Sorry: no public brand/sourcing suggestions PLEASE!
Apologies. We can't post brand/source suggestions -- except clearly labeled paid advertisements. --
- Google & search engines are for 'live' searches, but finishing.com is a permanent reference. Posting sources/links has left us wasting hours every week playing "whack-a-mole", fixing outdated links across a quarter million postings going back over 3 decades; and worst, bad actors buy up those expired links and put malware on them! We can't let the problem expand.
- It costs money to run this site, and it's only possible thanks to our supporting advertisers. How could we ask them to pay the cost of a forum where their competitors pay nothing while potential customers are steered away from those paying those costs to those who are not?
- People are only human, and seeing their competitors publicly praised has repeatedly initiated a race to the bottom -- the exact opposite of the Aloha spirit we're striving for :-(
- These days spambot computers tirelessly auto-post spam 24 hours a day, and also notify spammers to suggest their products in our forum. We get several hundred spams every day and it gets worse every month.
- Our "no registration" website makes it easy & safe for you to join the discussion -- no passwords to remember, no data to hack -- but easy for shills too: the IP address of a supposed 'satisfied customer' has often matched a vendor's website :-)
- Similarly, due to "no registration", we can't prove that someone claiming to be a "dissatisfied user" isn't actually just a competitor engaging in brand assassination ... so several times we were threatened with legal action if posts critical of a product or service were not removed ... but allowing praise while censoring criticism would badly mislead the readers :-)
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But technical discussions must remain public:
- We are operating a public technical forum NOT a private matchmaking/consulting service. Taking a discussion private disenfranchises the many other readers who would get cut adrift. If you have technical (non-commercial) info to share, please post it or email it to mooney@finishing.com for public posting here so ALL interested parties the world over can see it -- we have all the room in the world for anything you are willing to share.
Please enjoy this site for its camaraderie, public technical discussions, and private commercial suggestions! But for sourcing ideas, use our Directories of Advertisers below, or a search engine. For product reviews & brand recommendations try Consumer Reports, BBBs, friends & neighbors, educational associations, industry trade groups, Amazon reviews, etc.
Thanks for your patience & understanding!