So, when they settle they will require you to agree not to spill the beans.
When I was working on my lemon I had distributed 'the story' to someone else, so that if I needed to agree not to publicize the issue, someone else was able to post. Turns out they couldnt require my silence, so didnt need that mechanism....
Sorry to hear they are being like this- not surprised though. Once you exhaust the first layer, it gets pretty unfriendly.
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