ORIGINAL: TRYKONOISSEUR
I'll tell you who the companies were after I call them tommorrow and if they don't fix the problems. I hate to bash them just yet, especially on Christmas. But tommorrow all bets are off if I don't get answers.
The mods might not let you do that here especially if they are a sponser.
One is a well know treestand manufacturer that neglected to include part of the treestand purposely without any kind of notice as to why it was left out.
How do you know it was left out purposely? Is this your gut feeling or did you arrive at that conclussion through correspondence with them.