Whether you choose to help someone or not is not my concern, but if that person can get an instant answer rather than doing days, months or years of research like you and I did, he would be foolish not to. What used to take years to research can now be done in a few hours if you are not afraid to ask questions. Therefore in my opinion there is no harm in asking.DryStar wrote:Brent, I understand your posted comment made but truthfully, aren't all the seasoned techs replies to post made daily on here for newbies (not paying it forward?) None of us are obligated to do so, we just want these new people to do things technically right to help make this industry become more professional.
I suppose I was a little harsh in my response to jhickmans request which I apologize for. If he had sent me a simple PM message... it would've been handled differently. Last thing I want is to be like "Korey" sending out daily copies of my invoices. Just don't have the free time to handle that. That's why I responded that way.
What bothers me the most is many of these newbies seem to find the time to set up websites "Stating they specialize in repair" before they even get their feet wet in this business. Then they ask questions on here they should've already known prior to advertizing that fact.
You can call me old school or a sour grape but that's how I am.
My point is simply this. If you don't want to answer a question or help someone out by sending them a copy of your invoice...don't. I just don't see any reason to scold them for asking a question that will likely save them time and money.
