New Thread #3: WHY ARE YOU LOYAL?

Micah Cohen

Are you loyal to any brands? Not just of electronics, but to anything. I only use Heinz Ketchup. I only use Q-Tips. (Not at the same time, of course.) Heinz is thicker and richer than Hunts. Faux Q-Tips tend to fall apart in your ear, which can't be good. I lean toward Panasonic and Toshiba because I feel like their build quality is a little better, and they have always backed up my purchases with excellent customer service (and I have a Panny VCR that is over 20 years old still working strong). I prefer Popeye's to KFC, mainly because KFC is just a Pepsi puppet and because Popeye's has "15 pieces for $9," and you can't beat that. What brands are you loyal to, and WHY?

juice21

heinz ketchup, french's mustard. and always coke over pepsi...:D

TroyD

Clothes: Ralph Lauren & LL Bean, they are like Garanimals for adults: everything matches

Q-tips - accept no substitute, cheap brands fold all up
Boar's Head Deli Mustard - just the right amount of horse radish
Tide with Bleach - gets out all the stains
Lowe's over Home Depot - I know where everything in Lowe's is
Toshiba- never had a problem with anything that they made
Bombay Saphirre Gin - again, nothing else comes close
WalMart over KMart - Dustin Hoffman said it best: "KMart Sucks"
skivvies- got to be FOTL, nothing else fits just right.

Troy

ntculenuff

nothing beats kraft cheese & macaroni (except homade)

johnnyamerika

Definatley loyal to:

Bojangles Chicken - KFC sucks, nice and spicy!
Coke - Can't have a Jack and Pepsi, Pepsi has some chick or something, whatever...
Guiness Stought - Damn good beer
Sega - Best 'Developer' in the world, publisher, welll.....
Target over Walmart - Walmart is all cheap crap that breaks in a week
Illustrator over Freehand - Adobe, the second best evil empire
PC over Mac - One button??? I like my start menu...

mjk91383

it's church's chicken, for me!

joe

Steve@3dai

Dr. Pepper - because, I dunno, it's liquid crack
Intel - Never ever had an issue with a Intel chipset/cpu
Terratec - Creativitiy in electronics
Polk - Bang for the buck, 'nuff said
Swatch - Nobody comes close to style and functionality (that's why I have 20 of 'em!)
Subaru - I love my WRX wagon!!!!

Just a small list

- Steve

wodom1

Popeye's, being that i live in south louisiana, it's required. "love that chicken from popeye's!"
Heinz 57 ketchup
French's mustard
Dr. Pepper--cause i'm addicted
D'Addario electric guitar strings, Martin SP acoustic guitar strings--they're all i ever use.
Remington tires for my truck
Pioneer car CD players

that's all i can think of for now.

-josh

mark g. nelson

The 3 P's.
Polk, Pioneer Elite, Panasonic.
Heinz - Always.
Diet Coke - I'm Diabetic O.K. besides my Coke machine would quit with Pepsi inside
Pioneer Premier Car Decks
Subaru - Love my rock solid Subies.
Castrol - For helping my subarus go forever.
Toro Proline Lawn equiptment - Those Japanese engines last forever.
Meguiars car care Products.
Michelin tires.
Chevron gasoline.

-justin-

coke Coke COKE!!!!!

And I hate Pepsi, even more so because of Britany Spears. She is a pig, sorry to those who love her. Now that Christina....OUCH she's hot!

~JB

madmax

Polk
Chevy
Popeyes
Mt Dew
Soundcontrol
Marshall
Gibson
King
Alesis


A quik jab on Fords: Chevy--Uses "Like a Rock" as a theme song. Ford--Has a new song that mimics "I'm a looser baby, so why don't you kill me". I'm serious. The song on their new commercial has the same riff as this late 90's song. Sorry, I don't remember the artists name.

wodom1

Beck sang "Loser" in the mid-90's.

fabian1

Subway, you cannot beat thier meatball sandwiches, German TV,s, more so LOEWE, Polk Audio, Hey what can I say, My wife, Damm good women, I love her to death. Polk Audio, I just thought i would remind you. Harman Kardon DVD Player, sounds damm good, Heinze, everything, yummy, Polk Audio, Just thought I would remind you all again, MICAH DOES THAT MEAN I GET THAT POLK PEN I HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR NOW, HOW MUCH MAJOR SUCKING DO I HAVE TO DO. IT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE IN AUSTRALIA, DONT WORRY IF YOU ARE OUT OF STOCK, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR POLK PEN, Kind Regards Fabian

Micah Cohen

You're cracking me up Fabian! I have an "Eosone" pen... I have a drawer full of those! (Remember Eosone?)

This is a great thread. I'm surprised at a lot of the choices. QUESTION: Why? Why do you choose a particular brand? Revisit your lists, pick something, and tell me what about it attracts you. You can't all just have these blind allegences. What makes you loyal?

MC

At least now I know what to serve and what not to serve when you all come over for dinner!

fabian1

Loyal, 1/ Good Quality, 2/ Good after sales service, 3/No **** marketing, a la Bose. Good quality does not need fancy adverts, Micah, I will be happy with your pen, regards Fabian:)

TroyD

Polo and LL Bean....everything they make MATCHES. That means you can go out and not look like a registered sex offender with ZERO thought. shirt, pants...BOOM, out the door.

Man, how can you live life without good Gin?? There is nothing better than an Bombay Saphirre martini, extra dry. That is the stuff fellas.

Troy

wodom1

i stick with alot of the brands i've chosen either out of personal taste (food) or simply because i've had good experiences with them and know them to make a quality product that i can depend on. Polk is another one of those companies that i will stick with. i don't own any polk home speakers but after becoming a member of this forum, i plan on making Polk my home theater/music speakers of choice when i get the $$ to buy some. i came to this forum to register car speakers and now after meeting everyone here and hearing their stories about their Polks, i plan on purchasing my own someday. good enough answer micah?

-josh

Steve@3dai

Well, I choose Swatch because of the sweet designs that those crazy Swiss come up with. Along with the smooth lines and abstract materials, they have 100% functionality and can actually tell time, really well.

Plus, they made their own time! Swatch Internet Time! How many other watch companies can claim that???! It is truely an official time.

- Steve

juice21

i guess it comes down to personal preference, overall performance & value and customer service...

-justin-

Originally posted by TroyD
Polo and LL Bean....everything they make MATCHES. That means you can go out and not look like a registered sex offender with ZERO thought. shirt, pants...BOOM, out the door.

Man, how can you live life without good Gin?? There is nothing better than an Bombay Saphirre martini, extra dry. That is the stuff fellas.

Troy

Yes, I can't imagine life without "RedBull Engergy Drink + Vodka".

Ahhhhhhhhh.... drunk......

~JB

avelanchefan

I am loyal too:

My wife (Other wise it would be another Lorena Bobbitt story)
My Kids

Everything else:
Toshiba (DVD players, VCR's, TV's...I have all 3)
Polk speakers (I am new to this but I know a good thing when I hear it.....Plus Bose screwed me and I ended up learning the hard way)
Taco Bell (nothing better than a nacho cheese chalupa)
Sony Vaio notebooks
IBM desktop Computers
My sectional sofa (great for parties)
Dr Pepper
Dream Theater (my favorite band)
ps2 (gotta love gaming in 5.1 surround)

I-SIG

Polk--Duh

SiGARMS & Georgia Arms--They both go <b>BANG</b> every single time. When you least expect it, expect it!

Chevy--My family has always gone fast with Chevy. Besides, it's cheaper, just powerful and just as reliable as a Ford, so why pay twice the price?

New Balance running shoes--They can take many miles of my heavy **** running

SureFire flashlights--They are only expensive until you use and own one, trust me. Makes MAG lights look like matches on a windy day.

Tetley Tea--makes the best sweet tea around. For you Yankees out there in Polkland, sweet tea is only that when you add the sugar BEFORE you chill the tea. For you "Left" coast morons, Snapple and Nestea is poison, not tea.

Waffle House--Huddle House, Waffle King, and IHOP suck.

BreakFree CLP--cleans, lubricates, and protects in one step. Now, if they only made something similar for my...

Wes

raycomics

SONY, SONY, SONY

Think back to every movie you saw that had Audio/Video Broadcast Equipment in some of its scences, and this name stands out!

HEINZ CATSUP! (nuff said)

Grilling Anything on my GEORGE FORMAN GRILL

JVC RECEIVERS (The old ones w/built-in 5 Band EQ - Still going strong after 25yrs. And I brought it used!)

shack

Ford Mustangs - I have three

Hunts Katchup

Frenchs Mustard

Levis Jeans

COKE - Nuff said

"Porsche, there is no substitute" (Joel Goodson) I've always wanted to use that line.

Converse shoes - all the way back to high top "Chucks"

M & M s (peanut)

Agatha Christie, Michael Crichton, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells - I have all of their books. The British Agatha Christie Mystery series is pretty good but most of the movies are weak and Crichton writes a great book but most of the movies are bad. The one exception is The Andromeda Strain. And as much as I like Jurassic Park the book was way better. The Eaters of The Dead is a GREAT book (My favorite) but the 13th Warrior is lame. Some of the Verne and Wells movies are ok for their time.

The Beach Boys, Jimmy Buffett, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, The Allman Brothers, Steely Dan and Stevie Ray Vaughan - I have ALL their albums (when these were recorded there were no CDs)

Spielberg and Lucas

And just recently......
POLK

shack

I Forgot........

BOND.....JAMES BOND

joe logston

polk
hienz catsup
yamaha
frenchs mustrad
shimano fishing reels
sony
panasonic
pioneer
aragon
mustang gt
krups coffee makers
chiquta bannas
hey guys im glad i live in the usa

goingganzo

the best fris are mc donalds
all i have to asy is dodge stealth <----the twin turbo moddle
levi
boxers
and for shoes cant beat dr martens
and for comp stuff cant beat amd it is like polk of the computer