WHOA! i haven't heard that intense a rant ever without someone saying KC brains! LOL
stealing gear happens. someone stole a cutting of white widow (i believe... or some other "elite strain") from a cannabis cup competition and resold it.
personally, i'm more concerned with how anything performs than it's history, though a breeder who's sketchy in one department is way more likely to repeat it in another.
i'd seen some favorable reviews for CH9 gear before, but if they really are crooked, i'm glad all of their beans i've gotten have been freebies it's a sort of justice maybe. the seed game gets muddled when some people even get upset about one breeder making a kockoff of another one's strain. i don't see ANY problem with that. if you sell seeds... you don't own them anymore and people are free to do whatever the eff they want with them. if anything... i kind of have issues with greedy breeders overcharging for their gear or the whole "i own this!" mentality i'm sure that's behind some breeders, at least, selling their stuff as fems only so their customers can't back cross it or use it to pollinate another strain that's better in some way.
human games, greed and politics SUCK! i'd like to see a world where we get back to bartering & haggling myself.