well heres an update to this thread:

it has been 2 1/2 years since this crap took place for me. I have boycotted all of the tower catalog and i still get it. It is quite entertaining; i wonder how much they'll spend on me to try to get me to buy again. simply pathetic...

It pleasures me to see how hobby king has become a giant and is reaming their rear end! Sad but true! I do not buy HK stuff and i believe in supporting the companies/distributors here in the states. There have been times i wanted to buy from Great Planes, but with the bad taste still in my mouth, I look elsewhere.

Guys, please dont get me wrong. All that GP had to do (and still could) is replace the arf. A customer of theirs i still could be, down the road.

Until then, every funfly, trip to other fields, or forum post i will caution people to spend their money in a wiser fashion.