Okay, I've gone back on my word and posted a third time, but it is to apologize.
Previously, I was just quietly frustrated, clicking on this thread every time it was updated, hoping there was news, only to find people getting offended at one another about sales experiences in different stores (?) or other unexpected tangents.
But now that I've said the wrong thing, and made a few of you come forward in defence of the way you do things, I understand that this is what makes the community work. I'm sorry I had an unfair expectation of what this forum thread was for. I recognize that it's a lot more fun to be free and talk about what you want in the lull between news cycles.
I also want to say that my feelings were hurt by the way some people reacted to what I wrote. I am not interested in censoring anyone; I was just hoping that someone could point me to a thread where the signal-to-noise ratio was closer to what I was expecting. I feel kind of misunderstood and that my sentiments were taken the wrong way. I hope I have cleared that up, in the spirit of being free to speak our minds.
For what it's worth, as much as I felt kind of bad about being misinterpreted, I feel like I learned something about what makes this forum go around, and have come around somewhat to your point of view. I hope there will be no more bad feelings.