Troll or Luddite???

[Ashcroft]

Hey every body

newbie here so not sure if this is the exact place (so I've no issue if its moved) but it didn't happen to me....so I think it's is ok here

What happened was at a place I recently quit, an electrical/household goods store, had returned from a day off, to hear someone had returned a printer....not too unusual....
A few times people get a standard inkjet when they want an all-in-one or occasionally they're faulty....etcetc
Have a guess why it was returned....

Do, please....

The 'guest' couldn't go online with it.

Yes, the person bought a printer/scanner/copier thinking it could open a portal in the ether to create some plane of existence that would act as a browser....or maybe she thought 'yes, all routers are bigger than suitcases'.
I didn't ask what she thought exactly, or what transpired after she announced her reasoning, I just shuddered and wondered why I was still working there....

I was wondering if you guys have encountered this alot yourselves....
Not brain burps exactly, but a genuine belief that the product does somthing not even relative to it......

[draco664]

Yeah, I've read somewhere of an old chap complaining that the modem he bought wouldn't get him on the internet. IIRC, he didn't have a computer, and was just told that he needed a modem to get online.

[PepperElf]

i read a story here where someone signed up for online banking, not realizing you need a computer

though, for the printer... that depends what they were trying to do with it online. if they were trying to set it up as a network printer, that's a valid complaint. we had a lot of printers on my second ship that were connected directly to a network switch instead of a computer.

but if they were trying to web surf...yeah major brainburp

[Andara Bledin]

Heh, I know we've had stories around of people who buy mp3 players and then act surprised when they find out they have to have a computer to load music onto them.

^-.-^

[mikoyan29]

I bought an MP3 because I heard it played music. Got it home and put it on the turntable....Man it made the most god awful sound.