Comments on: Brands Mean Less as We Get Older http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2010/brands-mean-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brands-mean-less I'll show you a variety of stuff because variety is good for you. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:26:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leonard Chu http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2010/brands-mean-less/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Leonard Chu Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:25:58 +0000 http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/?p=200#comment-37 I think the name still means something. I would rather pay the premium for, say, a Samsung, Sony, or Panasonic TV rather than some company I've never heard of. I think in that sense for me, brands still mean something - if I've never heard of the brand or think that the brand is crap to begin with, then I rule it out. It's just that brand names don't necessarily mean they're special in good ways any more. Even with Sony, I think they make good TVs, but only if you buy their top XBR line. I wouldn't put them as necessarily better than anyone else for their regular TVs, definitely not for their sound systems, and their laptops are nice but definitely not worth the price. Having said that, I do have two other Sony products: an MP3 player and a digital voice recorder. Why the MP3 player? Because I specifically did not want an Apple iPod, and the Sony was a good-enough choice. I chose them because I didn't want some other brand ;) Sometimes the name does mean quality. It just isn't necessarily so. Or perhaps it used to mean quality, but these days it no longer does. I can think of quite a few companies where the phrase "they just don't make 'em like they used to" applies very well. I think the name still means something. I would rather pay the premium for, say, a Samsung, Sony, or Panasonic TV rather than some company I’ve never heard of. I think in that sense for me, brands still mean something – if I’ve never heard of the brand or think that the brand is crap to begin with, then I rule it out. It’s just that brand names don’t necessarily mean they’re special in good ways any more.

Even with Sony, I think they make good TVs, but only if you buy their top XBR line. I wouldn’t put them as necessarily better than anyone else for their regular TVs, definitely not for their sound systems, and their laptops are nice but definitely not worth the price. Having said that, I do have two other Sony products: an MP3 player and a digital voice recorder. Why the MP3 player? Because I specifically did not want an Apple iPod, and the Sony was a good-enough choice. I chose them because I didn’t want some other brand ;)

Sometimes the name does mean quality. It just isn’t necessarily so. Or perhaps it used to mean quality, but these days it no longer does. I can think of quite a few companies where the phrase “they just don’t make ‘em like they used to” applies very well.

]]> By: Moonlite http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2010/brands-mean-less/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Moonlite Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:00:12 +0000 http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/?p=200#comment-34 My experience..? Uh... well, I've never really had a brand preference. I do like some products from various brands over others, but I've never limited myself to any one specific brand for any given product/item. I guess that's just me being from a small town and all, and the parents rarely drove us out to the city. And when they did, it was to do THEIR thing, so... limited time for us to explore the big brands. :P Although... come to think of it, my sister did always manage to get bigger brand things when she was a teen. I never did... Hmm...... Even now that I'm more than Just over my teen years (and since you've known me), I've never cared too much for big name products. Even now, I don't see the hype with Sony, LV, Coach, LaCoste, etc. To me, it's just a name. 'Cause sometimes when I stop into these shops with company, I look at their stuff, check out the material, it's not always the BEST feel.. and certainly there are many times where I don't believe it's worth the price they're being sold for either. It's usually the 'name' that the consumer is paying for... and yet so many people still buy the item, even it it's not something they 'really' need... and it could be costing them Thousands of dollars (ie: $2000+ TV from Sony, or a $2000+ purse from LV... Heck, a wallet from LV could cost minimum $600, well, that's what it was when someone asked me my opinion on some of their wallets from their website a few years ago). Anywho, so, there's my two cents on the topic of 'brands mean less as we get older'. I probably could write more if I was more awake at this moment. But we can discuss this topic again in person some day. :P My experience..? Uh… well, I’ve never really had a brand preference. I do like some products from various brands over others, but I’ve never limited myself to any one specific brand for any given product/item. I guess that’s just me being from a small town and all, and the parents rarely drove us out to the city. And when they did, it was to do THEIR thing, so… limited time for us to explore the big brands. :P Although… come to think of it, my sister did always manage to get bigger brand things when she was a teen. I never did… Hmm……

Even now that I’m more than Just over my teen years (and since you’ve known me), I’ve never cared too much for big name products. Even now, I don’t see the hype with Sony, LV, Coach, LaCoste, etc. To me, it’s just a name. ‘Cause sometimes when I stop into these shops with company, I look at their stuff, check out the material, it’s not always the BEST feel.. and certainly there are many times where I don’t believe it’s worth the price they’re being sold for either. It’s usually the ‘name’ that the consumer is paying for… and yet so many people still buy the item, even it it’s not something they ‘really’ need… and it could be costing them Thousands of dollars (ie: $2000+ TV from Sony, or a $2000+ purse from LV… Heck, a wallet from LV could cost minimum $600, well, that’s what it was when someone asked me my opinion on some of their wallets from their website a few years ago).

Anywho, so, there’s my two cents on the topic of ‘brands mean less as we get older’. I probably could write more if I was more awake at this moment. But we can discuss this topic again in person some day. :P

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