[AJD] JD Manual scans on CD

[Ronald L. Cook]

Lou,
	Thanks for replying.  Thanks for not being upset with me.  You are 
indeed the gentleman I suspected you to be.  You have answered all my 
questions.  I am in agreement with you.
	The owners of the CD's that are for sale would not like Deere to 
re-issue them, would they?  At least not the owners that have bought up 
some originals to turn a profit on.(which, by the way, I have no problem 
with)  The market will drive the price where it will go.  I keep 
wondering who is the influence and why Deere does not re-issue?
	Greg gave us a heads-up when the db1293 was going to be discontinued. 
Heck, we could all have been inside traders!!<g>  I have a db1293, but 
sure would like to have one of those 10 CD sets that you have if I could 
afford such a thing.  I don't know what the heck I would do with it, but 
it sure would fall into the category of "NEAT".  Please don't get any 
ideas.  I am not in the market.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Louis wrote:

> Ron,
> 
> I am not upset, you are asking a fair question.
> 
> I had two copies at my shop for my computers (desktop, laptop) there and
> I had one for my home computer and I bought the 4th one because the home
> one got misplaced for a while.  I bought these around 1996 - 1998.
> before I had kids and had the extra money to have extra toys. Now I have
> one computer at home and one at my shop.  I don't need the extra copies.
> 
> 
> Market won't give a fair price at this time, because knock-off copies
> are being sold.  I am not going to sell the legitimate copies that I
> have for less money than what was paid for them.  When Deere was still
> producing them, yes, they would bring less then retail price, but they
> are out of production and desirable.  If you were to go and purchase
> every catalog on that CD, it would cost $1,460 to buy all those manuals
> now.  I will hang onto my CD's, I have sold one and one of my 10 CD
> vintage equipment sets.  I will hang onto them until the knock-off's are
> cleared out.  Then try to sell them.  I priced all the catalog's on the
> 10 CD set. It comes out to $33,990, and there are 20 catalogs no longer
> available on these CD's.  If you are collecting tractors and equipment
> or repairing/restoring as a business, these CD were a bargain
> 
> It is also a personal thing about being upset about copyright
> infringement.  My mom has had a few books published, mostly Christian
> poetry.  When someone has asked permission to use her material, she has
> always granted permission, without expecting anything in return.  There
> has been some people that have stolen her work and sold it as their own
> reaping a profit.  The thing that bothered my mom was the fact that they
> claimed the work as their own, when it wasn't.  Then they would get a
> polite letter asking them to stop or legal action would have to follow.
> 
> Lou  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
> Of Ronald L. Cook
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:23 AM
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> Subject: Re: [AJD] JD Manual scans on CD
> 
> 
> Lou,
> 	We have done business.  You are okay in my book.  I do not want
> to 
> upset you, but probably will.  I agree that stealing and copying are 
> wrong if the intent is to make money.  Two questions.  Why do you have 4
> 
> DB1293 CD's and why can't you sell them at what the market provides as a
> 
> price?
> 
> Ron
>