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My feedback thread is here.
Lee, give the bung back to Vertex. Drop the pedal line. Get on with being a decent business again.
That response from Andertons is fucking weak.
Lee saying "he's been a nice guy to me" is quite impressively deluded given that Mason literally lies to Lee's face in that video.
He's been caught lying and cheating so many times now that he's gone way beyond second chances.
I like Andertons, the team seem like nice guys, but this stinks. If Lee thinks that the "40 odd" pedals they sell is worth the public association with a serial fraud then I'm out. Ethics and morals are only worth something if you stick to them when they cost you something: clearly Lee Anderton not only thinks its OK to sell this guys stuff but also to be this guy's chum. I was prepared to give Lee the benefit of the doubt but he's just doubled down on Vertex: so whilst it may not mean much on the big balance sheet at Anderton's they won't be seeing a penny of my cash from now on.
I buy from Andertons from time to time (had a pedal from them last week) and will continue to do so, but although it is plausible that he didn't know about Mason before he started distributing his products, once he is aware of the totality of his conduct it is approaching indefensible to continue to do so IMHO.
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Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me dozen times, let me bend over and pick up the soap with crap rains from the sky over my face whilst the world is watching.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
I think he has taken the only real way out. Forget the 'second chance' spin for a minute. Lee has said that he will give full refunds to all customers if this turns out to be a scam. He has also said, in a round about way, that it's not big money for him either way so if you wish to boycott that product line you are welcome to.
Yes he may lose some other business because he gave the guy a platform to appear on but as a businessman he really can't allow the internet to dictate what he does and does not sell.
I'm sure in private he is wishing he had never done it but he has so he has some difficult decisions to take.
EDIT:
I'm also not really sure how much business he will lose. I fully understand that people can spend their hard earned cash where they want and if they wish to boycott Andertons completely that is their choice. The truth however is that there are several other well known companies also selling those pedals. So if you are going to Boycott Andertons you really have to boycott those others as well.
" Is he the 1st guy to do this? No. Will he be the last guy to do this? I doubt it. "
"People have done stupid stuff, people do stupid stuff and people will almost certainly do stupid stuff in the future"
His personal integrity can and as it stands, he has none, at the cost of said principles.
my problem isn’t the clone pedals, hell, not even a lie but he constant and consistency of it and even in this very video.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!