yep brand X should be renamed brand BS!
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yep brand X should be renamed brand BS!
It's hard for me to imagine a situation like that. Here in the states, at least where I am, there was always at least three brands to choose from and now they're all here. That would be very frustrating having to wait that long and have only one company.
The only problems I can remember was years ago and maybe some today in the real rural areas.
You made me think of something else about Xerox that really bugged me. We used to go after schools/governments years ago and despite the contracts being for brand new machines, Xerox would put things like used finishers and document handlers on their equipment and sell the whole thing as new. Obviously they should have been disqualified but they always won. It was a Xerox technician that told me about that too.
I guess one of these days I'll have to try and design my own ultimate copier.
" It's hard for me to imagine a situation like that", wrote kingpd. Yes indeed my brother, we were in a difficult period. It all stemmed from the history of our country. The country had just emerged out of a 5year civil war which ushered in a new government and stability was not yet fully restored. In fact life itself was still generally hard for everyone. Basic essential commodities like salt & sugar were all scarce. It was like a " DOG EAT DOG", kind of situation, with the country's economy then still in shambles. But since then things have greatly improved for the better. The government worked very hard and with support from Donor countries like U.S.A, EUROPEAN UNION and others, the country was slowly brought back on the path to full economic recovery. But our citizens are not the type who easily forget if you give them a raw deal ! I recently saw Xerox's advertising posters etc, and I think they have been staging a COMEBACK bid, I wish them luck , but people already have a biased attitude towards them. " NATURE DOESN'T ALLOW VACUUM," when they left the market, other players filled in their places.
I forget who said it, someone more famous than I, but they said that it's good for countries to have revolutions every now and then and although I don't know the specifics of your country, I'd have to agree with that statement. It's the only thing that sometimes corrects major wrongs and gets things back on track. Tragic, but it's like a reset button. The real tragedy of a civil war is that unfortunately people don't learn from them and eventually things can go bad again.
Hopefully things keep getting better.
Kingpd, you have made my day good ! You really set me into a prolonged laughter in the office as I was reading your post, and every one around was wondering what had become of me? Well, it is an established truth that ' CHANGES ARE NECESSARY FOR GROWTH'. A real RESET BUTTON , as you put it. What more can i say ? Humans are very complicated creatures, even GOD has problem in controlling them, but somehow, life has to go on. Thank you for your mature reasonings. I wish you all a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Happy New Year to you and everyone as well.
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