Dude, Scrod, you know me - so I apologize up front.

I'm not sure what the scam was, but I think I figured it out in about 10 minutes and I'm just a moron who doesn't run his own business. Why do I say this is a scam? Because you're asking for preferential treatment because a business owner happens to associate himself with an online community of like-minded individuals. How dare I use the word preferential?

pref·er·en·tial   [pref-uh-ren-shuhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
2.
showing or giving preference: a preferential hiring system.
3.
receiving or enjoying preference, as a country in trade relations; favored.

It is my opinion, and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I'm right, that you already shopped this idea to other online vendors and found that they refused to accommodate you, you concocted a thread to get Scrod's attention in a public setting and then tried to pull of the "hey buddy, gimme this, but do it in a way you can't un**** yourself when I pull the rug out from under you."

Problems: You did it in public, you already violated BF policy and you went out of your way to continue to garner "support" from this community.

Facts: We will never support screwing over any bike vendor, bike shop, distributor or even an ice cream truck pedophile.

In conclusion, you're wrong. Now go see if anybody will let you take the shipping control of their product away from them to save you a buck.