When a person asks for help, I think anyone with a sense of assistance would reply to their plea.

But why oh why, when you reply to their cries for help, you get no response back. It is only common courtesy to acknowledge the trouble you have gone to for their cause. Or maybe just inform you that that isn't the information they require.

It seems to me, they don't want help at all, they want you to do the whole package, design, plans and manufacture.

I get a lot of this asking for assistance, the latest one from a US government department, asking for help to combat terrorism. Even though I come from the UK. Unfortunately, I am not in a position to help them at this time. But they have been informed, that in the near future, if still needed, I should be able to help with their problem.

I for one, am now very reluctant to reply to requests for help on this site.

John