Rod Hower wrote:
> Jon, This is the state of business today. They probably *are* writing
> it down! You are free R&D for this company.

Let's *hope* they do listen! All too often, when I call a company to
report a problem or volunteer a bug fix, their knee-jerk response is
something like this:

1. Initial call:
   Hello, you've reached Customer Support. Please press "1" to be put
   on hold forever, "2" for elevator music, "3" to leave a message
   for someone who doesn't work here any more, or "4" and we'll hang
   up on you immediately to save money on long-distance phone charges.

2. After digging up the number of a real person at the company:
   No, our parts never have that problem.

3. You *do* have that problem? In that case, we already knew about it
   and have identified this fix.

4. The fix doesn't work? And you have figured out this work-around?
   Well, you know that violates your warranty.  

5. That part has been discontinued. It is being replaced with a new part
   that is just like it but different.

> I went through this same excercise with Horizon batteries... It turns
> out the sealed Horizon batteries were crap in my opinion.

At least it was good to see that someone was experimenting with new
ideas in an old technology. Too bad that Horizon seemed more interested
in selling stock than batteries.
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