JustAnswer.com alert

Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on June 25, 2009, 12:17 pm

Yesterday while Googling an air-conditioning problem I found a link to
www.justanswer.com, which seemed to be offering me the opportunity to
put my question to an expert. I typed my question in the box provided
and clicked "Get an Answer." I then had to register (had to provide a
real email address but not my real name), but then found I had to type
the question all over again.

Now somebody offered to answer my question but not without me paying for
the information, the possibilities being $10, $17 or $31. I had seen
nothing previously to indicate that this site was selling information
rather than providing it free of charge as so many Web forums ("fora,"
if you prefer) do.

I bailed out, looked elsewhere, determined that the capacitor was bad,
and picked one up for $28.

Ticked-off Perce

Posted by Rudy on June 25, 2009, 1:22 pm

> Yesterday while Googling an air-conditioning problem I found a link to
> www.justanswer.com, which seemed to be offering me the opportunity to put
> my question to an expert. I typed my question in the box provided and
> clicked "Get an Answer." I then had to register (had to provide a real
> email address but not my real name), but then found I had to type the
> question all over again.Now somebody offered to answer my question
> but not without me paying for the information, the possibilities being
> $10, $17 or $31.

I looked at that one, ONCE..then I found www.allexperts.com
where one of the guys there "walked" me thru a similar A/C (motor) problem.
NO FEE

> I bailed out, looked elsewhere, determined that the capacitor was bad, and
> picked one up for $28.

Like yours, mine was a capacitor that I replaced which cost $ 2.67
Since the original was US made and lasted 18 years and the NEW one was made
in China, I bought TWO for 5 bucks

Posted by RB on June 25, 2009, 5:36 pm

Rudy wrote:

>> Yesterday while Googling an air-conditioning problem I found a link to
>> www.justanswer.com, which seemed to be offering me the opportunity to put
>> my question to an expert. I typed my question in the box provided and
>> clicked "Get an Answer." I then had to register (had to provide a real
>> email address but not my real name), but then found I had to type the
>> question all over again.Now somebody offered to answer my question
>> but not without me paying for the information, the possibilities being
>> $10, $17 or $31.

>
> I looked at that one, ONCE..then I found www.allexperts.com
> where one of the guys there "walked" me thru a similar A/C (motor) problem.
> NO FEE

I used that a while back about a gas lease contract.
Good, expert advice from an attorney who specialized in such leases.
followup were prompt and friendly.
great resource.
thanks for the reminder.

Posted by Percival P. Cassidy on June 25, 2009, 8:39 pm

Rudy wrote:

>
> I looked at that one, ONCE..then I found www.allexperts.com
> where one of the guys there "walked" me thru a similar A/C (motor) problem.
> NO FEE
>

>> I bailed out, looked elsewhere, determined that the capacitor was bad, and
>> picked one up for $28.

>
> Like yours, mine was a capacitor that I replaced which cost $ 2.67
> Since the original was US made and lasted 18 years and the NEW one was made
> in China, I bought TWO for 5 bucks

I don't know hat capacitor you were buying or when for $2.67, but mine
for $28 was a dual unit (35/5MFD 440V) in a large metal can -- for both
fan and compressor. As far as I could tell from the Web, that was a fair
price.

Perce

Posted by Rudy on June 26, 2009, 2:19 am

> I don't know hat capacitor you were buying or when for $2.67, but mine for
> $28 was a dual unit (35/5MFD 440V) in a large metal can -- for both fan
> and compressor.

It was a small "start capacitor" for the motor only in a small 1991 Coleman
A/C & heat unit for a Park model trailer.

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