I'm going to add some input of my own.
While I am personally a money-saver and hard core DIYer, I think the people at P4S appealed to a different consumer. Many of us like to do our own thing, build our own enclosures, etc. They catered to a certain clientel and those people were happy to do buisness with them. They were in fact a business, and were trying to do what all businesses do, make profit. Some may not like their ethics, but in reality, the business world, they seemed to do well.
Let's take another example here.
We all here the many discussions over whether or not one wire is superior to another in terms of sonic characteristics. Many say, "copper is copper." Many others buy the expensive wire that the manufacturer claims to be superior to another. Does that make them shady or unethical?
While I am personally a money-saver and hard core DIYer, I think the people at P4S appealed to a different consumer. Many of us like to do our own thing, build our own enclosures, etc. They catered to a certain clientel and those people were happy to do buisness with them. They were in fact a business, and were trying to do what all businesses do, make profit. Some may not like their ethics, but in reality, the business world, they seemed to do well.
Let's take another example here.
We all here the many discussions over whether or not one wire is superior to another in terms of sonic characteristics. Many say, "copper is copper." Many others buy the expensive wire that the manufacturer claims to be superior to another. Does that make them shady or unethical?

