Has anyone heard anything about or dealt with this company? They have the MB manuals on CD for $39. The price almost seems too good compared to others I've found.


http://shop.vendio.com/pcgate/item/530791224/index.html

thanks,
burnan

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burnan
1993 2.5 turbo

It's pretty clear they burned a copy of the factory manual CD's, and they're selling them illegally (like most of the ones you see on ebay). $39 isn't a bad price when your marginal cost is 2 blank CD's for 25 cents apiece.

Are all of the CD's the same factory manuals or are there other manuals on CD also? I have been using the online copy at skinnerbox.

I got a ripoff version on eBay (~$12) and later found the one on skinnerbox (linked to at my site).

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

Boost,

What is skinnerbox?

P E H

P E H,
I think he meant http://skinnerbox.steaky.org/


I only paid $10 for my CD copy, shipping included.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

from where ? ebay ?

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If I buy a rip-off from eBay, will it be the factory manual? Are some of the eBay CD's some other manual like chilton or haynes?

There was one CD manual on eBay which isn't the factory but I don't think it was Haynes or Chiltons either.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

Chilton and Haynes aren't available on CD. If you buy a CD, it'll be a ripoff of the factory manuals. As a digital copy, it should be identical to the original.

My son recently acquired a disk for his '79 BMW 5-series and it requires Windows 2.0.

Woudl anybody know if skinnerbox has a page for the W126 85 300SD version???

I've wondered that before but have never seen it for the W126 or really anything other than the W123. Peyton300TD was actually the one who told me about this one.

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Jeff M.
Mercedes W123 DIY pages are now located here.
1983 / 1984 300D Sold
2000 CLK430 Cabriolet ~58k Sold
2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

It would be worth it to buy the disk just to avoid wearing-out skinnerbox on bandwidth. I am saving the files I view on skinnnerbox. The index is simple html and I create directories as I download files. It is coded to work local just like over the net. This way I only access the files once on skinnerbox.

I haven't seen the 126 manual anywhere on the net. I have been eyeballing some local S-Class hardware and may be looking for a manual myself pretty soon.

I bought them from a member of another forum before I joined this one.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012