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Offline Richard CrowleyTopic starter

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Unlikely Company Names
« on: February 04, 2016, 06:10:02 pm »
Looking around Ebay, I came across this wall-wart.
Somebody actually thinks that "OEM" is a logical company name.
And If I'm not mistaken, it looks like they have actually invoked the circle-R registered trademark symbol.



It brings to memory those other legends like that post-war Japanese town that named itself "Usa" so that it could make products marked: "Made in USA"
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2016, 06:19:56 pm »
Maybe it was place holder text for a customers name and they never bothered with one or to remove the text.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2016, 12:39:31 am »
Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

There used to be an Oz Electronics company called "EMAIL"!

Re the "Usa" legend.
Although that one is apocryphal,I do remember as a kid having toys marked:

"Made in US zone Germany"
That was really early days,before the "Economic Miracle".
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2016, 02:05:35 am »
I saw a software package from S. E. Xchange at work a few years ago.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2016, 02:10:28 am »
I think that the city named USA was in Taiwan.   
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2016, 02:25:18 am »
I lived in St. Petersburg for a year ....
St. Petersburg Florida  :D I have heard there is Moscow somewhere in Idaho?
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2016, 02:38:16 am »
Hi,

I have to direct you:

http://www.bigassfans.com/company/

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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2016, 02:43:16 am »
Fucking,wank.I have no idea where to go from there .
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2016, 02:49:04 am »
Not a company name but I've actually driven through a small town called "Nowhere Else" in Tasmania, Australia.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Nowhere+Else+TAS+7306/@-41.3713074,146.243056,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xaa7a4f24058312f7:0x403c94dd0ddf1a0
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2016, 02:57:23 am »
Then there is the venerable British test equipment manufacture Wayne Kerr.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2016, 03:07:14 am »
A little off topic - but in the same spirit.

The computer company Wang had a slogan some years ago - that didn't last long......

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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2016, 03:11:17 am »
 Just the fact that the name of the company was Wang was plenty....

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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2016, 03:17:24 am »
Hell has frozen over.

http://www.gotohellmi.com/

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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2016, 03:23:44 am »
Quote from: bills on February 05, 2016, 02:43:16 am
Fucking,wank.I have no idea where to go from there .

Kissing and Wedding?  :)
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2016, 03:45:59 am »
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2016, 04:00:07 am »
Don't forget the classics

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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2016, 07:06:46 am »
Quote from: Halcyon on February 05, 2016, 02:49:04 am
Not a company name but I've actually driven through a small town called "Nowhere Else" in Tasmania, Australia.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Nowhere+Else+TAS+7306/@-41.3713074,146.243056,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xaa7a4f24058312f7:0x403c94dd0ddf1a0

"No name city" ? oh that was in a film  ;)
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2016, 07:18:39 am »
If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2016, 07:32:03 am »
Combining celestial bodies with famous inventors :


Uranus - Hertz  Screws and Fasteners
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2016, 07:35:54 am »
@ blueskull

the mayor of fucking had to concrete the sign as it was so often stolen by tourists.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2016, 07:39:17 am »
Quote from: Muxr on February 05, 2016, 07:18:39 am
If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com
That used to be a actual site selling pens. It seems to have gone, but penisland.net is still selling pens, and they say they specialise in wood.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2016, 07:40:46 am »
Quote from: coppice on February 05, 2016, 07:39:17 am
Quote from: Muxr on February 05, 2016, 07:18:39 am
If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com
That used to be a actual site selling pens. It seems to have gone, but penisland.net is still selling pens.
Hah, their website even has Pen bolded, as in we're not the other Penisland  :-DD
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2016, 09:17:06 am »
Here is a BRAND brand cassette player  :D.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2016, 09:38:09 am »
Quote from: vk6zgo on February 05, 2016, 12:39:31 am
Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

Even back in the early '70s, there was debate/confusion as to whether OEM meant "Own Equipment Manufacturer" or "Original Equipment Manufacturer". Different people gave different answers, and there was a bias towards the answer being industry dependent.
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Re: Unlikely Company Names
« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2016, 11:09:47 am »
A classical one was the old ExpertSexChange.com

Later they changed the domain to Experts-Exchange.com, for obvious reasons!
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