ok this is obviously getting very heated, I just want to clarify a couple of things, first off Nathan and myself were obviously typing at the same time so both our posts were made without seeing the other.
What I was trying to promote was a positive way forward.
On one hand I tried very hard to note the difficulties that a business trying to provide services in a niche market to customers who are 'building to a budget' coupled with the current climate face.
On the flip side I also tried to note how damaging it can be for an individual to lose out due to a business failure.
I was very careful to try and not criticise anyone personally, business failures these day are extremely common, even in affluent markets, this does not necessarily reflect on the proprietor of the business but a combination of circumstances that quite possibly are beyond their control.
After I 'posted' my reply I read Nathan's, and others, I was concerned that my comments may have been misconstrued so first off I rang Nathan who answered first time. We had a 20 minute chat about various things and we have a few things in common, I'm not going into further details here as its off subject but hope you get everything sorted Nathan.
One thing, no one has commented on is my original proposal, can we not club together as a community and help to fix this?
Nathan is in a tough place and could use some support, Michael is also in a predicament and could also use some help, these were the sentiments of my post which seem to have been lost in the politics.
At no point have I taken sides in this but rather seen an unfortunate situation which could use a little help.
Positive comments please.
(no doubt the time its taken me to write this there's prob loads more replies which make it out of context)
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