Damn, that's gotta be among the most calculatedly motivational requests for info and/or help that I've ever seen.
"Are you gonna sell me your stuff the way I want it? Because otherwise I'm going to have to steal it."
Never fails to get a friendly ear. Very effective.
Maybe you could overtly call them incompetent, too. That also seems to be popular among the hostile and entitled set around here, and you seem to have left that part of your position statement to inference.
Oh, and welcome to the forums. You seem nice.
