Der Mr. Kenneth Myhre,
Lets see if we can see the big picture clearly.
First you bought a bunch of (low end) stuff from “China” looking for low cost products. Personally I would say that part of the cost savings is “risk” in that you may find some of the item to be substandard (the classic example are Fire batteries)
Second I am sure that GB (or any other Chinese company) is not taking this personally. Consider that they (like all of us) are defaulting to use our subjective “preferred’ techniques to address and resolve issues in life (aka coping mechanism / survival strategies). When any company is confronted with an issue they seek ways to address it. The fact that a high volume low cost Chinese distributor wants to negotiate and is concerned about their reputation I believe should come as no surprise. The fact that they are negotiating with you to change/remove your earlier posting actually supports your right to free speech. Because if you were not free to post they would have simply removed your postings and told you to pound sand. as they can not do this they are ”incentivized” to negotiate a settlement with you.
Second if you have the PayPal option then that might be a good way for you to “negotiate” the issues to conclusion. Or follow more closely the “reviewed” products so that you have fewer surprises in the future.
Third all things considered I think from an economic standpoint you have the upper hand (in the sense that I am confident that you can “cost” them) a value greater then their profit made on the transaction in total, is a “loss” for them.
Fourth consider that as soon as your voiced opinion(s) drifts from factually backed content and appears to move into an emotional based “rant”, to neutral third parties (the rest of us) you loose some credibility in making your point(s).
Fifth while GB may/does have at least one representative on this forum I think you have done yourself a disservice by implying that somehow we all/many/most/ more then are fairly obvious, have some financial incentive to protect GB. On this point I think you are WAY off base. You may want to consider the tone and tack you take in the future on these various points of consideration.