Monday, September 18, 2006
Stiff and Stiffed Again !!
So,
Friday - went to buy a new cartridge for this cheap printer I've recently bought.
Printer cost me 19 sheets including delivery. New cartridge (of which it takes 2) is 26 sheets....
WHAT!
yep 52 sheets for a cart set.
Ahh says the guy behind the counter, the ink carts you 'buy' have 40% more ink in them . Wow value for money marketing or what!! - do the maths
Its cheaper to new a new printer everytime the ink runs dry, than buy a new cart....
So the ethical consumer in me is going NO! dont do it. The VFM consumer is going order 10 new one's @ once and get the additional bulk discount.
Message to Lexmark - a -what type of stupid sales model have you cooked up. b-your a bunch of robbin thieving gypsy bastards. Here's hoping the rest of the world wakes up to your crass ploy and you go down the tubes soon thereafter.
Your not havin a penny more of my cash, this ones for the skip & I'm off to buy a HP laserprinter!
Saturday:
Went to a wedding in Newquay, Kernow. One of 'ours' got married
Was a fab day
The Kernow sun shone in the blue cloud free sky,
the Atlantic waves crashed ashore in fistral bay,
the gig rowers sweated hard over their oars in the harbour,
and Jenny look fabulous.
Congrats Jenny and Ade.
(oh, and I couldn't drink a drop -bugger!)
Sunday:
Foolishly ran the Bristol 1/2 marathon.
(successfully! but in a time I'd rather not discuss)
Usually this event in my home city is well run and has the potential for a good attempt @ a PBT.
But this year it was all a bit of a joke.
They increased the entries to 15,000 and the reversed the route, so that you tackled the 15th century narrow street section first.
Now surely they thought about this on the planning ?
obviously not - it was carnage for the first 4 miles, I nearly got taken out on a narrow corner by a major pile up.
Then after 2+ hours, when I struggled over the line, it was like a war zone, ususlly your marshaled through, given your medal, and a goody bag with water and mars bar or 'out.
Not this year, you had to fight for each one .....
so headed to the Welli for some well earned 'gem' therapy, to not just ease aching muscles, but help feel no pain what so ever !
Here's What some of the other victims of the race have said
ta
jr
Friday - went to buy a new cartridge for this cheap printer I've recently bought.
Printer cost me 19 sheets including delivery. New cartridge (of which it takes 2) is 26 sheets....
WHAT!
yep 52 sheets for a cart set.
Ahh says the guy behind the counter, the ink carts you 'buy' have 40% more ink in them . Wow value for money marketing or what!! - do the maths
Its cheaper to new a new printer everytime the ink runs dry, than buy a new cart....
So the ethical consumer in me is going NO! dont do it. The VFM consumer is going order 10 new one's @ once and get the additional bulk discount.
Message to Lexmark - a -what type of stupid sales model have you cooked up. b-your a bunch of robbin thieving gypsy bastards. Here's hoping the rest of the world wakes up to your crass ploy and you go down the tubes soon thereafter.
Your not havin a penny more of my cash, this ones for the skip & I'm off to buy a HP laserprinter!
Saturday:
Went to a wedding in Newquay, Kernow. One of 'ours' got married
Was a fab day
The Kernow sun shone in the blue cloud free sky,
the Atlantic waves crashed ashore in fistral bay,
the gig rowers sweated hard over their oars in the harbour,
and Jenny look fabulous.
Congrats Jenny and Ade.
(oh, and I couldn't drink a drop -bugger!)
Sunday:
Foolishly ran the Bristol 1/2 marathon.
(successfully! but in a time I'd rather not discuss)
Usually this event in my home city is well run and has the potential for a good attempt @ a PBT.
But this year it was all a bit of a joke.
They increased the entries to 15,000 and the reversed the route, so that you tackled the 15th century narrow street section first.
Now surely they thought about this on the planning ?
obviously not - it was carnage for the first 4 miles, I nearly got taken out on a narrow corner by a major pile up.
Then after 2+ hours, when I struggled over the line, it was like a war zone, ususlly your marshaled through, given your medal, and a goody bag with water and mars bar or 'out.
Not this year, you had to fight for each one .....
so headed to the Welli for some well earned 'gem' therapy, to not just ease aching muscles, but help feel no pain what so ever !
Here's What some of the other victims of the race have said
ta
jr
// posted by jonron @ 6:00 am 
