David Pogue shares an interesting unadvertised and vague customer loyalty program at Canon, which he discovered after the unfortunate death of his Canon SD700. The Canon Loyalty program is basically "designed to assist customers whose camera is unrepairable and out of warranty [and] lets them purchase a refurbished functional camera at a discount." Canon is a bit cagey about what sort of discounts and options are available, but if you have a broken SD or some other Canon program, it definitely doesn't hurt to give them a call! I just wished Apple would take care of their customers like this. Not that I'm doubting the Great Word of Steve Jobs of course. All Hail Steve. All Hail Steve.
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