blackcat

A set of porsche shop manuals went for nearly $1K on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2451789232

I've got to wonder if the bidder was serious - the winning bid was $911.00, after all...

If the PCNA folks are reading this, get a clue - there's definitely demand out there for another publishing run of the manuals!

Pete

pjc

Set just advertised in Porsche Post (UK Porsche Club) for £300 - approx £500 - seems a good price!

PJC

tsjoel

I was looking at them when they were about $100.00 and knew they were going to go for more.

GMS

Silly price, especially as they DON'T cover the '96 engine!!!!!

Ray Calvo

Gotta keep this in mind when I sell my 993; I updated my shop manual with supplements thru 2002.

Dudley

I was watching that auction and evenbid up to $230 - yikes. I have had a set on back order through My-porsche for a year but their price was $287.
$911!!! I can't even get more than $50 for a set of eshaust tips. crazy.

Jeff 993TT

a thousand dollars for shop manuals! what?!?! I should just quit my day job and start peddling these on ebay.

viperbob

Darn.. I think I am going to stop wine speculating and switch to Porsche Manuals. Triple your investment in 9 years is pretty reasonable. If only they still had the Cabernet covers, it would be perfect...

David in LA

I had emailed the guy when he first listed it and asked if there was a buy it now price. He said there wasn't one and he was selling it for his dad...was hoping to get $250 for it...little did he know!

Edward

Yeah, I was following that auction from the get go. At the last hour it ratched up from about $400 and change to $911. I thought it had to be a joke....I mean $911 for a 911 manual!!!

I was wondering if it's possible that someone who forks over that kind of dough for a shop manual is speculating that he can make more $$ through, ah hem, other "uses" for the manual. Forgive my suspicion, especially if that buyer is on this board.

Edward

YellowC4S

Viken had deleted my post offering the manuals I had for free, (something about copyright infringement). I could see his point if the manuals were readily available to anyone or if I was trying to sell them. As it stands, I made all these copies and they're just sitting on my desk.

Dudley

Kevin,

You have a PM.

Dave

Carreragal

Kevin,
Me too! I sent you PM
Liz

YellowC4S

So as not to get Viken into any trouble and/or jeopardize my presence in the 993 Rennlist community. If there is anymore interest, please feel free to drop me a line:

carrera_4s@sbcglobal.net

STLPCA

Kevin
Viken's admin deletion of your prior post (or perhaps your most recent one as well) has nothing to do w/getting Viken into "trouble," but rather keeping Rennlist out of trouble by eliminating any post that violates Rennlist's TOS (excerpted below) & which could subject Rennlist/John D. to liability.

Simply, regardless of whether one agrees w/the law, the pirated CD manuals are illegal & their open distribution through Rennlist is prudently prohibited.

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