Name Brands..

[sarahgirl_88]

do u think its bad that teens tend to spend money on "stupid stuff" .. like ipods, phones, clothes like.. all the expensive stuff.. they save there money to buy name brands.. do u think theres something wrong with that? or is there a limit?... wat do u think?

[Fez]

i think its retarded. i usually but the cheapest stuff.
i dont even own an ipod. i still hvae my old school cd player with huge ear sets. it works fine.

[Innamorata]

I don't save my money to buy name brands, I just buy what I like. It's stupid when people think they're cool because they have some brand plastered all over their clothes.

[sarahgirl_88]

agreed. i jus wear wat im comfy with. n i spend my money buying stuff i need or on occasion buying my gf sumthin nice. on our anniversaries.

[Menace]

Nothing good came out of anything that I bought cheap

[Fez]

lol. most of the time thats true. but you can still find some good products and some decent prices. not always the best though

[Hilarylab]

You can find A LOT of i pods, phones, and all of that expensive stuff like that on ebay. I own a phone and an mp3 player. I got the phone off of Amazon.

[Paideia]

Well a certain amount of spending is good for the economy and the GDP of the nation. I wouldn't buy clothes just for the name brand, however if the item happens to be exactly what I'm looking for and it is a designer label then I don't see what's wrong with that. I mean it's circulating the money and all :D .

And ipods are notttt "stupid stuff"! My ipod has gotten good mileage because I travel a lot! I just hate it when Apple puts out one version and people swarm to buy it, however then like 3 years later, they put out a better one and they keep making improvements on its technology...I had an ipod mini 3 years ago but it seemed so rustic compared to my ipod video.





do u think its bad that teens tend to spend money on "stupid stuff" .. like ipods, phones, clothes like.. all the expensive stuff.. they save there money to buy name brands.. do u think theres something wrong with that? or is there a limit?... wat do u think?

[Innamorata]

I hate designer clothes. I don't mind spending money on expensive clothes, but I find brands like Playboy, or Prada or whatever disgusting.

[~Wayne~]

Well a certain amount of spending is good for the economy and the GDP of the nation. I wouldn't buy clothes just for the name brand, however if the item happens to be exactly what I'm looking for and it is a designer label then I don't see what's wrong with that. I mean it's circulating the money and all :D .

And ipods are notttt "stupid stuff"! My ipod has gotten good mileage because I travel a lot! I just hate it when Apple puts out one version and people swarm to buy it, however then like 3 years later, they put out a better one and they keep making improvements on its technology...I had an ipod mini 3 years ago but it seemed so rustic compared to my ipod video.

Finally someone sticking up for iPods- I got a dicount on mine so it was £140 (Was £190 full price when I got mine) And I take it everywhere and its great.

You try finding a decent name m4 player that works as good as the ipod!

Also I agree with the comment that nothing good comes outta cheap shit lol

[Leon]

Whats wrong with people buying what they want?
If they want name brands, then they should buy them. They wouldn't be the big name brands they were if people didn't buy them anyway would they.

For me it depends on what I'm buying first. I have an mp3 player, which is crap and would probably be better off with an ipod honestly.
I like to wear individual, unique clothes personally, not big brands, but sometimes I go and buy something like Nike trainers or an Adidas cap for example, there's nothing wrong with that.
And as for phones, I don't really see your point?

Buying really cheap stuff is never a good idea anyway, I agree Menace.

[Innamorata]

I have an ipod, it rocks.

[Leon]

I bought some shirts yesterday, not big named brands. Wouldn't make any difference to me if they were, I just prefer the style of the clothes, rather than the name on it.
If Nike did the style of shirts I like to wear like the ones I bought, I guess I would buy Nike.

[PrincessAlice]

if i want something expensive i buy it.... if i want something cheap i buy it... i ain't fussed about big names but expensive stuff gets the job done HEHE

[Deimos]

If it's expensive it usually means it is of high quality, and *should* last much longer than something of low price.

If you go out and buy a $10 pair of shoes, you really can't expect them to last, with Camper for example, their major selling product is princed at $150, people buying that know they're going to get quality and superior support should the product fail.

Same with the iPod, far more reliable than the generic mp3s, and if your iPod breaks, quite easy to get it replaced.

So yeah, buying high priced goods and/or named brands is possibly superior to buying the low cost crap, depends on your income.

[sarahgirl_88]

ok but clothing lines.. wat i meant is.. is it relle worth buying sumthing relle expensive like a pair of shoes.. wen ur only gonna wear them once cuz they match with a shirt. like yellow shoes that match with ur yellow top. or sumthin u kno? different but its so expensive. if ur only gonna wear them once .. wouldnt u buy sumthing more sensible and that matches, n if ur gonna wear em once its ok? make sense?

like girls.. we buy everything to match. but i have so many shirts ive paid a lot for.. and only wore like once or twice and given away. u kno? i regret buying so many expensive things then not wearing them..

[Innamorata]

Why the hell would I only wear something once? I wear all my clothes to death.

[sarahgirl_88]

Why the hell would I only wear something once? I wear all my clothes to death.

haha i kno sounds so stupid.. lol i do stupid things. lol. but yea ive been known 2 do that.. jus 2 match.. n omg i kno wat u mean by wearin ur clothes 2 death.. i have sum clothes that i jus feel so comfy in.. i wear em till they cant be worn anymore lol

[Leon]

ok but clothing lines.. wat i meant is.. is it relle worth buying sumthing relle expensive like a pair of shoes.. wen ur only gonna wear them once cuz they match with a shirt.If you're rich enough to do that then you wouldn't need to post this thread :hmmm:

[Deimos]

If you're rich enough to do that then you wouldn't need to post this thread :hmmm:

Unless she's bad at handling money?
Or she has no other expenses?

Don't need to be rich to blow all your money on expensive crap.



If it makes you happy, and you can afford to, do it. But as you said, you regret it, so perhaps try to impose restrictions on your spending etc., because it is a bit silly.

[Kerry]

I have an ipod and twice it broken. :(

I just buy what I like...By that usually cheap stuff :P. I dunno I just seem to like cheap stuff better, but I still have ipod and phone. Usually I settle for the cheaper stuff, personally I don't see anything bad in it. :hmmm:

[mandude]

I don't buy big brand name clothing. ie. Nike, Adidas and all. I don't think it's worth forking out money like that for a plain white shirt with a small tick in the middle. I think the cheaper clothes I buy look nicer. :P

With electronics, though, I don't think you can buy cheap stuff and get away with it.

[nin]

i dont think there is a problem with people spending more money on named brands. They just need to know where to stop

[Kerry]

i dont think there is a problem with people spending more money on named brands. They just need to know where to stop
Very true aswell.

[fraggled]

I have an ipod and twice it broken. :(

I just buy what I like...By that usually cheap stuff :P. I dunno I just seem to like cheap stuff better, but I still have ipod and phone. Usually I settle for the cheaper stuff, personally I don't see anything bad in it. :hmmm:

Thats what you get for buying an iPod. I buy iPods for weapons because thats the only thing they are good for.

[Innamorata]

Apart from listening to music.

[~Wayne~]

I'm not saying I wouldn't buy cheap clothes this is far from the case- If I like it I buy it regardless of price (within reason)

[Hells_Zargon]

Depends for me really, then again if there was one branded product and one cheaper non-branded product of the same quality, I'd get the non-branded one anyday.
More into band shirts really though. :P

iPods are a joke. They always break after a year and then you have to fork out another £70 to get it repaired, what a rip. In contrast my Iriver H10 has been going for three and a half years with out a single problem. :D

[Innamorata]

Erm, I've had my ipod for about two years, dropped it loads, gotten it wet and it hasn't broken. Yeah, really shit.

[fraggled]

I dropped an iPod out the Window one time, the piece of shit broke, I dropped my Treo out the same window and it still worked, real hard for me to choose who makes better technology there. My Treo does more then that iPhone and iPod bundled together as one big package.

The iPod was the start of the joke, the iPhone was the climactic finish to that big joke, not the mention the iLamp, the GBoat-Anchor and the GCheese-Grator, its virtual cores, underclocked processors, and so much more. If you want a real MP3 player get a iRiver, if you want a real computer get a Quad Core AMD and Quad Core SLI with a dual unit PPU. The day I can put a full blown kernel on the iPod is the day I respect it, the day I can move out of iTunes store for bought music is the day I actually trust it, the day they get off the nuts of script kiddies who think they can program is the day I think they might have a chance in the real world of computing, till then its upto to the fancy pants design girly man like people who like half assed computing to use them pieces of crap, to produce half ass code that people pay me thousands to fix, and not to mention I could probably throw that under rated BSD kernal into a loop if I tried to pull some real machine code on it, and its not BSDs fault either, its Apples fault for their inability to produce hardware that can handle some real machine code.

[Innamorata]

Nothing to do with better technology, just stronger packaging. Personally, I dont go around dropping expensive items out of windows, so I have no problems there.

[fraggled]

Nothing to do with better technology, just stronger packaging. Personally, I dont go around dropping expensive items out of windows, so I have no problems there.

Shock Absorbing technology is built into most iRiver MP3 players, it was built into most CD players as a buffer system, its built into all SATA based drives, people drop shit, its natural. It has all to do with better technology ;)

[Deimos]

Shock Absorbing technology is built into most iRiver MP3 players, it was built into most CD players as a buffer system, its built into all SATA based drives, people drop shit, its natural. It has all to do with better technology ;)

Did you drop a number individual items of the products out of different windows of differing heights in different weather conditions?

One time each does not constitute an accurate investigation ^^

[fraggled]

Did you drop a number individual items of the products out of different windows of differing heights in different weather conditions?

One time each does not constitute an accurate investigation ^^
Are you trying to be a smart ass or are you really that dumb?

Please try to refrane from trying to sound smart, you will fail miserably when trying to make me look stupid at computers.

http://www.jeffsandquist.com/IBrokeMyIPod.aspx
http://askpang.typepad.com/relevant_history/2004/11/meeting_the_sad.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070422144910AA514PI
http://www.ambience.sk/ipod-ebook-creator/broke-my-ipod-with-only-7-4035
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/527244.htmlLets

[Deimos]

lol, some other people broke their iPods, so sad :(

No doubt I could find countless numbers of people willing to state that their iPods have endured harsh treatments and never broken :O

Don't care what you know about computers, your personal experience is not all encompassing.

And to give you something to jump on, it's spelt refrain.

[oOoBubblesoOo]

I find that expensive clothing has better material and a better fit, so i feel much more comfty in them. I pefer expensive phones with all the upgraded technology because its very handy whilst travelling same with Ipod/mp4.

[silver_knight]

It's alL 'bout pride and prestige to buy brands. It's not good, but people buy things with brands, "cool" brands...

[Kate]

Clothing brands and shiz im not really that bothered about.

[Nirvana_rox]

Brands are okay but if your just getting yourself in debt it's not okay.

[fraggled]

Brands are okay but if your just getting yourself in debt it's not okay.

I never understood how people could be so worried about brands to go into debt, if Ican't afford it, I don't buy it at that time, I know I prefer name brands but I'm not willing to go into debt over it.

[Kerry]

I never understood how people could be so worried about brands to go into debt, if Ican't afford it, I don't buy it at that time, I know I prefer name brands but I'm not willing to go into debt over it.
Yeah I agree :p

[Gemski]

The biggest name brand I have is fred perry.
but, It's coz I was looking for anice outfit to wear to the Jamie T gig
I wanted somenew ejans anyway, so I went to TKMaxx & I decided that as I had money left over, I may aswel get a top to go with it, because I know what I am like when it comes to tops.
but yeah, it was cheap, coz it was TKMaxx.
Thats the best shop in the world and its as designer as I go.

[lucille]

Pfft I am one of the few people left who chooses quality over quantity. I despise shops like Primark, I don't want a shitload of really crappy, plain clothes. Last year I spent all of my birthday money,£400, on a silk bomber jacket and I don't regret it for one minute. I happen to like having things to show off about, materialism is a WONDERFUL thing.

[fraggled]

Pfft I am one of the few people left who chooses quality over quantity. I despise shops like Primark, I don't want a shitload of really crappy, plain clothes. Last year I spent all of my birthday money,£400, on a silk bomber jacket and I don't regret it for one minute. I happen to like having things to show off about, materialism is a WONDERFUL thing.

The queston is though, are you willing to go into debt over it, liking it is one thing, getting into trouble over it is another.

[sarahgirl_88]

yesss Jordanbedwell!! thats exactly i think the point ive been trying to make.. is it worth the debt n trouble..

[lucille]

I have the money so it doesn't matter. If I have the money, I want to spend it on a few nice things rather than an exceptional amount of crap.

[sarahgirl_88]

I have the money so it doesn't matter. If I have the money, I want to spend it on a few nice things rather than an exceptional amount of crap.

what if u didnt have the money though? would you still spend the way you do?

[Gemski]

I agree with Peach
If I have the money
and I want it, and I know i'll liek it, I will buy it
My yellow bomber jacket was £30 from topshop
I don't buy it if I can't afford it though.
but, I love being able to treally treat myself :D

[lucille]

Obviously not, clothes don't actually mean that much to me I'd never go so far as to get in debt for them but whilst I have the money I'd rather buy a few items that I genuinely like and I know I'm not going to see on about 10 other people that same day.

I am seriously resisting from launching one of my annoyingly long rants about Primark. That place stands for all that is wrong in our world, and I think it is slowly taking over. That is all I'm going to say. And no I'm not paranoid.

[Gemski]

Obviously not, clothes don't actually mean that much to me I'd never go so far as to get in debt for them but whilst I have the money I'd rather buy a few items that I genuinely like and I know I'm not going to see on about 10 other people that same day.

I am seriously resisting from launching one of my annoyingly long rants about Primark. That place stands for all that is wrong in our world, and I think it is slowly taking over. That is all I'm going to say. And no I'm not paranoid.

Lmao, Please, tell me your problems with primark.

For me, Primark is good to a certan extent, I will buy like an odd top I like or something
I don't actually own much primark stuff, I mainly jsut get either a set of PJs or like a nice bra/pants.
My fav shop has to be Top Shop though, and sometimes River Island too :D

I agree though, It's better to spend what you have on something that's goign to last, and is genuinly worht it, rather than "oh, that tops black... Oh it's £2 I have to buy it now"

[lucille]

EXACTLY. And what happened to clothes shops trying to look stylish and presentable? Primark is just rows and rows of unorganised crap with neon lights, its so unappealing they are not even making an effort. Plus even if you do find a good thing in there (by good I mean a kind of tackier knock off of a topshop dress with more sequins) then you are going to see it on so many other people ranging from a 12 year old girl to a frumpy middle aged housewife. Argh it just annoys me that no one cares about quality anymore they just want as much shit as they can accumulate in a very short space of time, with very little money. I actually think that is greedier than spending lots of money on a few nice expensive dresses.

[Gemski]

Haha, I completely agree
I hate how it's a giant jumble sale!
I mean, atleast if its a bra or something, it's not likely to be seen on someone else.
I hate teh big tabels tehy have, and they just pile shit sky high
I also hate how, they do size 8 - 10, 10 - 12, 12 - 14, etc.
I'm 10 - 12.
12 - 14 is too big and 8 - 10 is slightly tight under the arms.
Idiots, Lets be creative and just do 8,10,12,14,16 etc.

It's a tramp shop, Put it in the trailer park :)

[lucille]

Ok, you're on my side. Only about 80% of this unsophisticated nation left to go...

[Gemski]

Haha. You're dominating the world, You can do it!

[lucille]

Oh yeah.

Where's a pen? Primark is going on the shitlist.

[Gemski]

Haha. Fabulous.
*Hands pen* ^_^
"You are the weakest link, Goodbye."

[sarahgirl_88]

lol thats so sad

[Gemski]

But..It's so...um..
well I dunno. but um..
well, tbh I have nothign to say
=[

hahha.

[Gemski]

but its okay coz it was just a piss take :D

[sarahgirl_88]

lol i think.. i get lost to much haha i think sad face then i think happy face.. wow..

[Gemski]

Haha.
You well amuse me Sarah.

[lucille]

but its okay coz it was just a piss take :D

Oh I was being deadly serious.

[Gemski]

Ooh, no I mean my weakest link thign was a pisstake ^_^

[lucille]

Good good, thought I'd lost you for a moment there!