Appreciate the effort but you're giving Marty waaaaaaaay too much credit here lol.You guys are seriously missing the point and selling Tyde short.
-He absolutely realized what was gonna happen here.
-He knew that he had to blow up his own spot to burn down ROBERT PIKERING @ RMS BOAT REPAIR in SAN DIEGO (formerly of DIVE MULEGE).
-He knows how much (or how little) time it will take to rebuild another side, re-branded under a different name.
-He fully expected the trolls to come out of the woodwork (and the fake, "we are on your side" at first, but will "turn on you later", from those same trolls) Look how the op brought people long gone back into the fold.
-He probably already has his new site ready or nearly ready, but what about ROBERT PICKERING? He will have a HELL of a lot more lost business and expense if he decides to move B+M Biz and rebrand.
-He probably already had plans to move back north soon (Sorry tyde, I have my doubts about your visa, but know I am on your side) its not your fault ROBERT PICKERING didn't do his due diligence fully vetting his vendors, nor is it your fault that he doesn't like the hours you keep (none of his fucking business, ITS YOUR BUSINESS, YOU LITERALLY OWN IT, RUN IT AS YOU SEE FIT).
-Lastly it isn't his fault that he was being persistent and called twice (easily coulda been in a valley and went to VM for other reasons than being purposely routed to VM via handset) which made ROBERT PICKERING go bananas and seemingly resort to not only threatening Tydes LIVELIHOOD but also resorting to threats of deportation or worse.
Fuck ROBERT PICKERING to pieces, seriously. He could have done the chargeback without blustery threats and jackass aplomb: insinuating bodily harm, imprisonment, loss of time and wages, danger to home and property etc.....ad nauseam when the thought of Mexican police or worse Mexican cartel is mentioned. Remember, this is over less than $1500 (less than most of us gambled away on NYE prob). Simply chargeback and fuck off with the bully act bud. I've been in my field for 17 years, owned my company for the last 7. You will run into people you cant make happy, and this guy is one of them 100%. He advertises on CL lol. I have Yellowpages and different media companies take care of my advertising and websites. Its how legitimate business is ran in 2016 bud, try it.
This is business, not poker. WORLD WIDE Website design is not a zero sum game, at least, not in the beginning.....The possibilities are endless. HOWEVER! The local Boat repair shop scene in San Diego IS much more of a zero sum game. The fear of repercussions from this silly thread on his LOCAL REPAIR SHOP might keep ROBERT PICKERING up at night (mad as hell) is my guess. Tyde will get ripped and sleep like a baby. His new site under a new brand will be up when he needs to make money again. I make no claims on his expertise or the quality of his product. But ROBERT PICKERINGS aberrant behaviour is obvious. Threats and duress directed at vendors is no way to handle business, regardless of what led up to that.
You guys seriously selling Tyde short, hes a gypsy that loves moving on, he could already be back in Cali (only druff knows).....wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Anyways, I cant believe I typed that many words lol.....peace.