Brands you (unreasonably) dislike?

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I was thinking about this tonight as I parked next to a Renault SUV. It’s completely unreasonable but I’ve never liked the brand since someone I know once said ‘it’s like driving a bin on wheels’. Even though I’m sure the brand is perfectly fine (and very popular) it’s stuck in my head. Apologies to all Renault drivers!

I’ve got other brands I unreasonably dislike too but do you have any?

They seriously need a complete overhaul on their branding and colour scheme - it's the weirdest most outdated place ever.

The only time I ever go in one is when I am on the road for work or going to see a customer and I stop to grab a salad / meal deal from there.

I made the mistake a few weeks ago of thinking "oh I'll just grab the bits I need for dinner tonight whilst I'm here". Never again. I found about 3 items, got so stressed trying to find chicken (this Morrisons has two fridge sections - one at the front of the store and one at the back - for some fucking unknown reason) that I just left my basket and walked out.

Even just typing that out I can feel my blood pressure rising.

Dyson - Support Britain and leave the EU!!! Gave shed loads of money to the Vote Leave campaign and then moved all his production to the Far East. Surely all done for purely selfish and greed reasons. Also won't buy anything from a Brexiteer anyway.

Haha I love Morrisons, it won my soul when I discovered it was the only store down south to sell parkin at Halloween / bonfire night time. (At least the only one I could find - I’d asked in all the other supermarkets and local bakeries to no avail, they all looked at me funny and with blank expressions!).

I hear you about Halara jeans. I bought a pair and they looked hideous so popped them in the clothes donation bin as I read about the problems sending them back. I get teased constantly with their advertising, and I never want to go near them again.

What?!?! Is parkin a Northern thing?! I did not know that!

Consumed. Less (Patrick Grant, I'd start with this) Buyology.
To name just 3. All available on Amazon. There's numerous titles on this subject, also I always try to find books on Libby or in the library first though.

Lots of the above are reasonable dislikes though!

My unreasonable
Morrisons. Feels like it's dirty when though it's not
White Stuff. Just feel like anyone who wears it is smug and pretentious and almost certainly has children who wear tutus and wellies.
The Nissan Duke, I feel like people thought they were buying a big car and somehow got confused

All deeply unreasonable!!

Daisy by Marc Jacobs - reminds me of the Manson family girls.

I always have a chuckle when I go to House of Frasers, Gucci merch is obviously at front of store. I always think why? Who buys this ugly shit 😂

Urgh, I agree. So gauche and 'look at me, I've got money'. Most of the time, they dont.

Same applies to LV, except sometimes those people do have money, just poor taste!

I also hate Longchamp. People who would never be seen dead with a nylon bag from the market are suddenly paying over the odds for an ugly piece of tat because of the label.

Anti-consumerism books...all available on Amazon 😂😭😂

In fairness, I have had my share of Coach and Mulberry but the bag that has lasted longest is a 2015 Michael Kors tote, which has been used as a beach bag and survived five years at university and is still looking good. My daughter still loves it.

Oh god yes the dreaded Longchamp bag I forgot about that one😆

I remember one of the first threads I came across the "La Pliage" bag on. Someone had asked for recommendations for a stylish and practical every day bag and SO many people had mentioned it. I'd never heard of it so wen straight to Google and couldn't believe my eyes 😂The material looks absolutely shite and if it wasn't for the name it would be about a tenner down the market.

Can you believe my next door neighbours have not one, but TWO Nissan Cubes?! They had two white ones then something happened to one and they replaced it with a silver one. Just why??? Of all the available cars why would you have two of them? 🤣

It’s my favourite brand!!

My taste in chocolate is cheap as well 😄😄😄

Bayliss and Harding - definitely not luxury, sick of seeing it in Asda

Dyson. Don’t get me started on Dyson.

I just had to Google what they are. What on earth?! Who approved these?! 😂

Is she the woman married to the Superdry man? If so, huge!

Love this description!

I think we are all “ultra processed” in the run up to Christmas… It’s absolutely peak time for it, we almost don’t have any choice! Everywhere you turn, its brands, logos, named this and that.

You're not doing it “right” if you haven't bought whatever’s in this year…and this has been going on since I was little - looking at you Tiny Tears, Sindy, Tressy, Barbie etc!

Dachia Duster cars
Snag tights, Lush, John Lewis and probably others for their support of TRAs
Ferrerro Rocher or however you spell it

A clothes designer I know recently travelled for research to a factory in Asia where loads of well known underwear brands are made. The owner was giving him a tour and he was shocked to find out that the high-end brands are no better made than than the high-street versions - you’re simply just paying for the name.

This. ⬆️

Same here!! so funny, my husband seems to love our local Morrisons and I detest it, such an annoying layout no logic what so ever. It just seems grubby and a bit dirty compared to other supermarkets and it's not only our local, the other bigger one is the same.

My husband the other hand hate our local ASDA, which I kind of like.