65GGvert

I just looked back at my old posts and more than half the people who post on the forum (some in a panic asking for help) never come back to say whether they found the problem. We have no idea if the advice fixed the problem or if they gave up. That doesn't help anyone searching for help with the same or similar issues.
If you want to do your part to help keep these old cars running and working properly, take a few seconds to post back "that was it" or "nope, tried it and it didn't work".
And for the same reason, title your posts with what the issue is and include the year of the car. "Help", or "Need Advice", or "65 Corvette" doesn't attract the people who may have experienced the same problem and know the answer to your problem nearly as much as "65 Corvette brake lights don't work" or "66 Misses under load", etc..

Tonio

That^ should be a sticky! Very frustrating to search for an issue, find it, but there is no resolution posted.

ejboyd5

A closing reply is also common courtesy - a commodity sorely lacking in modern day communication.

kellsdad

The people who need to read this thread won't. I'm reminded of the 50 year old woman at the grocery store who leaves her cart blocking access to the conveyor belt while she writes out her check, and then walks off leaving the cart behind. Not everyone is aware of the help others provide or the burden they sometimes place on others. And in my experience, they sometimes get testy when people suggest they be more aware and considerate.

Jeffthunbird

Sometimes the issue is never resolved or it takes along time for that closure.
The OP can post a "Thanks" which implies that the suggestion was appreciated and helped to solve the issue.
In addition, there is often a scolding waiting for someone who resurrects an old thread. That may dissuade the OP from posting whether the issue was ever resolved.

leif.anderson93

And, I've never understood the mentality about this. If you ask a question without searching first, you're going to get chastised by someone. If you search and find a similar thread, and resurrect that thread, you're chastised for opening up a "five year old thread". No win situation

kellsdad

I've never been criticized for coming back to a thread I started months earlier and posting an update on how things turned out. .... The biggest problem I've seen when resurrecting someone else's old thread on a issue I'd like to now address is that people read the five year old opening post and jump to giving advice to someone who hasn't been around for years. Many seem more interested in adding their comments than seeing what has already been discussed in the thread.

65hihp

I agree. It is good to search for your issue, and see if the old threads you find answer your question. But, there is no need to provide your very insightful answer to a question that was posed when GHWBush was President. And, personally I don't care if someone posts up a postscript to some issue that was previously discussed or not. Many who pop into the forum on an infrequent basis to research some issue are not going to think about coming back to enter a postscript summation of their results. Most of us who provide advice know whether our methods will work or not. No F/U feedback is needed. A simple thanks for the help is more than sufficient (when we can get it).

leif.anderson93

Changed up the avatar Don...I like it!!

65hihp

Thanks Leif! I like white!

Early66L72

appreciate the help here. i try and educate myself before i ask (so i don't look to stupid) making the headline more specific helps in the search process. Thanks again Jack for your help. that was two weeks of frustration.

thanks jcw

65GGvert

No problem, I'm just glad you stuck with it and then posted the follow up resolution.

DSR

I've had this same problem when bringing up an old thread.

Tmichaelson

65GGvert

First off, who cares if someone chastises you. It's only words.

Second, if you didn't get the answer in an old thread, why open it back up. Start a new thread with your question and if there's something in the old thread you want someone to reference, post a link to it. Opening a new thread will get you more pertinent answers to YOUR issue and not involve a bunch of people going back trying to answer the original question without noticing it was 10 years old. It's to your benefit to get new information, things may have changed since tho old thread.

corvetteed

w/this. Some people just "don't get it", and are oblivious to what others around them are doing, or have done, even if it benefited them. To suggest a thank you, or a summation of what happened, or how it turned out, or at least the current state of affairs, if the problem has now morphed into an "I'll get to it one of these days" situation, is probably too much to ask of some people. People don't change; they won't be giving a follow up anytime soon.

domenic tallarita

You know there's a bunch of ways to look at this. Some responses are general and it opens a door for a quick repair.
Some, and I'll only mention a fraction, like Joe Lucia, Duke, John Z, and to many others to name have devoted time to solving problems, some small and some beyond the manual.
Personally when I see that someone takes the time to take a pic, look in the book, and/or take the time to share their work expertice, I admire that and want to give em all a thanks on the forum. They take the time to put a fire out that would take hours to look up. Lazy, NO, new people on the forum that can answer.
Sometimes we need a quick answer and looking it up can take us away from fixing the problem. If we have time to spend looking it up works, not always because we move on with the times with tools and knowledge.
My but has been saved in a few minuets when I walked over to the computer and posted. I was already exhausted and had my eyes opened as to where to go.
Always nice to know that there are experts in ALL areas of our hobby that will give their time to help! I can take the time to say THANK's.

Dom

DUB

Hello to all who read this.

I can 'say' that I know I do not know everything. But I feel I am lucky in being able to know those people that I know ...know more than I do in many areas of Corvette repair. Such as Domenic who does my A/C compressor for me when needed (for example). And I know I can count on these people when needed and provide me with the high level of quality work that I want to give my customers.

SO..I do agree that often times, I can spend a lot of time trying to provide someone with the information they need to get their problem resolved. As many of us know...often times the repair can be 'layered'...and thus...the answer is not so simple and it can be quite involved and complex....especially when many of us have encountered what would seem to be a 'simple repair'...turn into a ROYAL CLUSTER in a blink of an eye!

Often times the questions are vague and CRITCIAL information is left out which causes the time spent on providing an answer now worthless because the repair took a completely different direction.

One of my main complaints is when people disregard a question that I or anyone else is asking to get more information to help them out and they skip right over it like the question(s) is/are not important. That is when I give them middle finger salute and move on.

I have found if I ask 'What their skill level is'..I get my backside handed to me. Or get called out on being egotistical, arrogant or whatever the chosen word for the day is to describe me. Because if that person has so much experience and are skilled ...why are they asking a question that is often times so basic. Can't win for losing.

So ...hopefully...the word gets out and makes it so that when the people on this forum spend their time trying to help someone...that person that they help does what should be common knowledge and courtesy and reply.

DUB

vettebuyer6369

I don’t see an upside to this thread continuing.

I believe the point has been made.