I've been here for a few years now & I'm still very active on the forums be it posting & selling stuff. Basically I do my best to provide opinions. I've gone through numerous guitars and tons of repairs (on my own guitars) to speak from experience. I view this as a learning process more than anything else.
However one thing I noticed about people is that whenever someone asks for help, they'd just say: "go check google". Question here is, you want to help or not? Maybe the whole reason why people do not want to go thru google is because they don't have all the time in the world to read an entire article and just want their answer summed up in a sentence.
Also the attitude of the people on the classifieds really can throw people off. As if they demand some form of "customer service". Why do I have to be nice to someone who keeps asking me questions appearing all interested but doesn't buy jack at the end? Time is precious to most people and I'm one of them.
Example I am selling something cheap now. I have more than 10 interested people who got my number and emailed me but guess what? None of them bothered to make an appointment with me. When items become too cheap, people take that for granted too. I find this mindset amazing.
Other than than, I still feel information is always free. However, I do expect a thanks at the very least. I have people emailing me about opinions and not getting a reply. So was my opinion bad or you just can't be bothered to reply? It's tough to be nice. Too nice also people question you. What can I say? Those who know me in real life know better anyway.
Bottom line is, if you want people to be nice to you, you have to be nice to people first. I got this quote from a Filipino lady who works at the western union branch at balestier. Now, that made a whole lot of sense.
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