Just to clarify, the description of the Alerts forum reads:
Issues which could endanger the safety of a member or members of our community go here. Please reserve this space for legitimate alerts, and not general FYI material.
Hence, Alerts are for
safety concerns, not
business ones, like bad service, NCNS, etc.
Should we have a forum for such things? Maybe. I agree that Co-ed doesn't seem the best location for them, since items like this can be critical in making buying decisions. By the same logic, the co-ed description reads:
Hobby-related discussions belong here. Let's keep these discussions on-topic, thought-provoking, and more importantly...entertaining!
I'm pretty sure the entertainment value is low, depending on how snarky folks get.
And as CG said, a lump of the overall "bad service experience that isn't a review because no services happened" posts in one location facilitates use for both sides: hobbyists that have issues, and providers too.
Alternately, the definition of Alerts might be broadened to cover this.