Originally Posted by long duck dong (Post 2345154)

Who would you guess is going to get their money first? Or how would anyone suggest the customers that have already paid are going to get product?

If vendors are aware (Which I'm sure they are) of the position of Trick, no vendor in their right mind is going to ship Trick any product. It would take on hell of a con-man to convince a product vendor to ship to a retailer with the debt Trick most likely has.....

I have seen this business model before folks....Here is how it works....

Trick takes your money today on an order thats not instock. Utilizes your money to pay past due debts with vendors to keep product coming and filling other orders. Trick counts on unpredictable future big order sales to eventually be able to ship the initial order that was previously not in stock, and the process starts again once another big order is placed and paid for.....This is how a little man on the totem pole can look like a big shot.....He is using your money (interest free) to run a sinking ship business.

When the larger orders stop, so does the existance of Trick Marine. Now Trick is selling off through ebay the smaller products or left over items from vendors and I'm sure the doors will be closed forever.

I feel sorry for all of you who honestly believe Fred will do the right thing.......Your holding onto a worthless hope that Mr. Wonderful is going to come through on your parts or your money.

A fact in life no matter who you are is that if it comes down to Fred taking care of Fred, or Fred taking care of you.....Fred is going to take care of Fred first, you my friends are second....If this continues the only thing I for see coming in the future of Trick Marine is Chapter 7 Bankrupcty.....then all of you waiting on parts or money are truly screwed.

Happy Thanksgiving....

Steve

Originally Posted by US1 Fountain (Post 2345384)

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Wouldn't there be a larger customer base thru ebay vs his website?.

Originally Posted by mccaffertee (Post 2345806)

So, in all the days of this crap, have any of his friends, customers, acquaintances, or who ever, spoken to him? I find it hard to believe that nobody, not one single person has heard nothing from this guy.

Originally Posted by mccaffertee (Post 2345806)

So, in all the days of this crap, have any of his friends, customers, acquaintances, or who ever, spoken to him? I find it hard to believe that nobody, not one single person has heard nothing from this guy.

Originally Posted by epeek (Post 2345765)

Sounds just like The way Jo & Pepe do biz at Pantera. Everyone jumped to defend them also.
Meanwhile some very good people got screwed.

Originally Posted by plumbers crack (Post 2345842)

As many people know I have had many deals with Fred,I last saw him about 6 weeks ago before the death of James girlfriend.He was worn out,and not interested in doing the business but it seemed like a lot of inventory was there.The death of a son or daughter could wreak havoc on anyone,then the death of James girlfriend might of been the Icing on the cake.James seemed to have been keeping Fred pumped up, in light of his health issue.

It is unfortunate that he has not responded.From what I have seen in the last 3 years he has put alot of time and money into trick marine and to my knowledge he was not living in an oceanfront mansion,driving a Ferrari,or buying gold watches.Im not defending anyone who takes money from someone and doesnt deliver what they say.Obviously its criminal.I hope there is a good explanation and repayment to all the people who are owed money.I have been ripped off before and it plain sucks.I have no intimate knowledge of the what and why but people wanted to know why his flag waver's have been silent thus far.Hopefully there is a positive outcome for all involved.

Brian

Originally Posted by mccaffertee (Post 2345806)

So, in all the days of this crap, have any of his friends, customers, acquaintances, or who ever, spoken to him? I find it hard to believe that nobody, not one single person has heard nothing from this guy.

Originally Posted by epeek (Post 2345765)

Sounds just like The way Jo & Pepe do biz at Pantera. Everyone jumped to defend them also.
Meanwhile some very good people got screwed.