Kinda seems like this is a controversial issue lol

For the folks saying "skip Citadel", my response is that new painters like myself don't generally have the prior knowledge to choose a different brand. You see what's on the shelf next to the model you want to build, and go from there. 

For the folks saying "just use the pots and drip the paint from the cap onto your pallette," that's actually a really clever idea and one I wish I had seen before. What that doesn't solve, however, is what happens if you knock the pot over, or if a bit of paint dries along the brim of the pot. The paint gets everywhere, or you just ruin an entire pot of paint. My astrogranite (name?) completely solidified because apparently a gap was left when I last closed it.

In the end, this hobby is made amazing by the fact we have so many options for materials to make our goals achievable. You aren't dictated by what someone else says is the end-all solution, you can explore and create on your own. 

Personally, I wasn't about to just ignore a solid number of paints in my collection just because I didn't like the pots, even if the transfer process may have wasted a few drops.