This thread kind of has turned to shit. There wouldn't be half as many posts here if it weren't for the few bad frames that were shipped to paying customers.
I hope LC reads it and sees it as "quality control is important. Like hairdressers, we're only as good as our last haircut / frame".
At that point, just like i would never buy a airwolf frame because of the prevalence of horror stories on this forum, i dont think i'd buy a LC frame, because there are plenty of factories to choose from selling functionally similar frames, and i want to ride the frame i receive. I dont want to have a very material chance of receiving something that wouldn't pass basic QC, arguing, waiting, troubleshooting... And so, it's a probability thing. I'd just buy something else because there are plenty of options, and many competitors dont have this recent track record of shipping $hit to customers. Some will say it's overly cautious / paranoid. I call it a probability weighted choice.