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FWIW, I'd hire you in a heartbeat. But, that is so far
away from my call!
Sorry to hear the news, I trust you have Plan B lined
up to cover the short term.
I see your point on the $2-3 thing--and I spent a lot
of personal money on attending conferences last year,
so I do invest in my own career--and it appears eHelp
does provide a toll-free line but, if a company did
not, I'd shy away just because of my perception of
their commitment to me and the deal; sorta like when a
big player in your industry boycotts established
industry conferences, the profession loses by that and
it shows a certain level and approach to commitment by
that company. Naively, I still believe players in our
profession should support the profession and that it
is in their financial interests to do so, to boot. <g>
Anyway, a tool is a tool. If you don't spend that $2-3
but choose to learn of the tool on-list, I'd say you
would still be keeping up with technnology and not
giving anything a bad name.
Cheers,
Sean
--- John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > I'd never pay for a demo. If they want my
> business,
> > they can send me info and answer my questions.
> I'll
> > pay if/when I'm ready to buy.
>
> I don't know who posted the original response, but
> any "professionals" who
> refuse to spend 2-3 dollars on a phone call to
> investigate whether a
> product, technology, or technique can improve their
> value are the ones who
> give this field a bad name.
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