Just one point. You say
"I do believe there are several valid and cogent gripes; the chicanery and apparent disposal of IMPS as the contract holder and the relieving of people's show-making money for no return as just two."
I'd just like to know why they are your gripes-you're obviously not going to beltring and as far as I can make out your not an IMPS member either. Your claim that your doing all this griping just to inform other mv owners seem's to suggest you think they are of a child like state incapable of doing their own homework.
There are plenty of independant reviews of beltring.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoels...tring_2000.htm
http://www.rbuckland.freeserve.co.uk/Beltring2002.HTML
Under England and western europe
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/lsm/dhmg/index.html
These are just a few I found.
When it comes down to it, all this thread proves is that you don't like War and peace and I do.
So why don't we both shut up and let people make up their own mind's?