I remember reading someone who had some problems with some auto flower seeds, cant remember the seed bank (possibly nirvana, although im not sure). He said that he phoned the seedbank, they traced his seeds, and they had come from a dodgy batch (an individual batch that was dodgy, not a strain that was dodgy). The seedbank suggested he give them 48 hours darkness to try and get em started (this didnt work), but in the end sent him some new seeds from a good batch. So, maybe this guy suffered something similar and had based his entire opinion on one experience (only guessing, but it seems possible).
Either way, I dont like to talk or argue a point unless its from personal experience - and in 70 days I should be able to talk from personal experience ( :fingers crossed: lol ).