Canon's "Rebel". What a stupid name.

I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names?

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote:
I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names?

It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a
minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to
agree with your opinion on this.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: D281 77A5 63EE 82C5 5E68 00E4 7868 0ADC 4EFB 39F0

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote:
I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names?

It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a
minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to
agree with your opinion on this.

Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version) called
the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one. I would
like to observe the process for naming some of the products sold here in
the USA and abroad. It might make for a good reality TV show and at
least as entertaining as some of the other crap they feed us.

I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D.
....
It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel".
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Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D called
the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one.

Took the words right off my keyboard

Bill

In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version) called
the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one. I would
like to observe the process for naming some of the products sold here in
the USA and abroad. It might make for a good reality TV show and at
least as entertaining as some of the other crap they feed us.

Gotta love Nikon, they don't seem to do this [anymore]. They used to use N80
in America and F80 abroad, but I suspect the difference was solely to make it
easier to handle warranty work.

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
Key Fingerprint: D281 77A5 63EE 82C5 5E68 00E4 7868 0ADC 4EFB 39F0

In article , Michael
Johnson, PE wrote:

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote:
I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product
names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names?

It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of
the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a
minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to
agree with your opinion on this.

Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version) called
the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one. I would
like to observe the process for naming some of the products sold here in
the USA and abroad. It might make for a good reality TV show and at
least as entertaining as some of the other crap they feed us.

Marketing actually is not related to having something worth selling.
It is all about getting "responses," like pigeons pecking at dark spots
in the hope one would turn out to be edible.

Ken Lucke wrote:
In article , Michael
Johnson, PE wrote:

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote:
I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with
certain
product names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a
Canon
400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish
product names?

It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The
rest of the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you
are a minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D".
I happen to agree with your opinion on this.

Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version)
called the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that
one. I would like to observe the process for naming some of the
products sold here in the USA and abroad. It might make for a good
reality TV show and at least as entertaining as some of the other
crap they feed us.

Marketing actually is not related to having something worth selling.
It is all about getting "responses," like pigeons pecking at dark
spots in the hope one would turn out to be edible.

Those of you who have visited the San Diego Wild Animal park might
like to know the evolution of the name of the monorail. There were
exhausting meetings with endless discussion about what it should be
called. Eventually the committee settled on "(Something or other) Bush
Line", but "(Something or other) just wouldn't come right, somehow.
Finally, one tired and cynical member said, "Who gives a s**t anyway?"
And so it came to be: The Wgasa Bush Line.

True story told to me by a man who took a seminar with a member of the
committee, who guaranteed its veracity. Every time I ride the thing I
ask the guide how the name came to be. They seem to have been coached
to say, "If you know enough to ask that question you probably know the
answer."

--
Frank ess

"Frank ess" wrote in message
...
[ . . . ]

Those of you who have visited the San Diego Wild Animal park might like to
know the evolution of the name of the monorail. There were exhausting
meetings with endless discussion about what it should be called.
Eventually the committee settled on "(Something or other) Bush Line", but
"(Something or other) just wouldn't come right, somehow. Finally, one
tired and cynical member said, "Who gives a s**t anyway?" And so it came
to be: The Wgasa Bush Line.

chuckle That reminds me of my long-ago childhood. When I was a kid on Long
Island, there was a small cabin boat pulled out of the water that a couple
of us used to play on. It may have been abandoned, as it seemed to be there
on dry land permanently.

Its name was the "Damphino." Eventually I heard how it came to be called
that. It was owned jointly by three guys who wouldn't get together on a name
for it. Finally after much argument, when asked for yet another name in
hopes that all three might find it acceptable, one of them threw up his
hands in despair and said, "Damn 'f I know!" And so it was named.

Neil

Frank ess wrote:
Ken Lucke wrote:
In article , Michael
Johnson, PE wrote:

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote:
I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain
product names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon
400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish
product names?

It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The
rest of the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you
are a minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D".
I happen to agree with your opinion on this.

Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version)
called the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that
one. I would like to observe the process for naming some of the
products sold here in the USA and abroad. It might make for a good
reality TV show and at least as entertaining as some of the other
crap they feed us.

Marketing actually is not related to having something worth selling.
It is all about getting "responses," like pigeons pecking at dark
spots in the hope one would turn out to be edible.

Those of you who have visited the San Diego Wild Animal park might like
to know the evolution of the name of the monorail. There were exhausting
meetings with endless discussion about what it should be called.
Eventually the committee settled on "(Something or other) Bush Line",
but "(Something or other) just wouldn't come right, somehow. Finally,
one tired and cynical member said, "Who gives a s**t anyway?" And so it
came to be: The Wgasa Bush Line.

True story told to me by a man who took a seminar with a member of the
committee, who guaranteed its veracity. Every time I ride the thing I
ask the guide how the name came to be. They seem to have been coached to
say, "If you know enough to ask that question you probably know the
answer."

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/wgasa.asp

One of those rarities, a true urban legend.

Greg

--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

Ken Lucke wrote:
In article , Michael
Johnson, PE wrote:

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
In rec.photo.digital.slr-systems John wrote:
I wonder what possesses marketing geniuses to come up with certain product
names?

I hate saying I have a Canon Rebel. Instead, I say I have a Canon 400D.

Other product names that annoy me:

A Black & Decker belt sander named "Dragster"

A Mercedes-Benz automobile named "Kompressor"

A Delta sander named "BOSS".

Is it just me that is irritated by what seems like childish product names?
It is a problem with marketting and the American perception. The rest of
the
world does not have to endure a "Digital Rebel". Apparently, you are a
minority in America as Rebel sells more cameras than "400D". I happen to
agree with your opinion on this.
Isn't the Japanese name for the 400D (or some country's version) called
the "KISS"? I think I would take the Rebel name over that one. I would
like to observe the process for naming some of the products sold here in
the USA and abroad. It might make for a good reality TV show and at
least as entertaining as some of the other crap they feed us.

Marketing actually is not related to having something worth selling.
It is all about getting "responses," like pigeons pecking at dark spots
in the hope one would turn out to be edible.

I would like to see the pigeons at work.