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On 8/3/10 8:06 PM, Larry wrote:
Harry ? wrote:
On 8/2/10 8:28 PM, Larry wrote:
Harry ? wrote:

We know U.S. corporations have no compunction about firing workers in
order to further enrich their execs, and apparently they are the same
way about their products, too.

One of my computer printers is dying. A competent repair shop
diagnosed it and informed me a certain part needed replacing. The
printer is a couple of years old and parts are available, but the
manufacturer will not sell the part in question, even to its
authorized service depots.

So I called the printer company Friday, and, after brushing off its
first line of defense, a barely English-speaking clown in India (I
asked, he told me where he was*), I got connected to a series of
U.S.-based service/technical folks.

At the end, the best deal I was offered was to buy a new printer from
the company at a "special price," which was *only* $50 more than
anyone could buy it for from any of at least 100 retailers.

The company I was dealing with used to have a stellar reputation. No
more.

Anyway, this leads me to wonder if anyone is maintaining a list of
those U.S. companies that still provide good products and good service.

* I have nothing against India or people from that area, but when
these people are hired as the first line of service for U.S.
corporations to deal with U.S. customers, they ought to have decent
facility with...English.

Walmart printers are the best - YOU bought one!

At least you got the rebate.

Sorry, "krueger"...I didn't buy a printer at wal-mart. Nice try, though.
I'm Larry - follow the thread. Was that another picture you lifted from
the internet to call your own?

No, Danny Boy...what you saw on the printer was a discount coupon for
photo processing that I stuck on the printer temporarily.

Were you in the marines, too?

Spoofer alert! If I'm much too sophisticated to shop at Wal-Mart why on
earth would I enable someone else to do so?

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