From my perspective from "life as a flamer", i think this will really reduce the "flaming" going on.....
The major problem has been that a certain company has done whatever they could to fuck over just about any other company (or individual) that was in their path. Then when those that were wronged would try to warn the masses, no one wanted to believe because .....
Hey I ordered xyz part and it was shipped within 30 minutes so they must be good.
People who didn't know were equating things such as quick shipping and quick responses to mean that the company was top notch in every regard and that everyone else was just a whiner for one reason or another.
Yes, I'll admit, the "flaming" as some put it has been pretty, well ...., intense the last year or so, but that is ONLY becuase of the level of BS that was happening BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. IF you people only truly knew the level at which this guy operates. . . . . .
However, the problem for a certain individual now is that he finally hit "critical mass" where enough people (and some of the RIGHT people) have come forward to shine the proverbial flashlight on the cockroach.
Now that this person has been exposed and the word is gettign out about some of his practices and shady products, there will be far less "flaming" as there's no need to try to get the general public to see the light.......
I do expect some temporary "counter flaming" by people lookin to try to distract the real issues by coming out with bogus threads to make others look bad (and i'm not sayin that every other company is "perfect", because there are no perfect companies).
Once that resides (shouldn't take long), I think the grand prix community AS A WHOLE can get back to the point, making our cars fast...... Once again there will be some collective work between many different groups ... DHP, ZZP, Big Jeff, CG, and others for sure!
It sucks it all had to come to this at all, but as some one else said previously, money (and control) DOES corrupt people and that is what has happened here sadly.
$.02