Originally Posted by LadyMischief

This is going to leave me on the unemployment line? Give me a break Will. This crap is just that, crap, it hurts everyone's bottom lines, but I'm hardly going to run out and file for EI over it. I'm pretty confident things will get dealt with in a businesslike manner, and if they aren't, things are dealt with on another level (Homegrown is more than capable of defending it's legal interests thanks but your concern is touching). You guys are assuming a lot without knowing all the details.. you assume that the fact I don't try to lynch Lars in person every time I see him consummates to me being public enemy #1, but get real. There's always more to the picture than what you see or assume, and I have told people over there exactly how I feel about Zango. I also know, however, that not everyone is going to change their business because I don't agree with how they go about things. People have to make decisions based on what they feel is best... and Lars may be a public figure for AFF, but it doesn't mean he's the ONLY guy making decisions or making things happen, he's not a solo act you know. Business has a way of balancing itself out and we've already seen AFF drop the Zango model, and who knows what the next step in the progression is, maybe they will find a way to do one better and combat the problem?

Most companies make bad decisions at one point or another in their history, and believe me the companies you rep are no sterling examples of perfection. They along with many other older companies have made their blunders and paid for their mistakes as they go along their way. I choose to believe that given time people/companies/business use their mistakes to improve themselves, and if they don't they always end up getting what they deserve in the end. The book on the industry is still being written and each major issue that comes along is a catalyst for change. Do you think anyone would have even realized the depth of the problem if AFF hadn't been the harbringer of the situation? Out of all bad there can be good as long as you are willing to find it. I'm not running out to promote AFF RIGHT NOW, but I'm not going to take a hit man with me to shows in case I see Lars or Irish Pimp, either. :P There's a happy medium in there that's called REALITY, although you haven't been there for a long time. Check your mail, there's a postcard, reality misses you and it wants you to come visit again sometime soon.