Its not necessarily a matter of right or wrong i dont thinkI've been here over a year, have never been offered free gear, never been solicited over pm's, never been told about a private source, and never gotten an invite to be part of the "inner bro circle".
I must be doing something right.
If you or i the buyer wants to buy some thing from a private src here it usually gets initiated via pm and sales are taken over thru email. No different than anything else thats sold here including the public src's. Its going to happen and it wont change.
The issue is WHO gets a free pass to do this and WHO gets crucified? All the while still reporting in as a regular member. There is a bias there. That is the problem