Business Names That Bug Me

[DasBoot]

Any business with the word "Innovations" or "Concepts" in their title...or restaurants/clubs that use their street address (e.g. "Club 109", Salon 1333, etc.).

C'mon...have an original thought, folks.

[71T Targa]

There is a new club in my town "Three 31", it opened March 31st...

[Gene-o]

Any business that once made tangible goods in a factory but now offer "solutions".

[the]

Along those lines, any car biz (sales, service, etc.) with the name "Euro" in it.

[pwd72s]

"Initials" names...I can't remember them. Gee, was that J&J cleaners or C&S cleaners...M&R or M&L???

John Walker did well...his biz name explains it, and full names are much easier to remember.

[gassy]

A & E's EuroConcepts 911. We offer solutions.

[DasBoot]

Originally Posted by Gene-o

Any business that once made tangible goods in a factory but now offer "solutions".

Ahh...forgot that one. Innovations, Concepts & Solutions, Inc.

[DasBoot]

I started a company that provided prosthetic & artificial joints for large sea birds, but received a "cease & desist" letter from Pelican Parts lawyers...

[kstar]

There's a slew of companies that appear to have created strange "blended" names simply to get a relatively short and original name.

It started before the Net with names like Accura (Accurate + ?) and Lexus (Luxury Nexus?).

Now we have Accenture, Innova and Firedog and many other oddities that look they were made solely to get their own domain name.

[DasBoot]

Originally Posted by kstar

There's a slew of companies that appear to have created strange "blended" names simply to get a relatively short and original name.

It started before the Net with names like Accura (Accurate + ?) and Lexus (Luxury Nexus?).

Now we have Accenture, Innova and Firedog and many other oddities that look they were made solely to get their own domain name.

If you said "Google" "Boingo" and "Yahoo" to me in the course of regular conversation in the not-so-distant past, I'd be calling the funny farm to take you away.

[Rick Lee]

And how about those annoying liberties they take with spelling? Kwik Wash, Kar Partz. WTF? How hard is it to just spell it correctly, if for no other reason, then to just make it easier to look up in the phone book or online?

[kstar]

Like AAAbacus?

[DasBoot]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

And how about those annoying liberties they take with spelling? Kwik Wash, Kar Partz. WTF? How hard is it to just spell it correctly, if for no other reason, then to just make it easier to look up in the phone book or online?

I think they have a reason for that. You can't trademark "Car Parts", but you can "Kar Partz". Nonetheless, survey says: annoying.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by kstar

Like AAAbacus?

Actually, no. That name is like that because Verizon requires a business license as proof of a proper name. A lot of places use to try to put an "A" before their real name, just to get closer to the front of the Yellow Pages. I used to work there, so I ran into this once in a while.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Any business that misspells words deliberately. Some examples:

"Karz for Less"
"Bizness Center"
"Lo-Kost Savings Mart"
"Kidz Place"
"Artz and Krafts Center"

yeesh.

[rouxroux]

We have a place in town that specializes in removing pet waste from your yard...it's called "All Dogs Do".

Also a lawn sprinkler company called "Keep R Wet"

[svandamme]

Prostitutes & White Powder Inc or PWPI

sod that, it's Hookers & Blow goddamit!

[notfarnow]

My dad had business cards made up for a fake construction company:

Clandestine Construction
"You'll never see us working!"

[Seric]

Siemens

[DasBoot]

Originally Posted by rouxroux

We have a place in town that specializes in removing pet waste from your yard...it's called "All Dogs Do".

Also a lawn sprinkler company called "Keep R Wet"

We have a carpet cleaner called "Pet Pee Pee". There are huge bulletin boards all over the place with giant yellow letters and a pic of a dog squatting on a rug "PET PEE PEE"...