I understand that any company will have defects slip through, to me it was more the way it was initially handled. I believe even if this was just a powder coat issue it should have been free shipping and brand new replacement. If i'm going to spend a couple grand on your parts I want flawless parts and exceptional customer service. I could care less about the low blow one of your reps said in the beginning, thats one employee and he was dealt with.
I don't meant to say that UPR puts out a bad product, but would you accept that? it looked horrible, even if it was not weakened its a brand new product it should be damn near flawless. the only reason this guy ever did get a refund was because it got out to the public and could have cost UPR more money. not to mention others that mentioned problems with other products from other posters on that forum that you wouldn't refund or replace until it was in an open forum. once again Its not the defective parts that slip through that get me its the customer service.
maybe its just happened to me to many time, but I just cant stand companies that do that.
I also read more into the crash, and it had nothing to do with your product. the article is very misinformed and skewed the story.