Laser66, why did you even bother posting about whatever price you could get G2s in the first place if you weren't going to actually follow through with anything useful for this GB? It just seems like some lame attempt to position yourself as being relevant.
Yeah, great, you don't need LPF's business. You have other clients who buy your lenses in huge quantities. Well good for you. Meanwhile, other companies have taken efforts to attract business from this forum, and in the process have done quite well for themselves; businesses like O-like directly got their starts from LPF. We've also seen many new products spring up specifically because forums such as LPF exist as a viable market. Some have even had their products become the "standard" (e.g. "Aixiz" modules). Your G-series lenses have been quite popular, but without backing perhaps they will fall by the wayside in lieu of other lenses like the ones sold in this GB.
In the end, LPF doesn't need a dedicated supplier of products like lenses because we fill in the gaps when they appear. In fact, such market stagnation often hurts LPF. Look at how many drivers have appeared since Dr. Lava stopped selling his drivers? Look at all the power meters that have sprung up as alternatives to professional meters or even Laserbees? We're even finding alternatives to G-series lenses so that we don't have to pay out the nose for such overpriced lenses. Competition is great. We'd be remiss to give exclusive business to a single entity.
I need a couple of these anyone selling some shoot me a PM otherwise I'm ordering some and taking the hit