Yeah, something seems a little fishy about all this. Wonder if it will be solved with litigation, would be an interesting case to watch. I can't really complain about either companies pricing structure, as I have not dealt with either of this companies. However, sometimes I do feel like we are getting scalped on price points for materials and features they say are incorporated in the manufacturing process but are to verify if they've actually materialized. As far as this goes, I'm not really in a position to complain because at least these companies are trying something that is in still relatively untested waters, so they deserve to make a few extra bucks as far as I'm concerned for the having the balls to go out and start these companies up.
I wasn't really active when the whole ABU debacle went down (ordered from them a few times in winter '11/spring '12 with no problems except for a box flap that come untapped during shipping so it was obvious what was in there when it was at my apt. [no big deal though tbh]) so if there is a thread that details this ordeal please link it so I can catch myself up on happenings and shit.
That being said, DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA, that shit is everywhere in life!