[missblit]

I just remove stickers because I hate all manner of visual distractions. If I could find a way to remove etched in / painted on logos from from computer hardware I'd do that too.

Got a (pretty good) apron from William Sonoma but it had the logo sewed on with a huge patch, had to painstakingly unstitch it to get a pretty apron without any branding emblazoned across the front.

[wildzzz]

It's been awhile but I've always taken the logos off the front of the optical drives in my desktop builds. Takes like three wipes with some acetone and now you have a very clean look. Very few companies are willing to spend money on robust branding for whitebox goods so it's often very easy to remove logos from stuff like conference swag.

I bought a pencil case for work off Amazon and it had a bright red patch with the company name on it, just some sort of absolute nonsense combination of consonants and vowels. One minute with an xacto blade cut the stitches and I was left with an acceptable quality pencil case.

[matheusmoreira]

That's awesome and I want to start doing this too. How do I learn which substances and tools to use for which materials?

[JohnFen]

I thought that I was the only weirdo that did this sort of thing, but I'm reassured to find a kindred spirit.

[dylan604]

My personal pet peeve is the branding car dealerships place on the cars they sell. I asked one sales person if I was going to get a monthly check from them for the advertising services I was providing for them. He thought I was joking. While I've never used a seam ripper to remove a logo from an article of clothing (kuddos to them), I have removed the license plate covers and decals from my car in front of the sales person that assumed I was joking before accepting the car.

[jacquesm]

Hehe, same here. I asked for a discount if they wanted to put their branded license plate holders on the car. No discount? Ok, I'll bring my own (they're like $5 each so no problem there). It's kind of weird that a dealer gets to use your vehicle to advertise, it's not like they built the car or something, they're just a middle man.

[dismalpedigree]

I forced them to agree to not apply the sticker to the car I ordered for delivery to the dealer. I got in in writing from the sales rep. When I went to pick up the car and it had their stupid sticker on it. They had to remove it and redo the clear coat at their expense.

[_ah]

Some car dealers have installed private car washes. Come in for a free wash, any time, as long as you own the car and are displaying the dealer plate. So at least in that case they're "paying" for the advertising.

[quickthrower2]

Lol good way to get someone who buys cars from dealers to come back.

[folmar]

This I wouldn't mind - a car wash is a high markup item just like advertising, and both sides would get something out from the deal.

[c0nsumer]

Last time I purchased a car, I told the salesperson that if there's any dealer logos or whatnot on it, I will not accept delivery. There was a license plate frame, it was very quickly removed.

[astura]

I won't accept delivery of the car without the logos removed.

[jacquesm]

My stitch cutter is my favorite tool. I got mine from a surgeon in the hospital, before that I used one that is used for sewing, but the big one is a lot quicker.

[Marsymars]

I should really get one of those… I’ve been using the little scissors in my swiss army knife for years.