cabnet, You hit the nail on the head in you third paragraph.
I absolutely agree that a frank, open and HONEST debate about machines is fantastic. Unfortunately, certain people with their own agenda have made a mockery of this process.
I will PM you word for word the garbage that was sent to KustomKoncepts
and i would caution the sender that this is a public forum and there may well be ramifications for him about it. He is not absolved of any legal issues.
This is my point - All that i wish to do is have a lively debate going. I am not for one minute asking anybody to buy from one country versus another. I am sure that as a patriotic citizen you would prefer to buy goods that are produced in your own country. So would i. But in my case to buy local would have cost more than i was willing to pay.
Good luck with your machine purchase. I have stated several times that i am envious of you blokes because you have such a large choice of machines to choose from.
Regards, Rocket.