Canadians are NEVER satisfied. In cartoons or in real life.

Did this Canadian gentleman sue the manufacturer of the computer he used to sync up his iPod? He should, because they ripped him off with their hokey formatting that screws us consumers. Flappy-headed crazy people they is.

I ain't your buddy, guy!

This is aboot democracy!

That's Tim Horton's to you, pal.

@carmen89: I know. I have tried.....

"What does Canada want?"
"More money."

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Damn, and I scrapped my 3G awhile ago. If I have proof of purchase, would I still be eligible for this?

@dingus: oooooooooh i love me an ice capp! and some timbits,lol.

The brain trust at Apple should have double checked their math on a PC.

"Apple has had to deal with other marketing-related lawsuits this year. In March, a class-action suit filed in federal court in San Jose, Calif., accused the company of deceptively marketing its 20-inch iMacs by grossly inflating the capabilities of the monitor. The plaintiffs claimed the monitors were inferior to previous generations of displays. The suit is pending."

Seems Americans are never satisfied either. Long live consumerism.

@Fuzi Lojak: I ain't your guy, pal!

@edosan: I'm not your pal, friend!

@essteekay: Amen. If you're not happy with your product, there is such a thing as a "refund", wherein you return said good to the provider and receive the price you paid in return. No lawsuit necessary. If you're the kind of person who doesn't know that you're not gonna get the exact amount of drive space that it says for your use, then you're the kind of person who shouldn't be allowed to file lawsuits.

@singlecoilpickup: IIIIIII'MMMMM NOOOOOTTTT YOOOUUURRRRR FRRRIIIIIEEEEENNNDD, BUUUDDEHHH!!!!

Wish they do that in the US; as for the guy with 8 GB nano I just don't get why dont manufacturers just put alittle above the memory of what is stated on the box or plastic example a 30gb mp3 player just put a 32gb drive in so after its formatted it shows 30gb.

It would stop the idiotic lawsuits and it would be good press and good braging for a commerical.

@DaOtter: Totally agree. I've done it countless of times when dealing with anything from Best Buy to Dell.

Although, I think the biggest thing here is the misrepresentation of the capabitilities of the product by Apple. Although, someone who is relatively tech savvy should know that a displayed 30GB HD won't actually have exactly 30GB, there are plenty of people who are clueless. This goes for many other things, including the implied battery life (which, owning a 2 and 3G iPod, I can attest to now meeting the promised battery life). I don't agree with the lawsuit mentality, but sometimes retailers and even the company itself will accept a return based on "....but it only have 28.86 GB!

...or maybe I ready consumerist too much.

@utube2007: Well in the case of the 8 gig nano that wouldn't really work. The only "little above" they could put in would be 16. The little above the 16 GB players would be 32 GB.

@Fuzi Lojak: He's not your guy, buddy!

@dingus: Nope, it's Bennigan's.

@DaOtter: I'm not your buddy, guy!

@tande04: I know that it wont work on all players; however they could put a little extra space in or just list the space that would be in it after formatting.

Its not that hard to put a notice on the packaging that says actually space is 28.XX GB or 7.XX GB

@utube2007: Actually, what would do it is if manufacturers would stop using the abbreviation "GB" and use the more accurate "Gb". Then when anyone tried to complain, they could just laugh at them for not knowing the metric involved.

I'm not your guy, fwiend!

@DaOtter: Sorry, that should have been "GiB", probably.

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Hey I had a Diet Coke today and I didn't lose any weight! I'm moving to Canada where I can make some money off my ignorance.

I just spoke to my lawyer.
The Sony iPod dock I just bought outputs music from my Touch to the 5.1 speaker setup. Sounds great. Nothing on the box says that the video out I was looking forward to doesn't work with Classic or Touch.
We discussed launching a lawsuit for my disappointment, pain and suffering caused by not being able to see what I'm listening to.
He said it would cost me about $2,000. in legal fees and he could probably get me a refund at the Best Buy. If I wanted the illion$ I had in mind I would have to revoke my Canadian citizenship, apply to become an American (they are the best at some things), and basically start again, buying a new Sony iPod dock there.
He cautioned me with the proviso that if the CIA got wind of my plan I might be refused status, being a potential Consumer Terrorist.

@WordMan: @scott johnson: @DaOtter: @singlecoilpickup: @edosan:

you win the internet.

Well I can see this thread is well in hand...

He's not your friend, buddy.

Why would anyone go to court & waist time to get a $40 credit, He probabily paid 10x that amount just commuting to court, I also bet that 98% won't even bother looking for a 5 year old receipt to claim that junk. Am so lazy i won't even bother filing a $100 rebate & i try to just avoid them at all cost, it's ether instant or a no no to me

@warf0x0r: I'm not your budday, guy!

I'm not Buddy Guy, King Pleasure!
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So I had something after all!

@carmen89: In one of his early novels, Don DeLillo has a character say that disappointment is Canada's national emotion.

@ChromiumSwitch:
That character undoubtably was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan.

Was there really only 7.45GB total, or only that much available with the OS, etc. installed? My 80GB HD (yes, I'm ashamed) is really only 74+. Should I sue?

@GadgetPlay: 8GB is the unformatted capacity, so naturally it's going to be less when there's a file system added. This has been the case for YEARS. Didn't we get through all the related lawsuits ages ago?

In Canada, things don't work the same way as in the U.S., MMMMmKay?

@Buran:

This issue has nothing to do with formatting. It is the hard drive manufacturers misrepresenting the size of their drives by defining one gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes instead of 1,073,741,824 bytes. THAT is why hard drives only have about 93% of the capacity that is advertised.

@singlecoilpickup:
I'm not your guy, friend!

Canada's oot of control!

@ChromiumSwitch: HAHAHA , i need to remember the book and that quote, haha.

@theCornerinvasion: I'm not your friend, Buddy!

@everybody: That as the best part of an otherwise mediocre episode of South Park. Too preachy, not enough funny, except for Butters' music video.

"What What? In the butt!"

Well, $44CAD is something like $200USD, so it doesn't sound so bad.

I just received a class-action lawsuit notice for the same capacity issue concerning Creative MP3/PMP players, with the offer of a partial refund or a discount on Creative products from their web store. I decided to opt out, because I can't with good conscience accept it, knowing that a formatted capacity is not the same as the full capacity. Besides, I've been more than happy with my Vision:W.

i hear in canada at least you cant sue for a gazillion bucks like they do here.... ive heard some lawsuits that just defy logic where people want millions for 'grief, or emotional trauma' cause their ipod or tv shorted out.

I solved my crappy iPod battery problem by simply buying a Zune. Yes, I have both an iPod and a Zune. The Zune is a far superior device.

@carmen89: Yup, that's why we Canadians sue all the time, over glasses and shit on Judge Judy. *Laughs*