On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:05:28 +0100, "jasee"
wrote:

Because very often, or maybe always, they haven't scanned any documents,
they've simply copied someone elses scan or got the pfs from somewhere else.
So the price is out of all proportion to the cost. They don't even own the
copyright anyway.


Many manufacturers take the attitude that, if the manuals ARE in pdf
format, it's cheaper and easier to make them freely available for
download. Others feel differently. And it's THEIR call, not ours.