bigbaddaddyvader said:
Actually this thread has kind of pissed me off.

In my time on this forum the people who have helped me out have been nothing short of fantastic whether I am in a postion to reciprocate or not.Let me cite this one example in particular.Back before the read-alongs site was set up with all the downloads on it I had a PC crash and lost all the MP3s of my sons' vintage Star Wars read-alongs and we dont have a tape or record player so couldn't do them together and he was very upset.So I put a request up here asking for help and not only did I get multiple responses but in the end,as I dont have a newsgroup account,the person who helped me allowed me access to their newsgroup account,sent me instructions on how to download from a newsgroup (as I am a torrents user and hadn't a clue) and I replaced ALL of the MP3s of my sons's books and got some we didnt have before which I then went and bought the books for and he was delighted.

Now THAT is what the people on this forum will do for each other and I wont have them being called greedy or selfish as it is just not right.

I'm glad you haven't enountered people being greedy and selfish on this forum, but others have. Fact.

"Now THAT is what the people on this forum will do for each other" ... then why haven't they in my case? So whether something works out for you is the deciding factor on everyone's experience? That's stupid, and would be akin to me saying that since nobody has ever helped me out with anything on this forum in many years of asking politely means that nobody on this forum has ever been helped. Great that you were helped. Don't let that inhibit your ability to understand that others have gotten shunned.

Hearing that some people have received friendly assistance from this forum is welcoming, though I have to experience it for myself. I had all but written off this place as an elitist snob-fest where people only care to share things with their same old inner-circle of friends.