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'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 low
by dazc 4y ago
'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.
- pg938hkd 4y agoNike quality is atrocious materials are garbage grade but shoes still sell for 200+
- grugagag 4y agoThe 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.
- rapnie 4y agoCame 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.