Are Filipinos Brand Conscious?

[dcph172]

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Yes, my new past time is watching Filipino youtube channels Mapapa iling ka na lang sa mga Filipino personalities sa youtube. Bumili ng hilux e pareho naman hindi marunong mag drive! How impractical is that? It took over a month before they got to use it. Ang matindi pa, they budgeted 150k to make it RICEY!

Bumili pa sila nung mga pots and pans na worth hundreds of thousands na hulugan din!

I saw this couple's finances evolve, discovered them Dec 2016. Their online business picked up in 2017 so that's when they bought the hilux, rented a bigger apartment and started with skin care such a GLUTA IV. At totoo yung sinabi mo re owning a vehicle, puro road trip na sa North and South. The sad thing is their only son studies in the same school If I were a parent the biggest chunk of my budget would go to my child's education and housing.

Lol sino yan sa youtube? I dont think ive come across that channel.


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[kagalingan]

ok lang sana if its functional........ kung baga may purpose.....

kasi ang pera ang purpose talaga gastusin.....

pero kung gusto lang paliparin ihi para makasabay sa paligid eh you are not really buying for yourself..... you are pleasing your kind of audience

so matanong ko na din..... may nakakaalam ba dito saan makabili all glass steamer

[CVT]

YOLO!

Kung hinde ka yayaman pag hinde mo binili and hinde ka rin naman maghihirap pag binili mo.

Bilhin niyo na! Yan ang gawin ninyong motto pag nagdadalawang-isip kayo kung meron kayong gustong bilhin.


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Bro, I agree to this mantra to some extent...

However, IMO, works primarily for those who have the dough...

[minicarph]

Ako binibile ko lang lahat ng magpapayat sa kin or feeling ko lagi ako payat at minimalist

[Vodka]

well just live within your means. it's really just that

but yes people are brand-conscious. like a few months ago i bought an almost new RockShox mountain bike fork for really cheap. it's a perfectly good suspension fork with all the features you need unless you're an elite athlete

but the guy sold it because he wanted a Fox, for no valid reason other than he likes to have a Fox. so he bought a mid-range Fox that's about the same level as the RockShox he sold.

so in the end he spent a lot more on a Fox fork that doesn't work any better than the Rockshox he sold

[chronicle]

Im actually somewhat guilty of being brand conscious.

My hiking gears are all branded as i prefer and trust them more due to them being rugged.

I rather spend more than be sorry down the road.

[jut703]

Bro, I agree to this mantra to some extent...

However, IMO, works primarily for those who have the dough...

Agree. If I followed that mantra and bought all the little toys I've wanted over the years because they "didn't make me poorer", I'd end up without enough savings for a wedding and home amortization.

It's nice to indulge once in a while, but if you indulge for the short term all the time, you won't notice but you're cultivating a very expensive lifestyle.

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[BlancNoir]

Im actually somewhat guilty of being brand conscious.

My hiking gears are all branded as i prefer and trust them more due to them being rugged.

I rather spend more than be sorry down the road.

If it's a matter of life and death, esp sa hiking where one slip or fall could've been prevented had you bought the branded one instead of the generic one, then by all means; choose the branded one.

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[StockEngine]

It really depends on your buying power, buying know-how and intentions...


Some Filipinos are smart buyers. Thread title should include the word "some"

[chronicle]

If it's a matter of life and death, esp sa hiking where one slip or fall could've been prevented had you bought the branded one instead of the generic one, then by all means; choose the branded one.

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My main fear is my gear would rip off midway and be a burden on the group. I always see broken shoe soles on the trail so this reinforces my decision to go branded.

[BlancNoir]

My main fear is my gear would rip off midway and be a burden on the group. I always see broken shoe soles on the trail so this reinforces my decision to go branded.

Ah yeah. Makes sense. Mahirap na.

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[ninjababez]

Agree. If I followed that mantra and bought all the little toys I've wanted over the years because they "didn't make me poorer", I'd end up without enough savings for a wedding and home amortization.

It's nice to indulge once in a while, but if you indulge for the short term all the time, you won't notice but you're cultivating a very expensive lifestyle.

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Been there bro, "small" purchases that sums up big. Sa HT ganun nangyari, budget was 50k MAX (kuno); ended up spending more or less 400k kaka upgrade. Sana inipon ko nalang at nag one time big time, at baka 200k lang buo na.
Sa gaming pc din ganun 35k initial tapos na realize na konti nalang mas magandang videocard na, tapos bottleneck pala, patay ang naglason; natigil lang nun nagligpit ako mga resibo worth 180k in 2 years o_O

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[kagalingan]

Yes we are!

But it's not our fault, ganun talaga tayo way back time ng Spaniards.

Lumaki tayo with Western TV shows, movies and magazines...

Plus naniniwala din ako na di nag improve local brands natin... I mean yes, ok ang Bench (isang brand na lang sample ko).

But what happened to Kaypee/Add-in (etc)... I even have no idea if the brand still exists!

Again, it all boils down to return of investment. LV will age their leather for years for quality and durability. Can you imagine a local bag manufacturer investing years on raw materials na wala naman kasiguraduhan na mabibili?

I'll use my belt as a sample. I bought one from a local shop in Sydney and another in Tagaytay... Sira na yung galing Tagaytay, maayos pa rin yung galing Sydney... The big difference, how the leather was treated.

may inattenand ako pagtitipon ng mga intelligencia.....

sabi sa usap-usapan...... pag tumira ka sa europe, lutang daw mga utak eh spaniards..... yan daw minana ng mga pinoy....

Pero year 2018 na....... wala na dapat sisihin.....ilan decades na din nakalipas yung pagconquer nila....... umiwas na lang sa mga LUTANG...

[_Cathy_]

Lol sino yan sa youtube? I dont think ive come across that channel.


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It's a really small channel, 13k subscirbers only. Cringefest talaga

[Wh1stl3r]

Im actually somewhat guilty of being brand conscious.

My hiking gears are all branded as i prefer and trust them more due to them being rugged.

I rather spend more than be sorry down the road.

This is a good example where a brand correlates to more important things like functionality, safety, durability and reliability.

Imho being brand conscious isn't bad per se. It actually suggests that Pinoys are in part quality conscious.

A brand is after all, a promise that carries with it expectations of certain level of quality.

It's just that with a lot of luxury brands, save for the prestige of ownership, you don't really get what you pay for.

Not privvy to a lot of luxury brands, but I imagine as you go up in price, the less value for money you get.

[MR_BIG18]

well, sakin coz medyo rough ako sa gumamit..i rather have the authentic ones than the knock offs...

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[dcph172]

It's a really small channel, 13k subscirbers only. Cringefest talaga

Ano channel? I wanna watch lol


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[_Cathy_]

Ano channel? I wanna watch lol


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Wanna bet you would not last 5 minutes? Quintissential jologs the guy/husband. So irritating with his false American accent

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[dr. d]

TS might have had fashion and luxury in mind, when he opened this thread.
but "brand conscious" is not just fashion and luxury and sports.

in my line of profession, "branded" is literally a matter of life and death. "we can easily see the difference between "good" and "better". yes, we are very brand-conscious.
when we list down our requirements, we include the specs AND the brand.

addendum: i do not mean medicines. i mean, medical-related equipment.

[_Cathy_]

TS might have had fashion and luxury in mind, when he opened this thread.
but "brand conscious" is not just fashion and luxury and sports.

in my line of profession, "branded" is literally a matter of life and death. "we can easily see the difference between "good" and "better". yes, we are very brand-conscious.
when we list down our requirements, we include the specs AND the brand.

I'm brand conscious when it comes to medicine. My mom and I argue about this a lot because she believes in generics and I don't. She wanted my dad to take generics and my brother and i tpld her "papatayin mo si daddy!" Hahaha. Even my Lola (daddy's mom) got mad at my Mom

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