Manual desired......

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

I've gotten free manuals before from manufacturers, parts distributors, and competitor authorized dealers in my area before. The argument usually goes like this...

Me: Well sir/ma'am I'm looking to get about two thousand dollars or so in parts but I need the part numbers from the manual...that usually gets me the manual...and I usually end up buying parts from the person that gave them to me.

I like the newer concept of having the service manual be on the machine...until the machine is so freakin dead that you can't access it.

A searchable pdf file is a must for me...makes life sooo much easier.

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Is Paul still doing that once a year free manual day thing?

[pronicd]

Ooo-errr, hope I haven't opened a can of worms!

I certainly wasn't "bitchin" about anything.
I was not in any desperate rush to get a service manual.
It's human nature of course to try and get something cheaper (or for free) if possible.
And as already stated, I have no objection to anyone selling service manuals, and have indeed purchased them in the past when needed.

[blackcat4866]

Unfortunately this topic is a can-o-worms, through no fault of yours.

I personally consider manuals as tools required for the job, and in no way expect them to be given to me. Nor do I expect others to "borrow" my tools that I paid for.

You just happened to step right into that one. =^..^=

[pronicd]

Oops!

[Llama God]

There's also something to be said for providing manuals for free in retaliation to Paul's overzealous use of the negative rep power button.

That's karma for you.

[Shadow1]

Nor do I expect others to "borrow" my tools that I paid for.

Sign in a Mechanic's shop:

Some things we hold dear in life.
The tools of our trade,
and a wonderful wife.
Please don't ask to borrow our tools,
We won't ask to borrow your wife.

Ooo-errr, hope I haven't opened a can of worms!.

Search the forum for any of the following keywords:
Paul, illegal, copyright infringement, spam, reputation, manuals, free, or profanity in just about any language.

You'll find this subject has been beaten to death, resurrected, and beaten some more. Also, "Beating a dead horse" is another phrase that has become fairly standard when it comes to Manuals4You.

Bottom line - if you don't want to buy Paul's manuals, don't. If you do have a need to shell out your hard earned cash to him, do the rest of us a favor and at least give him a hard time about it =)

[Llama God]

You can borrow my wife any time, although you'll have to provide your own crane to lift the fat bitch off her arse.

[RRodgers]

I'll give you manual no problem, just read my sig.

[mojorolla]

"Wanna earn $13 the hard way...?" Caddyshack has been on IFC all week.

The automotive industry has software called ALLDATA. They offer repair/collision manual subscriptions for $175-$225 per month. Apply it to electronic repair manuals and you have a whole new business Paul.

[Shadow1]

Alldata licenses the info from its sources. Chilton and Haynes manuals are derived from an actual teardown of the vehicle in question.

I suspect to do something similar in the copy world would meet with obstacles.