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Subject:RE: Tired of giving out technical advice for free From:"Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:54:22 -0500
Replying on list only, so Steve doesn't send me a bill for $20...
I didn't whinge. I didn't threaten to charge anyone on this list for anything. I don't recall that anyone else did either.
In fact, as I get paid a good salary for full-time work, I'm not interested in competing with consultants for their clients; so I don't charge people who write me off-list, either.
Steve, you have deliberately misrepresented what I wrote and what others have written about a problem that a list member has in her non-list life as a professional and that several of us offered support and advice on. I cannot guess why you have chosen to do this, because most of the time you seem like quite a reasonable and helpful fellow (or mate, perhaps?).
Whatever it is that set you off, I do hope you feel better tomorrow and revert to your usual helpful self.
Dick
"Steve Hudson" wrote:
>Simple, I have received and answered numerous requests - from "Hi I am
>starting in tech writing, please fix my resume, analyse all this background
>and help me" to "tell me everything about lists", mostly generated from
>these lists but sent to me persoanlly - as is the case in point here.
>
>My beef is someone writing to us on the list, expecting free time spent in
>answering, and 'whinging' about having to do the same. I find it
>hypocritical and quite frankly, and further reply on this subject will cost
>you $20.
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