CB HI, I can see your point. And I admit: the initial point of the post was to vent a little, blow off some steam, all that. I also admit that I might not have handled it in the best way. But I was indeed interested in helping them out, it wasn't an ego boost or something.
But what I was trying to get to with this discussion wasn't necessarily to dissect what happened and what I did wrong, it was more to see if this scenario has happened to other people, on both sides of the situation.