Comments for Boyandgirlcott's Weblog http://boyandgirlcott.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:10:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Hello World! by boyandgirlcott http://boyandgirlcott.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/hello-world/#comment-12 boyandgirlcott Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:10:03 +0000 http://boyandgirlcott.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-12 We maybe should start another section of corporations who engineer their product to have a part fail prematurely and have that part's replacement cost designed to be ever so slightly cheaper than to replace the whole unit with the updated (new & improved) model, either through the direct replacement being obsolete and unavailable (early model cuisinart work bowls)(canon batteries & chargers) or the part's specification being so rare as to be exclusively made for that particular brand (water delivery hose in a braun coffeemaker). Now, I know that alot of makers of printers designed to be used with computers are cheaper to replace the whole printer rather than spend all that money on cartridges and the manufacturers of these 'instant e-garbage' need to have their names and affiliates listed, possibly in a separate section "E-Garbage", where cellphones, Dingleberry®s and their ilk could be listed. Alternately, if you know of any corporations that assemble their products from commonly available batteries, fasteners or fittings, we'll make a separate folder for them. Something like "the SPAM bin" or "Recycle Pail" should serve nicely. I had a pair of 'new & improved" $13 dollar tyre levers with metal cores for changing flats on my bike that broke the first time I used them (their brand was called soma). I think these kinds of 'products' deserve to be in this section too. We maybe should start another section of corporations who engineer their product to have a part fail prematurely and have that part’s replacement cost designed to be ever so slightly cheaper than to replace the whole unit with the updated (new & improved) model, either through the direct replacement being obsolete and unavailable (early model cuisinart work bowls)(canon batteries & chargers) or the part’s specification being so rare as to be exclusively made for that particular brand (water delivery hose in a braun coffeemaker). Now, I know that alot of makers of printers designed to be used with computers are cheaper to replace the whole printer rather than spend all that money on cartridges and the manufacturers of these ‘instant e-garbage’ need to have their names and affiliates listed, possibly in a separate section “E-Garbage”, where cellphones, Dingleberry®s and their ilk could be listed.
Alternately, if you know of any corporations that assemble their products from commonly available batteries, fasteners or fittings, we’ll make a separate folder for them. Something like “the SPAM bin” or “Recycle Pail” should serve nicely.
I had a pair of ‘new & improved” $13 dollar tyre levers with metal cores for changing flats on my bike that broke the first time I used them (their brand was called soma). I think these kinds of ‘products’ deserve to be in this section too.

]]> Comment on Hello World! by boyandgirlcott http://boyandgirlcott.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/hello-world/#comment-11 boyandgirlcott Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:04:05 +0000 http://boyandgirlcott.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-11 OK, let's start this off with a list of the real obvious offenders and you can expand or supplement at will. Bayer > AGFA > Monsanto > Gene Modification Division Cargill > butcher to the world Wal-mart > purveyor of cheap plasti-crap Nestle > global water vampire for profit http://www.corpwatch.org/ OK, let’s start this off with a list of the real obvious offenders and you can expand or supplement at will.

Bayer > AGFA >

Monsanto > Gene Modification Division

Cargill > butcher to the world

Wal-mart > purveyor of cheap plasti-crap

Nestle > global water vampire for profit

http://www.corpwatch.org/

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