ALT is great. . . it's more of a situation where i prefer to inspect my glass purchases prior to buying. Not really an ALT related thing, more of an online glass purchase thing. I just bought a DG off ALT and I really would have preffered to inspect it first since there are so many blowers working for Rooster Apparatus, neither here nor there, but I am taking a gamble. On the other side of that same coin, it can be difficult to find what you are looking for in stock at ALT. Take Mobius for example, they post and are sold within what appears to be 24-48 hrs. I've heard that some HS's will purchase off ALT, mark up and resell as well. Not sure if that's true, but either way some specific pieces are difficult to find and acquire through ALT. That's my two cents. . . SLIM is far more knowledgable.