Internet of Things
The #InternetOfShit has reached my customer service desk.
A poor unfortunate soul brought a Raven Pro Document Scanner to me for repair because, although it's in near-perfect shape, it quit working when Raven quit answering the phone.
The manual says you have to connect it to the Internet & log in to a Raven account during the setup. That's red flag #1.
From 5-star praise in '23 to 1-star scorn in '24, & no unbricking rumors, let alone a how-to.
Sorry, joe, it's a no-go.
Internet of Things
I also saw the price: $650, according to this PC Magazine review in '21: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/raven-pro-document-scanner - Ouch!
What's really sad is that scanning files *directly* to your cloud storage service^W^W^W someone-else's-computer of choice is a pretty nifty & handy feature.
But you're seriously asking for exactly this kind of trouble & disappointment when buying an overpriced can opener that needs to use one someone-else's-computer in order to talk to another someone-else's-computer.
