04-01-2009, 05:31 PM
Hey guys,I'm not one of the people who is waiting on Ken for a glove, so perhaps I shouldn't be posting, however... I do have a number of gloves from Ken. The first one I bought, a while back, was a Dream Master, and after paying for it I didn't hear anything from Ken for over six months, despite repeated emails, and even trying to track down a phone number, etc. I had finally emotionally given up on it, and accepted that the money was gone, when Ken reappeared and sent my glove. I have done a number of transactions with him since then, and they all went very well.I have no idea what is going on with him now, but I tend to doubt that the recent sales/raffles (as well as the court date thing, as some suggest) are all just part of some scam. Given how he has delivered on gloves in the past--even in cases like my first purchase where the money easily could have been kept--it just doesn't compute. (In fact this reminds me a little of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and Kramer claim that a Mom and Pop shoe store moved into the area and established trust for 48 years only so they could run off with a box of Jerry's sneakers...)On the other hand, I do think unfortunately there is a common habit in the glovemaking business of taking on too many orders, and poorly estimating whether or not the gloves can actually be completed, and within a reasonable timeframe (given the sheer workload, in addition to life circumstances like other jobs, family, health, etc). My personal suspicion (and only that) is that Ken may have taken on too much with this last round of orders, is not able to complete them (or not any time soon), is feeling overwhelmed and crappy about it, and doesn't want to respond to anyone with excuses/lies until he can really get things sorted out...Or I could be wrong and, since he decided to quit making gloves anyway, he said screw it and made some fast cash before checking out. I don't know. But given the history, I don't think that's a reasonable conclusion to make just yet...