Brands

We were told to make a list of brands that we use in a day. I realized that I don’t have a very consistent brand in my life. I use colgate tooth paste, because it was on sale. I have Levi jeans and sketcher shoes. The jeans a from a good will, and the shoes were 50% off making them affordable. Sketcher was the first brand the I could immediately draw an ad to. I remember silly animated commercials would come on saying “It’s the S.” Seeing that slogan written down reminds me of the slogar for a place I used to get my hair cut at. Fantastic Sam’s has ads in their waiting area that have “It’s gotta be the hair,” written all over them. Maybe I am drawn to ads that have a strongly confirmative message about the success of their product. Maybe I appreciate confidence, but that doesn’t sound like me.

I noticed that my music equipment is the only portion of my possessions that has a repeated brand. I have many effect pedals from Boss, and my last purchase was a Fender as well as the purchase before that. I don’t look for brand in guitars. I often spend way to much time at a Guitar Center playing around with all of their guitars before making a decision. I will then check forums online to see other people’s opinions, see how they last over time, and see if there are any upgrade suggestions made by others online.
I do seem to have an attachment to Boss brand pedals. They are generally affordable and I do like how they are all the same dimensions. What’s strange is that I know there are better pedals out there right now, but I can’t remember if I did much research before buying them. I know I played with them at a store before buying but I can’t remember if I did the whole online investigation process.
I kept recalling the scene about product placement in Wayne’s World. In one shot, Garth is wearing nothing but Reebok clothing I believe, and he says something about people accepting corporate sponsorships being very sad. I am glad I don’t buy only one brand for everything. I think the only way that would be possible is if you bought all Best Choice of Great Value things.