Seems to me that the strict rules of this forum are designed to prevent this place from filling with people with little to no knowledge giving opinions.
Seriously though, I’m new here as well and have been reading through tons of old posts and the big takeaway is that a great vendor can become a bad vendor overnight. You’re going to want to stay on top of the vendor threads for any vendor you are considering using. So you may as well do that now. Go to the vendors section and look for the ones with a lot of replies and read the last month or so to get an idea of peoples’ experience.