Public Help forums

Hi all.

Im just wodering how you all feel about helping the general public in obviously the public forums?

I know and have heard recently that the public forums are really designed to help with simple repairs or diagnosis of their beloved machines but im slightly puzzled.

When it comes to giving advice that means the general public delving into their machines to check things and at the end of the advice there is always “MAKE SURE U UNPLUG FIRST” which is obviously great advice and very sensible, but it has been said many times within the trade forums about insulation testing, loop testing etc etc after a repair.. yet advice that means the general public diving inside their machines, how do they actually have the means to do this after a repair or strip down?
Also there is many many people out there who think they can do anything or even some that mite be a little off put by “having a go” yet pop the pub on a sunday and return home full of confidence they can now ” do that repair” only to be so tipsy/or worse that they actually jump in head first and forget to unplug?

I know that it is specified on these forums that liability will not be given to any trade member or any public member on advice that causes them a injury.
What i am getting at is, we dont know the capabilities of any of the public and even trade members as we personally dont know each other?

Ya see although the public forums are brilliant and will continue to be so.. is it also not costing tradesmen/woman money?
Theres been a few lately mentioning “the phones stopped ringing” and this is also the case for me… credit crunch etc…cheaper appliances on the market… etc etc..

I just feel “personally” that giving people advice that entails “delving” inside their machines is although not bad advice… its actually costing us money?

Just my thoughts only!
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