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What's your list of banned brands? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by SethranKada@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don't keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don't make it there anyway. So I'm asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what's the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

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[–] t_378@lemmy.one 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Friggin' Spirit Airlines!

[–] lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why? Because of quality, service or?

[–] t_378@lemmy.one 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, I guess spirit is technically the cheapest. So that might be worth it to people all on its own. But I find the seating to be very cramped, I don't like the feeling of being "nickel and dimed" with their "charge for everything" scheme, and when I rode spirit they would have extremely generous take off and landing estimates so that even with many delays, they are still "on time".

None of this is really malicious, I think they are clear about the fact that they offer cheap tickets for a cheap experience. But man, as a customer, it feels bad. I will just pay the extra money and go with something else.

[–] lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I do agree with this. Especially with any extra baggage. They overcharge you to the point it's not worth taking it over other airlines if booked prior