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What are your 'name brand only' items? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by whosdadog@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What do you refuse to get generic versions of?

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[–] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i got a bootleg version of vans slip-on (aka vans asher) and in less than a year they've got destroyed already, it looks like the sole is about to come off the shoes themselves

[–] holland@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i got a bootleg version of vans slip-on (aka vans asher) and in less than a year they’ve got destroyed already, it looks like the sole is about to come off the shoes themselves

The non-bootlegs do the same thing. Crap quality all around.

[–] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

yeah they'll do it eventually too but hopefully at least they'll resist more that a year