Big Brand names whose products are way overrated

razorblunt · 05-05-2020 3:01pm

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!

The old school Tiempos aren't bad but those Total 90s that were all the rage 20 years ago were awful. Made them millions though, especially as folk were wearing them (the astroturf versions) under jeans and all!

The Mercurial Vapors were the worst football boot I've ever seen, huge hype then a few players started breaking metatarsals from their foot over bending in them and they were disappeared never to be seen again

Homelander · 05-05-2020 3:06pm

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.

I prefer the diet versions of most drinks, less sticky and sugary. That's why a lot of people drink them, rather than for any calorie related reasons. The only time I crave the sugar versions of Coke or Club Orange is when I'm hungover.

Agree about the own brand cola though. The lemon/lime versions tend to be OK but I've yet to taste an own-brand cola that is remotely similar to Diet Coke or Pepsi Max (the king)

Class MayDresser · 05-05-2020 3:09pm

Titleist PRO V1's.

Gimme a Srixon Z star or a TP5 any day of the week, I'll put that over the ditch just as handy.

Snickers Man · 05-05-2020 3:44pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It's worth paying a premium for Apple devices because they are the last major tech company who still give half a damn about personal privacy. It's the tech equivalent of the overton window.

Wow! That's a coffee through the nose moment!!

Capt. Autumn · 05-05-2020 3:54pm

Heinz

I recently dined on that peasant evening snack of choice, beans on toast. I was disappointed with how it tasted. I looked down at the plate, dismayed to see the beans looking sadly up at me in a watery insipid sauce. They tasted bland as well. 'How many times have I told herself not to be buying the cheap Lidl or Aldi beans', says I to myself when I stopped short at the empty can on the kitchen bench. They were not a German discount half-price rip-off. They were Heinz, they of the holy grail of tomato ketchup.

Fast forward to yesterday. I scoffed at the Batts 'organic' tomato sauce that was purchased in Lidl. I tasted it and was blown away, just the right consistency tasting quite startlingly at first, of cloves (the standard ketchup spice) and garlic, before something hot and peppery chimes in, cayenne perhaps, to leave your tongue tingling gently. It is beautiful on the tongue with looks to match thick and creamy and bright red. I searched in the cupboard and found a bottle of Supervalu own label ketchup and Heinz ketchup, the supposed market leader and did a blind taste test with all the members of my incarcerated household. Batts came tops with everyone. Heinz came last.

What has happened Heinz?

JohnnyFlash · 05-05-2020 4:06pm

Snickers Man wrote: »

Wow! That's a coffee through the nose moment!!

Why? Are you suggesting user privacy is superior on an Android device?

cml387 · 05-05-2020 4:08pm

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Heinz

I recently dined on that peasant evening snack of choice, beans on toast. I was disappointed with how it tasted. I looked down at the plate, dismayed to see the beans looking sadly up at me in a watery insipid sauce. They tasted bland as well. 'How many times have I told herself not to be buying the cheap Lidl or Aldi beans', says I to myself when I stopped short at the empty can on the kitchen bench. They were not a German discount half-price rip-off. They were Heinz, they of the holy grail of tomato ketchup.

Fast forward to yesterday. I scoffed at the Batts 'organic' tomato sauce that was purchased in Lidl. I tasted it and was blown away, just the right consistency tasting quite startlingly at first, of cloves (the standard ketchup spice) and garlic, before something hot and peppery chimes in, cayenne perhaps, to leave your tongue tingling gently. It is beautiful on the tongue with looks to match thick and creamy and bright red. I searched in the cupboard and found a bottle of Supervalu own label ketchup and Heinz ketchup, the supposed market leader and did a blind taste test with all the members of my incarcerated household. Batts came tops with everyone. Heinz came last.

What has happened Heinz?

The end of the lockdown can't come quick enough for you guys

Dr. Colossus · 05-05-2020 4:10pm

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Heinz

I recently dined on that peasant evening snack of choice, beans on toast. I was disappointed with how it tasted. I looked down at the plate, dismayed to see the beans looking sadly up at me in a watery insipid sauce. They tasted bland as well. 'How many times have I told herself not to be buying the cheap Lidl or Aldi beans', says I to myself when I stopped short at the empty can on the kitchen bench. They were not a German discount half-price rip-off. They were Heinz, they of the holy grail of tomato ketchup.

Fast forward to yesterday. I scoffed at the Batts 'organic' tomato sauce that was purchased in Lidl. I tasted it and was blown away, just the right consistency tasting quite startlingly at first, of cloves (the standard ketchup spice) and garlic, before something hot and peppery chimes in, cayenne perhaps, to leave your tongue tingling gently. It is beautiful on the tongue with looks to match thick and creamy and bright red. I searched in the cupboard and found a bottle of Supervalu own label ketchup and Heinz ketchup, the supposed market leader and did a blind taste test with all the members of my incarcerated household. Batts came tops with everyone. Heinz came last.

What has happened Heinz?

They reduced the sugar content in their baked beans, etc.

jonnny68 · 05-05-2020 4:10pm

iPhone, the single biggest overrated thing of all time, has always been years behind Android development, but the genius that are Apples marketing convinced millions that iPhones are superior to anything else when this could not be further from the actual facts.

Cienciano · 05-05-2020 4:40pm

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Heinz

I recently dined on that peasant evening snack of choice, beans on toast. I was disappointed with how it tasted. I looked down at the plate, dismayed to see the beans looking sadly up at me in a watery insipid sauce. They tasted bland as well. 'How many times have I told herself not to be buying the cheap Lidl or Aldi beans', says I to myself when I stopped short at the empty can on the kitchen bench. They were not a German discount half-price rip-off. They were Heinz, they of the holy grail of tomato ketchup.

Fast forward to yesterday. I scoffed at the Batts 'organic' tomato sauce that was purchased in Lidl. I tasted it and was blown away, just the right consistency tasting quite startlingly at first, of cloves (the standard ketchup spice) and garlic, before something hot and peppery chimes in, cayenne perhaps, to leave your tongue tingling gently. It is beautiful on the tongue with looks to match thick and creamy and bright red. I searched in the cupboard and found a bottle of Supervalu own label ketchup and Heinz ketchup, the supposed market leader and did a blind taste test with all the members of my incarcerated household. Batts came tops with everyone. Heinz came last.

What has happened Heinz?

Try Branston ones if yous see them, they usually win the taste tests of beans

kingtiger · 05-05-2020 5:24pm

jonnny68 wrote: »

iPhones are superior to anything else when this could not be further from the actual facts.

careful you will rile up the cultists

giles lynchwood · 05-05-2020 6:16pm

Any American made professional loubspeaker

Ush1 · 05-05-2020 6:29pm

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.

Because Pepsi is better.

FVP3 · 05-05-2020 6:41pm

kingtiger wrote: »

careful you will rile up the cultists

Most iphone users are normal people. The cultists are all on the Android side., which is why they think APPPLE IS THE WORLSE COMPNY EVRE. It's a combination of being poor and stupid, and untechnical. A potent mixture of ass crackery.

For instance the guy who "snorted through his nose" about Apple having better security or privacy than Android isn't going to be convinced by any argument, and doesn't really understand that Apple's model is selling hardware and google's business model is selling you.

In fact the only reason I have an Android phone ( a second phone) is so I can use some things on it that iOS disallows. I think Apple goes too far with privacy. .

mikemac2 · 05-05-2020 6:44pm

Gillette mach formula one super turbo charged razor 2020

I remember paying 18 euro for a pack of Mach 3 blades which was a tidy sum to me as a broke student

Get a brush, soap and old skool razor and a blade will cost about 5 cent. Gillette even make these but don't advertise that at all.

Why advertise packs of blades at 5 cent a blade when you can sell your other advanced blades at 18 euro a pack

Wibbs · 05-05-2020 7:12pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Levis jeans, gone to sh1t. Haven't bought any in years since the last 2 pairs didn't last p*ssing time.

Yup. I am as we speak wearing a pair of UK made 501's I bought in the 90's. The button holes frayed a bit so I re sewed them. Job done. No rips, tears.

These days the trick is to check the label to see where they've been made. Turkish and Japanese are still nice quality(though the latter are pricey and you have to get them online). American ones can be good depending on model. The ones from Pakistan, Vietnam, China and the like are pure dirt and that's what tends to be on shop shelves in this neck of the woods. .

fryup · 06-05-2020 6:18pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Black and decker, Total sh1te

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Used to be brilliant in the 80s have 3 drills by them older than myself and a few other things still working grand.

i thought it was the other way around..as in they were sh!te in the 80's but the current range are much better, my 2 yr old B&D cordless drill & sander have been flawless

Feisar · 06-05-2020 7:16pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Yup. I am as we speak wearing a pair of UK made 501's I bought in the 90's. The button holes frayed a bit so I re sewed them. Job done. No rips, tears.

These days the trick is to check the label to see where they've been made. Turkish and Japanese are still nice quality(though the latter are pricey and you have to get them online). American ones can be good depending on model. The ones from Pakistan, Vietnam, China and the like are pure dirt and that's what tends to be on shop shelves in this neck of the woods. .

A general breakdown as to what happened to clothing quality.

Archeron · 06-05-2020 7:22pm

Oreos. There seems to be an evil campaign to make us eat them. They release the cookie, nobody likes it. Then they stick them in chocolate bars, and nobody likes them. I'm half expecting to open a tin of peas one of these days and and find an oreo floating around inside.

We don't like Oreos, accept it and feck off with your cookie muck. May they go the same way as sunny d as soon as possible.

Feisar · 06-05-2020 7:28pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

Gillette mach formula one super turbo charged razor 2020

I remember paying 18 euro for a pack of Mach 3 blades which was a tidy sum to me as a broke student

Get a brush, soap and old skool razor and a blade will cost about 5 cent. Gillette even make these but don't advertise that at all.

Why advertise packs of blades at 5 cent a blade when you can sell your other advanced blades at 18 euro a pack

Even to compare a similar product, Aldi sell Lacura ADZE 5 every bit as good as Gillette.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 7:36pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I agree 100%.
I can't believe I did not think of Budweiser straight away. I think they survive purely on aggressive marketing and product placement in films/tv series.
It tastes like diluted dishwater with gas added.

And Anheuser-Busch was bought out by Belgian outfit InBev. One would think that the Belgians would have improved the recipe. Nah. Same watery crap that gives you a blinding hangover that makes even your hair hurt.

I was in the US in September and went to a bar that only had the domestic crap like Bud and Miller on draught. I settled on a Bud and it just reminded me of how low my standards were when I used to live there. Like you said AB just seem to sponsor everything and get the masses to drink their piss.

Bud and Coors are the McDonalds / BK of the beer world.

Strumms · 06-05-2020 7:42pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

And Anheuser-Busch was bought out by Belgian outfit InBev. One would think that the Belgians would have improved the recipe. Nah. Same watery crap that gives you a blinding hangover that makes even your hair hurt.

I was in the US in September and went to a bar that only had the domestic crap like Bud and Miller on draught. I settled on a Bud and it just reminded me of how low my standards were when I used to live there. Like you said AB just seem to sponsor everything and get the masses to drink their piss.

Bud and Coors are the McDonalds / BK of the beer world.

Never understood why anybody would like Budweiser, pîss. Ok taste is subjective but still. With the absolute multiple of beers now available and on draft too, I just wonder if they are selling Budweiser as much as say the last number of years.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 8:46pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

There was a tiny little place in Temple Bar called El Grito that did properly good Mexican food. They moved to Mountjoy Square, and I heard it's still very decent. Even Mexicans raved about it.

Good to know.

razorblunt · 06-05-2020 9:07pm

Strumms wrote: »

Never understood why anybody would like Budweiser, pîss. Ok taste is subjective but still. With the absolute multiple of beers now available and on draft too, I just wonder if they are selling Budweiser as much as say the last number of years.

I blame the Vitners, all that shîte like Carlsberg, Budweiser etc was all you could get. At least there’s some but of choice there now.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 9:08pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

It must be inedible if bland Brennans is better.

Trust me...it's pathetic. I know Brennans is a crappy doughy sliced pan...but when fresh it makes a decent sandwich especially a toasted rasher number. We all know Ann's hot bread shop kick out some killer bread. What I'm saying is that for a big name product like Brennan's....which is yes not great but it smashes WonderBread which probably has a shelf life of a few years it's so full of sugar and preservatives.

The Americans just DON'T do good staple basic products. And when I say staple that also applies to cars, motorbikes, power tools not just food, booze and clothing. They produce some great products ...but these are generally not mass consumption items. Ping golf equipment is way up there...from what I gather (not a golfer).

cj maxx · 06-05-2020 9:22pm

Strumms wrote: »

Never understood why anybody would like Budweiser, pîss. Ok taste is subjective but still. With the absolute multiple of beers now available and on draft too, I just wonder if they are selling Budweiser as much as say the last number of years.

Whatever about bottled bud here ( it's not too bad really) bud in the US is horrible piss.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 9:22pm

howyanow wrote: »

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

Yes...maybe that was the name. Started up as a pop-up methinks.

Simple, thin-crust, fresh. Not like these big obnoxious inch deep, soggy, salty, rubbery-cheese laden cow-pats the size of a dustbin lid you get from Dominos.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 9:28pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

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.

You should have pulled out the machine gun from your hold-all bag and calmly stated that you would like some breakfast....addressing him by his name tag.

Strumms · 06-05-2020 9:29pm

razorblunt wrote: »

I blame the Vitners, all that shîte like Carlsberg, Budweiser etc was all you could get. At least there’s some but of choice there now.

Was a time and you strolled into a bar and you’d see the following taps and I’m using my local from memory...

Guinness x3
Budweiser x2
Carlsberg x1
Heineken x2
Beamish x1
Bass x 1
Smithwicks x 1
Bulmers x1
Harp x1

Now from memory again, been a while but...

Guinness x3
Budweiser x1
Carlsberg x1
Heineken x2
Smithwicks x1
Bulmers x1
With
Becks x1
Sierra Nevada x1
Peroni x1
Galway hooker x1

anewme · 06-05-2020 9:32pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Not like these big obnoxious inch deep, soggy, salty, rubbery-cheese laden cow-pats the size of a dustbin lid you get from Dominos.

Tell us what you really think:pac:

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 9:51pm

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Heinz

I recently dined on that peasant evening snack of choice, beans on toast. I was disappointed with how it tasted. I looked down at the plate, dismayed to see the beans looking sadly up at me in a watery insipid sauce. They tasted bland as well. 'How many times have I told herself not to be buying the cheap Lidl or Aldi beans', says I to myself when I stopped short at the empty can on the kitchen bench. They were not a German discount half-price rip-off. They were Heinz, they of the holy grail of tomato ketchup.

Fast forward to yesterday. I scoffed at the Batts 'organic' tomato sauce that was purchased in Lidl. I tasted it and was blown away, just the right consistency tasting quite startlingly at first, of cloves (the standard ketchup spice) and garlic, before something hot and peppery chimes in, cayenne perhaps, to leave your tongue tingling gently. It is beautiful on the tongue with looks to match thick and creamy and bright red. I searched in the cupboard and found a bottle of Supervalu own label ketchup and Heinz ketchup, the supposed market leader and did a blind taste test with all the members of my incarcerated household. Batts came tops with everyone. Heinz came last.

What has happened Heinz?

Sounds like "herself" :pac:

JohnnyFlash · 06-05-2020 9:58pm

Strumms wrote: »

Was a time and you strolled into a bar and you’d see the following taps and I’m using my local from memory...

Guinness x3
Budweiser x2
Carlsberg x1
Heineken x2
Beamish x1
Bass x 1
Smithwicks x 1
Bulmers x1
Harp x1

Now from memory again, been a while but...

Guinness x3
Budweiser x1
Carlsberg x1
Heineken x2
Smithwicks x1
Bulmers x1
With
Becks x1
Sierra Nevada x1
Peroni x1
Galway hooker x1

I really like that Galway Hooker stuff. It's very tasty if you fancy a change from the stout, and it's low enough in alcohol that you can have a good rattle of them without having to be carried out of the pub.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 10:01pm

Strumms wrote: »

Never understood why anybody would like Budweiser, pîss. Ok taste is subjective but still. With the absolute multiple of beers now available and on draft too, I just wonder if they are selling Budweiser as much as say the last number of years.

They're selling their sh!t product to people who don't know any better. People who think that you're a commie or a leftie if you try different things. I've been in beverage barns in the US and they've had crates of great beer like Bitburger, Spaten, Krombacher, Staropramen stacked up to the ceiling and still the mullet-heads will march in and purchase suitcases of Bud and Busch like they're on autopilot and the price isn't much different. ... maybe $3 or $4 for a case. Given the higher alcohol content and better product they are just buying sh!t.

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 10:08pm

anewme wrote: »

Tell us what you really think:pac:

Was I a tad forthright?

ShatterAlan · 06-05-2020 10:12pm

To the mix I would add BIC corporation.....big name and makers of disposable razors.

JEEEEEEEZUS CHRIST.

I challenge any man with maybe 3 or 4 day's stubble to use one of those effing things to shave. Your face, jaw and neck will be a blood-speckled mess and still feel like sandpaper.

ozmo · 06-05-2020 10:37pm

Archeron wrote: »

Oreos. There seems to be an evil campaign to make us eat them..

Agree- but the genuine USA ones are quite nice- crunchy not oily like the EU made ones we get here. Over sweet, vegetable oil and powdery- yuk..

Twinkles though - so hyped yet really awful - so artificial.

Id like add Heineken to the list - amazing when I was in Netherlands what ever way they make it, just meh when made locally here.

EmmetSpiceland · 06-05-2020 10:54pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

To the mix I would add BIC corporation.....big name and makers of disposable razors.

JEEEEEEEZUS CHRIST.

I challenge any man with maybe 3 or 4 day's stubble to use one of those effing things to shave. Your face, jaw and neck will be a blood-speckled mess and still feel like sandpaper.

Don’t use them, myself, I go with the Gillette Mach 3 blades but I have used Bic razors in the past. They are “single use” only but they are incredibly good at what they are supposed to do.

The blade, itself, is exceptionally sharp. If you’re left with cuts all over your face you are, clearly, rushing the shave and that is something you cannot do with a Bic. And that’s on you.

A steady hand and time are the only things you need to have a good shave with a “disposable” blade.

JohnnyFlash · 06-05-2020 11:15pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Don’t use them, myself, I go with the Gillette Mach 3 blades but I have used Bic razors in the past. They are “single use” only but they are incredibly good at what they are supposed to do.

The blade, itself, is exceptionally sharp. If you’re left with cuts all over your face you are, clearly, rushing the shave and that is something you cannot do with a Bic. And that’s on you.

A steady hand and time are the only things you need to have a good shave with a “disposable” blade.

Sensible advice, Emmet. One of my young lads bought me one of those safety razors for Christmas a few years back. The type you replace the blade on after every 2 or 3 shaves. The sort of thing your grandad would have used.

Time is the main factor in insuring a good shave with them. Not talking half an hour here, but just a little bit longer than you would with a Gillette yoke. Get a great auld shave with them I must say. Would suggest a newbie doesn't attempt to tackle the undercarriage with it though. That's very sound advice, and comes from bitter experience.

07-05-2020 12:50am

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

It's worth paying a premium for Apple devices because they are the last major tech company who still give half a damn about personal privacy. It's the tech equivalent of the overton window.

Not in the slightest. The major difference is Android allows the user to decide their own security.

The argument with the FBI was over allowing access to their systems for free in reality. Oh they claimed it was privacy but it was really money. Android has law enforcement access licenses. Apple charge for limited amount access codes meaning most police forces will only use it in serious cases.

End result? If you have an Android you night get your stolen phone back, if you have an apple you might get to buy it back at a police auction.

FVP3 wrote: »

Whatever phone Apple produced in 2010 was way ahead of the competition at the time. I mean my personal iPhone 7 beats the crap out of most Android phones, and I get to use a lot of phones at work.

What are you comparing to? The Samsung S7 that was released 6 months earlier or the s8 that was released 6 months later?

iPhone 7 had pretty much no advantage over either system and when you compare it to a phone with similar spec like I dunno, the redmi note 3 the I phone cost far more.

So yes, apple is ridiculously hyped but apparently the advertising department are genuinely brilliant because they sell a lot.

NSAman · 07-05-2020 1:08am

Mr.S wrote: »

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

I thought the same, until I couldn’t get a few attachments for it and changed to another brand....shark...

having just hoovered the house I tried out the new Shark... the difference is MASSIVE....it may look clean but the crap left behind by Dyson was shocking.

Adyx · 07-05-2020 11:26am

Budweiser is in serious decline in Ireland. We got rid of our last Bud tap a couple of years ago. I'd say Diageo are glad to see the back of it now since they off-loaded it here.

murpho999 · 07-05-2020 11:47am

I see Bewley's Grafton St closing (again!) and people saying it's a shame and it's part of Dublin.

I don't get this, always found it overpriced, particularly after latest relaunch, poor quality (It's breakfast all under hot lamps).
Average coffee too.
It has been this way for years and I don't get how it had a good repuation and don't think it's a loss at all apart from those who lost their jobs.

fryup · 07-05-2020 11:56am

its the decor, its the location, its the history of the place

Cienciano · 07-05-2020 12:01pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

And Anheuser-Busch was bought out by Belgian outfit InBev. One would think that the Belgians would have improved the recipe. Nah. Same watery crap that gives you a blinding hangover that makes even your hair hurt.

I was in the US in September and went to a bar that only had the domestic crap like Bud and Miller on draught. I settled on a Bud and it just reminded me of how low my standards were when I used to live there. Like you said AB just seem to sponsor everything and get the masses to drink their piss.

Bud and Coors are the McDonalds / BK of the beer world.

It sells, why would they change it? I don't think it tastes bad, it has almost no taste. That's why it's successful, it's so inoffensive.

Strumms wrote: »

Never understood why anybody would like Budweiser, pîss. Ok taste is subjective but still. With the absolute multiple of beers now available and on draft too, I just wonder if they are selling Budweiser as much as say the last number of years.

I would assume Bud doesn't have the same market share as before (in the US anyway), not because people don't like it, it's because so many more bland beers have taken some of their market share. Miller, coors, anything with the words "lite" or "ice" are popular now and they all are similar to bud so like watered down beer versions of beer.

Blitzkrieger · 07-05-2020 12:05pm

Oreos. Taste like sugared dirt.

Hotblack Desiato · 07-05-2020 12:28pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

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.

Rubber keyboards and all - but could do a hell of a lot for the money.

Ironically the 'membrane' type keyboard with hard plastic keys on the top, as in the Sinclair QL and Spectrum+, is the granddaddy of pretty much all keyboards in use today - Model M fans apart, nobody uses expensive clackety mechanical switches any more.

Capt. Autumn wrote: »

What has happened Heinz?

Mondelez is what happened to Heinz.

giles lynchwood wrote: »

Any American made professional loubspeaker

Any American made anything. I mean look at the shítheap cars they drive, ffs.

ShatterAlan wrote: »

And Anheuser-Busch was bought out by Belgian outfit InBev. One would think that the Belgians would have improved the recipe. Nah. Same watery crap that gives you a blinding hangover that makes even your hair hurt.

They're just giving Bud customers what they want and are used to.

Hotblack Desiato · 07-05-2020 12:30pm

ozmo wrote: »

Id like add Heineken to the list - amazing when I was in Netherlands what ever way they make it, just meh when made locally here.

Heineken is sold at 5% pretty much everywhere else, but is specially watered down to 4.2% for the Irish market... and they try to sell this muck at a premium price too!
Anything brewed under licence is generally muck though.

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Not in the slightest. The major difference is Android allows the user to decide their own security.

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

*Maybe* in terms of what the app developer gets hold of (if they're honest, and you've no way of checking.) But make no mistake, if you use an android device, Google own your ass. At least Apple make enough money out of their overpriced hardware that they don't need to sell your data (but that doesn't necessarily mean they don't, either.)

murpho999 wrote: »

I see Bewley's Grafton St closing (again!) and people saying it's a shame and it's part of Dublin.

I don't get this, always found it overpriced, particularly after latest relaunch, poor quality (It's breakfast all under hot lamps).
Average coffee too.
It has been this way for years and I don't get how it had a good repuation and don't think it's a loss at all apart from those who lost their jobs.

A great example of boom-era property owner greed back in the day and landlord greed today.
They used to own the property, which should have ensured the survival of the business basically forever. But then they made out like bandits by selling it and leasing it back. The landlord then screwed the arse out of them with upward only rents and refused any cuts when the shít hit the property market fan. But the owners don't care, they still have their massive profits from the property sale and the fact the business was left permanently marginally viable as a result doesn't bother them in the slightest.

Similar thing happened to Peats, except one part of the family owned the retail business and another part was the landlord... awkward!

micar · 07-05-2020 12:39pm

murpho999 wrote: »

I see Bewley's Grafton St closing (again!) and people saying it's a shame and it's part of Dublin.

I don't get this, always found it overpriced, particularly after latest relaunch, poor quality (It's breakfast all under hot lamps).
Average coffee too.
It has been this way for years and I don't get how it had a good repuation and don't think it's a loss at all apart from those who lost their jobs.

I worked in the Bewleys Grafton St for 2 summers back in 1996/1997

The lasagne was bought in pre cooked and put in a fridge and the heated in a microwave before being bought up stairs.

The tomatoes were cut up and put in the dishes and brought up and put under the lights to "cook".

Even back then, the food was way over priced.

There was a decent size kitchen in the basement. Definately made soup down there and cooked other food.

Since I left, I've been in it on my once.

murpho999 · 07-05-2020 1:40pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

A great example of boom-era property owner greed back in the day and landlord greed today.
They used to own the property, which should have ensured the survival of the business basically forever. But then they made out like bandits by selling it and leasing it back. The landlord then screwed the arse out of them with upward only rents and refused any cuts when the shít hit the property market fan. But the owners don't care, they still have their massive profits from the property sale and the fact the business was left permanently marginally viable as a result doesn't bother them in the slightest.

Similar thing happened to Peats, except one part of the family owned the retail business and another part was the landlord... awkward!

I'm not talking about the rents and owners.

I'm talking about the food and prices.

Low quality and overpriced. I'm not talking about recently but for years.
Coffee is not great either.

I don't get people's sentimentality for it.

07-05-2020 1:46pm

Agfa cameras: Worse than Kodak for not being able to adapt to digital era.

Big Brand names whose products are way overrated

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