Ok, this looks like a land-mine, but I'm stepping anyway...
The people that consider themselves 'end-game' or 'hardcore' players have much love and respect for the aspects of this game that have become difficult to deal with due to people working (RMT) in their game.
Now, my take on this is that you wanted to stir the cage and get a rise out of the people that do care about this game and have respect for their fellow players. This my friend is as close to what is called 'Asshat-ery' on these boards as I can tell.
You knew full-well the attitude of people on this site, and likely had a clue to the reaction you'd receive. Now maybe in jolly-olde england it is good form to pull stuff like this, of that I'm not sure, but in most places that is frowned upon.
Note: your actions can be likened to the following scenario--
I once saw this video 'Thumpers and Dumpers 3', which is a documentary-style film about cars with hydrolics on the frame to make the car 'jump' around.
This is something that people in certain ghetto-y areas like to do for fun, and to show off thier skills in putting together the best 'hooked-up' car that they can, with the limited resources available.
At some point in the film, some white-boys from some richy-rich area roll through into the 'hood, and show off their car, which is taken to near-perfection as far as this sub-culture can tell.
Now, can you guess the reaction from the hard-core people?
Do you think they cheered and accepted this new-comer?
No. Not at all. In fact they threw bottles and cans and ran those asshats out. Which of course is what ought to be done about you, sir.
Here I thought spending $20 is waste of money for gil. There goes that scholarship! 