[s-cars] Bentley Paper Manual

[Nicholas]

I'm sorry for all the off-topic material that my post contributed to. One
response in line below.

On Jan 9, 2012 5:52 PM, "Tom Green" <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
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> 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.

This is true. I was too quick to weigh in on the merits of his offer.

I'd like to draw the line between accusing someone of "predatory pricing"
and my suggestion that it didn't seem like a 'special deal' for list
members (even if I was out-of-sync on that too).

But yes the consensus seems to be.that my valuation (that led to such a
suggestion) was wrong.

I apologise for barking up the wrong tree.

-Nick

>
> 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:
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>> "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:
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>>> 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.
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