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Edwin Pragla - 20 Feb 2005 13:20 GMT

I've noticed on ebay someone is making Mercedes shop manuals available on
CD- cheap. Anyone ever used one, or seen one? Are they legit? Is the quality
there? They say "third party" manuals. Interestingly, the sellers don't seem
to reply to my emails, which should tell you something.

Here are some examples:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7953121988&ca
tegory=34227&sspagename=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34227&item=795
4749857&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34227&item=795
1569520&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

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Peter W Peternouschek - 20 Feb 2005 18:19 GMT

Most of the 3rd party manuals are Mitchell1. They are better than nothing
but not by much.
The Genuine Mercedes library manuals are pretty good. Beware of the
Technical info Cd's. They are totally useless.
Peter

> I've noticed on ebay someone is making Mercedes shop manuals available on
> CD- cheap. Anyone ever used one, or seen one? Are they legit? Is the quality
> there? They say "third party" manuals. Interestingly, the sellers don't seem
> to reply to my emails, which should tell you something.
>
> Here are some examples:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=795312198
8&category=34227&sspagename=WDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34227&item
=7954749857&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34227&item
=7951569520&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

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Martin Joseph - 21 Feb 2005 08:35 GMT

> I've noticed on ebay someone is making Mercedes shop manuals available
> on CD- cheap. Anyone ever used one, or seen one?

<snip>

I bought the genuine mercedes shop manual on CD via ebay for my car.
It's not very well organized or pretty and the photos are pretty near
useless. It was obviously a poor conversion from the original printed
manual.

Still, it's useful, and you can print out the sections you are using
and toss them when they get all greasy...

Make sure not to buy anything that isn't an official copy.

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