It's been quite a while since I asked my question with no results.
WHat If I pay more money? Will that mean more time will be spent? We
have hadno successs on our own and are getting more and more curious.

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Request for Question Clarification by weisstho-ga on 21 Aug 2002 11:27 PDT

Dear Lillie,

Certainly there can be a relationship between price and the amount of
time invested in a particularly difficult project. Browsing the
history of questions posed in Google Answers shows that topics that
require very significant expenditures of time as well as significant
inquiries over the telephone and in the libraries have been routinely
handled, and the researchers fairly compensated.

May I suggest that as you have expended a fair amount of time on this
search yourself that you are going to be an excellent judge as to what
time may be necessary to complete your search.  Reward accordingly.

Best of luck,

weisstho-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by googlebrain-ga on 21 Aug 2002 11:30 PDT

Also, if you look back, you may notice that there is no actual
question asked. Just a set of facts. Now, presumably you are looking
for a valuation of your items, but it's not clear from your "question"
if that is the case. I'm not saying that this will definatly get you
an answer, but it will certainly improve your odds.

Hi lillie --

I can understand your frustration. Your question has been sitting
there for almost 3 weeks and nobody has answered it.

There are several reasons why a question might go unanswered for this
amount of time.

1 --- PRICE -  As Weisstho pointed out, the price could be an issue. 
Researchers weigh the amount of work involved in finding an answer
against the amount of money being offered and decide accordingly
whether or not to work on a question.

2 --- CLARITY -  As Googlebrain pointed out, sometimes questions are
not clear, as in the case of your previous question.  Researchers need
guidelines as to what EXACTLY you are expecting for your money.  A
researcher will not attempt to answer a question unless it is stated
clearly.

3 --- AVAILABILITY OF THE ANSWER -- Some questions are just not
answerable -- no matter what the price or how clear the question is.
You will notice that there are $200 questions that have sat unanswered
for weeks. This is because researchers have been unable to find those
answers. (We're good, but we're not miracle workers! :-) )


SUGGESTION ----

Here’s what I would suggest you do. Go back to your previous question:

https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=50440

and ---

CLARIFY -- Explain exactly what you want a researcher to provide to
you, with the understanding that WE are not appraisers. Nobody here
will valuate it for you. All we can do is provide information we find
online.  You've described your item, but what do you want? Are you
looking for a current value that an insurance adjuster would accept? 
Would you accept a list of appraisers or dealers local to you who
could look at it?  Do you want to know a fair-market price you might
be able to sell it for on Ebay? Would you be happy with the "going
rate" for similar products?  Be specific.


RECONSIDER THE PRICE -- The price you set will ALWAYS be up to you. 
No researcher is going to suggest a price because that would lead to
messy bidding wars and defeat the purpose of the system that Google
has set up here. Think about how long it might take to find the
information you are requesting and then decide what you would consider
to be a reasonable rate for that amount of time.  You can reset the
price as many times as you like before the question is answered.

Note that when you take either of the above actions, your previous
question will rise to the top of our "Researcher List of Questions
Needing an Answer" and will be noticed immediately by researchers
browsing the list.

Finally, there is no guarantee anyone will find anything for you. My
suggestions are only given to increase your chances of success.

I hope this has helped you understand the system here and make better
use of Google-Answers. We really DO want to answer your question. Help
us make that happen! :-)

--K~

Oh, and if you have any difficulty navigating the system to make
changes to your previous question, there is no need to post a question
and pay for someone to help you. The instructions here:

https://answers.google.com/answers/help.html#editcontent

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Request for Answer Clarification by lillie-ga on 24 Aug 2002 09:48 PDT

I would be happy with a name of a local dealer in or around Hartford , CT.
Thank you

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Clarification of Answer by knowledge_seeker-ga on 24 Aug 2002 12:11 PDT

Ok lillie, 

Then what you need to do is go back to your Original Question and post
your clarification there.  You can't ask it here because this is a
different question. I'm sure the minute you do that, someone will find
you your answer.

--K~