VANHILLIGOSS
New User
I have spent 10s of thousands of dollars on equipment from various manufactures and I know a lot of you have spent 100's of thousands on equipment. I think it is pure greed on the part of Manufactures to charge for manuals on this equipment.
There are several other scavengers who happen across an old manual and put them online for 30.00 or more to squeeze a few bucks out of already "Broke" producers with 7 kids to feed.
I think this is simply wrong and really a fairly easy issue to solve. If folks who have original manuals not available for free simply scan them and post as PDF or other format. If they happen to be copyrighted there is a good chance, on some of the older equipment, that the company is no longer in business.
If the company is still in business it would be pretty poor form for a billion dollar company to sue its own customers for posting a manual. To sue folks for posting would be pretty short sighted as well since getting access to a manual will most likely result in more parts business for them.
These manuals have repaid their cost and effort to create years ago, or immediately, as part of the original equipment sales. I dont think its right to deny a man compensation for their efforts however in the case of manuals they received compensation through sales of equipment and that, to me, is fair payment for effort.
Having these manuals free and available online would save most of us a lot of time and effort. I know I am usually looking for a manual when something is broke or not working as we think it should which impacts production. Sometimes it can take weeks of research just to find the flipping manual only to find out some scavenger in NYC has it and will only ship it to me for cost plus shipping and a "handling fee". I think the only thing getting "handled" is ME while I am waiting two weeks for the manual.
I dont know what other folks think about this but I would be interested in hearing your input.
There are several other scavengers who happen across an old manual and put them online for 30.00 or more to squeeze a few bucks out of already "Broke" producers with 7 kids to feed.
I think this is simply wrong and really a fairly easy issue to solve. If folks who have original manuals not available for free simply scan them and post as PDF or other format. If they happen to be copyrighted there is a good chance, on some of the older equipment, that the company is no longer in business.
If the company is still in business it would be pretty poor form for a billion dollar company to sue its own customers for posting a manual. To sue folks for posting would be pretty short sighted as well since getting access to a manual will most likely result in more parts business for them.
These manuals have repaid their cost and effort to create years ago, or immediately, as part of the original equipment sales. I dont think its right to deny a man compensation for their efforts however in the case of manuals they received compensation through sales of equipment and that, to me, is fair payment for effort.
Having these manuals free and available online would save most of us a lot of time and effort. I know I am usually looking for a manual when something is broke or not working as we think it should which impacts production. Sometimes it can take weeks of research just to find the flipping manual only to find out some scavenger in NYC has it and will only ship it to me for cost plus shipping and a "handling fee". I think the only thing getting "handled" is ME while I am waiting two weeks for the manual.
I dont know what other folks think about this but I would be interested in hearing your input.