Really had me going, there... Until I saw the caption towards the bottom, I thought someone was out of their mind!
I wonder what Canon's shareholders think of this. It doesn't make me want to run out and buy a Canon, seeing all this rough handling and wondering if each of their cameras comes with an unwritten "idiot tax" that goes to pay for all this broken stuff. Adam
As the post states:"All that gear were damaged during transportation or storage. Canon just can’t allow this stuff to hit the shelves no matter how expensive (or cheap) it is." And from Canon's website:"We disassemble and sort used products collected from customers to promote high-efficiency recycling. Part of this is inverse manufacturing (IM), an integrated process in which collected products, units and parts are cleaned and inspected for reuse in production lines. We are working to build recycling systems throughout the regions where we operate to elevate these activities to a global level." It hurts to see. But Canon is protecting their image by not allowing defective products to reach consumers. They are also recycling those items not just through conventional means, but also by reusing the useable parts in new and repaired cameras. Notice how only lenses are smashed while all other parts remain intact. I see nothing morally wrong here.
Nothing morally wrong, but such incredible waste is going to have to be paid for somewhere. It's unavoidable. There's no magic camera manufacturer fairy that's going to wave a magic wand and erase the money that went into making these cameras. If the cameras are handled so roughly that the lenses are getting smashed, I would be concerned about buying the camera that was right next to the smashed up ones, one which, ostensibly, would have also been subject to some sort of stress, possibly affecting the fine-tuning of the camera itself.
True. Intially, I thought the same. However and in fairness to Canon, I would bet $100 to a donut hole that ALL manufacturers have various goods have similar stories. This is just one you've heard about.
Funny, but where I come from, thats called salvage, or cannibalization. Guess I'm not a corporate-type person.........:tb-err:
Yup, cannabalization. I did note that the glass was the only thing that was destroyed, in general. It still hurts to look at millions of dollars of equipment see that fate. The white lenses are the famous Canon "L" series--very expensive, incredible optics.
On the way home from work I go by a recycle yard. It is not uncommon to see complete brand-new Mitsubishi cars stacked in the yard. Autos are pulled off the line by Q.C. for inspection then sent to the recycler to be scrapped. Every thing is still on the car, nothing is saved.
You are probably right on that one. All the big manufacturers probably have the same problems. It still doesn't fill me with confidence that if I buy a camera that didn't get smashed but that sat in the same container or was on the same pallet that it's going to work all that well.
For a brand as conscious of its quality image as Canon, it's not unusual. I once talked to a laptop manufacturer president about donating a damaged shipment to schools, and he replied, "And what? Have a generation of 12-year-olds think I produce lemons?"
