The basketball analogy is quite valid, regardless of your opinion. Particles 0.5 to 20 nanometers are very small particles, much more so than the particles in "gold dust" products. The purpose of brown bottles in supplements is NOT to mask the content, but rather to block sunlight and brown bottles are a standard color used for liquid supplement products. The 6100% markup is a figure that the ignorant or the scheming try to use to promote home made and inferior products. THAT is the tired old story that will not float. Most drugs and many supplements for that matter have equal or greater markups. If you grow you own herbs and produce tinctures and extracts, what is the markup there?
You are right about going to computer school with Bill Gates not necessarily making you a computer expert. On the other hand, if you had been a lifetime friend of Bill Gates, worked with him and served as a consultant to him, it just might make you a bit more knowledgeable than the average geek. Now, how about you tell us your own background and credentials?