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Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk by dazc on Saturday April 08, 2023 @09:59AM (#35493189)
'Eventually the big brands themselves had to lower the quality of their products to be able to compete with the generic products...'

I remember some brands lowering the quality of their product long before all of these random Chinese copycats sprung up.

Maybe this is why they were able to get a foothold because people like myself began to think that some cheap copies were actually better than the genuine article.

My pet grievance being branded footwear which has mostly become cheap garbage with a premium price tag.

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Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk by pg938hkd on Saturday April 08, 2023 @10:47AM (#35493684)
Nike quality is atrocious materials are garbage grade but shoes still sell for 200+
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Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk by grugagag on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:00PM (#35496459)
The brand has some inertia. Eventually word will spread out deeply that nike is trash and the perceived value will go with it or along with the generation that knew them if they’re lucky.
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Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk by pg938hkd on Saturday April 08, 2023 @04:02PM (#35497029)
I think it’s the celebrity endorsements. They really live in the Jordan name/brand. Kind of like adidas lives on soccer and for a while yeezy branding.
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Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk by grugagag on Saturday April 08, 2023 @08:49PM (#35499121)
It does until it doesn’t
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Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk by rapnie on Saturday April 08, 2023 @10:58AM (#35493816)
Came here to say that. You paid for the brand and the perceived 'status' that brandishing (pun intended) the logo gave you, not the quality. This was long before the Chinese crapstream flowed richly. Maybe there's perceived quality too, as a bias that forms by paying so much for the branded article.
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