I can see the problems with the setup you put forth, but it was the best we had. First onus should be on the guys producing in my opinion. If members have issue with gear, then we get a mass spec back confirming crap gear, then like others have said...that is pretty much good enough for me.
If a ugl lab gets shut down, then i'm not going to shed too many tears, especially one with a bad rep and a batch of bad tests. Compared to what is going to happen if we shut down the mass specs altogether it is the better of the two options i think. Dirtbag ugl's putting just enough product in their gear to pass a labmax and running the same games they have for years. I'm done with the fake 50mg amps that are supposed to be 250mg and the stealth bath oils.
Brutus, i hear what you are saying in that it could get nasty between ugl's and whatnot, but i would rather have them fighting to stay in business than to have people running around with 500mg of bath oil in their asses or worse.
As end consumers in this we don't have all that much control. We have our word of mouth, labmax tests, forums, bloodwork, and in a few rare cases mass spec results. I have already seen bloodwork crapped on by multiple users on other forums. People are called to the carpet for what you were putting forth as examples and saying they are just competitors trying to smear them, etc. It gets nasty. The scum running bunk gear are going to call anything into question, be it labmax, bloodwork, or whatever. I personally would rather have mass spec results as another tool in the toolbox. Almost any lab would have to be more reputable than half the ugl's repping on e-roids and the like until they prove otherwise.
