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Sometimes I am not the smartest fish in the sea, and I can't for the life of me come up with a better reason than to save trees - to not include some kind of friggin' instructions with the items you are selling. I have bought esc's, motors, bec's, etc that are sans basic instructions or cautions or something to describe what you're holding in your hand. WTH
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They no speaka da engrish.
Thats the only reason I can come up with, aside from the fact that they have no idea what your holding in your hands either. They just know what part they are to add to it to be made. They don't know what it is they are making in most cases.MMGMMarine
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Probably don't want printed detail of how much their stuff is knockoffs of other manufacturers.Comment
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With most of their items there are instructions in the purple 'FILES' tab down below the description & price of the item you are buying. Just scroll down, click on it & the manuals can be downloaded from there.See the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
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It's not just HK or hobby items, getting that way with everything. One of my neighbors just got a Blue-Ray player, had to goto Sony website and get the instructions in PDF format. Diddo for her 40" Tosihba flat screen (xmas) and Samsung camera.
Think it has more to do with saving $$ on printing costs than saving trees, I wish the latter were true, we have naked hillsides thanks to over foresting.Comment
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Most of the time the instructions are almost a joke, but funny sometimes! Interesting version of english they use.If my boats upside down then who owns the one I thought I was driving the last two laps?
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Purchased a Samsung 3D Blue Ray player a couple years back with no instructions whatsoever. Had to connect it (common sense) and follow the video instructions for setup on the tv.... go figure....Comment
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Get used to it. This is catering to the Gen-Y consumers, who by next year will be the largest segment of the US workforce. Gen-Yers are used to digital everything, they get all their information instantly digitally and they consider printed material as out-of-date (what has changed since that paper was printed?). Looked at from that perspective it all makes perfect sense. My company has been going to 100% digital information so that all information is current reflecting changes in policy or technology - not obsolete printed material from a few years ago sitting on someone's shelf. Fellow dinosaurs - get with the program or get left behind.....
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Get used to it - hey, you used the Internet to order the stuff so you have access to all their information instantly. This is catering to the Gen-Y consumers, who by next year will be the largest segment of the US workforce. Gen-Yers are used to digital everything, they get all their information instantly digitally and they consider printed material as out-of-date (what has changed since that paper was printed?). Looked at from that perspective it all makes perfect sense. My company has been going to 100% digital information so that all information is current reflecting changes in policy or technology - not obsolete printed material from a few years ago sitting on someone's shelf. Fellow dinosaurs - get with the program or get left behind.....
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When was the last time you saw a printed on paper bank statement?? Credit card statement?? PayPal statement??
At my bank if you choose a printed statement, they charge you for it, no thanks. I would scan it, save it as a PDF & shred the original anyway, so might as well get it from them in digital format. Lot easier to keep years worth of financial info on a CD/DVD then 1/2 dozen file boxes.
At 58+ years of age, I hardly qualify as "Gen-Y" consumer, but I am a tech savy one thanks to tech training received in the 90's. Bout 3-years ago I got my flat bed scanner (Canon LiDE 200) for $90, best (and handiest) dam piece of computer equipment I ever bought.Comment
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The language used for most of these instructions, is known as 'Chinglish' here in AustraliaSee the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
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On the other side of the coin.....
Purchased a Denon home theater receiver that came with a 3/8" (10mm....may as well go metric while we're talking change) thick A10 size instruction manual. English only, not multiple language, grammar was excellent, but the format and layout of the tome was ridiculous. Every part of the descrption, setup, function and operation instructions made multiple references to other manual sections, which, in turn, made further references to other sections.... etc., etc.....
I found it much easier and less time consuming to scroll through the multiple menus on the tube and select each vaguely named option to determine its function. Worst part was that a menu tree, which would have made the unit a lot more user friendly, was not provided either in print or on the tube display.
Lost about 7 hours of build time getting the thing set up..... So much for instructions!.....
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