None taken Mark, Sharing of info is an excellant thing, each individual is entitled to their own opinions in this "free country" in which we reside.. and that includes freedom to use information in which the individual sees fit, providing that it does not cause offence or distress.
I think that to be honest with you, the "word of mouth" statement made by such company has acheived what it set out to acheive, in the first instance, as we are all obviously "those in the know", The best policy is to allow this issue to die down a tad and sit and watch the roller coaster that is about to start, when the "proper" pr starts fully, and treasured vinyl is abused ......
and the influx of handbaggers commences.... then dies down again, but thats another story of which we are all too familiar with...
Obviously as a scene, due to the current trend re everything 7ts we will have to pay the small price again, of being "strange" in how we choose to spend our leisure time....