Excellent I wish I saw this before. Great link to be pinned on top of the forums. I recommend manufacture complete name be used accompanied by their abbreviation. i.e. Butterfly Labs (BFL). I just sent PM to Dogie for this tiny edits.
Thanks for the link Intron
I think what this forum or similar could do to help is a recommended manufacture link and rated by trusted senior members like your selves. I am sure such link probably exist but perhaps buried or crowded with many posts. I guess clean list of scam alerts for member and or manufacture, that is easy to locate would be very helpful and could reduce number of people falling in this trap.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=456691.msg5035154#msg5035154