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Are these like real brands, or fake cookie cutter brands on Amazon? Amazon: "We're talking top brands here, like FLORGOO, REMPLOW, BARBENTRON, ZOLIMIO" Custom
by codeulike 3y ago
Are these like real brands, or fake cookie cutter brands on Amazon?
Amazon: "We're talking top brands here, like FLORGOO, REMPLOW, BARBENTRON, ZOLIMIO"
Customer: "Those really dont sound like real companies, Amazon"
Amazon: "But they kindof do though, you can see how those might be company names"
Customer: "I guess?"
(from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpxAvjD_30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQpxAvjD_30 )
- chankstein38 3y agoMy favorite one ever is still MOBDICK
- distract8901 3y agoI have some compression underwear by DEVOPS brand. It's very mildly amusing every time I see them in the laundry. Also the worst compression shorts I've ever seen but I guess you kind of have to expect that
- behringer 3y agoBut ya still left that 5 star review for that 10 dollar kickback didn't you!?
- bradknowles 3y agoI have some of those shorts myself. IMO, they're surprisingly good -- some of the best shorts I have. Sadly, I fear that I won't be able to find those shorts again to buy any more pairs, because of the way these brands pop up and then go away again so quickly.
- not_your_vase 3y agoMine is Doogee, first saw it in 2017. They were truly ahead of their time (maybe still are?)
- tpm 3y agoThey still exist. Here, a phone with a 22000 mAh battery: https://m.gsmarena.com/doogee_s100_pro-12367.php https://m.gsmarena.com/doogee_s100_pro-12367.php
- CapricornNoble 3y agoI picked up a Doogee S55 as my travel phone sometime 2015-2017. It's still my secondary phone today. Battery is on its last legs and the rugged case is as well, but squeezing 6 years of utility out of a ~$200 phone? Hell yeah. Not everything sold on AliExpress is total dogshit. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Doogee-S55-Smartphone-Review.323406.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Doogee-S55-Smartphone-Review.3... I'll almost certainly pick up another ~$200 rugged Chinese-made phone to replace it....that or some hardware that supports postmarketOS.
- jollyllama 3y agoBEEGOD is an interesting one
- stonogo 3y agoThe two past champions are "Fartpeach" products and "Dickass" brand car brakes. Both are gone -- the Fartpeach brand is retired entirely and Dickass changed their name ... to Dickase. Some remnants of the former remain, e.g. https://www.amazon.in/FartPeach-Professional-Mountain-Suspension-Shimanos/dp/B08F7QZD3W https://www.amazon.in/FartPeach-Professional-Mountain-Suspen...
- fatfingerd 3y agoIt seems like it was just the other day that I was telling a friend: You've got a great set of Kumho tires, do really want to risk wearing them out with those Dickass brakes?
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- GuB-42 3y agoSpeaking of cars, being French, I can't believe Audi called their electric cars e-tron. It literally means "turd". I mean, it is French, the 5th most spoken language in the world, and France is Germany's neighbor. There is no way Audi could have missed that.
- granshaw 3y agoSeriously why don’t these Chinese companies hire someone for 30mins to come up with a more reputable sounding name?
- justsomehnguy 3y agoBecause it works anyway and 99.9% of them don't even know there is a problem here.
- heywhatupboys 3y ago> don't even know there is a problem here. OR, they don't care.... American centrism on HN is so bad
- heywhatupboys 3y agoNot everything caters to the American sensibilities. Different cultures regard different things as professional.
- nortirn 3y agoIf you're selling on US Amazon it's probably in your best interest to cater to American sensibilities though.
- oooyay 3y agoIt's normal for companies to use different names to operate in different markets. There's some bidirectional setting of value through exclusivity that happens in some cases as well, like with Nismo. It's not exclusively an American concept.
- MenhirMike 3y agoMatsushita trading under the name Panasonic is probably the biggest example I can think of that most people would recognize.
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- happycube 3y agoIt looks like AI image generators are improving, so they're likely going to have a harder time coming up with new brand names. ;)
- kraquepype 3y agoMy first thought too. I can't stand Amazon nowadays, even if you know what you want exactly you still need to deal with load of counterfeit and bogus junk.
- tivert 3y ago> Amazon: "We're talking top brands here, like FLORGOO, REMPLOW, BARBENTRON, ZOLIMIO" Barbentron is a quality brand. You know that because it has a pronounceable name and the "tron" has connotations of advanced technology.