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I found the below pretty much on the offensive side  from too much
negativity.  Not grossly blatantly, but enough that I would not
volunteer to help.

Sometimes, talking less is a good idea.  Also, throwing out a lot of
negative comments as you do makes a NEGATIVE impression.

One rule of sales is "don't run down your competition" as it creates as
much (or more) of a negative impression of yourself as it may convey any
degree of truth or have positive effect for comparison.

That form of negative advertising does work for selected niche markets.

Jim Buch

Dennis wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all who responded to my previous post on the same subject.
> 

NEGATIVE HERE

> However, still no IIID "User's Manual" except, possibly, via
> Printerworks.com where they're asking a ridiculus price of over $50
> (delivered) for something that shouldn't cost a penny over $20
> considering that excellent IIID printers can be purchased for no more
> than $200 to begin with and are as common as house flies. I want the
> manual, but I'm not going to pull the gold from my teeth to get it as
> Printerworks.com would have me do. "A fool and his money...".
> 
> I suspect the printers are sold/traded etc. while the manuals are
> forgotton and left on the bookshelf. Who doesn't have orphaned
> miscellany documentation collecting dust?
> 

FALSE HONESTY HERE and of course NEGATIVITY follows

> I've been offered a Xerox[ed] photocopy of the manual, but refused it
> for ethical reasons. HP has been very good - no, *exceptional* to me
> over the many years in both products and support, so I figure I owe them
> not to help somebody trespass their copywrited work, even as much as I
> desire to have that information.

YOU DISPARAGE SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO HELP YOU  !!

> 
> At the risk of repeating myself from a previous post, should anyone have
> one of these spiral-bound manuals lying around the house or office that
> they'd care to part with, please email me ASAP with your desired (and
> hopefully reasonable) price.

BY THIS TIME, YOUR NEGATIVITY HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL, don't you think?

> 
> Please keep in mind the caveat stated below in the sig text.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Dennis
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