I also don't have any experience hitting myself in the head with a sledgehammer... but I know it's a bad idea.
I don't have to be a previous customer of a company, nor an individual, to witness the behaviour of that entity and warn others about it.
The "vendor account" is not offered as a form of "protection;" it is provided as a means for legitimate vendors to post about their products here. Just because you've paid to be a "vendor" doesn't give you carte blanche to do and say whatever you want, act however you'd like, and create all-new fake accounts to defend yourself, even after your first account has been banned. Speaking of which...
Wow. Just wow. Caveat emptor, dude.
I don't have the ability to check anyone's IP addresses, but if I did, I'd be seriously tempted to check them right about now.
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