Bizarre misunderstanding of the punters that post on here. For a few seasoned punters - yes they could do that - if they have the time and are bothered. For the newbies - no.
I find they have no time to be scrolling around, don't know much about accessing the previous discussions, find the sheer size of the archive off putting and barely know how to PM either.
Don't get me started on the "clues"! Talk about putting someone off punting. If they were halfway intelligently written then they might have a chance there but jeez..........
As far as getting the answer to his questions - he will do far better having a private chat with a punter. Providers and shops change sometimes from week to week as we can see on here with all the repeated questions. Even info five pages back can be out of date.
It's too openly cliquey and smug on here from certain mindless punters anyway (most are cool I find by the way) and I find new punters telling me that they will not post a question on these threads again.
Arrogance is off putting - (it's hard enough for a punter as it is in Ireland for all the reasons discussed on here by regulars). Everyone loses.