Canon Sucks!
February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Fun Stuff
From Russia with Love
Here is a rather funny story from Russia.
More pictures and the full story from: http://englishrussia.com/?p=2260
Recently Russian service centers of Canon have started receiving complains from the people having the troubles with their Canon… vacuum cleaners.
It seems that one large electronics supplier in Russia has bought somewhere what they truely believed to be Canon Vacuum Cleaners, and even advertised them. So many bought intrigued by the brand name and overall feeling to get something cool from Canon.
Now it seems it was a nice planned action to sell thousands of some third party, probably Chinese vacuum cleaners labeled as “Canonâ€Â, having the manual and boxes looking like actual Canon stuff.
cr
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 am
Not that funny when people get swindled out of their cash.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 9:07 am
Hey, they even have a *fake* website at http://www.canon-electronics.com (confirmed fake with whois records)
Now Adam, I understand your point, but it is amazing that anyone would buy a vacuum cleaner with a New York City phone number on it, with European voltage (220v/50Hz). Its like buying a Ford branded SLR.
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Alan Reply:
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Why not? We have Eddie Bauer branded Fords!
I’d be tempted to pick up one of those Vacs just for the box! I could add it to my “box shots” for all the Canon gear I’ve bought over the years.
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bigmouth Reply:
February 4th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Russia uses 220v AC power. Honda brand appeared on some cheapo mountain bikes sold in K-mart a few years ago and it turned out to be really sanctioned by Honda. So this is hardly surprising.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 am
Anyone who believes a story like this is a raving idiot. The photos are probably doctored, and if not, I would guess that someone illegally used the Canon trademark in a scam.
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Ron Reply:
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Did you even read the article? It’s pretty short. Give it a try!
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Alex Reply:
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
“Anyone who believes a story like this is a raving idiot.” – i’m an idiot? In Russia stories like this easily may become true :D
Tim, you probably never met “real” Russian:)
Yes it’s sad that someone used Canon trademark on their product, but:
1. it’s not America
2. whatever makes consumer happy
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February 3rd, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I’m sure Nikon could make a really good vacuum as we all know they suck the most.
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Alex Reply:
February 5th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Yeah! Nikon to vacuum cleaners! LOL
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February 5th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I wonder if Dyson can make cameras coz their vacuums damn good :)
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February 6th, 2009 at 5:23 am
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February 9th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Did you see what is says on the LABEL for the address?
Address: USA, 10010 New York, Broadway 1133 Office 706
What a hoot!
If anyone is to believe this story, their counterfeit POS dust sucker fails, and they are directed to the USA for support information. Chinese counterfeiters selling to Russian mobster-run businesses, who blame it all on Canon USA.
Someone has a sense of humor!
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February 9th, 2009 at 7:41 am
I really really *HATE* the Chinese for doing those knock-offs. Parasites.
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February 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I wonder if it can sucks in RAW… Maybe Canon preparing for another bad year and finding niches. How do you think  will it be noisy?
p.s. I’m from Russia and I know what those Chinese people can do. Fake labels are illegal you said? Sue them then :)
They just don’t care about that trivia.
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February 11th, 2009 at 11:03 am
So this is the new antidust system that goes into the 1DV…
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March 26th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I also fell for a fraud involving Canon. I bought a Canon GL2 Digital video camera and a Canon EOS 20D. I discovered the shoddy products are frauds made by rippoff artists who put Canon on the camera. That is, Canon Inc. Themselves. They make crap and don’t stand behind their products.
Do not purchase any Canon products they are crap designed with planned obsolescence. Do your research.
Canon Inc. doesn’t need crooked Russians to screw up their reputation. They are experts at that themselves.
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April 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Great work! I also have my own blog I just find it hard to write quality content like this.
I guess I really don’t have the time.
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May 14th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Great journalism – NOT, before I queue up with the lemming (vermins) in the comments section to condemn the Chinese for making this. Let’s see some proof that it was made by them. Oh wait, no evidence, just bull$hit from another russian blog site (they’re so full of $hit these days). Apparently its a valid source/citation if you blog something, state something totally bogus like ‘it came from the Chinese’ and referred to yet another idiot blog (EnglishRussia). How’s that a valid and credible news piece? For all you know it was the Russians that produced these knock-offs, why not, they produce illegal vodka using sewage tanks for distillers (true, I’m not making this up).
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May 26th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
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February 13th, 2010 at 8:10 am
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March 2nd, 2010 at 5:34 pm
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