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As I have said MANY times already... People simply 'assumed' that I hadn't already done my business plan, sought advice from those in the know, and in your case 'explored conventional funding methods'... All of which I had already done long before embarking on a gofundme.
People chose to make assumptions, based on either my past attempts, or their personal opinions. That doesn't make their assumptions correct.
With regards to the private messages you have received... As far as I am aware I have paid everything I owe. I have even over the course of my 'career' given people their bags completely free if they had to wait too long. I have refunded money on the occasions where I couldn't deliver for some reason.
If anyone feels I still owe them something, perhaps they would be better messaging me?
There are a few people on this forum who don't like me, who I have clashed with over certain subjects etc... So I wouldn't just believe everything you read in a private message.
I don't see my own private messages filled with demands of recompense.
BRP stopped selling goods years ago, and I haven't had anyone messaging me to say I owe them anything. So feel free to point them towards my own private messages if they feel I do, and I'll be happy to deal with it.
But for now, I think I've defended, and explained myself enough on this thread.
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It's a public forum, if you're going to post asking for money it's reasonable to expect a certain level of scrutiny. My opinion is not preventing anyone from donating, so why the fervour to silence the discussion? Whether an emotive paragraph about passion and mental health entitles Scott to your money is an individual choice. He's not just asking his mates for more money, but a public forum read by thousands of people. My intervention was not limited to the virtues of Gofundme, but more specifically sought to ascertain whether it was ethical for Scott to request people's money without any thought of repayment, therefore this thread seemed the perfect place for the discussion. Should he have sought readily available and free business advice, or explored conventional funding avenues before going cap in hand to the forum? Does accepting peoples money oblige him to produce a plan outlining how he will use it?
I believe the above are all legitimate avenues for exploration that pertain directly to Scott's request and don't necessarily merit petty insults. This place should exist as a forum for discussion and not echo chamber, regardless of how inelegant my argument has been. Furthermore the whole nonsense appear far more insidious read alongside the numerous PM's I have received detailing BRP's past failure to deliver paid for goods and disappearance when owing money. Guess people don't need to know this before donating.
This whole thing could have been more constructive if folk had championed Scott's cause rather than calling me a cunt. I am not denying his right to ask, rather defending mine to call bullshit. I can't ever imagine feeling sufficiently entitled to ask anyone for 6k no strings attached.
Pedrito - Consumer Champion and ethicist