cherylann324
New member
Hi ajpratt!
Somehow I got the impression that this forum is to share ideas and experiences AND information that could be passed along about a specific issue that the poster is facing. I know some posters want everything they need handed to them for free, without any effort on their part. But I don't think most of them expect that!
I do not expect ALL the answers or All the work done for me for free!!!
I would like to get ideas from the professionals and beginners involved in THIS forum. I know I have to pay consultants for information when contracted for, but if members of this forum are not interested in passing along any free information, then perhaps they should just say "I can give you that information for a fee" straight up. I have many consultants available to me, as most posters probably do. I also value honest opinions about the question I need answered. IMHO I personally see no need for anyone to be condescending. When I said "condescending" it was not about the total responses given, just about the "thinly disguised" need to buy the infomation. As I said, I know I need to and must buy lots of infomation. I have already done that and will continue to do so. But I thought this forum was a special place for the sharing of this information. I apologize if I have asked for information that any of the responders thought I should be buying, or they thought I was just too lazy to locate somewhere else.
And I also loved CafeBlue's quote:
The internet has provided many opportunities for collaborative change, but caveat emptor - free advice is sometimes not worth even as much as one paid for it!
Free advice must be taken as such. I take it as such. But I would like to have some of it from members of this forum!!! The coffee industry is tightly knit, and I appreciate that and would like to be a part of it.
Somehow I got the impression that this forum is to share ideas and experiences AND information that could be passed along about a specific issue that the poster is facing. I know some posters want everything they need handed to them for free, without any effort on their part. But I don't think most of them expect that!
I do not expect ALL the answers or All the work done for me for free!!!
I would like to get ideas from the professionals and beginners involved in THIS forum. I know I have to pay consultants for information when contracted for, but if members of this forum are not interested in passing along any free information, then perhaps they should just say "I can give you that information for a fee" straight up. I have many consultants available to me, as most posters probably do. I also value honest opinions about the question I need answered. IMHO I personally see no need for anyone to be condescending. When I said "condescending" it was not about the total responses given, just about the "thinly disguised" need to buy the infomation. As I said, I know I need to and must buy lots of infomation. I have already done that and will continue to do so. But I thought this forum was a special place for the sharing of this information. I apologize if I have asked for information that any of the responders thought I should be buying, or they thought I was just too lazy to locate somewhere else.
And I also loved CafeBlue's quote:
The internet has provided many opportunities for collaborative change, but caveat emptor - free advice is sometimes not worth even as much as one paid for it!
Free advice must be taken as such. I take it as such. But I would like to have some of it from members of this forum!!! The coffee industry is tightly knit, and I appreciate that and would like to be a part of it.
