Re: poll: tackiest brand names/worst brands TV/VCR/stereo etc?

From: Franc Zabkar (fzabkar_at_optussnet.com.au)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:45:10 +1000

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:08:36 -0400, "Art" <plotsligt@comcast.net> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

>Surprised no one even mentioned the fine Goldstar branded Zenith sets, and
>their off shoots??

I don't have any problems with current products from either of the two
companies I have named. FWIW, I have a new 68cm LG TV, a new LG DVD
recorder, and a new LG DVD ROM drive. The company names *are* funny,
though. I would have thought that calling yourself "RS Components"
would be marketing suicide, but RS Components are a very successful
international group of companies. They sell high quality products, but
often at a price which is a bit too rich for me. Even so, I've been a
customer of theirs since my Uni days in Sydney (when they were called
Radiospares), and I've bought from them in Singapore as well.

>The more we demand 'high quality/cheap" products, the
>more of these fine devices we will see. Sad, but by actually naming these
>products we can become legally responsible of slander if the manufacturers
>wanted to actually press the issues.

Hopefully my clarifications are enough to deflect any potential law
suits. :-)

>IMHO!! Suppose that their monies would
>be more appropriately directed to improving their products rather than
>trying to support lies.

>"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@optussnet.com.au> wrote in message
>news:mtesf0libgicm9qgttsnhrnot7360puj3f@4ax.com...
>> On 20 Jul 2004 16:08:24 -0700, reverend_rogers@yahoo.com (b) put
>> finger to keyboard and composed:
>>
>> >I am constantly amazed at what weird /unheard-of/ downright cheap 'n'
>> >nasty-sounding "brand" names continually pop up on the front of 'brown'
>> >goods like TVs,Videos and stereos. Most of the culprits appear in large
>> >national supermarket and electrical stores. So, here are some of the
>> >tackiest I have found so far (UK and Europe). (NB. Most of the
>> >equipment also lived up to its tacky name by being either of low
>> >quality or impossible to find service / & parts info.) Anyone else got
>> >names to add to the list?
>>
>> Lucky Goldstar
>> RS Components (Radiospares, suppliers of electronic components)
>>
>> On an unrelated note, the funniest name I have ever encountered for
>> any product has to be "Kickapoo Joy Juice":
>> http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/kickapoo/
>>
>>
>> - Franc Zabkar
>> --
>> Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.
>

- Franc Zabkar 

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