First time on Forum

[SGT]

In an open forum, you have the ability to communicate, sight unseen or herd, and with so many people with varying tolerences of sensitivty, the inability to see the facial expressions or hear the vocal tones leaves considerable room for misinterpertation. I have, in the past thought I could put someone in there place here and did on ocassion and I am sure some may feel the same about me. We are all individuals who look, feel and think differently and should treat one another with dignity and respect even if we disagree or have lower tolerence levels.

[StarQuest]

I personally have nothing against any "Newbie" trying to get into this market.

What I do have a problem with is that too many "Newbies" come on here without doing a days worth of research! They want answers to questions that have been answered many times over and over on this forum. How can you tell when some haven't done any research at all? Simply by the questions they ask!

My advice to all new people wanting to get into repair is to first spend some time researching (a lot of it!). Second, is to seek out and acquire some professional technical training prior to providing any repairs and third is to understand this business is not just about repairing a windshield, it's about being able to sale that service successfully and back it up with quality results.

If you happen to get some negative feedback from some of us, it's probably due to the fact that you haven't done all your homework prior to posting.

[dgarza]

I like turtles.

[harrellbenjamin]

Hey turtles are cool LOL

[dgarza]

lol its a viral video joke. i couldnt think of anything else to say with all this hostility in the thread.

[starstruck]

Tortoises are better!

What's hostile about this thread?

[SGT]

Gary,

I agree 100% and also spoke with Jeff a few years ago and maybe Brent as well about creating more catagories and sub catagories. What I did not realize and was told was just how much time it takes to manage this forum. With so many threads that get off original topics but contain great info it would be extrememly hard to separate in to subsections. Now I do not know what all is involved with moderating a forum so perhaps it is not realistic. I am all for streamling to provide a more friendly member enviornment.

If it would become reality, I would like to see a section for what all is involved with setting up and running a legitimate professional windshield repair business.

[mrchip]

while reading this post I quickly went to my MTE paper and Graham watson is it really you ??????nice to put a face to a name..have a great day..quick watson the needle

[starstruck]

Ok, you have mentioned your photo a couple of times now so it must be important for others to look at you. What is MTE so I can too.

[mrchip]

to answer fender47...how about your profile??how many zip codes??..are you able to answer the phone??..if you are employed with a company and are not allowed to answer cell phone you won't get any jobs...after 4 rings they will go to someone else.....and everybody else has some good points..you need to diversify your business..is it full time or part time?