only a façade of quality
Is there any difference in quality between Europe and the far East anymore?
Remember how in the 70s a Merc was good for 30+ years, whilst a Datsun was a rustbucket as it left the showroom?
How the tables have turned : nowadays the high compression mercs can barely last a decade whilst China is on a near vertical trajectory.
Is Nivea a quality product or is that too presumptuous?
Lacking the wherewithal to sustain their growth they are always looking for or Creating new markets.
Hence many of their products could be suitable for the whole family, but they insisted on putting feminine and masculine scents and doubling their sales and market. Next the kids, metro***ual and *** markets? They already have tweaked our kids noses, already *******ing our kids so they will spend much more, and earlier, than we ever will! And mostly through Social Media and Influencers/ ****s
my main gripe is with Beiersdorf in Germany, who make myriad Nivea products for men since the introduction of their shave balm in the 80s.
At the end of December i phoned the Nivea helpline to complain that their New can of shaving gel just leaked out in 1 continuous stream! unfortunately the call was answered by a Chinese speaker in Germany who was already in the Xmas spirits [pun intended]
i waited months for my replacement, in vain. 2 other cans malfunctioned in the interim. FORTUNATELY I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE!
In July i drove to Beier <the company that owns Nivea >. in Umhlanga, with the 3 cans, [1 full, but with a broken nozzle] for replacements. And showed AND sent them the Video!
They were seemingly apologetic and promised to investigate! But i never heard from them again! I reminded them again at the end of July, but still no reply or satisfaction!
i'm more than a little miffed. 3 cans that cost me over R200 reveals that there is no real difference between established names like Nivea and dubious Chinese brands; in the same way that there is no difference between Samsonite and the cheap Chinese generics, as i found out the hard way; the lifetime warrantee is vapour.
my father joked 40 years ago that differentiating between the ***es was just a money-making gimmick to double sales and that male products were turning us moffies. seeing today's metro***uals, I'm hard pressed to disabuse him of that notion. and seeing the burgeoning market for kid cosmetics, how soon can we expect LGBTQ+ products for that elitist market?
and it all started when 1 clever guy doubled sales for headache pills by just adding "take 2".
sorry for the poor quality of the video or the state of my bathroom. it was 6 am. obviously I wasn't expecting to make a video.
as South Africa and the world slides down an abyss, look for full value, not elitist names and money making differentiation.
How soon before we get different zambuk, for males, females, kids, adolescents, aged, ***...?