[AJD] JD Manual scans on CD

[Robert M. Massengale]

Ron -

I will play on your team... any time, any place.  I said it before and will say it again, 
fair and reasonable is a pretty good guideline for pricing & profit.

Mike
Robert M. Massengale
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

> Dean,
>  This medium does not lend itself well to these types of discussions. 
>  So 
> it probably needs to stop.  It gets too confusing.
>  I understand what you are saying.  I have been there-done that. 
>  Labor, 
> sales, management, owner, employee, employer, and I even worked for
> the damned government at one time.  I have been self employed since
> 1978.  The only way you can control the price of widjits is to be the
> only source of widjits.  Monopoly.  That won't fly in a capitalist
> society.  You have to offer something superior at a fair price.  Or at
> least priced fairly.  I know you shop at Harbor Freight.  Those are
> mostly knock-offs.  But they may be priced fairly.  Or they may be
> overpriced junk.  They will seek whatever level is proper.  So will
> intellectual property.  Patent and copywrite laws are there to protect
> the owners.  They do need enforcing.  However, I don't feel the need
> to "turn someone in".  I would though, if I thought it was hurting my
> pocketbook.  Human nature.
>    Somehow we got to discussing those db1293 cd's instead of the
>    scanned 
> manuals.  Copying those for resale IS not legal.  The contents of that
> cd are still being made available from Deere as I take it.  Just on
> individual cd's instead of all on one.  Runs the cost up.  Selling
> copies of something no longer made available in any form?  I probably
> would have no problem with that.
>  I think you are right on the money with these statements:
> 
> However, there is one mistake that JD is making in my opinion. That is
> their pricing structure allows plenty of room for less than honorable
> competitors.
> 
>  and
> 
> What I believe JD has forgotten is that they have long ago received a
> payback on their original investment so their Cost of Goods and
> amortization of engineering costs have been returned many times over.
> If JD wanted to they could block out any future competition. With
> predatory low prices and it still would be profitable for them. Any
> time a company has an unreasonably high price on their product they
> are just creating an umbrella for lower cost alternatives. They have
> created the artificial environment and are now having to live with it.
> 
>  Okay.  Back to discussing John Deere TRACTORS and equipment.
> 
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> 
> 
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