Seen this type of thing over and over again. There was spate of new importers and all started with the ideal of affordable pins, then the standard of machines starts to drop and the prices start to rise.  It almost seems that some of these importers just refuse to deal with the majority of the guys on the forums or who have half an idea about machines. 

End of the day, I know who I can trust and who I would be comfortable buying a machine from and stick with them.