thanks for your understanding Chip.
As far as your question,the forum is there for you to let others now of your experiences good or bad with sponsor/non sponsor.It is unfortunate you had a bad experience and i understand thast someone may feel awkward posting negative comments about a sponsor in such a tight knit community,however the whole purpose of the forum is to benifit the membership and if you feel posting your experience would benifit another member then you should post,sponsor or not.If it was a one time deal and others have had good experiences with the vendor and others have had bad and others post ,then the information will be there to help prospective purchasers draw there conclusions before parting with there hard earned cash.
And always remember,the vendor is always invited to respond to any post about there own business.
As far as your question,the forum is there for you to let others now of your experiences good or bad with sponsor/non sponsor.It is unfortunate you had a bad experience and i understand thast someone may feel awkward posting negative comments about a sponsor in such a tight knit community,however the whole purpose of the forum is to benifit the membership and if you feel posting your experience would benifit another member then you should post,sponsor or not.If it was a one time deal and others have had good experiences with the vendor and others have had bad and others post ,then the information will be there to help prospective purchasers draw there conclusions before parting with there hard earned cash.
And always remember,the vendor is always invited to respond to any post about there own business.