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Reddit user ricinonthecake asked: 'what companies shamelessly make sh*t products, year after year?'

Be it for clothes, household appliances, or food, sometimes you know you can be one hundred percent confident with certain brands or companies when shopping that you will be getting a quality product.

Unfortunately, this goes both ways.

Some companies have a reputation for exclusively selling and manufacturing low-quality products.

One would think that these companies might reflect on poor sales and bad customer feedback, and attempt to improve their brand with each passing year.

Unfortunately, even if they still get items on the shelf, reviews on Amazon and elsewhere still seem to remain at two stars or less.


Redditor ricinonthecake was curious to hear which companies the Reddit community associated purely with bad products and unsatisfied customers, leading them to ask:
"What companies shamelessly make sh*t products, year after year?"

False Advertising

"Holiday gift basket companies."

"I once felt obliged to buy one from a lady I worked with and it cost around fifty dollars."

"She had a brochure with various baskets and I chose one that was assorted candies and had a decorative wooden rocking horse."

"When it arrived it was just a bag of candy that I could have paid 35 cents for at a gas station."- Artai55a

30 rock gift basket GIFGiphy

Save A Few Cents For Inferior Quality

"It’s a throwback, but rose art for sure."

"They just decided their destiny was to sit on the shelf next to Crayola and get purchased by folks who are balling on a budget or cheap."

"No goals for product improvement at all."

"Just 'hey, wanna save three bucks?'"- Lucetti

Improvements Unlikely In This Digital Age

"Any printer manufacturer."- gbeegz

"HP printers."

"I have a $600 fancy laser HP printer we got six or seven years ago, and they have succeeded in updating the software to the point that nothing works anymore."

"I used to be able to print over Wi-Fi easily, scan over Wi-Fi, etc and now none of it works."

"I haven't changed any of my network hardware, things are hardwired."

"Also, I used to be able to use aftermarket ink cartridges and the printer has started giving me sh*t about it."

"I really like HP's computers, but their printers are a bunch of bullsh*t."

"Oh and their auto-update software won't go away even though I keep disabling/ removing it, and it installs software updates that breaks the current functions."- Bazirker

It's The Customer Service You Pay For...

"Oracle."

"Products intentionally sh*tty so they can make most of their money selling consulting just to make it, sort of, work."- s-starr

One Reason Sports Should Always Be Played Outside

"EA sports titles."- Stitches_Ito

Even Carrie Bradshaw Doesn't Like Shoe Shopping THAT Much...

"Doc Martens."

"My old pair from 20 years ago are still going strong, any new pair I get craps out after a year."- korar67

Doc Martens Shoes GIF by SORANGiphy

Screaming For Ice Cream... And Not In A Good Way...

"Breyers and their 'Frozen Dairy Dessert' nonsense."

"Before 2006, Breyers ice cream was really good!"

"I loved their coffee ice cream!"

"And then they changed their formula and made the mess they have now to the point that they can't even legally call it ice cream anymore."

"Does anyone remember those old Breyers commercials where the kid tries to read the ingredients on an inferior product and struggles to pronounce things like 'mono & diglycerides' and then easily reads Breyers ingredients as 'milk, sugar, and cream?'"

"What a joke."

"Unilever loves to buy brands people trust for quality products and use that trusted brand name to get people to buy lower quality for higher prices."

"It seriously has the same consistency as Cool Whip now."

"And Unilever has the audacity to say that this is what customers asked for!"- akittyafterus

Paging Ted Lasso...

"FIFA."- HansNagelsmann

World Cup Wow GIF by FIFAGiphy

Who Exactly Is His Audience?

"If lockpickinglawyer is anything to go on its lock-companies."- knatten555

Literally Selling Sh*t...

"Home Depot has been selling manure since its founding in 1978."

"In fact, a quick search of the website found they proudly sell over 178 manure products."- atomicscateboard

The Original "Catfishers"...

"Mad Catz got away with murder for years."- Einar_47

Apple Is Listening...

"Samsung appliances."

"F*CK YOUR FIRMWARE UPDATE ON THE FRIDGE!"

"Also those plastic trays keep breaking and are sh*t quality."

"My 1987 Maytag is still cranking the coldest brews on earth and hasn't been serviced ever in its life and sits in a dark room in my basement since he was demoted from the kitchen for being out of fashion by my wife."- zendor666

Customers Weren't Looking For An Authentic "Frontier" Experience...

"Frontier Airlines."

"Sh*t experience, customer service, quality, reliability, comfort, convenience and fees."- Micklikesmonkeys

There are those who always like to give second chances whenever possible.

When it comes to spending a little more money for a more reliable product, however, customers should rightfully be one and done.

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