IMO, if someone is stealing COBs in those quantities they deserve to be out of a job....Well aren't you just all important, Greeny McGreen Genes, meeting with Cree officials to discuss possible counterfeits... OR maybe Cree is just too big of a company and some wise employee(s) of theirs figured a way to rob them of their precious COBs and has since then hooked up KB with some stolen but legitimate COBS, thus allowing your *fellow* RIU members to acquire cheaper deals.
So you could possibly be ending a person's career at Cree, as well as cutting off a so-far credible source of deals for all of us here.
I like your strategy, mane. although I don't understand the logic behind it. Please, feel free to share.
All he is doing is making sure everyone has all the facts from what I see. If anyone wants to use them, by all means use them. Just know that if they're not an authorized Cree dealer that there are no guarantees.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I'll stick with authorized dealers myself, but others can feel free to do whatever they want with their money.