[s-cars] Bentley Paper Manual

[Tom Green]

No, you have not misread that response nor do I intend to leave you  
with any
doubt about where I stand on this.  You are afforded the opportunity  
to have and
express your own perception of values even when you have no real basis  
for
doing so.

But, in this matter, no matter what your perception of reasonable  
price is, you have
directly accused a long time contributor to this list of predatory  
pricing to members
of the list and of taking advantage of the free advertising afforded  
here when you
neither know the individual or any details of this offer.

The fact that 8 or more listers were knocking his email door down  
within 30 minutes
of the post attests to how wrong you perceptions are, but, of course,  
have no bearing
on how wrong you were in accusing someone without any facts.

Any apology you feel necessary should be directed to the individual  
and to the
owner/moderator of this list for violating his expressed TOU.

Tom '95 S6
          '95.5 S6 avant
Knoxville, TN

On Monday January 9, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Nicholas <applen at gmail.com>   
wrote:

> "The others were too polite" to me?
>
> wow!
>
> This list continues to amaze.
>
> Maybe my perception of "reasonable" pricing is different than yours
> but I don't see how that should have afforded me less respectful
> responses.
>
> Hopefully I'm miss-reading your response or have turned off my
> sarcasmeter prematurely.
>
> I don't have a paper Bentley for my urS4 and have never tried to buy
> one. But I do know that I bought a used (paper) Bentley for a car that
> is 6 years older than my S4 (and similarly out-of-print) for $50 from
> a person on a corresponding chassis-specific-list for my other German
> car.
>
> My apologies for assuming that depreciation (instead of inflation) or
> (any) price negotiation would occur in such a similar
> situation/community. I clearly see that a lot of you are willing to
> buy and sell for that price or higher: that's great!
>
> I would also like to apologize for any discomfort I've caused here.
>
> Respectfully,
> -Nick

>
> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:27 AM, David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Nicholas:? The others were too polite to you.? You have no clue  
>> about the
>> value of the paper
>> version of the 3 volume (each about 2.5" thick) C4 Bentley  
>> manuals.? They
>> are no longer in print
>> and only rarely come up for sale.?$275 is a very reasonable price.?  
>> I would
>> gladly pay that for a
>> set if I didn't already have a set (that took me about 5 years to  
>> find).
>> James's offer and price
>> are completely?fair and also a service to the UrS community and  
>> this list in
>> particular.
>>
>> Dave F.