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6 Years Ago
Most all retail establishments will have both brand name products and store/ generic brands sitting side by side on their shelves.
Which indicate there is a market for both.
What makes you decide the former or the latter when making a purchase?
Is there any difference between everyday commodities and those products associated with the discipline you are currently involved
Edit:
Is there ever a time, when you feel a loyalty to the original?
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6 Years Ago
If I know the quality is acceptable I buy whatever is cheapest, so good "bang for the buck" is what gets my brand loyalty. Convenience is also sometimes a factor.
As for the second question, not really. One of the reasons I paint with Liquitex brand artist quality paint is it's a good "bang for the buck" and readily available locally. Same thing with the Gessobord panels I usually paint on.
6 Years Ago
I read labels, always have....not the brand label on the front but the ingredients and nutritional info on the back.
I experiment a lot with painting mediums, so, no, I don't stick with one brand any more than I stick with one medium...sorry, Golden.
6 Years Ago
"Bang for the buck," convenience and nutritional/usefulness value are things I consider in making a purchase. Sometimes, however, I will stay away from a brand because of who or what they support/sponsor.
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6 Years Ago
Note:
I've just added to my thread opening:
"Is there ever a time, when you feel a loyalty to the original?"
6 Years Ago
That's a tough one...anyone recall the first company to produce acrylic paints in a tube?
oh my, I guess there's no loyalty :(
6 Years Ago
"when you feel a loyalty to the original?"
Nope, the brand has to keep delivering that "bang for the buck" to keep getting my money. For example, I no longer by Viva paper towels. They are more expensive but they use to be worth it, but they changed and now they are crap, Viva will no longer be getting my money.
6 Years Ago
Fresh fruit and vegetables; local produce preferred.
Nothing wrong with a nice piece of meat either.
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6 Years Ago
I have tried off brand frosted flakes in the past and they tasted horrible so I do stick with name brand frosted flakes. That is the same with coffee I use the name brand coffee though it fluctuations between name brand coffee depending on which one is cheaper.
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6 Years Ago
The original Kraft macaroni and cheese. Any other brand is horrible. Also the Kraft spirals and other new styles are disgusting too. Has to be the original.
6 Years Ago
I think i am a loyal consumer for the most part. My experience is - if in (the slightest) daubt one (me at least) turn towards the older or well known brand (to be on the safe side i guess).
6 Years Ago
i have no loyalty. if lenses were interchangeable, i wouldn't have a canon. brand names don't matter to me, they change a formula and then its bad. i just bought russel stover chocolate, and all of the pieces have a weird aftertaste. i would have had loyalty if it weren't for that, i'll look for something else in the future. whatever is on sale and has good reviews, is usually what i'll get.
stores themselves all depend what is closest and cheapest.
i think most brands of shirts, pants etc, are made in the same company, and they just add the logo from a bin. i have no idea what i'm wearing right now, who makes it etc. it was on sale, it was a material i'm not allergic too, it fit, done.
---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com
6 Years Ago
Roger,
I am loyal to Honda. My entire family is. We have all been on a Honda kick for about three decades now. We have had one Toyota which is just as good.
The used 2012 Civic, I have now six months, has a CVT transmission in it. It is absolutely amazing.
If a brand is truly brilliant I will give it brand loyalty.
I also expect loyal patrons and collectors as I build my business.
If the product is generic then people should put more pricing pressure on the good or service.
Dave
6 Years Ago
We went through this brand loyalty when we got our first bike together and it was a Suzuki Savage instead of a Harley... Did you know that Harley riders back then (20 years ago) would not even wave at you if you were on a rice grinder? Since then many custom bike builders have come along and helped blur the lines and soften the hearts and now we finally have that Harley but I strive not to be a brand snob... I'll even wave at you if you are riding a Vespa. lol
6 Years Ago
while i of course want a decorator or buyer to be loyal to me, i know they won't be. because they want a full spread of items, and usually they mix and match everything.
---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com
6 Years Ago
I have loyalty to a handful of Mom & Pop organic farmers at the local farmers market; I don't buy food from strangers. As far as everything else, I'm anti-brand and take a razor blade and cut off or black out all brand labels.
6 Years Ago
All to often the no-name brand actually is better. They seem to have less of the chemicals in them I try to avoid. Corn syrup is one of them. Some companies especially the soup companies add way to much pepper to offset the sodium they have taken out or they add more sugar to substitute for fat. If a brands gets my loyalty it is because its taste good and does not use the toxins we find in too many of our pre-made product here in the USA.
6 Years Ago
I;'m loyal to the quality of content and whether it meets my demands, not the brand... I'll spend the extra dollar for what I want.
6 Years Ago
I'll buy the cheaper of the choices if the lable says "Compare to the ingredients in (name brand here)". Otherwise I'll ususally buy the store brand if it's cheaper unless I find the store brand of whatever it is to be far inferior to the name brand. For example, I will only buy Bounty paper towels, and yeah, I know I'm paying more, but the other ones just seem to rip too easy.
I've been on a Jello sugar free dark chocolate pudding binge lately, and my husband brought home the Kroger brand last week just to try it. He liked it but I found it to have a nasty aftertaste.
In other words.....it depends.
Oh, and Iris, I've only found like two commercial spaghetti sauce varieties that don't have sugar in them. One is a Newmans and one is a Barilla. I HATE sugar or anis in my spaghetti sauce.
6 Years Ago
If the ''generic'' brand meets the same quality I am looking for, I will buy it. If not, I will pay the extra dollar for what I want. If there was a close connection to a brand, say a friend or family owned it, then I would feel a loyalty to the brand.
This reminds me of the old school ways of medicine long gone....years ago when I first started out, there was such a thing as ''professional courtesy'' in that we cared for our own....there was a loyalty amongst us toward one another as brands so to speak...doctor's would not charge nurses out of this loyalty and we would often go in to care for a doctor's family member out of professional courtesy, kindness and loyalty. mmmmm....nice that it did exist and maybe still does in the rural areas.
Does this exist in the art world?
6 Years Ago
"What about loyalty to our brand, if we have a brand?"
I don't believe I really have a brand, nothing recognizable anyway, I definitely don't have any loyal patrons.
6 Years Ago
"Does this exist in the art world?"
Amongst artist friends maybe, but other than that is seems to me much of the money made in the art world is made off the artists.
6 Years Ago
I'm loyal to Trader Joe's. We buy most things there. Our dog prefers their dog food.
They never have sales, but the prices rise and fall as the market determines.
If something rises in price too much, I do without until the price returns to normal.
6 Years Ago
I'm loyal to Trader Joe's as a market, but not necessarily to their branded products. I like things fresh...much of their branded products is jarred, canned, prepared and frozen.....and lots of those items have preservatives.
6 Years Ago
Some generics are OK but for the most part I am quite brand loyal.
Lucchese cowboy boots or nothing. Stetson hats or maybe handmade. Campbell's chicken noodle soup and no other. 5-11 pants are all I wear. Smith and Wesson pistols and Henry rifles. Buffalo Bore Ammo. Canon and Canon with camera gear with the exception of my 14mm glass. I could go on and on but yes, I am brand loyal.
6 Years Ago
Yes, I'm brand loyal. However, when a new brand comes out, I always try it once. To me that's fair. Then I normally go back to my traditional.
6 Years Ago
Was brand loyal in some areas, Canon DSLRs and lenses, (and yes, even FAA) as examples, until I bought a Sony mirrorless system.
Everything changes, nothing ever remains the same.
Products, services, styles, it all evolves...some good, and some not so good.
That includes my own belief system, opinions, etc. One day I may feel one way, and the next day quite the opposite.
I’m always looking for something new/different, some brands can satisfy my curiosity, and some don’t.
~ Michel Soucy
6 Years Ago
The only product that across the board I have zero brand loyalty to, and I tried for decades, are commercial soaps.
So many chemicals many people are getting skin problems and skin cancer. Every commercial soap is problematic that way. Even going to Whole Foods, many of their soaps have too many chemicals. Particularly their liquid soaps which by definition need many chemicals to behave as expected.
Dave
6 Years Ago
Bounty paper towel. The only one that works. None of the other brands that I tried worked well.
For canned soups I prefer Progresso.
Gillette for shaving products.
6 Years Ago
Richardo,
No digital editing. The pace is slower. Nothing is pushed together time wise. Just a bunch of rough edits. Terrible ad.
Dave
6 Years Ago
I'm still donning the same levi jeans from the 80z and 90z. lotz of holes but I guess thatz loyalty!
6 Years Ago
What is it to you? Can we speak freely here?
I find the difference between the old analog process and digital editing interesting.
Dave