I don't think it is inappropriate to ask about vendors here. People talk about where they get their crickets and what condition they arrive in from specific vendors all the time. And people brag about where they got their chams all the time too. The rule says no discussion between a client and vendor or discussion of a conflict, which is not what the op was doing. I would expect people would use good judgement on how to respond, if they had a bad experience PM the op instead of posting here. But we don't have to chase him off...