Digital BW, The Print

Ernst, that is a very good analysis.  I wish the culture here in the U.S.
was such that, if I drove off from a McDonald's drive-in with a cup of hot
coffee balanced in my crotch, the resulting problem would be mine, not the
seller of the hot coffee.  By the same token, if I want to sell a printer
for $40 that requires a $40 cartridge with a miniscule amount of ink, I
should be free to do so, and let the marketplace handle it.  I view a law
that would prohibit Epson from selling chipped cartridges as just another
small erosion of our freedoms.  As they say in internet-land, just my 2c.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernst Dinkla" <E.Dinkla@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Euro&Chipped Cart


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <orlandovl@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 12:20 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Euro&Chipped Cart
>
>
> >
> > Read this article about chipped cart and the feeling in Europe'
> > Maybr it is time we did something like this.
> >
> > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2127877,00.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Vinny
> > http:/www.wulfsden.com
>
> The protection of consumers in Europe has been worse than in the USA for a
> long time. There's no sign that that will become better in the near
future.
> That has disadvantages and advantages. The claim culture isn't so well
> developed here as it is in the USA. And I bet that much of the consumer
> protection is a result of that claim culture. I prefer the European
culture
> on that issue but that may change when the globalisation increases. There
> have been no compensation deals in Europe when Epson delivered bad inks
> (1270/1290) for example.
>
> The users of 9600/7600 printers in Europe are confronted with a short
supply
> of ink carts and waste boxes. They think that Epson sends most of its
> production to the USA as the chance they get a claim against them in the
USA
> is a lot higher than in Europe. The waste box shortage can be solved in
> another way now but the shortage of carts remains.
>
> If the EC really will force the printer manufacturers to abandon all cart
> protection then there's a good chance the printer manufacturers will stop
> manufacturing printers and carts or change their marketing policy. Both
> alternatives are not in the interest of most consumers.
> The consumers that outsmart the companies on their protection scheme get
the
> best deal when the protection remains. It is also the best market for
third
> party ink manufacturers as long as they can not deliver a better ink than
> the printer manufacturers sell.
>
> Ernst
>
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