how's everyone coming along?. hope everyone's been having a good week!!.. i've been on holiday since last thursday and ending tomorow (today). didnt do anything much, just kinda lazed around. managed to do my taxes, watch a movie (spirit of the victim), play some pool, futsal, and watch season 1 of 'bones' for 13 / 14 hours straight. hhaha..
you guys should check out 'bones'!!.. amazingly addictive show.
anyway, last week during work, a colleague of mine brought in some chocolate. said that someone gave it to her. well, at first glance it looked like 'toblerone'.. (if you have no idea what toblerone is, google it)..but upon closer inspection, it was actually called 'VOBLERONE'.. here's a pic of the chocolate bar -
well, as you can see from the picture, it bears a high resemblance to a certain swiss-made chocolate, down to the triangular-tube shape. hmm.. this chocolate was probably made in china. we tried to look for any indication showing where its made in..but to no avail. the closest thing was at the front part which says 'voblerone of switzerland'.. yea, i'm sure that's true. haha.
due to our curiosity, we decided to give the chocolate a try.. we thought to ourselves 'how bad can imitation chocolate be?'.. ... we regretted asking ourselves that. here's a pic of how the actual 'chocolate' looks like -
as you can see, it doesnt exactly look like what you'd expect from a toblerone ripoff. you would've thought they'd try to imitate the actual shape of it. anyway, we all took a bite from the chocolate.. bad mistake. it was basically the worst chocolate i've ever tasted!!!.. i cant even call it chocolate!!.. it basically had no chocolate taste at all.. tasted more like powdered milk (cheap powdered milk) constructed to look like a chocolate bar and 1% cocoa powder sprinkled in it.
needless to say i spat the weird stuff out immediately and had to wash off the taste with some water, tea, mints and actual chocolate. (had to buy some from the cafe). worst chocolate... ever.
well, as disgusting as the chocolate tastes, you cant argue the effectiveness of it's immitation!. the company actually managed to fool some idiot (not giving out names) into buying without even looking at the actual label. the imitation kinda creates a perceived image in the buyer's head (sucker!!!!) and manages to make a buck out of it.
anyway, all my life i've seen a few other cheap imitation of well known products (sorry, no pictures.. yet).. some examples:
- ASADI - sells sports stuff, has two slanting lines as the logo. sound familiar?
- SONKYO (really, i've seen this) - sells electronic stuff, radios, 'walkmans'.. hehe.
- JACKER - chocolate coated wafer, if you not sure what this imitates, check out LOACKER.
- PENSONIC - electronic stuff, seriously the name kinda just gives it away. read it 5 times in quick succession and you get the original brand
can't think of anything else, but i'm sure there are dozens out there just waiting for suckers to buy them!. hehehe.. its amazing how these companies have managed to aim at a niche market in targeting customers. suckers who can't figure out the actual brands.
are these imitation items any good?.. hmm.. based on the 'voblerone' test, nope. but hey, who knows.. if they've managed to imitate properly, they might be on to something..
have a good week ahead guys!
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