shredderz28
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It definitely has a very strange aura surrounding it. And yes there are many people on there that want him back in business
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It definitely has a very strange aura surrounding it. And yes there are many people on there that want him back in business
Well, I know for a fact mine was not stolen. His wife texted me that she had it in her house. So hopefully, if this did all go down as described, he can help those of us that were left high and dry to get back to where we need to be. I mean, I paid $600 for mine, so he would gain $1000 by finishing it. I would think that if he plans on moving forward he'll never get off the ground if he doesn't "make whole" the people who ordered from him previously.
You don't really know that for a fact. A lot of things everyone said in this whole ordeal were lies. I hope for the best for you and everyone, but taking his wife's word as fact is just wishful thinking. Sounds like they're tossing someone new under the bus just to try to start again. With the quality of the last few that trickled out though, I would have zero interest in even getting anything from him at this point.
I've been following this since I saw the following posted on Facebook starting @ November 4th, here are some of the posts I've saved since then - I couldn't believe it when I saw it posted late last night that BRJ is supposedly coming back but it was confirmed by one of the mods over there that is and has been in contact with him -
The whole thing is bizarre, why wouldn't BRJ have contacted the police, filed a report, and notified everyone what was going on? But no, now we have this and people are already frothing at the mouth to throw this guy their money from the posts made since this morning
https://m.facebook.com/Wheres-Joe-Donner-1078971508809972/?tsid=0.7290152653586119&source=typeahead
From @ Nov. 4th:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615606095359273/permalink/1624679981118551/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bcrichjunkies/?fref=nf
Yeah, my point is that if they say that mine was stolen, I have her word saying she had it. That's a start. A start to what, I don't know. But if he is planning on coming back, I will be trying to get in touch with them again. I was thisclose to getting mine, but she suddenly ceased all communication, and that's where I am left. Who knows, though. He has to know that there are loads of people who will work very hard to make sure he doesn't succeed. It would be in his best interest to try to placate all of them. How he could possibly do that, I'm not sure. I mean, honestly, just coming forward and making some sort of a statement and trying to make amends would do a lot more than hiding and planning on starting a new business. The problem is that the people who trusted him the most are the ones that got burned the most. Some people paid him in full for 2 or 3 guitars, and got nothing. I was one of the ones supporting him right through the end. If he's anything other than a con man then he should work with those who have been left high and dry and try to compensate us.
Though, this whole thing does make me feel particularly good about a couple of others. Shad Peters (of Peters Instruments) was dealt a hefty blow when his entire shop and contents burned down, and his insurance company found a loop hole to not pay him. So he started a donation page, got donations from a bunch of people, including some big-name shops and music stores, and is now back up and running. And right after it went down, when he was down the most, he send me an email saying that he would repay me one way or another. And just a few weeks ago he sent me an email saying he was ready to start building my guitar again. Now that's a guy with integrity. I'd recommend him to anyone, and I'll always support him because of his "me last" attitude. That's how you build a business, and a legion of enthusiastic supporters. So if Rico decides to walk away from all of his past mess, and take a, "I have to lookout for myself first, they don't know what I've been through," attitude, then that's on him, and says volumes about his morals, ethics, and the Rico name. But I know I'd never want that to be the legacy for my family.
OH
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Seriously guys? FIVE YEARS on and we're still seeing wild accusations and insane explanations.
EVEN IF we believe this tripe, and this mysterious boogeyman man made off with warehouse content after hospitalization, this STILL does not explain the YEARS of ponzi scheme style fraud, lies, deceit and poor business processes from BRJ.
This mysterious third party removes ZERO liability and ownership from BRJ and the horrible, horrible ways he has ripped you all off.
This new information, if true, is meaningless and if anything, it seems like a poorly deviced attempt to instill sympathy for BRJ (REALLY?!? If this actually happened, why has there been ZERO communication outside of BRJ apologists on the bc rich junkies page?)
Making up a mysterious boogey man to take the heat off BRJ is reprehensible, and does nothing to sooth the financial loss of his victims.
This misinformation and false hope has to stop. It's abundantly clear that very little, if anything can be done for most peoples loss here.
Stop kicking a dead horse here, please.
He needs to make right with the past before taking on new customers. I can't believe anyone would give him money at this stage.
This whole page seems to be written by one of the admins of BCR Junkies. Who, coincidentally, have been defending Bernie for the past 5 years.