Iomega's arrogance and apparent disregard for their customer's intelligence continues to amaze me. I hold in my hand the newest Mac Connection which arrived a couple of days ago. On page 15 is a full page Iomega ad. They advertise the Zip Plus for $179 after the $20 rebate. However, in the copy, it reads "The Zip Plus takes all the great features of the original Zip drive and adds cross--platform capabilities..."
Excuse me for being a little dense, but isn't one of the "great features" of the original Zip drive the fully functional SCSI port? This is a blatant case of misleading advertising, and perhaps grounds for a fraud case. What's more, is that on page 28, is a small ad for a bundle consisting of "Iomega Zip Plus & Microtek Scanmaker V310 (plus 3 Zip discs)."
Evidently, they think that their consumers are morons because they bundle two items that cannot work together! The Zip Plus, according to Iomega's website, is horribly engineered and cannot function on a SCSI chain. Therefore, the bundling of these two items makes no sense. If you feel like using the Zip Plus drive, you have to turn off the computer and unplug the scanner and everything else on the SCSI chain, then plug in the Zip Plus all by itself on the SCSI port. Then, boot back up.
WOW! Talk about convenient! What a great bundle!
Also, it's quite the bargain. The bundle's total cost is $289.95. Take the Zip Plus all by itself ($179), then the scanner ($79 after rebate), then 3 Zip discs (~$30) = $289
The bundle price is the same price as buying everything individually.
WOW!! What a bargain!................not
Thanks, Iomega! |
