Nostalgia : Reviving the memories of long gone brands

faustus77 · 9th June 2012, 18:08

Selfdrive
Hi
Just a wee bit off topic:
"yes that really quite odd. not sure why they do that. but every paisa counts when its being totalled at that level. unfortunately the local bania always rounded it off. now with malls and card payments, no rounding off is required even at the total payment level"

Not only that another big advantage is that you can compare prices when you bought at malls.You cant do that at your local bania.On top of that malls sell below MRP and are consumer friendly.
A classic example of comparison,about 2/3 years back, was Dabur and Wipro honey.
At somewhat similar price you could get 650 gms of Wipro against 500 gms of Dabur.Reason being,as one of their executives put it,was that Dabur had to bear the cost of celebrity endorsement and Wipro didnt.
Regards

selfdrive · 9th March 2013, 14:46

I found this link on one of the news websites. has some interesting ads!

http://ww.itimes.com/album/pics-indias-vintage-ads

faustus77 · 23rd March 2013, 20:16

Selfdrive
Hi
Thanks for the link and reviving this dormant thread.
All ads are not from the 80s some are dfinitely from the 60s era and VIP is from the 90s or maybe 2000s.I remember because quite a few people thought that it was a stupid ad.
Regrds

9th June 2012, 18:08	#76
faustus77 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: mumbai Posts: 467 Thanked: 189 Times	Re: Nostalgia : Reviving the memories of long gone brands Selfdrive Hi Just a wee bit off topic: "yes that really quite odd. not sure why they do that. but every paisa counts when its being totalled at that level. unfortunately the local bania always rounded it off. now with malls and card payments, no rounding off is required even at the total payment level" Not only that another big advantage is that you can compare prices when you bought at malls.You cant do that at your local bania.On top of that malls sell below MRP and are consumer friendly. A classic example of comparison,about 2/3 years back, was Dabur and Wipro honey. At somewhat similar price you could get 650 gms of Wipro against 500 gms of Dabur.Reason being,as one of their executives put it,was that Dabur had to bear the cost of celebrity endorsement and Wipro didnt. Regards
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9th March 2013, 14:46	#77
selfdrive Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Zurich Posts: 2,964 Thanked: 3,560 Times	Re: Nostalgia : Reviving the memories of long gone brands I found this link on one of the news websites. has some interesting ads! http://ww.itimes.com/album/pics-indias-vintage-ads
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23rd March 2013, 20:16	#78
faustus77 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: mumbai Posts: 467 Thanked: 189 Times	Re: Nostalgia : Reviving the memories of long gone brands Selfdrive Hi Thanks for the link and reviving this dormant thread. All ads are not from the 80s some are dfinitely from the 60s era and VIP is from the 90s or maybe 2000s.I remember because quite a few people thought that it was a stupid ad. Regrds
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