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an open letter to canon consumer electronics
March 21, 2006
Dear Canon People/Minions of Evil:
It's 12:12 AM in Austin, Texas, and I hate you people so much right now. I am sick and tired of having to replace cyan, magenta, or yellow ink cartridges, which I never use, just to print a black and white document, say, the sixth page of a six page writing sample that the agency I want to work for has requested.
Then, you can't get rid of the error window until you replace the cartridge, manually end the task, or beat the damned thing, finally and justly, to little pieces. I will admit that I am impressed by your product's resistance to impact and other trauma.
You guys make brilliantly engineered products, so I doubt this is merely some assinine oversight - it's clearly a scam to make people needlessly buy more of your overpriced ink cartridges.
Well, I'm done, and I'll do whatever I can to make certain no more of my friends buy any of your products, and I sure as hell won't. I would really like to tell you to go screw yourselves, but that would sink me to your level, since your product clearly communicates the same to the consumer.
Actually, you know what? Never mind - go screw yourselves.
Posted by Rob at March 21, 2006 12:11 AM