Be Alert to Giving out misleading advice.

[ginapeterb]

Please be careful about the well intentioned advice you are giving.

This is the first time I have thought of making a post of this nature, but more recently I have been reading some threads and have been horrified at the amount of incorrect but well intentioned advice that has been given out on this forum to those who seek ready made solutions to their personal stories.

Whilst many of you, and none shall be named ! have been only trying to help others in a spirit of co-operation with others, many have simply mis read the question, or simply mis-understood the request for information.

I noticed Rob has had to red flag some one's mis-guided responses to another's fairly simply question, and sent them off in a totally wrong direction.

No one claims here to be an expert, that is not the purpose of the forum, its a self help forum, however, please if you wish to give matter of fact advice, please ensure your advice has a firm foundation before giving such advice, to the point of doing research on behalf of the questioner, if you really are interested in helping them.

And please ensure, you have read the question 3 times before giving a written post in answer, that way, at least then you will have grasped what the questioner is asking for, and subsequently anything you say, will set them on the right track.

Many thanks for all your contributions.

[kimmi]

I'll keep that in mind, Kuya Peter..Thanks..

[joebloggs]

pete

as stated on some of the forum sections "Do you need one? Don't you? Post any questions you have, and we'll do our best to answer. If you have any useful info for others, please post it here. Please note that infprmation supplied here may be out of date, or just personal knowledge, use at your own risk. Please check with the countries official site for correct details"


on most of my posts, i tell people to always check with IND or who ever, to verify what've said is correct, even when i know most it is..

i hope no one on here trusts 100% what suggestions or advice any one gives on here, without doing some further research, when it comes to money, time, visa, and heart ache, it's goya time ! get off your and check what you've been told is true, even professionals gave me wrong advice (a law centre, even ind ) when it came to apply for ILR for my stepson..

so ask what you want on here at your own risk people are only trying to help you, even if sometimes they are wrong..

[Mrs.JMajor]

so ask what you want on here at your own risk people are only trying to help you, even if sometimes they are wrong..

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i agree to you joe 100%

[robeth]

pete

even professionals gave me wrong advice (a law centre, even ind ) when it came to apply for ILR for my stepson..

so ask what you want on here at your own risk people are only trying to help you, even if sometimes they are wrong..

i agree with you Joe.
Readers at their own risk.
Members trying their best to be precise as much as they could with advises.

[robeth]

I want to call it "forum shopping"...gathering much information as I can.

And it is still nice to know that ppl are trying to help with the best they could even if theyre sometimes wrong.

There's no rigid rules about caring. One dont have to be precise to do it.


CHEERS TO EVERYONE!!