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Nov 20, 2024
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Penske Material Don't worry about it

planned obsolescence, but I still hate it.

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Penske Material

Previous username: Santos L. Halper
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Joined: Sep 25, 2012
Last login: Nov 28, 2024
Total posts: 22,831 (770 FO)

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What brands are you sad that they have declined? When I was young, Jaguars were

CascadeBYUFan

Nov 20, 10:59am

Blockbuster

BigTex

Nov 20, 11:01am

Netscape

RyneK

Nov 20, 11:04am

I found my Blockbuster card the other day.

Turd Ferguson

Nov 20, 11:25am

What? No way. Those guys way overcharged and nickel and dimed

Mister P

Nov 20, 11:54am

RE: What? No way. Those guys way overcharged and nickel and dimed

O Gaucho

Nov 20, 2:11pm

Chain sit down restaurants. TGIF, Chilis, Olive Garden, etc.

Joe Banks

Nov 20, 11:01am

It’s been awhile since I’ve eaten at any of those. Now that I wfh, I don’t have

CascadeBYUFan

Nov 20, 11:05am

Agreed with this, although, Chilis has figured out a way to get me to come in occasionally. Their $10.99 burger/app/

specsauce

Nov 20, 11:06am

especially since a combo at mcdonalds is basically that price now too

LeonMarek

Nov 20, 11:07am

Yep, I've been back to some of these since fast food is the same old crap for 3x

Still Blue

Nov 20, 11:13am

Chilis is the only one I still enjoy going to. Their lunches are great priced.

Chefcurry

Nov 20, 11:18am

i've become a Chili's and OG fan again. Seems a lot better value in today's

cougfanz

Nov 20, 11:09am

I never left being an OG fan, much to my wife's chagrin. Love that place

Iman23

Nov 20, 11:25am

Pizza Hut. It was a big deal to go to Pizza Hut as a family, sit down in the

UNLVcougar

Nov 20, 11:11am

the old Pizza Hut buffet was an amazing.

LeonMarek

Nov 20, 11:14am

Including buffets like Home Town Buffet.

TheNerd

Nov 20, 11:14am

RE: Including buffets like Home Town Buffet.

JackStack

Nov 20, 11:19am

The older I have gotten the scarier buffets have become for me. As a kid and YM loved em

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:24am

Burger Chef

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:24am

Drove by a closed Sizzler today in Orlando...just down street from a busy Golden Corral. Sizzler would be

CLCougar

Nov 20, 11:41am

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JimmyZ

Nov 20, 11:04am

Sad but true.

CascadeBYUFan

Nov 20, 11:06am

RE: Sad but true.

RH84025

Nov 20, 11:07am

Star Wars and Disney don't mean anything near what they used to for me.

Leonardo

Nov 20, 11:04am

Yeh, Disney is the one that bums me out the most.

CSoul

Nov 20, 11:07am

Disney for me. They still do some great things, but so much has changed.

Ted Lasso

Nov 20, 11:11am

Yeah, our family is done with Disney. Used to be something we did together about

Still Blue

Nov 20, 11:19am

I used to be a valet and Jaguars were some of my favorite cars to drive. Sad to

O Gaucho

Nov 20, 11:06am

Pretty much everything. Workmanship is dead

Elrond Hubbard

Nov 20, 11:08am

Ticonderoga - dang shame

homegrown

Nov 20, 11:09am

Some video/computer game companies. Westwood Studios, EA, Blizzard, etc.

TheNerd

Nov 20, 11:09am

Sears

Benfica1

Nov 20, 11:11am

The annual Christmas catalog was great.

UNLVcougar

Nov 20, 11:39am

RE: The annual Christmas catalog was great.

joelvandyne

Nov 20, 11:48am

Been interesting to see Amazon sending out a Christmas catalog the last

Jay Rick

Nov 21, 2:53pm

JC Penney right next to it

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 12:07pm

Target

DataMouth

Nov 20, 11:12am

Not a brand, but appliances in general.

XORCoug

Nov 20, 11:13am

King and Holton. It's crazy that Chinese brands (with their quirks) are much better quality than the American brands.

ral1988

Nov 20, 11:15am

VW was an awesome brand (I had a bus).

Benfica1

Nov 20, 11:16am

NBA used to be awesome, now it sucks.

Chester Copperpot

Nov 20, 11:17am

The North Face

Jay Kay

Nov 20, 11:17am

Anyone who makes appliances. Washers/dryers/fridges/freezers don't last like they should.

Penske Material

Nov 20, 11:18am

Planned obsolescence: if they built something to last a lifetime, you only need

TheNerd

Nov 20, 11:21am

It’s proven Apple does this, I’m sure other companies fo

puntersarepeople

Nov 20, 11:30am

Well they used to make them last longer, so clearly they know how. I know it's

Penske Material

Nov 20, 12:04pm

Boeing - their collapse is really sad.

Cougarclaw

Nov 20, 11:19am

as SpaceX rises, NASA falls. NASA used to be the bees knees

Cougarclaw

Nov 20, 11:19am

You can't expect a gov't agency to outspend Musk for talent. The public wants

Jay Kay

Nov 20, 11:22am

I understand what you're saying, but it's the wrong focus. Spend $1000 to save

Cougarclaw

Nov 20, 12:18pm

NBA

TNT

Nov 20, 11:21am

Boy Scouts of America

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:23am

ESPN (Sportscenter), MTV, Network sitcoms

RC Vikings

Nov 20, 11:24am

Remember the line up with Stuart Scott, Dan Patrick, Rich Eisen, Kenny Mayne, Craig Kilborn and even Keith Olbermann

BYU Grounds

Nov 20, 11:27am

That line up was as cool as the other side of the pillow!

Still Blue

Nov 20, 11:33am

Utah athletics in general.

XORCoug

Nov 20, 11:24am

Is the entire music industry a brand? It sucks now.

dYrtbYkerYder

Nov 20, 11:28am

levis

bald man

Nov 20, 11:47am

I keep an eye out for a repairable F-Type R.

Madam Pattirini

Nov 20, 11:48am

British Knights, Converse, Sega, Tecmo, Toys R Us, Circuit City, Pizza Hut

CougarBreath

Nov 20, 2:34pm

ColecoVision

Benfica1

Nov 20, 3:38pm

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