Well stated.
It should be common sense that what is being bought are not gens but reps. The reps will never come out as good as the gens unless every part is gutted and replaced with gen parts and even then would had been more efficient to just buy a gen in the first place. This community is more anal over details than the gen community are over their watches. (Not a knock)
I'm a noob yes, but I understand that all the modders here and repair guys can only do the best with what they have in the start of a project and not perform holy miracles. That being said, the outcome of some of the mods here are outstanding and much better than how the watch came to them from the reps in the first place.