Don't get me wrong, we have 3 instructors, but they have explained to me that they come out to the field to fly, not teach.
If I offered them $100 an hour to teach, it wouldn't do any good, because they simply do not want to go through the mental stress of teaching on a regular basis. They will give a hand now and then, but no amount of compensation will motive them anymore than they are.

I do have someone helping me who does teach for pay, but I have seen that too many club members will go out of their way to steer newbies from him, so I tend not to mention him much, if at all. I have already offered fuel and parts to the club's volunteer instructors, who like I pointed out, have no interest in providing anymore help then they do now, which is little to none. Right now, all my paid instructor asks for to teach my customers is fuel and the use of my trainers, although he has his own. BTW, you hit the nail right on the head with the idea of try before you buy.

My instructor is also helping several other hobby shops in the same manner, as he is not helping me exclusively. What he does is use fly before you buy to get new blood for the local clubs, so they can teach. To be fair, I can understand how it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for the instructor, meaning that there is a legal insurance problem, not to mention philosophical question as far as the club purist is concerned if you get paid for teaching and a fear of being overwhelmed if you raise you hands to volunteer and you might be the only one to do so. I've heard the term "giving back" but although I'm not an instructor, my question is, when does the giving back stop?

Just taking an objective perspective.

nascarjoe