I've had good experience with the Intel "Skull" SSDs and Sandisk Extreme Pros, own several of each, so far no problems.
The newer series don't have these problems, people move on. In general though I agree, compared to other manufacturers, some Samsung products have felt shoddy, have a low end feel to them.
That's totally fine with me, there are really lot of players anyway but something like for example me will select Radeon SSD for myself, I know it maybe fake brand but I do like them a lot. I had samsung HDD and really happy with anyway so to let you know.