Posting a link to download a PDF on your existing website. $0
Downloading from said link. $0
500 sheets of printer paper. $5
Exposure and positive PR to your company website for doing this. $? In profit
Total cost to end user <$1
Time invested: 5min if you have slow Internet and a slow printer.
If you have a POS laptop with adobe reader you don't even need to print them. Paper plans are a waste, stop living in the stone age.
Did you really forget the time and cost to make the plans in the first place? Or did the plans just magicaly apear for 3 buggies? You also forgot the cost in binding the plans.
It is really funny how you are whinning about $7 shipping for free plans.
Perhaps you can spend the time on your tube bender making detailed plans. Spend the money to put them in binders and send them out for free shipping. It will only take you 5 minutes right?
Last but maybe not least. It's pretty clear you did not read the whole post about free plans. They clearly stated they have PDF plans for download. But those are not free. You must buy them. They clearly stated that they have paper copies they want to unload for free. But you think for what ever reason all the plans they have should be free both ways. Do you really think like this? And to top it off the offer was for Minibuggy dot net members only. There sponsers. So it's not like they went world wide. The only reason I posted it here was to try to help out. See the whole picture friend.