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

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  • 28-11-2017 3:17am
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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,150 ✭✭✭✭


    Reading the Black Friday thread, and Polaroid was mentioned, got me thinking about some of the old names of my youth who were once innovative brands.

    Back in the day, Blaupunkt was a brand you always fancied owning.
    Or Alpine car stereos.

    I know now that many famous brands have sold their rights to be used by other companies, so you buy a Hitachi, JVC, Sharp TV now at your peril.


    Any others spring to mind?
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    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Mitsubishi Black Diamond,used to be great until they were sold off to some Turkish company (Vestel I think)


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    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,179 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Sanyo was once a good quality brand name. Not sure if I can even say their new products are bad as they have pretty much disappeared over here.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Fianna Fail


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    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭sabat


    I remember back when the only Samsung you'd see was a microwave oven.


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    TheDavester
    Registered Users Posts: 3,225 ✭✭✭TheDavester


    Liverpool Fc


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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,150 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    glasso wrote: »
    Fianna Fail

    We have a winner.:D


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    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,477 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    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.


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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,150 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    If I was to buy a TV now, I wouldn't think about any manufacturer that isn't in this list:

    Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, LG.


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,309 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Lucozade!


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Russell and Joe.

    Not sure if they were ever great though.


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    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 10,937 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Any brand that Sports Direct have got their paws on.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    jrmb
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭jrmb


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    Kodak would probably be the sort of brand in this category.
    Polaroid, Kodak, Memorex, Praktica, Maxell


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    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    The Catholic Church


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    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,122 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Thought this said bands, not brands. I was slightly confused reading the replies for a few seconds.

    Anyway, probably all of them. Things don't seem to last the way they used to


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    ambasite
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭ambasite


    Tommy Tiernan


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    SpatialPlanning
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭SpatialPlanning


    Tommy Hilfiger. Used to do really high quality, durable clothes. I had jumpers that lasted years. Now the stuff is pure crap.


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    SuperS54
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭SuperS54


    Philips, used to be a good brand, moved pretty much everything to China and outsourcing and are peddling tat these days.


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    Greybottle
    Registered Users Posts: 969 ✭✭✭Greybottle


    Nokia.

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


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    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    NIMAN wrote: »
    If I was to buy a TV now, I wouldn't think about any manufacturer that isn't in this list:

    Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, LG.

    Even some of the lower end Panasonic's are made by vestel.


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    Optimalprimerib
    Registered Users Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭Optimalprimerib


    Sketchers. Their shoes only last a few months


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    Archeron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,194 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Cadburys.


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    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,929 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Its called 'profit maximisation', get over it, it's good for us, apparently!


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    padd b1975
    Registered Users Posts: 10,707 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Mercedes Benz.


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    flaneur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 960 ✭✭✭flaneur


    Hoover


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    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Reading the Black Friday thread, and Polaroid was mentioned, got me thinking about some of the old names of my youth who were once innovative brands.

    Back in the day, Blaupunkt was a brand you always fancied owning.
    Or Alpine car stereos.

    I know now that many famous brands have sold their rights to be used by other companies, so you buy a Hitachi, JVC, Sharp TV now at your peril.


    Any others spring to mind?

    Alpine are still a top brand in car audio and are not junk. Blaupunkt was always an overrated brand which had very poor quality head units, especially towards the end of the 90's, unreliable and terrible sound quality.


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    RobAMerc
    Registered Users Posts: 5,862 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    Nordmende and Telefunken


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    nullzero
    Registered Users Posts: 16,478 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    ****


    One that still successful but makes products that just don't last as well as their competitors is Gillette. In fact they probably dominate their market place but man those razors are bad.


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    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    As with the many other once great brands toshiba tvs are also now made by vestel. Before I think some of the higher end models were a toshiba design with the lower end stuff being made by vestel for years. I think all European toshibas are made by vestel nowadays.


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    md23040
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭md23040


    The irony of the name - Quality Street.

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


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    md23040
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭md23040


    The irony of the name - Quality Street.

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


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