▲ 14 ▼ Expected: I cancelled our subscription with HP and they blocked us from being able to use the rest of the ink in our cartridge. (younsfw.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by WhoRoger@lemmy.world to c/fucksubscriptions@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1962740 also from r/StallmanWasRight // removed invalid link
[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) That ink is not free, because if after 6 months you cancel the trial, that ink is unusable. If you could use if after 6 months, it would be more than 6 months of ink..? Either you like the deal or not. You can't be mad at it because you wanted to outsmart it but then you couldn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lazyvar@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The point is that “6 months free ink” is misleading whichever way you look at it because it’s ambiguous since ink isn’t measured in months. Even if your reading of it would be the intended reading, then it’s still misleading because it’s just a 6 month trial for a per page subscription. Or put differently: if you surpass the monthly allocation of pages, you would have to pay, making it not free. Given that neither the trial component nor the per page component is mentioned in the image and given the fact that the offer is ambiguous, there isn’t much to like or dislike about the deal because the deal as presented is false and non-existent. Moreover, you conveniently sidestep all the other issues I’ve mentioned. Like the fact that people receive cartridges with their printer that will be rendered useless with no clear warning on the box that this will happen or how to prevent this, instead they’re listed on the box in the same fashion other printer manufacturers list their cartridges that don’t get rendered useless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soyaro@feddit.de -1 points 3 years ago* "mentioned in the image" was the part where you lost me. There is no offer, there are no contract details, it's just an ad. They have to give you details before you sign anything. You can't blame them if you didn't read the EULA and TOS before agreeing to it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lazyvar@programming.dev 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The point is that “6 months free ink” is misleading whichever way you look at it because it’s ambiguous since ink isn’t measured in months. Even if your reading of it would be the intended reading, then it’s still misleading because it’s just a 6 month trial for a per page subscription. Or put differently: if you surpass the monthly allocation of pages, you would have to pay, making it not free. Given that neither the trial component nor the per page component is mentioned in the image and given the fact that the offer is ambiguous, there isn’t much to like or dislike about the deal because the deal as presented is false and non-existent. Moreover, you conveniently sidestep all the other issues I’ve mentioned. Like the fact that people receive cartridges with their printer that will be rendered useless with no clear warning on the box that this will happen or how to prevent this, instead they’re listed on the box in the same fashion other printer manufacturers list their cartridges that don’t get rendered useless. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soyaro@feddit.de -1 points 3 years ago* "mentioned in the image" was the part where you lost me. There is no offer, there are no contract details, it's just an ad. They have to give you details before you sign anything. You can't blame them if you didn't read the EULA and TOS before agreeing to it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soyaro@feddit.de -1 points 3 years ago* "mentioned in the image" was the part where you lost me. There is no offer, there are no contract details, it's just an ad. They have to give you details before you sign anything. You can't blame them if you didn't read the EULA and TOS before agreeing to it. permalink fedilink source parent