Carlisle, PA
Quoted from Pintucky:Good job sticking with our boycott.
You know . . . in a situation like what you described, it makes it difficult to avoid buying from Mad, no matter how much you may despise him, when he might have the ONLY part you want available. Especially, if it is at a much lower price than anywhere else. I despise this guy and have always said I would NEVER buy anything from him. But, I've been in a similar situation as you and it was SO tempting to violate my own ethics just to get my part. So far, I've done the same as you. Ended up buying it elsewhere and glad I did. If I had bought something from Mad, I would have felt very guilty just coming on Pinside again, much less commenting on a thread such as this!!! I just wish he would sell everything he has to some other vendor and shut that place down. That way, none of us is torn apart trying to make a decision whether to violate our principles and order from him.
Your story had a somewhat happy ending. I hope everyone on Pinside continues to cease buying from him.
I doubt any other vendor in their right mind would by Mad's inventory. If you read a good many post over the years Mike has a bad habit of not paying his suppliers either so if someone were to buy him out they might actually be buying stolen property. I think over time it is more than likely you will just see Mad slowly fad away.
It is kind of sad because for a good many years he had decent prices and his reputation wasn't all that bad but over the years things just keep getting worse with the BS he is pulling on people. People with addictions tend to hurt others to fund their addictions and Mike is a perfect example of that.
