First let me say I agree completely with the sentiment here. This community is something unique and is great to be a part of. The excellent service and support from the members and vendors here are a large part of what makes the Lateral-G community great.
I do have a counter point that I think is a part of the reason you see the grinders etc........ In the normal world outside our hobby, it has been my experience that the kind of service and support you get from the vendors here is very hard to come by. I am forever navigating automated answering system menus etc. trying to get normal everyday customer service issues taken care. Alot of the time it takes 2-3 calls to speak to someone human. Then after you get a human, you have to navigate through multiple levels of idiocy before you get to someone that can help. This type of thing happens with the phone companies, cable companies, and for most consumer products you buy on a daily basis. It is therefore my opinion that when a person deals with this day in and day out, it becomes a matter of getting what you can for the least amount of money because frankly, a majority of the time great customer service and support are not there. I think it then becomes difficult for people to give the benefit of the doubt and automatically search for the least expensive product.
All that being said, it is for those reasons that this site and it's vendors are special. Let's face it not all vendors in this hobby are as good as the one's on this site. As people realize that it becomes a breathe of fresh air that makes these builds even more satisfying. When we started our project, alot of vendors on this site were very willing to give me information without the promise of spending a dollar. When we did start to buy parts, the first vendor we used was PRRC from this site. All I can say is what a pleasure to deal with. Our project has been on hold for about a year or so now due to some personal family issues. Those issues are almost resolved and we will be back online soon. When we are PRRC and other site vendors will be our source of supply!
I just wish the attitude and mentality of the people on this site would spread to the rest of the world and maybe this country wouldn't be in the shape that it's in.
