Re: Where do all the manuals go? Message #2 Posted by Don Shepherd on 22 July 2009, 4:16 p.m., in response to message #1 by Mark Edmonds
Mark, I suspect that, believe it or not, this is due to HP's legendary quality. You buy an HP calculator as a student at the university. Then you graduate, get married, get a job, move a few times, then come the kids, you get other jobs, etc. You keep the calc because it still works (on the same set of batteries!), but the manual is misplaced over the years and is eventually offered at your parents yard sale, and doesn't sell so your parents trash it. That's probably what happened to all my old Beatles albums that I wish I had today.
On the other hand, I've seen many auctions where the manual is not included (because the seller can't find it), but after the item sells the seller finds the manual while poring through old boxes and sends it to the buyer. That happened to me once and I was very greatful.
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