Irked about previous request for SM manual

So sorry, I was so irritated I forget the important part:

if you do TinyURL.$450 Buy It Now, and I paid $129 for it at the local SM store at least 3-4 years ago. *shaking head*

Some people have exaggerated ideas (either that or pie in the sky hopes) as to what their machines are worth. I see similar pricing all the time on eBay. I suppose the real test is whether or not it sells and whether or not it the buyer actually PAYS for it. =20

-Irene

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--Mae West=20

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I hear you! I posted here at about my Pfaff. I got a message months later asking for the manual.

"It would be simple for you to scan each page and email it to me."

No it won't! (I guess I'm less helpful than you) Anyway, the issue was moot since I don't have a scanner (or the manual either), I just couldn't believe someone would send that - not a question, just a demand.

-Charlotte

Mel> It's almost enough to make me not want to be helpful -- or not trust

"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message news:CwXLe.9233$p% snipped-for-privacy@typhoon.sonic.net...

I just can't believe that, what nerve! I remember I once asked where I could find/buy a manual for my singer 15-88 and someone pointed me to a few sources, which was all I ever wanted.........but to ask someone to make an effort so he/she doesn't have to pay a few dollars? and you don't really even know them......not even a regular from the group? What an A*S.

I looked at that ebay ad, I wouldn't pay that much! Especially not since that person is saying its industrial strength........I highly doubt it is.

Sorry that had to happen to you, don't let it bug you too much.

Michelle Giordano

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How old is this machine? It looks very similar in lines to my 30yo White (which is currently awaiting my kind attention, as it seems to have seized up sitting on a shelf in my climate-controlled studio). The seller would seem to have accidentally added an extra zero to the asking price.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I'm the person seeking the manual in question and am obliged to respond, since my name was attached to the original request to pay for a book or a copy (albeit in another newsgroup) and Melinda has "gone public" in this NG without first contacting me personally about her hurt feelings, which are based on misconceptions. A private email was in order.

I sought help in locating a manual for my XL-II and she responded positively, but said she had to dig for it, but she "knew where to look". No answer lster, and I did a routine follow-up. Heard back how busy she is and we all can relate to that, but it is was on her "to do list". Perfectly valid, and I consider she's doing me a favor, even though I'm paying. I'm not upset by her lack of action then, or ever. I offer also to barter a copy of the Maintenance Manual for the machine if she's interested, in lieu of cash. No response.

I gave it another week; no answer. Still no problem with me, but I really want to use that little gem on my bench, and I located a book in Australia. I order same and tell Melinda by email that she can take her hunt for the manual off her "to do list" on my account and said "Thanks anyway". My note was brief, and apparently misinterpreted because of its length. I regret that. "Semi-nasty" characterization is unwarranted.

Her saying my wanting the manual may have been to help sell my machine on eBay is conjecture and pure fiction. It is NFS there or anywhere.

I hope Melinda's unfounded mistrust of my actions and motives won't diminish thr own and others' unselfish and helpful contributions to this NG.

Bill Boyce

"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" wrote in message news:CwXLe.9233$p% snipped-for-privacy@typhoon.sonic.net...

Made 1975-1981 Blue book $35.00

And some have the orbs of a brass monkey, which seems to be the case here.

Well, in my opinion, for whatever that is worth, you should have been willing to have her send it to you and you pay the shipping. You might have gotten it sooner and all of this wouldn't have happened. Also, I might add, if she were to fax it to you, it would cost HER and not you. (Just a slight observation on my part.) Also, I've been through a lot lately and I just get so tired of hearing about people apparently trying to take advantage of someone else. If I'm out of line, I apologize right away, but, like I said, I've been through a lot lately and it has been more than my missing son that has "hit" me. Go ahead and hate me. At this point, I really don't care. Everyone else, please excuse my rant. Marlys in Indiana

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I'm a little confused. There were two stories about people asking for manuals, but I thought in Melinda's case, she responded to his request, he did ask for it to be mailed, and was paying, but Melinda said she would prefer to fax it.

And what's the giveaway that he's the person selling the machine on e-Bay? I have to admit I've never dealt with e-Bay, so I might be missing something here.

I would like to think that there's just a miscommunication but maybe I am a hopeless optimist!!

Iris

That sums it up nicely!

-Charlotte

Oh Marlys, ignore that person......And you hang in there, I have been thinking of you every day. I hope you are ok.

Michelle Giordano

It's all in your tone, Bill.

A

w_boyce wrote:

Hugs, Marlys. We're all your friends - you just rant away.

A

It's an 80s machine, I believe they told me, and given how he is pushing it as "industrial strength," I doubt he added an extra zero.

It was crazy. I mean, I was offering to do him a favor and he is trying to demand that I do it *NOW* and thought that offering me $10 would make me do it faster. He must think I have nothing to do but sit at home and eat bonbons or something.

w_boyce wrote: >

Oh, I am sorry and ask your foregiveness if I falsely accused you, and I am glad that it wasn't the case.

My daughter wants my machine, which I am not giving up, and I keep scanning Ebay for them regularly, and the timing of it looked altogether too fishy combined with what the description of the article said.

But "As far as I am concerned, you can take it off your to-do list" with no explanation of having found another book or anything is semi-nasty in my book even if it is not in yours, although if you say you didn't mean it that way, I will believe you, because I know that sometimes things can be misinterpreted.

I am a full-time-working, job-retraining, homeschooling single parent of four people and I just don't have that much time to dig to the back of my storage stuff very often, and nagging just doesn't make me find time any faster.

He offered to send it to me and pay the shipping, but I said that it would be easier for me to fax it -- I get 2.5 cents per minute long distance and have a fax machine here, and mailing it involves finding an envelope and going to the post office (read: 45-minute wait) to get it weighed to get it mailed.