Re: 7 Minute Rotator Cuff Solution - $118 on amazon.com?

Lee Michaels wrote:

> 
> "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> I was talking to someone at the gym yesterday who I've seen
>> in the pool only kicking - he said he has a rotator cuff
>> problem.  When I asked if he'd heard of the 7 Minute
>> Rotator Cuff Solution, he said no, so I said I'd get some
>> more information for him and write it down for the next
>> time I see him. 
>>
>> So I go poking around Google and see the book apparently
>> has a list price of $20 but Amazon sells it for $118!  I'm
>> assuming it's out of print or something like that.
>>
>> Can anyone shed some light on this for me, and/or point me
>> to somewhere I could send this guy where he could get the
>> book for $20 and not $120? 
>>
>> For what it's worth, I've never seen the book nor read it
>> but I've heard good things about it and wouldn't mind
>> reading it myself sometime, too. 
> 
> This has been discussed extensively on MFW, google it.
> 
> Basically it boils dow to a guy named Jerry Robinson who
> does write some good little booklets. And has the worst
> service imaginable.  You can buy the book at Health For
> Life. But it will take you up to a year to get the book. And
> they will lie to you about it if you call and talk about it.
>  You send off your money and forget about it. Consider it a
> miracle when you get your book.
> 
> I am a super supporter of intellectual rights. But through
> necessity, there has developed The HFL Asshole Exception. 
> Because of HFL's long standing abuses, some people are just
> copying various HFL publications and passing them around.
> This is easy to do since all publications are standard paper 
> size and lie flat.
> 
> I haven't really heard of someone not getting the book. But
> it can take forever. Word on the street was that the Rotator
> Cuff book was out of print for almost two years. Amd they
> kept taking orders before the eventually sent them out. A
> big order went out in the last few months. 
> 
> Not a very encouraging situation. But that is the way it is.
> I ordered some stuff from them many years ago on two
> occaisions. It took about 3 months the first time and 4
> months the second. I find out that I received excetional 
> service from HFL.  This is actually good for them. 
> 
> That is the reason that you are seeing the high prices.  My
> suggestion is to just consider this an illegal drug purchase
> and act accordingly. 
> 
> Not that I am advocating doing anything illegal. Perhaps a
> form of intelectual rebellion??

But, but Lee, Steve doesn't have a copy of the book to copy.  
Thus, without someone else's help, there's no chance of his 
violating the copyright.

-- 
-Wayne