ricks.pics wrote:I've been following this builder's social media for a bit over a year and have definitely seen some of these outbursts from him. Most of them seem to have been the result of morons/assholes not paying attention to his wait times and expectations his gives on the website. I work for a online company that sells music gear and deal with people like that on a daily basis and can understand the frustration that comes from repeatedly dealing with morons. Talking shit about someone who tries to fuck you based on their own ignorance is pretty justified. This post from him is definitely a bit of a different situation though. I can understand his anger towards someone if they are purposely buying his products on sale to flip later on. I'd argue that is definitely some borderline fraudulent shit, especially if you are trying to do that repeatedly. But hey, free market economy and all there is not much you can do to keep people from taking advantage of a good deal. The interaction I had with him when he goofed up my order was nothing but stellar, he had a new pedal out to me within the week. Personally he seems like a solid dude that builds solid pedals of equal quality/wait time to other builders, but also gets frustrated when people try to fuck with his business. Seems kind of hard to blame someone too much for others stupidity/shadiness. At the end of the day people are going to buy and sell whatever they want so its not like any of it really matters too much.
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I've said this elsewhere and will say it again as apparently it has not been illustrated enough. When you sell a product you are no longer in control of what is done with that product. It is in fact the consumers prerogative to do whatever they see fit with that product. They can buy and sell them all day long if they want, that is their decision. If you as a seller have sales and don't expect some people to take advantage of that fact, then you are an idiot. I'm sorry, but stop funding your poor business venture with sales. That's what's going on. It's obviously. The equation is as such.
Sell shit on sale. Buy shit the seller wants/pay bills or whatever. Realize they don't have the funds to build the pedals they just sold. Have another sale to pay for previous batch. Rinse and repeat.
I've seen numerous builders do this over and over again. It's very bad business, just like talking shit on your customers. For one, who the fuck has time to keep track of what a customer does with their product? Number two, who gives a flying fuck? Why should it matter to him after he's made the initial sale?
If it's an ethical issue, well then run an ethical business. Otherwise expect people to do what they do.
