No, chances are you would not accept my apologies if I were to give you a written document that begins like the above paragraph.

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If I provided top sirloin for your cat, for example, you would accept it.

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Sure, I could probably take advantage of Costco's return policy, but I've come to accept this as my punishment for not reading the reviews -- if you Google the product name, you'll see that I'm not the only one who thinks it's a disaster.

ENGADGET: IRL: Rosetta Stone, PocketWizard and the TomTom Via 1530