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or what brands/products do you think are very good quality or hold in high regard?

for me,

LLBean
Talisker
ANA and BA (I prefer All Nippon Airlines to British Airlines, though)
Banana Republic

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

High Quality I would say:

ASUS
Logitech
Toyota

endofthewor1d · Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Location: the end of the wor1d.

coca cola.

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

Ecco dress shoes.

I hate branding and brand loyalty, but these shoes rule.

Laphroaig Islay single-malt whisky

I don't think I have to explain this one.

genezorm · Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: Mokpo

the gap, nike, nestle, oprah's brand, walmart, and satan's brand is pretty good as well

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

I'm with faster. Brand loyalty sucks. Looking at the individual product is key.

Brands that tend to do better than others:

New Balance shoes
Red Bull energy drinks (who the hell sells this in Korea?)
Trojan condoms
Samuel Adams brewing company
Papa John's pizza (in Korea)

VanIslander · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject:

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

After being in Korea for 5-years I've become accustomed to Korean-made products and will look for Korean companies rather than cheaper Chinese goods or those made in my own country. It's a way to support the marketplace here.

Like the OP, I'm an LLBean guy and order online often.
LG for electronics, although at times Samsung. I'm a Samsung Lions baseball fan.
Reebok - all of my favorite sports teams, except Liverpool, are sponsored by them so I buy their gear to match. No Adidas, Puma or Nike stuff in my closet.
Microsoft - but not by choice.
SK for handphones.
Soda - Chilsung. I don't drink caffeinated soda.
Beer - Coors Light, Hite.
Cameras - Canon
I-Station

I hate big business. They are only worried about profit and care less about their workers and the envirornment from which they scrape off their resources. Coca-Cola, Apple, Microsoft, Wal-Mart are the devil!

cbclark4 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: Masan

Reeboks

Crown Royal

100% Cotton

Dove (Soap)

CVS (Skin Lotion)

Weber (Grill)

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

atomic42 · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Location: Gimhae

Adidas
Staropramen
Nokia
Volvo

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

For all you L.L. Bean lovers:

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/african_american_boycott_of_l_l

flakfizer · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

Levi's. All my jeans are Levi's and I like Dockers too.

Toyota. My first two cars were Toyota Tercels and my third car was a 1985 Chevy Nova which was really a Toyota:

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

Harley Davidson.
Sage fly fishing rods.

Nothing else compares. Thank you America.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Toyota
Bioplex
LLBean
Brooks Brothers
Black Angus
Honda
Saab