Gentlemen:
Just so you know, I am the guy who has made the fake labels. Rest assured that no calculator has been sold or send or touched the fake labels. What is all this about anyway? I am being portayed like an arch villian... come on.
You say that they are polluting the HP-67 gene pool. Do you realize that people are throwing these calcs out because they do not work anymore? These are very common calculators, not works of art. This is a label...a label on the back of an old HP-67. You are responding like I have harmed a family member or have done some horrible thing.
Why do you repair the gummy wheel?? I put that to the test. Do you realize that you are polluting the the few remaining HP-67s that do still work?? Please respond only on this issue. If they were not fixable then the few remaining non-opened HP-67 that still work would be worth $1000 or $2000. So you see you have devalued those right?
Why do you fix them? I'll tell you, because it's fun to fix them, a challenge and makes them back to the way they used to be.
My intention was not dupe the world of HP calculators. Give that much. I have worked hard to develope a reliable battery and have sold over 170 of them so far. Have any of you worked that hard to restore the use-ablilty of these calcs?
I imagine some of you have fixed hundreds of them and appreciated them very much so I suppose there are many good repairing individuals out there. But I too have paid my dues. By the way revisit the Ebay article, read the bottom. Maybe yet you can turn me from what you perceive as so evil.
I am glad Mike Davis has pointed out all the flaws of the fake labels, it was never my intention to dupe anyone. If I were do not you think I just would have not told anyone and silently stealthly slipped in the fake labels. You see there is still a thread of honestly, maybe a rope of honesty left in me?? This whole thing is nearly comical. What the dealers perceive as a polluting will actually increase the popularity of the HP-67s. People will show them off and use them more if they look nice.
I still may yank them, but I have already received many emails of support. So this issue is not so cut and dry.
Mark Hoskins