Its possible I annoyed the wrong crowd with my post - it was meant to be aimed squarely at the type of people mentioned in Utopian's post - basically, guys who just see $$ and try and rip people off - not at guys who have a high ethical/moral standard.

After reading some of the responses, I am quickly coming to the conclusion that, as rickboone said, "there is no right answer" (and the same conclusion that everyone else appears to have come to - maybe i'm a bit slow (no need to agree)).

I do agree that its not just our responsibility to look after newbies - they need to take some responsibility and research for themselves etc.

I guess we do the best we can, and that is all we can be expected to do.