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WHY ARE YOU GETTING DUMBER?
zakezuke wrote:
>>>A better analogy would be film as it is a consumable. In fact...
>>>consumer reports actually did a report some years back about the best
>>>vender labled film available
>>>This information without context or experence is meaningless. I don't
>>> know who makes canon ink.
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>>canon controls the mfg and quality control process as well as the engineering?
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>Do you accept this on faith? I would imagine that canon does formulate
>inks. This is a reasonable assumption. Whether they have their own
>people in quality control I don't know. As far as the engineering I
>have no idea. According to you it's important to know who
>manufacturers the ink and there is absolutly no way for me to know who
>manufacturers canon's ink. I have no idea how involved canon is in
>the process of making the ink or what quality control standards are
>employed. To me it's just a label. Oddly enough since canon them
>selves don't manufacture the ink, by your own defination it can not be
>called a brand. They might formulate, they might even distribute, but
>ink production is done from a dedicated ink production facility.
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>You seem to be overly obsessed with canon's ink. I know that Epson ink
>for example the color consistancy varies a great deal.. and country of
>orgin gives "some" indication of what to expect. If I was still
>printing with epson I would make it a choice to buy ink from a single
>country of orgin so to lower the risk of a lack of consistancy.
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>>>Even in the retail world not everyone buys "brand named" prodcuts. You
>>>could buy Kelloggs Rice Krispies or you could buy rice puffs. I for
>>>example buy Trader Joe's Raisin Bran...
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>>do you take the empty box to a <vender> and refill it?
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>I don't understand your point here but since you asked....
>For Raison Bran no, I buy it in the box. For granola I buy that in
>bulk, as with spices, flour, sea salt, nuts, and a varity of other
>things. Sugar I tend to buy in a package simply because it tends to
>cost less that way.
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>>>Milk is a better analogy. You could buy name brand milk, or you could
>>>buy the store label milk. I'm very picky about milk but you can look
>>>at the bottles and see the code for the dairy the milk came from... and
>>>often see that the milk at the very least came from the same place.
>>>Ultimatly for me I find that how the vender chooses to store the milk
>>>is my deciding factor. I don't typicaly buy milk from mini-marts as
>>>some choose to kill their refrigerators at night and the product goes
>>>slightly rancid to my taste. Others don't notice or care.
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>>put milk in the ink tank
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>Or better yet... use my experence I have buying milk and use that to
>buying ink. Buy some, try it out, if I like it buy more. Trust the
>vender's purchacing choice and continue buying it. Once and a while I
>get a bad jug, which they will be happy to replace. Observe the
>markings on the jugs and use that to compair quality.
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>If milk refills were an option, i'd go for it. But the only city that
>still sells milk in glass bottles is located 30 miles away from me.
>I'm simply not close enough to a dairy for glass bottles to be a viable
>solution. Even milk delivery where I live use plastic bottles.
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>As a bonus, glass bottled milk while it may cost a little more tends to
>be ultra ultra fresh as the only stores that would carry glass bottles
>are close enough to the dairy to make recycling of the bottles
>practical. Less waste and no odd taste from the jug are a big bonus.
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>Being a concerned with your environment that you picked a printer with
>auto-duplexing though slow to save paper, i'm sure you can be most
>empathitic to someone who would choose no or minimal packaging to
>reduce waste and in most cases save money. I'm suprised you would be
>critical of someone who would make the same choice as you would.
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>>>For example I liked the Arizona Jeans Wear leather vests. I could only
>>>buy them at... either Sears or J.c. pennies...
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>>since you frequent these stores then i now understand why you buy
>>aftermarket <carp> from a whore.
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>I do not understand your point. I don't have much in the way of store
>loyality. I happen to like some products from the Arizona Jeans
>Company and they happen to be sold in only one store. The fact that I
>can't remember which one would sugest that I don't frequent either one.
> Also the fact they are no longer available... leather vests are out of
>fashion but I still wear them. Your observation is moot. I like
>leather vests as I need external pockets to hold film and a mobile, and
>they are durable. Also I like Gap Jeans. No clue who makes them,
>only they last a good long time and they fit me rather well. I
>wouldn't consider anyone foolish for making another choice in jeans...
>or be critical of where they choose to buy them. It's their choice.
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>Given the fact that you have never used the same carp that I use, you
>have no frame of reference to judge whether it's carp or not carp.
>Your opinion is moot.
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>My buying habbits do not make me a better or lesser person than your
>self. The fact that I have a different belief system is solid evidence
>that not everyone believes the same thing you do. As a Standard MBA
>you should understand consumer demographics.
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>When I choose a product... I choose it based on the product... faith in
>the label or brand doesn't really enter into it. I own some Canon
>Cameras. I do have some canon lenses but I made a choice to buy them
>based on how they work, not because I accepted on faith. I also have a
>Bushnells lens which is just so happens to be a superb 135mm.
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