It seems to be occuring increasingly more often that there are members amongst us who just like to take advantage of others by PM'ing for info or help and just simply not returning a simple "thanks" after the time was taken to do so.
I have had this happen quite a few times recently and I will no longer respond to PM's from members I have not had contact with before.
What's so hard about just saying thanks?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

thanks....

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Bill Reimels
Now down to one:
1972 300SE 3.5 W109 (Euro delivery)

New members pm me once in awhile, we send a few back and forth and thats about it. I have never had a problem.


But group hug if it makes you feel better!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I've found this out to be somewhat true as well. I don't expect any thanks, but I sure do wonder if the advice was taken and whether it was successful. We provide advice on this forum with the gallant hope that someone benefits from it. I sure don't blow smoke on here to make myself feel better.

BTW, this applies to threads on the forum as well. If you take advice from a post and it works for you, kindly return to the thread and advise. It benefits everybody.

Yes I agree! Thanks to all that has helped me in the past. I benfit greatly form your knowledge and will continue to benifit.

Its kind of nice to hear the "last chapter", Did you get it going, or not? ... What ever happened to the gal that had some sort of major problem and the guy that sold her the car had just driven up and she was going out to confront him. If your out there please let us know They mita fallen in love of she coulda given him a kung fu chop to the throat, we may never know.

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

'Asked for' thanks doesn't mean anything anyway.
"I'll take my toys and just go home" comes in many different shapes and forms doesn't it?
Ya know, I've never recieved any thanks either!! Oh wait, I don't think I've ever been able to help anyone.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Define "take advantage of". I agree that a thank you for your help is nice, even courteous, but why is it necessary?

I'll help you only if you properly thank me doesn't seem to fit in with the spirit of this forum.

Judging from your number of posts where you have helped other members makes me believe that you offer that help out of the goodness of your heart and the feeling you get from that is your reward.

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You can get farther with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile.

1984 300D
1985 300CD
1980 300SD
1993 SL500

I always thank members who help me.....there are a couple here I have disagreements with on certain issues but they have offered help graciously and they were thanked in return....I try to always thank people for their help or advise.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

You have disagreements with people??

me?...................never........

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Someone in OD has hijacked your name.

I like to keep people from pegging me down......................you never really know just where I will stand on certain issues............

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

................bet I do.............

lietuviai,

I do understand what you are saying and it has happened to me for the last five years that I have been posting on mshop. There are a few members that ask questions regularly and correspond regularly, so they may not specifically say thanks for a particular response, but they are constantly apologizing for the private mail and thanking me in general.

It's the ones whom I've never heard of before and never hear from again that seem to be the discourteous ones. It's like they just stop here for help, get it or not, and then run out of town without so much as saying goodbye.

All that said, however, it is very unfortunate, but I think it just goes along with the decaying courtesy in our society. I was born in 1949 and a victim of being raised with Southern Hospitality in the fifties and sixties. If I were to not say please and thank you or not refer to an adult as sir or ma'am I had trouble sitting down for awhile. I also opened doors for ladies or girls and was taught to wait my turn.

In contrast to that, when I hear a person of any age address someone as sir or ma'am it catches my attention because it is so rare although I do it consistently myself. My college student daughter works at a dry cleaners while going to college. I stop by there from time to time and I am quite proud when I hear her addressing her customers with courtesy including sir and madam for the adults older than her. She also counts out change. When was the last time you had a clerk count out your change instead of just telling you how much it is and slamming it in your hand?

It amazes me how many people in public will just cut in front of you at a salad bar or buffet, or bump into you without even saying excuse me. There are more and more people that I see in public that will just walk straight over you and expect you to move out of their way, never saying excuse me or offering any common courtesy whatsoever. I've thought before that if they had been raised by my Mom they probably would not have survived childhood.

I like to think that most of us here on mshop are a cut above the average person on the street that fails to use common courtesy, but I'm sure there are even plenty of us here that forget our manners at times. Since I am not in the same room with all of you when I'm typing along and corresponding via email, I might be guilty of such discourtesy myself. If so, I offer thanks to all those who have helped me.

Have a great day and thanks,