As of last month I saw evidence he was alive. Can't get into the details, but something was shipped to someone who had been waiting a very long time. I know what he's going thru isn't easy, but at least he could have given us closure in terms of at least knowing we aren't gonna get what we paid for. I'm sure we can understand a marquee light is not as important as someone's life or wellbeing.... would be nice to just hear "sorry you aren't getting the xxxx" though. Or at least something other than "soon" over and over for a year sporadically.
Y'know what, no matter what you're going through, pressing that refund button only takes a minute, and extremely little physical effort.
Maybe call me jaded because I've been here 2 decades, but with how many times we've seen someone suddenly become ill after packing in a bunch of money, have six family members die in a week, have 2 painters die, car trouble, mail trouble, WAREHOUSE FIRE (there went 200 grand), or anything else, coupled with not paying people back, I do not believe it. This whole ordeal fits the exact pattern of the normal arcade scam artist to the absolute T.
If he were ill, or his family had trouble, or anything else, and he were acting in good faith, he'd have hit the refund button in PayPal and the whole thing would be a non-issue. It's not any more complicated than that, and anyone suggesting it is hasn't opened their eyes yet. FFS, we had an actual killer head up a group buy, go to jail, and people still got their damned cabs.
If you read this Erick, and you're not actually intent on scamming anyone, hit the damned refund button and call it a day.
And yes, someone finally got a cab after a dog's age, there's no reason to be dodgy about public information. Speaking in weird half-truths isn't helping anyone or anything. But this is, again, part of the regularly scheduled program. Make one person whole, look like you're doing the right thing for just a moment, just enough to spread the seed of hope, and either bounce forever once you've past everyone's credit card protection timeline, or come back just long enough to get one more round of money in.
EDIT: I absolutely cannot spell tonight.