I'm sauing he always leaves negative comments.. doesn't he remember how he started? Give the guys some advise instead of the negatism..
i would recommend reading more. Then you will realize I do not always leave negative comments. And how I started? With plants from a garden centre. Have a look at one of the plants from my first year into bonsai:
www.bonsaiempire.nl/forum/48-help/4723-juniperus-cascade .
And primarely with reading.I must ave spend half a year reading everything I could find about bonsai. Went to all shows in the region. I have only owned one mallsai, and that was mainly to see how far you could take a cheap fig from a mass dealer.After some 2 years I killed it due to overworking.
What I did do, was listen to the adviuce given, and quickly learned the difference between a potted tree and a bonsai. At this point, I still only have some 5 bonsai, and some 50 other potted trees, pre-bonsai so to say.