Shaun - the Pelican OT forum may not be the real world, but it's part of your world, and I wish you could see how horribly you are damaging that world. There are currently three threads running in concern with you and your credibility. In one of those threads, as I read it, it sounds as if Nostatic is all but ready to ban you from OT entirely.
Yes, this forum may not have an incredibly large bearing on you or your business, but when one reaches 1,000 posts, the Pelican board undoubtedly holds something for them whether it be from an interest in cars, personalities, politics or just general blather/entertainment.
This thread that you began ("My apologies') is a very good start toward reparation. But I'll also call to your attention that at the point I am writing this post, no one who you've at one time aligned with, except for Rodeo, has posted on it. Not Cool Chick, not Speeder, not even Tabs. That says to me these people have lost faith in you, at least for the time being. I do hope, however, that this loss of faith is not permanent.
You apologized, you said you'd repay Joe, and in all honesty, that is the most you can do. This tit-for-tat back and forth you're engaged with is not helping your cause. I think you should just step back, breathe a bit, and motor about your life w/o Pelican OT for a while. For the last two days, starting with the "experiment" I have read nothing but frustration in your words that have now gone not just from defensive to offensive, but offensive toward an entire community who feel, as you confirm, taken gross, if not strange, advantage of.
IMO, you'd be better off focusing your energy on the orders you have to fill that have stacked up since your March show, and expanding what looks like your boys version of G9. It'll do you a hell of a lot better than hanging around here, digging yourself into nothing of real value.
Again, just pay Joe, let your apology stand, and be done.
Best of luck with everything.
