Question about closing threads

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On a similar note, there was a recent thread expressing concern about a vendor. It turned out many people including myself had had similar concerns about the vendor. I even expressed understanding about the problems the vendor was facing while still objecting to the vendor's behaviour. If it hadn't been for that thread, I would have thought that it was just me that had problems with the vendor. No one was bashing the vendor, just recounting their experiences. It seemed a good warning for newbies to the hobby. Imagine if you were about to spend $5000.00 on aquarium equipment then you got shafted during your first tank build. All of a sudden the thread disappeared without a word about why.