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Jethro_uk

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Nov 5, 2012, 11:32:43 AM11/5/12
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noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...

The Medway Handyman

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Nov 5, 2012, 4:06:25 PM11/5/12
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On 05/11/2012 16:32, Jethro_uk wrote:
> noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...
>
I've noticed that as well. Filler, tile adhesive, white spirit etc.

I suppose D I All as in Do It All?

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D.M.Chapman

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Nov 5, 2012, 4:20:51 PM11/5/12
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In article <mTVls.259933$EF4....@fx23.am4>,
The Medway Handyman <davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>On 05/11/2012 16:32, Jethro_uk wrote:
>> noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...
>>
>I've noticed that as well. Filler, tile adhesive, white spirit etc.
>
>I suppose D I All as in Do It All?



Looks like it, yeah.

http://www.kingfisher.co.uk/files/pdf/ownbrands/diall.pdf

Darren

jezmck...@googlemail.com

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May 9, 2016, 9:24:30 AM5/9/16
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This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand. Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.

Tim Watts

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May 9, 2016, 9:53:59 AM5/9/16
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On 09/05/16 14:24, jezmck...@googlemail.com wrote:
> This own brand stuff is apalling. Expanding foam does not expand. Tech services wont reply. Losing the plot with this brand.
>

I wouldn't (and haven't) touched it with a bargepole....

The B&Q own brand in case anyone doesn't know...

DerbyBorn

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May 9, 2016, 10:36:14 AM5/9/16
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Tim Watts <tw_u...@dionic.net> wrote in
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Probably pot luck - might be unfair to criticise the whole brand - DIALL
is not a maker - it is merely a label. Some items could be ok,

Tim Watts

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May 9, 2016, 12:42:02 PM5/9/16
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But how would you know? Which is why I wouldn't touch it with a
bargepole - I'll just buy the brands I know are OK :)

c...@isbd.net

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May 9, 2016, 1:03:04 PM5/9/16
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Tim Watts <tw_u...@dionic.net> wrote:
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> But how would you know? Which is why I wouldn't touch it with a
> bargepole - I'll just buy the brands I know are OK :)

I don't buy brands, I buy from companies. I hate the whole concept of
'brand', it just leads to the nonsense of something costing more
simply because there's a label stuck on it.

It's very rarely now that any 'brand' is actually manufactured by one
company in one place, it's just a marketing exercise.

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Tim Watts

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May 9, 2016, 1:06:23 PM5/9/16
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You knew what I meant :)

I'd buy a Pegler valve, but deffo not a Diall one (if they even do
them). The Pegler "brand" is IME worth the extra.

ARW

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May 9, 2016, 4:12:02 PM5/9/16
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"DerbyBorn" <Some...@Nearhome.com> wrote in message
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If you sell random shit in a bucket there is a good chance of the customer
buying a piece of shit.



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Adrian Caspersz

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May 9, 2016, 4:51:46 PM5/9/16
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On 09/05/16 15:36, DerbyBorn wrote:
Mouse traps they sell have that brand.

It looked like a promise - "Die All"

(Nope)

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Brian Gaff

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May 10, 2016, 3:34:40 AM5/10/16
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That is a neat trick, making expanding foam that does not expand. Surely the
chemistry of the foam has to make gas and hence expand as it hardens.
Brian

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harry

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May 10, 2016, 3:41:34 AM5/10/16
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No, the foam needs moisture to harden.
If it hasn't expanded the gas has leaked from the container.

DerbyBorn

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May 10, 2016, 4:29:09 AM5/10/16
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> No, the foam needs moisture to harden.
> If it hasn't expanded the gas has leaked from the container.
>

I once had a can of shaving foam that had leaked its gas.


JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

I once saw a couple looking at a Polaroid TV in a supermarket and the
husband said that it would be good as they make good cameras!!!!

The whole badging thing is annoying - Even good reputable companies will
use goods made by lower tier manufacturers and badge them as their own.

With good specifications, drawings, and proper manufacturing engineering
and quality assurance processes then it shouldn't matter where an item is
made.

Many people years ago would not have bought a typical British car - but
since Honda, Nissan and Toyota have imported their Manufacturing
Engineering int the country then there should be nothing to choose between
the cars based on where they are made.

Diall is a budget branded item and is sold as such.

tabb...@gmail.com

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May 10, 2016, 12:10:08 PM5/10/16
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On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

> With good specifications, drawings, and proper manufacturing engineering
> and quality assurance processes then it shouldn't matter where an item is
> made.

hard to find in domestic goods. Buying used at least weeds out some of the failed junk, but not enough.


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maria

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Jul 13, 2016, 7:44:04 AM7/13/16
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replying to Jethro_uk, maria wrote:
we have bought an electronic and key safe but the writing is so small we are
thinking of taking it back as we are having trouble working out how to lock it
and open it

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jrwal...@gmail.com

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Jul 13, 2016, 7:58:58 AM7/13/16
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On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:

> JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

Panasonic (Matsushita) really do make their own batteries. Not only
that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
out there.

John

tabb...@gmail.com

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Jul 13, 2016, 8:25:36 AM7/13/16
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On Wednesday, 13 July 2016 12:58:58 UTC+1, jrwal...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 09:29:09 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
>
> > JCB Batteries - there is an odd one. And Panasonic Batteries.

They have to have batteries to power those diggers.

> Panasonic (Matsushita) really do make their own batteries. Not only
> that, but they are probably one of the best quality manufacturers
> out there.

Brand is mostly immaterial when it comes to (primary cell) batteries.


NT

charles

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Jul 13, 2016, 12:07:44 PM7/13/16
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In article <dun6sb...@mid.individual.net>,
Huge <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> Of batteries, maybe. The Panasonic DVR we bought is a festering piece
> of shit, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
> ever again.

mibe and my tv are both excellent.

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Jeff Layman

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Jul 13, 2016, 3:19:49 PM7/13/16
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+1

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Dave W

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Jul 13, 2016, 3:54:41 PM7/13/16
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"maria" <caedfaa9ed1216d60e...@example.com> wrote in message
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Jethro's original posting on Homeownershub was in 2012, but Maria's posting
isn't shown there. Strange.
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Rod Speed

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Jul 13, 2016, 4:32:26 PM7/13/16
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"Huge" <Hu...@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 2016-07-13, jrwal...@gmail.com <jrwal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Of batteries, maybe. The Panasonic DVR we bought is a festering piece
> of shit, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
> ever again.

My Panasonic cordless phones are fine. Main downside is that
there is no convenient one button way of switching to the other
call when a new call comes in when you are talking on the first
one. You can do that, but it isnt just one button to press to toggle
between the calls and I can never remember the key combination
required because it doesn’t need to be used very often at all.


DerbyBorn

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Jul 13, 2016, 5:20:58 PM7/13/16
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t, such that I determined never, ever, to buy anything of theirs
> ever again.
>
>

Gosh - their shares have slumped.

bogno...@gmail.com

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Sep 14, 2019, 5:49:32 AM9/14/19
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On Monday, 5 November 2012 16:32:43 UTC, Jethro_uk wrote:
> noticed this is now B&Qs own brand of choice yesterday ...

Have you seen the reviews? https://www.diy.com/departments/diall-clear-water-based-clean-spirit-0-75l/1059029_BQ.prd

WeeHen

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Jun 25, 2021, 9:15:05 AM6/25/21
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Can't believe it. I just bought coal branded Diall. I thought that mist be good because it's a well known brand? Has anyone used this coal for a BBQ

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jon

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Jun 25, 2021, 9:28:13 AM6/25/21
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:15:02 +0000, WeeHen wrote:

> Can't believe it. I just bought coal branded Diall. I thought that mist
> be good because it's a well known brand? Has anyone used this coal for a
> BBQ

Helping Fred out with his netpolice duties......this post is donkeys years
old.

Fredxx

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Jun 25, 2021, 9:39:46 AM6/25/21
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LOL At least this post is self-evident. It would have been better if
they started a new thread.



alan_m

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Jun 25, 2021, 9:43:55 AM6/25/21
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On 25/06/2021 14:15, WeeHen wrote:
> Can't believe it. I just bought coal branded Diall. I thought that mist
> be good because it's a well known brand? Has anyone used this coal for a
> BBQ
>


More of a badge rather than a brand. Buy crap from anywhere in the world
and place you own badge/brand on it. That doesn't necessarily mean that
consumables with the brand are worse than any other brand. I doubt if
B&Q own a coal mine.

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Chris Bacon

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Jun 25, 2021, 11:04:26 AM6/25/21
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On 25/06/2021 14:28, jon wrote:
Positively carboniferous.

JohnP

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Jun 26, 2021, 6:33:26 AM6/26/21
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>

How can anyone believe that a brand name implies the same quality across
all items so branded.

I recall an elderly couple looking at a TV in Asda and saying, "Well
Polaroid made good cameras so their Televisions should be good." Amazingly
naive logic. The cameras were not even good - just unique.
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