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Angelo_
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reply to vmctec
Re: No, I'm NOT angry and I'm NOT disappointed

when you do work your always will be responsible free or whatnot...

gas isn't cheap also these days... froom my experience people who can be walked easily on the phone can also follow directions just as easily from a web site.

vmctec

join:2008-05-01
Richmond Hill, ON


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July 8th, @05:37PM

said by Angelo_ See Profile :

when you do work your always will be responsible free or whatnot...

gas isn't cheap also these days... froom my experience people who can be walked easily on the phone can also follow directions just as easily from a web site.
That's why I said we need a list of volunteers by location, so that the distance one would travel is minimal. As for the responsibility - this is volunteer help and in no way does it mean you'll be forced to help a particular guy for the rest of your life . And type of help I had in mind is as follows: I've helped about 5 guys in last month by simply recommending TSI to them.

The last guy has no knowledge of networking so what I did is the following:
1. Bought him a DSLmodem,
2. Called savvys to give them all the technical details of the new customer,
3 Gave them this guy's cell number so that they could call him and get his credit card #,
4. on Friday I will go to his place and hook up the modem/router to his home computer.
Time spent so far - close to an hour. Oh, and the guy is still using dial-up and he was thinking of getting DSL for the last 4 months but didn't know where to start since his only call to Bell resulted in them trying to force him in a 2-year contract.

Am I really loosing my shirt on this?

daboom

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Oshawa, ON
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reply to Angelo_
I second that I find referring ppl to a website to read/print way faster then dealing with/explaining on the phone. Again if we did what the op suggested I would recommend a another column next to the name/nick with their particular area of expertise. Again some ppl just don't grasp what is needed to be done etc and need that someone at their door personally.
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Angelo_
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said by vmctec See Profile :

said by Angelo_ See Profile :

when you do work your always will be responsible free or whatnot...

gas isn't cheap also these days... froom my experience people who can be walked easily on the phone can also follow directions just as easily from a web site.
That's why I said we need a list of volunteers by location, so that the distance one would travel is minimal. As for the responsibility - this is volunteer help and in no way does it mean you'll be forced to help a particular guy for the rest of your life . And type of help I had in mind is as follows: I've helped about 5 guys in last month by simply recommending TSI to them.

The last guy has no knowledge of networking so what I did is the following:
1. bought him a cable modem,
2. Called savvys to give them all the technical details of the new customer,
3 gave them this guy's cell number so that they could call him and get his credit card #,
4. on Friday I will go to his place and hook up the modem/router to his home computer.
Time spent so far - close to an hour. Oh, and the guys is still using dial-up and he was thingking of getting DSL for the last 4 months but didn't know where to start since his only call to Bell resulted in them trying to force him in a 2-year contract.

Am I really loosing my shirt on this?
not bad at all =p

vmctec

join:2008-05-01
Richmond Hill, ON


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July 8th, @05:47PM

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said by daboom See Profile :

I would recommend a another column next to the name/nick with their particular area of expertise.
Good call on that one.

What I don't understand is that somehow it appears that the personal help from volunteers will magically replace this forum - that is not my objective. There could be a policy after all, something like there is no personal help unless the question was asked in the forum first.

Guys, please understand, that to an average Joe we, with our techy talk, look like a bunch of geniuses and that may turn him away from this forum and essentually from the TSI as they have this aura of a DIY-only provider.
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