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Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by naravara on Monday June 18, 2018 @09:31AM (#17338068)
>I really, really don't want to go though that same discovery process 1-2 years down the line.

The worst is when it has the same name and cosmetically looks the same, but you realize they've changed over to a lower quality manufacturer and it's nowhere near as well made.

Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by rout39574 on Monday June 18, 2018 @09:43AM (#17338146)
This is called "Extracting the value from the brand". The implication that, once done, the brand is now valueless, is awkward but precisely as intended. :)
Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by gowld on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:26PM (#17341419)
Also called, "killing the goose that lays the golden egg", and "eating the seed corn".