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I’m going to do a short review of another Brother label printer but I just got this link to a Brother QL-570 from buy.com for $35 shipped (not a bad price)… This is an address labeler so I was interested but then I read:

The Brother QL-570 Label Printer can print up to 50 labels per minute (faster then one per second!).

Did I miss a memo or something??  When did we change the number of seconds per minute to 50?  Maybe it’s one of those European things like the electricity being at 50Hz instead of 60…  Since last I checked, and until someone sends me a copy of the memo, we still have 60 seconds in a minute. So to be “faster than one per second”, it would need to print MORE THAN (not “up to”) 60 per minute. So does the copy writer for Brother’s specs need to go back to grammar school science class, or are they playing fast and lose with the features list?

I hate things like this… I’m sure they know that it’s not faster than 1 per second. They shove this garbage in there expecting up to just read and accept it without thinking. It’s as if they think we’re stupid… maybe we are, we keep letting them get away with it.

On the 12′th I blogged about Linux+ magazine and how I never received the magazine nor the “Tux android” they had on promotion… You can see it here: http://HostEntrepreneur.com/2009/09/12/warning-linux-magazine/

Well over 2 weeks have gone by, and I’ve have gotten a couple messages from them. Always the same. “we’re sorry… please wait…”  I can’t help but feel like I’m getting stalled for time. I payed with Paypal, and had started the dispute process in their Resolution Center. It took them a over week to respond there… and then to ask the “order number” which is a joke. Disputes are attached to the original transaction at paypal, which includes the order number. That was a week ago, and NOTHING since then.

I’m tired of this… I don’t trust Linux+ magazine anymore even if they were to send the items. This was for a 2 year subscription… I don’t want it anymore. I highly recommend avoiding this magazine. 

Pretty sure they were trying to let the clock run out. Well it didn’t work… I escalated the dispute to claim status with paypal. Hopefully they’ll be able to get some satisfaction for me.

Oct. 1, 2009 Update:  Yet another reply of “is this your address” nothingness… but finally something substantial. Tux showed up. From what I’m seeing on the shipping documents, it appears it was shipped on Sept. 21st, not Sept. 1. The never claimed they reshipped it, though they said they would if it didn’t show up.

I’ve canceled the paypal dispute hoping they come through on the rest. I have my doubts, but I can’t keep the dispute going when I received at least this piece of what I bought… Hopefully this will be the last update.