Hey baron... have you ever been suckered?
Being a collector of "something", doing as much research as you can on what you are trying to buy, seeing an ad posted for just that right "thing" you want to add to your collection, getting a hold of the seller that swears that what he is selling in original and in the condition that the picture of the "supposed" part is correct... THEN PAYING TOO MUCH FOR IT because it is REALLY "pretty repainted/ redecal'd" CRAP!!!!!
I HAVE! and you know what even hurts worse?
Hearing stories of people that have bought the BIG $$$ collectable products that I have produced (and sold to 39 countries around the world) getting "hoodwinked"! I have spent close to a million dollars during my career stopping people/ companies (mostly Asian & American) from making "deceptively similar" bike parts to mine. So yes... I take it personally when I get "that feeling" about when "that person" posts questions about how to match specific colors or match specific logos on collectable...ON THE CHEAP so they can "sucker" somebody!
Quite frankly... I get that feeling from you!