See, here's my problem with the situation (and for the record, I am not yelling, I am not throwing accusations, I am trying to discuss this calmly and rationally.)
It's not that Josh is buying things for himself, it's that Josh is not doing anything to rectify the situation. People are getting upset because there is no forward motion towards resolution.
Even the whole deal with Carl picking up the figures and parts... at this point, it's all still just talk on a message board. Until people actually start getting their stuff returned, people are going to be angry.
Josh, I'm trying to be patient here, but it just gets harder and harder to understand why nothing has been done in such a long time. Do you realize how much good it would do towards the negative vibes around here if you had refunded (Craw, I think,) the couple bucks he had sent you for postage? If you would put my stuff in the box I sent you and hand it to the postal employee?
If you truly, honestly want to make the situation right, you can not let time go by and let someone else do all the work (in this case, Carl picking up the stuff from your house.)
It will not just go away. It doesn't matter if you bought a mask with financial aid money, money you found in the street, or money a family member gave you. The fact is, you just bought $26+ worth of comics when you could have bought $13 worth of comics and refunded $13 to the people you owe money to.
Honestly, I'm not asking for anything extreme - I'm not asking for you to take food and homespace away from your family, I'm asking for you to try and make things better for those who have been inconvenienced by this situation.
You admit that you screwed up and you feel bad about it. Well, if you ever want to feel better about it, you need to take action to make things better.
And for the record, I don't hate you. But I am not thrilled with your actions. I hope you and the rest of the people on this board can understand the difference.
- J