geez, such a negative and one side response to your request. I can definitely see the need for a more service oriented community - the ACN (apple consultants network) provides really no advantages to end users, and service providers could be just as sketchy as someone off craigslist...something more interactive and useful to those who may need help locally would be an interesting concept...with proven forum post track records and a way to verify certifications at least would be one way to mitigate. but yeah there are other services out there to help with requests...though it may have been nice to have a trusted community of help..but with the way macrumors is going with the attitude and moral of its users...quite hardly unfortunately.