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10-29-06, 03:34
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EdLancer is offline
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 836 | 3M Hitting the Retail Shelves !
I have noticed that 3M is agressively bring their products onto the retail shelves at Zeller's(Like a Canadian K-Mart/Walmart). It does not look like they will stand a chance against all the glitzy packaging of the other brands, but their price is well below other brands so it might work. I noticed they had a Liquid Show Car Wax, Gloss Enchancer, Tire Dressing and Leather Conditioner and a whole sleuth of sponges, MFs. I would have picked up their paste Show Car Wax, but they didn't have any 
How does these products perform ?
Anyone seen this ?  
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10-29-06, 03:57
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North GA Posts: 1,301 | Wonder when here in the states?
I like the packaging. | |
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10-29-06, 04:00
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Calgary Alberta, Canada! Posts: 794 | the wax paste is avalable at NAPA, its not cheap though. | |
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10-29-06, 04:23
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,312 | Well their stuff has always been available at automotive parts stores in the states but when I was in Toronto a few weeks back I didn't see any 3M stuff at Canadian Tire.
I actually have the bottle of wax pictured (from back in the day before I was an Autopian  ). I've been using it as a winter wax although I may try the paste this year. | |
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10-29-06, 04:27
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,006 | There's no way someone not in the know is going to choose a product with that packaging over something like say Turtle Wax Ice or NXT | |
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10-29-06, 04:31
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Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,312 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by thesacrifice There's no way someone not in the know is going to choose a product with that packaging over something like say Turtle Wax Ice or NXT |
Y? I admit 3m isn't big on flashy packaging. But one has to also remember they as a company aren't geared towards retail but more professional. They should put the retail stuff in another packaging. Something with a little more panash. | |
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10-29-06, 04:47
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,006 | Because packaging has appeal on the general consumer, as made evident by just about every single product on any shelf. Someone that doesn't know brand names and their reputations is going to choose what immediately appeals to them. | |
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10-29-06, 05:00
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Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 836 | Actually the new label is more ugly than the one posted, I thought it was a no name brand till I looked closer, its the same product number 39026 though, but I was surprised with the price of $7.29CAD which was even cheaper than NuFinish at $8.99CAD. It looked creamy white and there were white stains on the black cap, so I guess it would stains black trims ...does it ?
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10-29-06, 06:05
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC/Louisburg, NC Posts: 1,881 | 3M dosent have a chance. I think that it will sell, but not as much as NXT or ICE.
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10-29-06, 06:13
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca Posts: 4,519 | Ya mean Ice sells?
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10-29-06, 06:18
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC/Louisburg, NC Posts: 1,881 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by a.k.a. Patrick Ya mean Ice sells? |
As a consumer product, I would think that the flashy packaging would get some customers.
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10-29-06, 06:47
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Heart of North Carolina Posts: 1,720 | Car Quest sells 3M here in North Carolina - along with some Megs Mirror Glaze and the DuraGloss line. | |
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