Monkeyboy,
I appreciate where you are coming from. Thank you for at least having the courtesy to enunciate a reasonable opinion.
Not that I feel obligated... but for the record, I never met Alexander before this week, when I purchased a domain from him. I am not connected to him in any way whatsoever, besides this single transaction. There is not the expectation that there will ever be another transaction between us. He has not given me anything for the "plug" I offered in gratitude for the smooth transaction.
The reason I complimented him is that I have engaged in hundreds of business transactions - including domains - over the years, and enough of those transactions were with people who I felt were not responsive or honorable. So, when I do work with someone who is responsive and honorable, I like to encourage it and publicly acknowledge it.
It saddens me that a simple gesture like that would bring out the cynics. Has this place gotten that bad?