Brand Names!

[The Barbarian]

Do any of you avoid certain brand names like the plague? I certainly do..

[walpurgis]

Well it's not Hi-Fi, but I avoid Cillit Bang cleaner, 'cos I hate the dumb adverts (and I regard it as overpriced and overhyped).

[Barry]

Do any of you avoid certain brand names like the plague? I certainly do..

I don't think I could ever buy a SMEG fridge - I would constantly suspect the top of the milk!

[Barry]

Well it's not Hi-Fi, but I avoid Cillit Bang cleaner, 'cos I hate the dumb adverts (and I regard it as overpriced and overhyped).

And it has a stupid name.

[Stratmangler]

I have an abiding hatred of tools with the "Mills" brand on them.
It all stems from breaking 2 sets of sidecutters in as many months, and I decided against returning the second pair (a replacement for the first pair)to get another set as you'd guarantee that they'd break at a most inconvenient time (ie. mid job and 200 miles away from home).

Cheap tools are false economy if your livelihood depends on it!

[Barry]

two certain Hi-Fi companies & one Computer company springs to mind

:eyebrows:

Do tell André.

[The Barbarian]

:lol:

[Marco]

Linn, Naim and Apple? ;)

Marco.

[r100]

Nestlé, McDonalds to name just two brands I try to avoid

[loo]

Asda,tesco and Morrisons:spew::spew::spew:

[Gordon Steadman]

Linn, Naim and Apple? ;)

Marco.

or Tannoy, Technics and any one of a hundred PC companies?

[Gordon Steadman]

There is no particular brand I avoid at any cost.

[Barry]

Nestlé, McDonalds to name just two brands I try to avoid

I definitely avoid Nestlé, have done for years. Now I avoid Kraft.

[r100]

oh, and now that i have sold my car and motorbike, i can avoid BP, Tamoil, Shell and all the others which makes me feel good

[loo]

Rolex. Rolls Royce, Gucci
To name a few

[twickers]

I avoid durex pleasuremax because they make my cock itch.

[walpurgis]

Well thanks Paul. We really needed to know that! :D

[Marco]

or Tannoy, Technics and any one of a hundred PC companies?

Lol... The thing that gets me is how anyone in their right mind can get 'het up' over the type of computer they use (the whole Mac vs. PC pish)! :mental:

Utter braindead LUNACY for introverted geeks!!

Marco.

[Techno Commander]

Naim, Linn and BMW. :)

[walpurgis]

and BMW. :)

Oh yes! And Subaru. Every yob in town has those round here, or a lowered Golf. All with tinted glass and six inch exhausts and all screaming about every evening. Tossers! :steam:


(I should have bunged this in the 'Pet Hates' thread)

[Andrei]

Linn and Naim. They are within my financial reach but I read they do not put their products in for review in magazine bake-offs. If they are not prepared for a peer review the inference I draw is they they fear an unfavourable comparison.

[The Barbarian]

Linn, Naim and Apple? ;)

Marco.

:rfl:

[Puffin]

Brentford Nylons, Lloytron, Winfield, Ronco, Acme, Telstar.......

[prestonchipfryer]

SKY tv etc. TESCO (all).

[Marco]

Brentford Nylons...

Ish dat where you get your shtockings from, shweety? :D

Marco.

[walpurgis]

Winfield,

"Winfield"? 'Woolies' is long gone Rob, or is somebody perpetuating the brand elsewhere? ;)

[walpurgis]

'K-Tel'

[Puffin]

Ish dat where you get your shtockings from, shweety? :D

Marco.

As "fluff" used to say......"an incredible £1.99".

[Barry]

Rolex. Rolls Royce, Gucci
To name a few

So, you’re more of a Patek-Philippe, Bentley, Gianni Conti kind of guy?

[Old George]

My wife tends to avoid the range of underwear launched by William Shatner's wife Elizabeth, Shatner Knickers sounds very wrong.......:eyebrows:

[Marco]

Only available in brown....

Marco.

[r100]

to avoid for sure

[Rush2112]

Firstly Cilit Bang / Barry Scot just an add mans invention for a German product that just doesn't do what Barry claims! Now back to Hi Fi brands to avoid, well I guess I've been lucky! For many years my friend and dealer of choice carefully avoided anything that looked like it would fall to bits etc etc However, I did win a Onkyo CD player in a Hi Fi mag competition which when it arrived refused point blank to open the draw! Then there was a Creek tuner which resolutely refused to stay on station !

[Barry]

Firstly Cilit Bang / Barry Scot just an add mans invention for a German product that just doesn't do what Barry claims! Now back to Hi Fi brands to avoid, well I guess I've been lucky! For many years my friend and dealer of choice carefully avoided anything that looked like it would fall to bits etc etc However, I did win a Onkyo CD player in a Hi Fi mag competition which when it arrived refused point blank to open the draw! Then there was a Creek tuner which resolutely refused to stay on station !

What did I claim? I just said it had a silly name - I made no comment on the efficacy of the product.

[Macca]

What did I claim? I just said it had a silly name - I made no comment on the efficacy of the product.

Not you, Barry, but Barry Scot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Burgess_(actor)

[Barry]

Not you, Barry, but Barry Scot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Burgess_(actor)

Sorry - my mistake.

[Rush2112]

That's it Barry Scot the whole advert gets my goat!

[r100]

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