Can't disagree with most of what you say but mystified by your suggestion that its 'staunch' to come on and recount your own experience simply because its gone well. Almost implying such folk are lying. I have three items of Rangers Castore clothing. All have been absolutely fine. That doesn't mean I'm not telling the truth, or seeking to be staunch or anything else. Its just my experience. Others have experienced the exact opposite. Nobody is saying they are doing anything other than recounting what they, personally, experienced.
Be a pretty unbalanced thread if only those who've had a bad experience were posting on it. Shutting others down solves nothing.