Were is Industry going

[Jim Fulmer]

I'm sitting here thinking about were this Diesel Industry going, is it going to do good or is it going to He__ in a hand basket. We have all heard of the copying of someone else's product, we've all done it, heck my first set of Twins I copied off pics that are on the Internet. My second set of Twins were a direct copy of the PDR Twins (except I had permission) So here is were it gets a little odd for me, I sit here and read through most of the forms on here and other boards and reply to several posts and answer allot of PM's and E-mails that ask, what do I do with this problem or what do you think about this or how do I set this up correctly, most of the time I'll call that person on my own dime if it can't be done via E-mail just to help them out....this is the Christian in me coming out....helping others. All the while I'm doing this I'm trying to help all the folks that help me as they probably make very little money verses time they spend with me answering my own questions.

So here is the dilemma, a person contacts me over a several week time frame about building something for there own enjoyment, I supply them with an (old) parts list, I talk them through it, explain ever situation that I have encountered and walk them through the process much like I would a Trainee of mine at work, the person completes the task is happy with the results ect. then later Markets that product for sale against other vendors. Now I'm all about a person venturing off on there own but were does that put a person like me......on the fence.......Clearly knowing that I can't do without the info support at this high of a power level, nor wanting to tick off his own vendors! So I ask you were does it end, do we support our vendors or do we let greed take over our very soul.

Jim