Brand loyalty

I hope to God that Handsome Harley shows up on this thread. A bigger bundle of brand loyalty and neuroses you will never find.

 

His namesake, on the other hand, was a mercenary with no loyalty and no morals, only a diving headbutt.

 

Pepsi, not Coke. (Coke's way too syrupy)

KSwiss. (Last forever and their size 14 fits like a glove. Don't even have to try them on.)

Gold Star, not Skyline (IJAG is about to throw something at me).

And my biggest brand loyalty: Mac over PC any day, and twice on Mondays. And Tuesdays. Wednesdays, too. And Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

 

For shoes, I'm a Nike guy. They're just better than anything else I've owned. I had a pair of Asics in high school that fell apart in two months. I had a pair of New Balance a couple years ago that were starting to wear out within a year. My Nikes always seem to last at least two years, and even then they're serviceable as backup shoes.

For ketchup, gotta go with Heinz. Hunt's separates if you leave it too long. Very annoying to go to pour it on a hot dog and you end up with tomato-flavored water saturating the bun.

Everything else, I'm pretty neutral. Growing up as a less-than-wealthy kid in New Jersey, though, I did eat enough crap like this...



... to appreciate the difference between a national brand and the cheap store brand. Sometimes, the generics are better. Most times, they ain't.

 

I'm in the no Nike camp as well. I've only violate it when I'm wearing the USMNT jersey. But no shoes.

My biggest brand loyalties are to Apple and Natural Gear camo. (Hi-tech redneck!)

 

Eight time World Champion, right?

 

Believe me, I checked it at least twice.

Another one that just dawned on me: I have only owned three baseball gloves in my life, all Rawlings, would never consider buying anything else. Huggy Jr. switched to a Wilson last year after his Rawlings Vernon Wells model got too small. Says the Wilson is just fine. Philistine.

 

Further proof that children are incapable of making their own decisions. It's the fucking Gold Glove Company. Does your son not want to win a Gold Glove?

 

Sometimes you gotta spring for the frills.

 

Testify, brother.

 

For me, it's a quality issue with Nike. I bought a pair of golf shoes; midway through the second round I wore them, the soles start to come apart. By the time I finish that round I have half a sole that's still attached and a second that's been broken into a dozen pieces; looks like someone put it in a Cuisinart. I take them back to the store, which gladly gives me a new replacement pair. They lasted less than six weeks. That was enough for me.