Apparels, accessories, to that matter for any thing, i have seen few people going mad after Established brand names.
Agreed, A standard brand assures a certain amount of quality, reliability and security in whatever product they manufacture for the sake of its customers. Another heartening feature in the branded names is their “After Sales Services” are extraordinary. Owing to these traits of branded names, people are oriented towards them. So far so good.
But it’s not good to think that non- branded products are invariably bad. I see the things in a different way. The so called well established brands were once new and they earned the title “Trusted name” after proving themselves in the spheres of quality , reliability and security.
If there are some non-entity new brands in the market which assure all the good qualities of a branded name, why one should not go for such names? Why one should crave for the branded names as if there are no other brands in the world.
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No, brand is not as important as quality, style and fit. People buy brands because they have little self esteem and they think the brand lends them some kind of identity and purpose.
Yes. I agree with you. People with low esteem will take the help of an external tool like branded stuff to boost their image. Its the height of ignorance.
I personally don't care much for brand names, but look only for quality, comfort and of course, price tag. Branded products unnecessarily are priced too high just for the name they carry, there are several products that are equally good and are reasonably priced. Brand names are I think, just a vehicle for satisfying egos of certain kind of people,.
For some people exhibiting grand names of their Brands they use is a passion.
A passion, I feel, wasted on useless stuff like that, which could be better utilized otherwise! It is just to give them a sense of superiority over others!
I agree since some of them are so exorbitantly priced that it makes no sense, happened to see a Louis Vuitton handbag priced at nearly 2 lakh rupees plus and it looked like any other...I too prefer good quality and more than anything I should like it, be it 100 rupees or more...
I would much rather do something much useful with that amount than spend it on a single handbag! :blink: Yes, I have many often read the price tags for such items like Jimmy Choo shoes costing rs.50,000 etc and wondered what kind of people really spend that amount of money on such items! :huh:
Kalyani, some people have the money and we see many of our stars and celebrities wearing only designer wear costumes costing a couple of lakh rupees for all public occasions but there are some who want to project themselves along side, upping their social status with them and they would rather beg borrow or steal to be at the same level which is ridiculous..
That's true USha!! In the ned it is all about gaining superiority over the others, means for that superiority is usually material stuff like such expensive items rather than knowledge or insight!
I think that the edible items should be branded products with AGMARK.. This affects health. We may use discretion on other products. Cost, durability matter.
This is one aspect of branding that was ignored in the discussion! Yes, Agmark is a brand that we should look for while buying food stuff because of its reliability and quality testing procedures!
I personally don't care much for brand names, but look only for quality, comfort and of course, price tag. Branded products unnecessarily are priced too high just for the name they carry, there are several products that are equally good and are reasonably priced. Brand names are I think, just a vehicle for satisfying egos of certain kind of people,.
For some people exhibiting grand names of their Brands they use is a passion.
A passion, I feel, wasted on useless stuff like that, which could be better utilized otherwise! It is just to give them a sense of superiority over others!
I agree since some of them are so exorbitantly priced that it makes no sense, happened to see a Louis Vuitton handbag priced at nearly 2 lakh rupees plus and it looked like any other...I too prefer good quality and more than anything I should like it, be it 100 rupees or more...
I would much rather do something much useful with that amount than spend it on a single handbag! :blink: Yes, I have many often read the price tags for such items like Jimmy Choo shoes costing rs.50,000 etc and wondered what kind of people really spend that amount of money on such items! :huh:
Kalyani, some people have the money and we see many of our stars and celebrities wearing only designer wear costumes costing a couple of lakh rupees for all public occasions but there are some who want to project themselves along side, upping their social status with them and they would rather beg borrow or steal to be at the same level which is ridiculous..
That's true USha!! In the ned it is all about gaining superiority over the others, means for that superiority is usually material stuff like such expensive items rather than knowledge or insight!
I think such things have also made way for fake brands flooding the market, one can get a fake Rolex watch looking exactly like the original for 1000 rupees whereas the original costs anywhere between a lakh and a half or even more...same is the case of shoes,hand bags etc...
Brand names are the names which we had made them as brand. Before getting them brand they are also normal companies.
Any product has to start its market journey somewhere at some time. If its a quality product, it survives and will be known as the 'Quality product'. other wise it perishes
I will say One example for jeans. The brand jeans which costs 1500 Rs will be made for Rs 250 and they will sell for rs 1500. So plenty of loss for the customers.
You will shock to know that Pepsi which is the product of Coca Cola, earns a huge profit. The 1 litre bottle cost us between 35 rupees to 40 rupees, is made up of just 1 rupee.
Branded product may give satisfaction on use especially quality wise. Though the cost is quiet expensive they last long..specially clothes. One of my jeans is used by me from college days...still i can use it but size matters...hehehe :woohoo:
For food products we don't need branded unless you feel that they may be adulterated.
For food products we don't need branded unless you feel that they may be adulterated.
Oh Rambabu ji, as you said that there is a provision of replacing and service for non branded products are not quality one. The non branded companies won't show much interest customer satisfaction. For example I have purchased a snack maker. After one month it stopped working, then i called to customer care. They were so careless and they told us to come to their office and they are not even bother about the problem. But it is branded one, then the customer service people will come to our door and take care of our problem
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