[Closed] Brands you wouldn't touch with a barge pole...

Well despite Call-me-Daves claim to have 'detoxified the Tory brand', you could have a gun at my head and I still couldn't bring myself to put an X next to a Tory candidates name.

Oh... and I'd like to be left alone in a room with the person who devised this Halifax advertising campaign. With a blowtorch and a pair of pliers. I'd like to make him suffer, like he has made us suffer

Anything with Murdoch's mitts on it +1.

Volvo. Got run over by one.

On One

Trek

Specialized

BMW and AUDI, ugly cars for sad people with low self-esteem.

Manitou

+1 for The Conservative Party. I'd also like to add The Labour Party to the list too.

An ex-g/f of mine is in the new Halifax ads...

Superstar Components.

Shimano.

renault peugeot seat mazda vauxhal and huyndai SMEG BMW AUDI tories.

Apple products, if the battery isn't user replaceable then I don't want to know...

12 posts in and nobody's said 'Russel' yet, hoping for a chortle.

I'll do it then...

Russel

* chortles *

Jo Brand?

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Benetton - awful adverts.
Anything Murdoch.
Vauxhall.
Anything using meerkats in advertising.

Nike, McDonalds, Sky/Murdoch, Nestle, Daily Mail, Tories (who knows who I'm going to vote for in the next election though). Oh, and SRAM bottom brackets.

Brands I'm working to wean myself off:

Coca Cola
Burger King
The Metro "news" paper
Fifa (the football authority and the game)
Chris King
...and now, since I've just had my first two doughnuts from them, Krispy Kreme.

If the product is good and the price is right then I wouldn't refuse to buy from them because I supported a different football team or because the adverts are annoying - that's insane surely?!

in a continuation of Camo's post... Jo! 😳

EDIT: wwaswas you edited that in after my post, didn't you, you barsteward! ❗

Aldi
Lidl
Asda
Argos
Hope

Or any other company that classes as cheap and nasty.

Skoda (its the badge)

McDonalds, Starbucks, most banks, Sky, Nestle and Specialized, as LBS is a dealer who charged me £25 to remove a b/b. I'm sure there are others which will spring to mind

Fifa (the football authority and the game)

plus...

Nike
Apple - still got a macbook, but never use it any more. 2nd battery has now blown up. Could never ever ever bring myself to buy an iphone/ipad.

Next. How have they lasted for so long selling such expensive rags?

I'm not sure it counts as abrand but seeing as you've got Murdoch's empire on the list: ITV - With the eception of cycling coverage and the Fred West thing it makes me feel dirty every time I watch it.

UK PLC

On the very few occasions when I watch ITV or Five I feel dirty...

Anyone with really annoying adverts. Webuyanycardotcom(*) and Coldseal Windows spring to mind.

(* - so do I at that price, bastards)

Orange (phone co)
The Guardian newspaper, the daily mail newspaper
Wetherspoons pubs
Vauxhall cars
Hewlett packard
Maglite
Balti king
SRAM

Harvester
Halfords

Halfords

I hear that, mcboo!

Nothing but problems at mucho cost.

Orange and black is so 2009, too.

New Labour

or what ever they are pretending to be this week

BMW. My mate's bought one recently and I'm struggling not to look at him in a different light.

Aldi
Lidl
Asda
Argos
Hope

Or any other company that classes as cheap and nasty.

It must be awful when you do have to integrate with the lower class scum.

Superstar Components.

+1

I'm actually struggling to see what is nasty about Lidl or Aldi, cheap, yes. I think they have quite a good business model though. The more that people avoid beacuse they think it is cheap and nasty means less idiots to battle through at the checkout.
The only brand I've actively avoided is Pascual in Spain because their drivers ware complete twunts who happily participated in the 15km overtaking manouvre.

The Daily Mail

That is All.

Hope

Or any other company that classes as cheap and nasty.

Hope - cheap and nasty - must be nice to have your wallet!

Apple products, if the battery isn't user replaceable then I don't want to know...

So simple even a woman can do it. 😛

and the back came off my iphone 4 with the removal of 2 screws.

and went back on again, which is always a bonus.

Struggling with the references to BMW TBH... seems like an out of date mindset

For the most part BMW seem to have reverted to being understated, conservative and very good to drive cars.

Seems to me that BM have moved a long way to reposition the brand image from the previous stereotype. The CO2 and tax efficiency thing in particular...

Yes you do still see some very nobbish behaviour from BMW drivers, but relatively unusual compared to the large number on the road.

Audi - well, that's an entirely different matter...

How's about avoiding phone manufacturers who save costs by putting cheap and crappy batteries in that need replacing?

Ragley
Hayes
Sunseeker

Other than that I'm a capitalist pig 🙂

DrRS**** Hope

Could you expand a little on that statement

If convinced, I'll sell my stem, qtr, seat clamp, wheels?

And if I do can anyone recommend a brand that's more exclusive - I don't want to come across as cheap and nasty now 😳

sierra cycling.

What happened to Audi then? Is it a bit like Helly Hansen and North Face - a brand taken over by a new audience. Audi used to be quiet cool I thought (thinking 80's, 90's) with the quattro setting new standards in rally but the core market being design orientated but quiet conservative buyers not dissimiliar to Saab owners but wanting a car that actually worked.

I don't see much more knobish motorway behaviour from Audi drivers than any other, but maybe I'm not looking for it with preconceptions. I don't drive one btw.

only one I positively go out of my way to avoid is Murdoch

Binners that ad makes my teeth itch

Brands I'm working to wean myself off:

The Metro "news" paper

If it helps i found it much easier to give this up when i found it was printed by the same news group as the Mail.

What a therapeutic thread. Thanks.

1) Orange (the bike company). I just hate the whole image they convey.

2) WalMart/Asda
3) McDonald's
4) Vauxhall/GM
5) Sky
6) Liverpool FC (and most other football clubs TBH)

I'll post again when all the others come to me.

Every rep and saleman of the year drives a 2l Audi nowadays with their ****y chavtastic led lights.

I like BMW but the new 1 series ad is doing a good job of putting me off. "My brother Cecil is an architect and likes to play a spot of rugger don't you know, what what what. I'm Jeffrey and I'm an aspiring actoorrr and a bit of a ladies man, I'd never drive the same car as that boring ****, oh bugger!"

I don't think I'd ever buy Crapple.

But I do shop at Aldi and Lidl and drive a Skoda.

Kona - FUGLY
Go Compare - go piss up a rope, have you no self respect?
Mcdonalds
MBUK
Own brand Cola

The Metro "news" paper

If it helps i found it much easier to give this up when i found it was printed by the same news group as the Mail.

I actually already knew that - but I try and justify it because I need something to read on the train for 10 minutes and it's free. If I've got time I'll buy [i]i[/i] for 20p, but I'm not always organised enough in the morning.

Actually was wondering if it was ethically OK to grab the whole stack of Metros and put them straight in the recycling bin...

Surprised nobody's mentioned Cranks Bros yet. I've got nothing against them per se, its just that they represent everything that I object to on a mountainbike, i.e. needlessly pretty and needlessly delicate (from what I've heard and seen, I've not even chanced my own money on any of their stuff).

Have never and will never buy Apple, probably because I spent my childhood in a Juventus football top with a massive SONY printed across the front 😳

Have never and will never buy Apple, probably because I spent my childhood in a Juventus football top with a massive SONY printed across the front

That must be why I'm still pining for a New Holland tractor...

Bank
GAP
superdry
M&S
samsung
Rolex
Cartier, etc
Rapha

Quite a few, now that you got me thinking 😉

schrickvr6 - the new stupid bmw 1series add says that his idiot brother [b]works with architects[/b], not that he is one - I don't know any who'd drive a bimmer1

Back on topic
evisu
howies
specialized
commencal
next
bench
bmw
audi
seat
land rover
jeep
mfi
world of leather
Daily Mail
anything to do with sky
tesco
asda

- Tesco.
- Is it Go compare? where you enter your details and the next thing you know it says 'an advisor will be in touch' - it turns out to be their tied-financial advisor company who probably pays them a commission/retainer?

Should be M&S- I once took a shirt back that said 'fitted' and it turned out to be the biggest yacht sail that I have ever seen. I even put it on over my coat to demonstrate infront of a big queue how ridiculous it was to the Assistant and Deputy Manager who refused. Then offered me a '50% refund for good will reasons as they couldn't resell it due to its being opened and packaging damaged'.

The shirt was a 16.5 neck and 42inch chest. I'm 6ft2 and 210 lb.

commencal

😯

aP, I'll pretend I didn't see that!

What's up with the Andorran beast? Do Commies really deserve to be put in the same list as mfi and world of leather? WTF?

* tries to calm down *

It's at times like these that I need Japanese Zen wisdom...

“Don’t seek the truth, just drop your opinions. Drop your theories, don’t seek the truth.”
“Don’t seek the truth, just drop your opinions. Drop your theories, don’t seek the truth.”
“Don’t seek the truth, just drop your opinions. Drop your theories, don’t seek the truth.”

And repeat

Crank Bros (at least anything they make with a bearing in it)
Tesco
Vauxhall
Boots (here come the girls - piss off!)

How can this thread have got so far without mention of DFS?

On DFS and the sort in general. I wont go near 'sofa sellers' like them as I'd worry they'd go bust whilst holding onto your deposit etc.

Not withstanding their sofas are truly gopping.

Another one for the Murdoch empire here. I really hope Cav doesn't end up on Team Sky (if it's been announced by now i've missed it), 'cos i just can't get behind them.

Vodascum. Because they are just that - scum.

Oh, and Ribble.

BID-TV and the clones thereof.

On DFS and the sort in general. I wont go near 'sofa sellers' like them as I'd worry they'd go bust whilst holding onto your deposit etc

Mind you, I did hear they might have a sale on...

Ford - largest non-German user of slave labour in the concentrtaion camps followed by the Pinto fiasco
Nestle - baby milk
Nike and anyone else involved in far east sweat shops
KFC - not really a boycott, just don't eat there because it's sh1t
Anything to do with Murdoch (but most of it's sh*t anyway, so no hardship there)

Howies
Nestle
Vauxhall
Tesco
Rapha

Any barge pole manufacturer.

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Sky
Tesco
Nike
Jamie Oliver products
Conservative Party
Daily Mail
Ryanair- amazed this hasn't been mentioned before
Manchester United

Oh, SCS (sofas); unscrupulous ****s
Superdry +1 horrific chavwear
Hollister; put some lights in your shop FFS
EDIT: RYANAIR! how could I have missed that?

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I'm loving some of the self-righteous nominations here..

I can't even imagine the depth of hypocracy that must accompany these lofty ideals.. 😆

Hollister; put some lights in your shop FFS

😆

Oh have another

😆

Superdry and any other purveyor of those stupid T-shirts with pointless waffle on them.
Evans and Rayments bike shops (Brands? Not sure. Don't care!)
K2 Skis - Soooooo ugly!
Ryanair
Cathay Pacific (Economy class only. Business is ace!)
Stella - No, it's not "cidre", it's monkeypiss flavoured with apple-like chemicals
And many, many more, but lunch is calling.

So....
[b]What's wrong with Hope?[/b]

Anyone have an answer for this burning question?

What happened to Audi then?

Jeremy Clarkson said they were the new BMW, so it must be true!!

Avid - if I can't bleed'em and can't shorten the hoses I am not interested.
Fox - well their forks - whats with all the stanchion wear stuff? Rockshox for me.
Toyota - just don't fancy them.
Nissan - ditto
Sangyong - well
Hyundai - I drove one once!

Aside for that no one really offends me. On the points others have mentioned -
Volvo, BMW - both good and reliable. My current BMW is pretty reliable, quick and cheap to run.
Vodafone coverage is better than I get with Orange at the moment so I am going back.
Sky - nowt wrong with them! Good service in my opinion.

The problem with Audi is that it's just mindnumbingly dull, boring boring boring cars, boring to look at, boring to be in. I can't imagine why anyone would spend anything on one unless they have absolutely no imagination whatsoever.

Hyundai - I drove one once!

+1. Hideous.

What happened to Audi then? Is it a bit like Helly Hansen and North Face - a brand taken over by a new audience. Audi used to be quiet cool I thought (thinking 80's, 90's) with the quattro setting new standards in rally but the core market being design orientated but quiet conservative buyers not dissimiliar to Saab owners but wanting a car that actually worked.

Exactly right. Once Audi's were cool, capable and unusual. Now every man and his dog has one. It's the default car brand for people who care more about their own self image than what they actually drive. A default brand for those who want a flash motor, but who actually know very little about cars or driving.

Just look at the Q5 or Q7 or whatever it's called. Utterly pointless vehicles that still cost the price of a small house. Not good on-road and not good off-road. You just look at one and you can guarantee that the driver will be a complete self important and clueless bell end.

What's more, by enlarge modern Audi's are horrible to drive. Has anyone driven a new Audi recently? I have driven lots and not through choice. Most are so firmly damped and uncomfortable that they would have your false teeth out if you ran over so much as a snail. Also the steering is so lacking in feel that you could wear a thick pair of mittens at the wheel and you would be hard pushed to tell the difference.

Old school Audis though - now they were good cars. Anything pre mid 90's is cool in my book. Sadly Audi now cater for the pond life and the wannabee's. Hence their modern cars cater for the lowest possible denominator who happen to have more cash (or bank loans) than common sense.

Superstar Components.

am i the only person in the world that think their brake pads are ok?

Boots (here come the girls - piss off!)