Since the spring before I got Finn, so just about 4 years. I had been picking Beanie's brain about BC breeders (I know her outside of Chaz) and she had told me that she asked a dog community she belonged to about their opinions. I thought "oh what a good idea, I could join a dog forum or two!". I googled, found this forum, and realized it was the one Beanie was talking about.
So I joined, got a lot of great info, and because of it I made a lot more informed decision about the breeder I chose than I may have otherwise.
(I was originally looking at sporter collie breeders. Absolutely nothing against them but they really aren't my kind of BC, and I had no idea about the different "types", so I'm very glad I wound up finding Chaz and going with a working breeder.)