Can you point out anywhere, where you actually apologized though, Donny? Pretty incredible watching someone disappear after taking people’s money, go completely ghost while buyers are left chasing gear or refunds, then crawl back under a new name thinking a copy-pasted ego trip and industry résumé will somehow distract from the fact that people got burned. Nobody gives a shit how many articles you wrote, expos you spoke at, or manuals you helped author if you couldn’t handle the basic responsibility of either shipping paid-for equipment or refunding the people you screwed over. TreeBuzz isn’t your personal PR rehab center, and this forum isn’t LinkedIn. Buyers didn’t pay for your credentials—they paid for products, and many got silence instead. Hiding behind past accomplishments while dodging present accountability just makes it look like you’re more interested in preserving your reputation than repairing the damage you caused. If you had spent half as much effort communicating honestly with the people you stiffed as you did crafting this self-congratulatory damage control post, maybe I wouldn’t be dragging you publicly. Your legacy in the industry doesn’t excuse shady behavior—it just makes it more embarrassing. At the end of the day, this isn’t about your history, your status, or your reputation. It’s about whether you took people’s money and failed to deliver. People weren’t buying climbing gear from a legend—they were buying from a seller, and sellers who ghost customers after taking payment are called exactly what they are. This forum felt like a pretty safe place until you showed us all otherwise, so THANKS for that. I’ll save you the trouble: You are very welcome for my thoughts and concerns.
Trying to keep my nose mostly out of this, yet I do need to point out a perspective issue.
