Griffith & Chimaera Workshop Notes

[Barreti]

Being sold on ebay here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-GRIFFITH-AND-CHIMAER...

Guys, if you want this for novelty value buy it but pay no more than £5 for it.

I paid £40 and it is money down the drain.


This is an excerpt from the Introduction

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Introduction

It would probably have been more accurate to call this the Griffith/Chimaera Scrapbook. It is no
more than a collection of hints, tips and gossip - mostly technical, but not exclusively so - which you
might find interesting if you are buying, selling or maintaining one of these models. Its is not
a workshop manual and most of the contributors (including myself) are amateurs where cars are
concerned. If you can't decide whether the information and advice here is correct (and especially
whether it is safe) please consult someone who can. There is no copyright and neither I nor the
contributors make any claims for the accuracy of the contents.

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Most of the information in the notes has come from monitoring the TVR Internet Mailing List and
Sprint, and from a few chats with dealers

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That last statement, by the author himself, is completely and utterly true.

It is nothing more than a bunch of quotes from Sprint and emails, which you probably already know or can easily pick up from here.
It was copyright free and distributed free and still has the compilers details in the Introduction.

I believe this guy has the original document and is simply reprinting what was available free and making money from it.

Please spend your money on sweets for the kids, or a chew for the dog. But not on this.

[Barreti]

Yep, thats the very same thing Dave, thanks.

I don't mind people making a few quid but when someone else has done all the work and made it available for free its not on.

[Barreti]

[Barreti]

For my part I was offered the item after the sale ended, si I can't raise it as a Paypal dispute. And I've chalked it up as a lesson learned now.

I could potentially report him for shill bidding, which i certainly suspect him of, though that's about all.
I mainly raised it so nobody else gets ripped off by this sh!t.

Edited by Barreti on Monday 27th May 17:57

[Barreti]

As people are clearly still buying this I have now emailed the seller to ask why he is selling something which someone else has made available for FREE

And reported him for offline trading.

And bumped this thread in the hope it stops other people buying it.

[Barreti]

Just raising this again because I see there is a copy of this for sale on ebay which some poor sod is currently bidding £33.50 for.

Don't guys. If anyone wants a copy of this I'll bloody scan it personally and send it to you.
Its nothing more than a collection of emails and forums posts and is completely ste

[Barreti]

Simpo Two said:

It's up to him. He can sell a shovelful of soil from his garden if he wants and people are willing to pay for it.

Just because something is free elsewhere doesn't make it illegal to ask money for it - and he's not forcing anyone to buy it.

Completely agree.

I just posted up here because I know the information he is selling is available for free elsewhere. I can't stop him selling it and neither have I tried to. But what I can do is highlight it on here every now and then so the people I care about don't get stung by his money making venture.