Well, hello, Jimmy! Neither Wacker nor any of the others are vendors. They are manufacturers. And I did not bash Wacker, I relayed my personal experience with several of their razors. Which was not good, mildly put. Here is a concrete example, pertinent to the type of razor in question:
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As you can see, all three were made from the same blank. However, if you take a close look at the tang, you will see that the Wacker's tang is thinner than the two others. It may not look like much of a difference (in reality, it really is not), but it made stropping, honing, and handling this razor very cumbersome. You know that I am not prone to overly negative comments on individual items, let alone product ranges, and even less an entire manufacture. But this razor was a massive disappointment, and the others were not much better. Add to that issues with quality control so bad that two vendors I know stopped carrying them, and a pattern emerges.
Please do not forget that what you guys in the US are getting has typically been screened by your local vendors. Over here, we are more likely to get these razors straight from the source, or from vendors who, since we are less litigious society, are less prone to screening.
So, no agenda, hidden or otherwise, just a bit of first hand experience.