Message #46876

[Peter Bentley 彭达理]

Hi All,

Some recent  correspondence  with a  potential new Forum member prompts me to remind  Forum Members that  my VMIPB  Data Base  is  still available for  sale.

It's  currently almost  13 GB and includes about 10,000  pics of  VMIPB  bottles, not to mention numerous  scans of VMIPB  books and catalogs.

The  price  is  US$ 500,   which  includes the   USB stick and  P&P.

I  somewhat  regret that  I  feel I have to charge,  but in  point of  fact, it  does  take  almost a  day to  download  13  GB  to a  USB stick, then pack it  up  well and queue  at the  post  office to  post it  off  by registered mail.

Also, it does seem to me, anecdotally,  that when  I have  given away copies  in the  past, or  sold  for  just a  nominal cost,  that  some - but of course  not all recipients - never  really  put  my  DB to good  use  : rather  like  being   given a copy  of  Encyclopedia  Britannica  but then  never  reading  it (!)

(Sorry, but the  previous  offer  to Forum  members  at only  $50 closed at the  end  of  2014. Also  my previous  offer to  update  the  DB is also closed,  because it takes  as  long  (if not  longer) to  update  an old  copy  than to download a  new copy)

Cheers
Peter