Heath Manuals

[James True]

I once ordered a copy of a small manual from Heath.  What I got was so
poorly done and so expensive that I sent it back for a refund.  Pages were
at such an angle that parts of the text went right off the edge, and the
large schematic was copied on two pages with part of the middle missing.

Interesting that Randy would assume that a woman would be making the
copies. I calculated what it would cost to copy the manual they sent me and
including the cost of the copies at the local copy shop, it came to $35.00
per hour for doing the actual work.  That must mean that the upper
management at Heath are all women.

Everyone should follow their own conscience, but I have no problem
reimbursing someone for copy costs and postage to get a manual that is
actually usable.

Just my 2p.

James

> Randy Kaeding <randyk at PARRETT.NET> wrote:
>
> I often see requests for Heathkit manuals. These manuals are copyrighted
> and according to the legal info I've read, the original copyright is good
> for something like 75 years.
>
> For a legal copy of a Heathkit manual, call 616-925-5899 Monday through
> Fridays between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM eastern. At first the cost may seem
> high, but when you think someone has to be pulled from the Production
> Department to feed pages into a copier, and add her time to the cost of
> paper, toner, postage, etc., its not that bad.


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