Don't get me wrong. I find the genuine pods expensive and I go for cheaper alternatives regularly.
But Keurig, to their credit, stand behind their product. (Because they want you to buy the pods.) The first Keurig B40 I bought, failed after six months. It may have been hard water, but cleaning didn't help. I called Keurig and then sent me a brand new replacement B40 at no charge. The replacement lasted nine months (so now past a year from when I bought the original) and they didn't care, they sent a replacement for that one as well. AND, told me the replacement has a full year warranty too.
I suspect that this sort of customer service on the machines themselves, is at least partially paid for with profits from the sale of the coffee pods.
Just, "food for thought". The alternative would be to charge a lot more for the coffee makers. (And I think they're too pricey as it is.)
I think a very pertinent question at this point is not so much that the DHS apparently had copies of their emails but rather, WHAT email PROVIDER were they using? I have suspicions that they were not both using Internet Service Provider email accounts but more likely Hotmail, Gmail, or similar "public" providers that have been exposed as having given the government "back doors" into their workings.
Plus, regardless opendna's comments above, the NSA are not the only government agency with access to warrants (or not) to get at people's email accounts. It's very possible DHS has their own access to getting at this information.
I'd like to know what email provider one or both of them were using. Could prove interesting.
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On the plus side
Don't get me wrong. I find the genuine pods expensive and I go for cheaper alternatives regularly.
But Keurig, to their credit, stand behind their product. (Because they want you to buy the pods.) The first Keurig B40 I bought, failed after six months. It may have been hard water, but cleaning didn't help. I called Keurig and then sent me a brand new replacement B40 at no charge. The replacement lasted nine months (so now past a year from when I bought the original) and they didn't care, they sent a replacement for that one as well. AND, told me the replacement has a full year warranty too.
I suspect that this sort of customer service on the machines themselves, is at least partially paid for with profits from the sale of the coffee pods.
Just, "food for thought". The alternative would be to charge a lot more for the coffee makers. (And I think they're too pricey as it is.)
Email source
I think a very pertinent question at this point is not so much that the DHS apparently had copies of their emails but rather, WHAT email PROVIDER were they using? I have suspicions that they were not both using Internet Service Provider email accounts but more likely Hotmail, Gmail, or similar "public" providers that have been exposed as having given the government "back doors" into their workings.
Plus, regardless opendna's comments above, the NSA are not the only government agency with access to warrants (or not) to get at people's email accounts. It's very possible DHS has their own access to getting at this information.
I'd like to know what email provider one or both of them were using. Could prove interesting.