I wrote a little post called 'the value of an Australian/locally made pot' last weekend which also suffered the gremlin attack, thankfully you posted this which kind of wraps it up
(although I am late to the parade there I think 
)If this potter had not received the intrest, encouragement and patronage of colleagues and bonsai growers, Pup may have put these trees into a pot made overseas which would have been fine, but would the composition have the same effect?
Craig, even though your observations take courage to express and may have merit RE the tree in question, you have to remember
it's not your tree and if you truly want to make those changes then you had better start saving 
The last half a dozen posts or so do point out however that this forum and the people on it work well together when it comes to discussion/critique of a tree.
But back on track, the trees together with those pots look great
