the most popular bread in America for some inexplicable reason and it is dire. Brennan's blows it away.

Dominoes Pizza is muck. The two best pizzas I've had in Ireland are Doughboy's in Galway and Romano's on Capel Street. So good that you have that awful sense of bereavement when you've finished it.

Was never a fan of any Nike product. Far preferred Adidas or Puma.

Did you mean Doughbros in Galway?
For me Sano best in Dublin but I have not tried Romanos yet.

whisky_galore · 03-05-2020 4:13pm

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Apple: Overpriced for very underpowered tech. Substandard batteries in their products.
Beats: As mentioned before, most of their money goes on marketing.

Any large beer brands: Heineken, Budweiser, Carlsberg. These guys are spending more money on marketing than they are quality of the product. Sure Budweiser is brewed with rice, the cheaper way to brew beer. They all have low alcohol content because they don't want to pay more tax or be in the higher tax bracket based only alcohol volume. Probably because more alcohol in their already bland drink would make it taste more like piss and how could the drinks companies charge a premium and pay higher tax on alcohol? They couldn't. So the they keep the alcohol low, so they can keep their profits higher.

Mean while, I'm buying craft beers at 8.0% and 7.5% with actual flavour, character. Made by people with a passion for making something nice. Not some faceless corporation trying to maximize profit before customer satisfaction. Craftbeers sell based on flavour and quality (some are **** but mostly they are good) and the likes of Heineken/Budweiser sell on massive marketing.

The large brands are aimed at people who like to have a beer, or be seen holding a particular brand, but don't like the taste of beer.

What's with the likes of Maccy D's or Supermacs with pics of plump, mouth watering burgers on their menu only to be presented with a shrunken miserable looking burger when you get your order?

Homelander · 03-05-2020 4:32pm

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I always questioned her on his age ...surely he cant be 28 but a few years later I was talking to a old lady about framing a picture of her dog and it was also a collie and she said her dog was in late 20s .... so maybe

I would say neither are correct, a dog aged 28 would make him almost the oldest dog in recorded history.

Even 25 or beyond, like what the old lady claimed, would be still one of the oldest dogs ever recorded in human history.

Even just living to 20 would place any dog in a tiny, miniscule percentage worldwide - it would be similar to a person turning 110.

I had 2 dogs that both made it just shy of 17 - even that in itself is a good bit outside the curve of normality and they were fairly shook. One passed of natural causes, the other was robust enough and not inherently dying so may have survived to 17/18, but her quality of life was so poor we couldn't, it wasn't fair to her.

AndrewJRenko · 03-05-2020 4:37pm

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Mine is dogs .....

They dont live long enough.... and the total devastation when one passes away...

We lost one a few years ago and the emotional trauma in house with children is just terrible.

Our other dog is now 14 and we have to gear ourselves up for another round of this as he shows signs of old age....

My mother tho had a sheepdog ( collie) and he lived to 28 and he looked every day of that 28 years old ...poor feller.

Justin Clary talks about his Fanny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhxRa5S7TrE&t=229s

gormdubhgorm · 03-05-2020 7:22pm

I was never a fan of these (Ferrero Rocher)

I mean the ambassador's residents party was great and all. The birds were great craic. But I didn't like the Ferrero Rocher at all. Didn't care if they made it into a bleedin' pyramid. Would have much preferred a few Tayto's in a bowl. Or failing that a crisp sandwich.

Church on Tuesday · 03-05-2020 7:50pm

Vincero and MVMT watches.

Capt. Autumn · 03-05-2020 7:54pm

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Mean while, I'm buying craft beers at 8.0% and 7.5% with actual flavour, character. Made by people with a passion for making something nice. Not some faceless corporation trying to maximize profit before customer satisfaction. Craftbeers sell based on flavour and quality (some are **** but mostly they are good) and the likes of Heineken/Budweiser sell on massive marketing.

Great call on the craft beers. O'Hara's Pale Ale, I'm loving this right now...Single strength is highly palatable also. Brewed in Carlow with obvious pride. Outstanding, actually.

FVP3 · 03-05-2020 8:57pm

All craft beer manufacturers.

FVP3 · 03-05-2020 9:03pm

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Apple: Overpriced for very underpowered tech. Substandard batteries in their products.

I keep hearing this "underpowered tech" from the Android fans but there's very little evidence. Apple's flagship is generally the most powerful device on the market when released, its recent throw away SE has the same chip as the 11, which beats all the Android muck

from Android central:
https://www.androidcentral.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-865

In other words, this is going to be an impressive chip but don't expect it to catch up to the Apple A13 (or even the A12) in terms of single- or multi-core performance, but the chip is 35% more efficient which will inevitably translate to better battery life.

Wizard! · 03-05-2020 9:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Star Wars / George Lucas Disney

There you go, fixed that for you.

Sheep Shagger · 03-05-2020 9:08pm

Dyson has been mentioned here, think they are overrated when it comes to vacumes but have to say their fans and air purifiers are second to none.

enricoh · 03-05-2020 9:09pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

The large brands are aimed at people who like to have a beer, or be seen holding a particular brand, but don't like the taste of beer.

What's with the likes of Maccy D's or Supermacs with pics of plump, mouth watering burgers on their menu only to be presented with a shrunken miserable looking burger when you get your order?

I know a lad who asked the staff did they think his burger looked remotely like the burger in the picture. The staff agreed with him that it didn't n made him a new one!

Zebra3 · 03-05-2020 9:13pm

FVP3 wrote: »

All craft beer manufacturers.

You've sampled beer from all craft breweries?

Capt'n Midnight · 03-05-2020 9:21pm

Back in the 1950's US companies made about 17% profit on the goods they were selling. As late as the 1980's only 36% of that profit went to shareholders with the rest being reinvested.

So a good brand only cost a little more and most of that extra went back into making better products.

Today typical goods in the US sell for twice what they cost to make and 93% of the profit goes to shareholders and share buybacks.

Globally brands are being asset stripped. You can't rely on the brand's history as that can all be reset at the next takeover or new CEO.

Mervyn Skidmore · 03-05-2020 9:29pm

FVP3 wrote: »

All craft beer manufacturers.

There aren't that many big brand name craft beer companies though. Sierra Nevada, Brewdog, Founders are probably some but they make some quality beers too.

cj maxx · 03-05-2020 9:30pm

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Great call on the craft beers. O'Hara's Pale Ale, I'm loving this right now...Single strength is highly palatable also. Brewed in Carlow with obvious pride. Outstanding, actually.

I'm a fan of their dark ale but the amount of times I've unpacked the shopping only to find a puddle of beer.
Put the fcucking caps on properly

Beechwoodspark · 03-05-2020 9:32pm

Years ago I complained that my mighty Mac didn’t look anything like the picture on the menu in my local supermacs

The Eastern European girl serving me looked startled and called over the shift manager

He roared at me “this is the EXACT same burger as on the menu now GET OUT”

I will never forget his pompous sneering attitude.

I left the store and didn’t return until I was 18 maybe 4 years later and that was because it was the meet up point for a friends birthday. The shift manager had long gone but I honestly had anxiety the night before that he would be there.

Capra · 03-05-2020 9:49pm

Still waters wrote: »

Couldn't agree more, good durability and stamina for normal work but haven't the guts when worked for a living, plenty good for farmers and the equestrian types who pull small loads now and again, for the price of them i think people who buy them are really only after an image rather than a workhorse

I'm sorry but this is one of the most wrong things I have ever read in my life. I work in the farm supplies industry and 90% of the vehicles I see are Land Cruisers and Hilux being flogged to death by owners who barely service them. Every day we send fencing contractors and builders out of our yard with 3-5 tonnes behind them and they all drive Land Cruisers or Hilux. And all of them love them because they just work. The 3.0 diesel with a manual gear box is unkillable. And when they do replace them, they always go for another one. What exactly is more of a workhorse? Unfortunately the latest one is supposedly not as good to pull as the last one but it's still a tough machine.

The Amazon then is a totally different level again.

Still waters · 03-05-2020 10:05pm

Capra wrote: »

I'm sorry but this is one of the most wrong things I have ever read in my life. I work in the farm supplies industry and 90% of the vehicles I see are Land Cruisers and Hilux being flogged to death by owners who barely service them. Every day we send fencing contractors and builders out of our yard with 3-5 tonnes behind them and they all drive Land Cruisers or Hilux. And all of them love them because they just work. The 3.0 diesel with a manual gear box is unkillable. And when they do replace them, they always go for another one. What exactly is more of a workhorse? Unfortunately the latest one is supposedly not as good to pull as the last one but it's still a tough machine.

The Amazon then is a totally different level again.

Thats fair enough, i wont knock others experience and opinions, I'm simply basing my opinion on 16 years towing 3.5 ton 70 percent of the working life of the jeep, overall for straight from the root towing power i find the pajero a better drive, not disrespecting the landcruiser, as I've said they're a good machine for the work the vast majority of them are used for

mobby · 03-05-2020 10:35pm

Mr.S wrote: »

I don't get the Dyson hate, ours works perfectly and it's a godsend :eek:

Same here, have a Dyson Dc20 15 years not one issue in that time.

great bit of kit if you have pets, the amount of dog hair that dyson has picked up over the years :eek:

Hotblack Desiato · 04-05-2020 1:26am

Capra wrote: »

Every day we send fencing contractors and builders out of our yard with 3-5 tonnes behind them and they all drive Land Cruisers or Hilux.

Which the vehicle can't legally take, and the drivers aren't licensed to drive. Well done.

Hotblack Desiato · 04-05-2020 1:28am

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Maybe other people on here can confirm the oldest dog they heard of.... maybe its just collies ....

Collies have to be among the thickest mammals in existence... maybe that's their secret?

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 04-05-2020 1:53am

dyson, palstic , breaking , unreliable useless ****e

also skoda

Capra · 04-05-2020 8:55am

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Which the vehicle can't legally take, and the drivers aren't licensed to drive. Well done.

I'm well aware of that but I'm also not their ****ing daddy. If a guy asks you to load him with more then you are going to do it. It wouldn't be boards.ie without an armchair RSA member chirping in.

Still waters · 04-05-2020 9:14am

Capra wrote: »

I'm well aware of that but I'm also not their ****ing daddy. If a guy asks you to load him with more then you are going to do it. It wouldn't be boards.ie without an armchair RSA member chirping in.

True, load them up and let them at it, the driver is responsible for the loads weight and security, you can't babysit them all

JDxtra · 04-05-2020 9:30am

Dyson, I was sceptical but don’t entirely dismiss them…

I have both a Dyson V11 and a Miele hoover. The Miele is a workhorse of a hoover, we’ve had it a few years and it has never failed. The other half had been bugging me about a cordless Dyson and after some extended resistance we finally got one.

I’ll be honest – I actually like it. The Dyson has additional uses – it has replaced the sweeping brush for hard floors downstairs. I would have never taken out the Miele for a light clean.

It also has a different method of cleaning. It agitates the carpet with the spinning brushes as opposed to using raw power to suck the dirt. I suppose it has to as it’s running off battery. Before you know it, you can hoover the whole house with it and not have to worry about cables.

Is Dyson overpriced – yes. Will it last as long as the Miele – no.

However, 9 times out of 10 I’m using the Dyson. For any heavier dirt or hoovering the car, out comes the Miele.

razorblunt · 04-05-2020 9:31am

enricoh wrote: »

I know a lad who asked the staff did they think his burger looked remotely like the burger in the picture. The staff agreed with him that it didn't n made him a new one!

The new one would have looked the exact same.
They're not going to suddenly make a new patty for him.

04-05-2020 12:00pm

Amstrad

Capt'n Midnight · 04-05-2020 2:40pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Amstrad

They were never overrated.

Compared to the IBM PC the Amstrad PC 1512 was made of creaky plastic. Putting the power supply in the monitor was an interesting choice.

The IBM had a big red KA-THUNK! power switch and the Model M keyboard that people spend crazy amounts of money to buy flimsier descendants of.

But you could get a poverty spec Amstrad for £399 when a genuine IBM started at £1,429. Like comparing a Lada to a Ford Sierra.

Sinclar were another company that cheaped out on components.

chrissb8 · 04-05-2020 6:47pm

Nike football boots. I played in a pair once and they were so thin and flimsy. Feet were cold, felt forced into the boot and offered no protection when a lumpy defender came down studs on your boot. Then they added a sock attached to the boot and called it revolutionary. Adidas Copa Munidal blows every poser out of the water!

howyanow · 04-05-2020 7:04pm

chrissb8 wrote: »

Nike football boots. I played in a pair once and they were so thin and flimsy. Feet were cold, felt forced into the boot and offered no protection when a lumpy defender came down studs on your boot. Then they added a sock attached to the boot and called it revolutionary. Adidas Copa Munidal blows every poser out of the water!

Copa Mundial best boots ever made!
Had a pair of Nike that burst during 1st game played in them

Sky King · 05-05-2020 8:11am

Mr.S wrote: »

I don't get the Dyson hate, ours works perfectly and it's a godsend :eek:

I would have thought that 'works perfectly' would be the minimum standard for any appliance.

Dyson vacuum cleaners work alright, but they market themselves as featuring groundbreaking technologies designs that make them worth the (very) premium pricetag, and they are not. At all.

It's just bright colours and marketing.

chopperbyrne · 05-05-2020 8:59am

Kelloggs

They are a little better than the own brand stuff, but not four times the price better.

bigar · 05-05-2020 9:41am

GoPro action cameras. You can find similar ones for 1/10th the price that work just as well.

The J Stands for Jay · 05-05-2020 9:46am

bigar wrote: »

GoPro action cameras. You can find similar ones for 1/10th the price that work just as well.

My brother did a split screen comparison between a GoPro and (I think it was) a yi cam. Both were perfectly fine, but the GoPro looked better.

tedpan · 05-05-2020 12:12pm

Mr.S wrote:

I don't get the Dyson hate, ours works perfectly and it's a godsend

mobby wrote:

Same here, have a Dyson Dc20 15 years not one issue in that time.

mobby wrote:

great bit of kit if you have pets, the amount of dog hair that dyson has picked up over the years

You guys are maybe not comparing like for like. Try a Miele C3, the power is in a different league, you'll never go back. Bagless vacuums are also 'meant' to be cleaner but look at the dust than spews out when emptying the container.

whisky_galore · 05-05-2020 12:22pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Kelloggs

They are a little better than the own brand stuff, but not four times the price better.

I like own brand honey nut flakes but some reason the generic corn flakes you can taste the cheapness, like the sort of flakes you would get with free breakfast in a hostel or penny pinching b and b.

enricoh · 05-05-2020 2:15pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

I like own brand honey nut flakes but some reason the generic corn flakes you can taste the cheapness, like the sort of flakes you would get with free breakfast in a hostel or penny pinching b and b.

I wanted aldis honey nut corn flakes to work as they were half the price. They went into the bin, lesson learned!

NIMAN · 05-05-2020 2:24pm

Got to disagree with anyone who says own brand is same as Kelloggs.

They simply aren't.

Over the year I have tried many own brands, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsburys, Tesco etc and can't get a corn flake that I like.

I'd rather pay the money for Kelloggs every time. They are often on special offer and I tend to stock up then.

EmmetSpiceland · 05-05-2020 2:29pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Got to disagree with anyone who says own brand is same as Kelloggs..

The Tesco “imitation” crunchy nut cornflakes aren’t bad, definitely the best of a “bad bunch”.

The Aldi/Lidl one is terrible, they seem to use little clumps of that “artificial” sweetener auld ones used to put in their tea, or coffee, on the flakes instead of nut.

Very disappointing.

Cienciano · 05-05-2020 2:40pm

chosen1 wrote: »

Fair enough the bottom of them are manky but I find they're the only ones that are capable of actually drying your hands.

The traditional ones just puff semi warm air at your hands and you end up just drying the rest off on your jeans

There isn't 2 types of dryers, dysons and the old fashioned type. There's hundreds of types. The best ones imho are the jet air ones that are just really powerful versions of the old ones. While we might never have had them if the dysons hadn't come around, the original dysons are dogshíte, I'd rather not wash my hands that use them.

JohnnyFlash · 05-05-2020 2:41pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The Tesco “imitation” crunchy nut cornflakes aren’t bad, definitely the best of a “bad bunch”.

The Aldi/Lidl one is terrible, they seem to use little clumps of that “artificial” sweetener auld ones used to put in their tea, or coffee, on the flakes instead of nut.

Very disappointing.

It’s like buying Pepsi, Diet versions, or own brand cola. Why bother? Just buy proper Coca Cola and drink less of it.

anewme · 05-05-2020 2:44pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Got to disagree with anyone who says own brand is same as Kelloggs.

They simply aren't.

Over the year I have tried many own brands, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsburys, Tesco etc and can't get a corn flake that I like.

I'd rather pay the money for Kelloggs every time. They are often on special offer and I tend to stock up then.

Had a craving for Rice Crispies recently, so bought Centra version. They had absolutely no snap crackle or pop and just became a soggy mess.

Were given out to the Birds.

EmmetSpiceland · 05-05-2020 2:55pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It’s like buying Pepsi, Diet versions, or own brand cola. Why bother? Just buy proper Coca Cola and drink less of it.

Wasn’t impressed with Coke discontinuing their 2 litre bottle. The fact they’ve kept it for their “sugar free” drinks is just insulting.

Big Brand names whose products are way overrated

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