[Boatanchors] BAMA Manuals on Ebay

[Jim Isbell]

I guess my only complaint is that if you know that they are available on 
BAMA for free and you avoid saying so in your advertising then what you 
are doing is immoral even if not illegal.

I sell a CD that is made up of NOAA marine charts, 1874 of them.  It 
took me weeks to download them all so I sell the service of my 
downloading.  BUT........I make it clear in my advertising, and even 
give the URL, that they are available FREE on the internet.  Since there 
are 1874 of them, most people would rather pay me $20 than spend a week 
downloading.  I know that so I am glad to tell them where and how to 
download them in my advertising.  I am performing a service, but I am 
also honest enough to tell the buyer that if he wants to do the 
downloading himself he can and I tell him where to go to get it.

Anyone who hides these facts from a customer is doing so because he 
realizes that his labor is not worth what he is charging.  It may not be 
illegal but it surely is IMMORAL.