Dian D. Chapman, MVP shared this with us in
microsoft.public.word.newusers:

... but since you charge a fee for this giving it seems to me that
a more likely reason for being is to make profit ;-).

And in that statement...you are completely mistaken.

We do NOT charge squat for the help/advise that we provide. Unlike
many who refuse to take support email through their personal email...I
do that all day long and have no problem with it. I happily help MANY
people with free advice, critiques of their work and often times
provide free help to those who even offer to pay...because it's not
right to charge one person for something I freely give to others. So
you might want to get your facts straight.

soapbox
The difference between email and usenet help and advice:

Email is (in your case) free of charge but most of the times not Free
(as in Freedom of Speech) unless explicitly stated so by both
correspondents. (confidentiality of the mail, or something like that).

Usenet is, by its very nature and definition, Free (as in Speech) AND
Open. Free means anyone can write whatever they want and Open means
anyone else can do with it whatever they want.
This means if you write something here, you can't prevent someone else
doing something with it (even making profit). And if you make profit
with something you read here, you can't prevent someone else from also
making profit.

A technical consequence is that Usenet itself is free of charge, only
the access might be something you have to pay for.
/soapbox

Yes, if someone comes to me asking me to build them a project...THEN I
point them toward my consulting services...which is an entirely
different matter. But also in that case, they do get free info about
what it will take and what the cost would be to go that route...as
well as info links to learn on their own and the time/cost differences
from doing it themselves versus having me do it for them.

Respect!

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