paper catalog, yea or yea?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:08 pm

fjimp wrote:Yup I also lived in a world that included a moon. Oh the stories one could tell. Jim

Pun intended?:rolleyes:

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:15 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Pun intended?:rolleyes:

Not really, I was referring to the hole in the door.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:35 pm

fjimp wrote:Not really, I was referring to the hole in the door.

Thought so!;)

hdoilcan · Post by **hdoilcan** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:50 am

My votes in for a paid catalog!

wgander · Post by **wgander** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:34 am

I still enjoy looking through my old ones occassionally but realiz they're a part of history.
I worked for PacBell in the late '90s, and all of our references for Voice and Data Network in the Marketing Dept were put on line - a huge savings in paper for publishing and clerical time for keeping them up to date.
I'm a USCG Auxiliarist now, and all of our manuals were also been put on line about five yeears ago.
Most automobile manufacturers have also cut way down on the number and size of their catalogues.
Paper and publishing costs a lot; businesses make decisions based on what they get back for the money spent.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:22 am

Yes I would love a paper catalog

However

I don't think many of us would be willing to pay the full cost of a catalog and certainly not the few of us that cared enough to even vote here.
I would hate to see Shopsmith put itself in a financial bind just to produce one.

I think the days of paper catalogs is over, they are going the down the same path as the horse and carriage, vinyl records, 8 track tapes, glass milk bottles, honesty, integrity and morals.

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:09 pm

Yup. I've been down the path to the little house with the crescent moon on the door. Paper catalogs were waaaaay better than corn cobs.

billmeyer · Post by **billmeyer** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:19 pm

curiousgeorge wrote:Yup. I've been down the path to the little house with the crescent moon on the door. Paper catalogs were waaaaay better than corn cobs.

Except maybe for the glossy pages. Still that is better than the weeds out in the fence row.

Bill

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:55 pm

Ed in Tampa wrote:Yes I would love a paper catalog

However

I don't think many of us would be willing to pay the full cost of a catalog and certainly not the few of us that cared enough to even vote here.
I would hate to see Shopsmith put itself in a financial bind just to produce one.

I think the days of paper catalogs is over, they are going the down the same path as the horse and carriage, vinyl records, 8 track tapes, glass milk bottles, honesty, integrity and morals.

You left out button hooks and buggy whips(Amish versions and Civil War Enactors excepted:rolleyes:).

ryanbp01 · Post by **ryanbp01** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:15 pm

There are two catalogs I pay for: Walther's HO and N reference books and Dixie Gun Works. However, I only purchase them every other year. The reason I purchase them is not only for the products that are offered, but they also have good reference information, tips and other things. Might be a good thing for SS to do as well. While I miight not purchase from an e-mail special, maybe the tips which are at the end could be interspersed throughout a proposed catalog/reference book. Just a suggestion.

BPR

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