Thread: Could this be the next Kobo Clara HD or Nia iteration?
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Old 08-10-2022, 10:50 AM   #92
davidfor
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
Well, 1) Not everyone who buys an eReader has a USB cable or the right USB cable.
If you are buying something you should make sure you have all the requirements of that thing. Which means a cable if you don't already have one.
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And 2) These things wear out.
And the high quality cables I buy take longer to wear out. And, if I already have suitable cables, why should I have to store the cables supplied with the devices? Having one spare is handy. But I have multiple spares as I have them in different places in the house to make it convenient to charge something.

And I have worn out or broken more devices with a USB socket than I have cables.
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And 3) They're cheap. Why take a chance on ticking off a customer who doesn't have a cable when one can be included at a nominal price?
Why tick the customer off by supplying something they don't actually need?

Alternatively, why tick of the customer by supplying a cable that is unsuitable for the customer? The cables are all the same length which means I have a tangle of cables on my desk. Maybe they should supply a short cable so ease this. Or a very long cable to make it easier to read while the device is charging. Or don't supply a cable at all so the customer can get what works for them.

I am really happy that the last four phones I bought (one for each of the members of the family as they broke/wore out) did not include a charger. I have so many around the house they get in the way. And I don't use any. I had one of them in the backpack I carry to work and never took the plastic wrapper off it. The chargers I use are ones I bought with multiple sockets. But, I could also plug it into one of the two socket on each side of my bed, or a socket in one of the powerboards, or the socket in my laptop charger, or, heaven forbid, one of the far to many computers in the house.


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And 4) Not everyone lives near a store that sells these so, if they don't have one, their reader can quickly turn into a door stop until they can get one shipped.
Which just means they didn't plan properly. There are far to many shops that do have cables, that it means the purchaser has to be fairly remote. See my response to your point 1.

Sorry, supplying a cable with every device is a waste of resources. It should be stopped. And any salesperson in a shop should ask if you need a cable. Or the online store have it as a "Commonly bought with" item. The solution to your "problems" are far to easy to solve.
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