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Old 07-13-2017, 11:26 PM   #45071 (permalink)
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I found work!

And am sober.


Ahhhhh


Soon I will be able to buy a guitar, weed, and a skateboard. Kinda need a place to stay first though.
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Old 07-14-2017, 02:29 AM   #45072 (permalink)
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Number of times I'll post about this again: 3-4
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Happy for you man, now you can eat more and make some gains
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Old 07-14-2017, 05:36 AM   #45073 (permalink)
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It's Over.

Today, US megacorp transferred a quarter million dollars into our bank account and wired another quarter million over to the China factory. As part of the settlement we get to write off over a million dollars of debt off our books, making our bank extremely happy.

Personally, I get no big payout. Actually I get no payout. But we do get a 2.5% commission from here on out on the products that were stolen from us. Our sales were averaging about 6 million a year so that's $150K net profits, which at this point is pretty damn sweet considering the company is only 3 people and really has no overhead.

This has been going on for 2 years and 10 months and consumed easily over 5,000 hours of my time. Very surreal getting the news this afternoon that it's all behind us. Seriously did not know know what to feel.

Bad news? I can't retire a wealthy man.
Good news? I still have a job.
Nice work! I know a couple of people who have had medium sized businesses fold on them, and it can be a real knife edge which side of the ledger you end up on.
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Old 07-14-2017, 06:08 AM   #45074 (permalink)
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Ah now! Any cat who doesn't appreciate good seventies soul....
Booooooo, not punny.



Porque is picking with treats.

Grats on that heavy weight being lifted Chula.
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Old 07-14-2017, 06:23 AM   #45075 (permalink)
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Porque is picking with treats.

Grats on that heavy weight being lifted Chula.
Oddly enough, we have those too:
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Old 07-14-2017, 06:24 AM   #45076 (permalink)
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All of my other fur babies go crazy for them but not him so much.
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Old 07-14-2017, 09:04 AM   #45077 (permalink)
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It's Over.

Today, US megacorp transferred a quarter million dollars into our bank account and wired another quarter million over to the China factory. As part of the settlement we get to write off over a million dollars of debt off our books, making our bank extremely happy.

Personally, I get no big payout. Actually I get no payout. But we do get a 2.5% commission from here on out on the products that were stolen from us. Our sales were averaging about 6 million a year so that's $150K net profits, which at this point is pretty damn sweet considering the company is only 3 people and really has no overhead.

This has been going on for 2 years and 10 months and consumed easily over 5,000 hours of my time. Very surreal getting the news this afternoon that it's all behind us. Seriously did not know know what to feel.

Bad news? I can't retire a wealthy man.
Good news? I still have a job.
Excellent news.
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Old 07-14-2017, 02:01 PM   #45078 (permalink)
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A bit on the lawsuit just to add some perspective:

We had 2 independent lawyers on our side working out of a small office downtown. It's all we could afford.

US Megacorp had these guys:

http://www.dyk e ma.com/ (Remove the spaces from both sides of the E.)

15 US offices, 425 lawyers, $220 million in revenue last year

China Factory had these guys:

https://www.gtlaw.com/en

38 offices worldwide, 1730 lawyers, $1.4 billion in revenue

It was a senior partner of this firm that found the loophole that got our contract thrown out.

I guess we never really stood a chance.

On the plus side both US Corp and China dude probably spent anywhere from 5-7 times more than we had to.
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Old 07-14-2017, 03:08 PM   #45079 (permalink)
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I told a coworker that I didn't want to hold their baby with a simple "no thanks" and I think I just made an enemy.
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Old 07-14-2017, 03:14 PM   #45080 (permalink)
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I told a coworker that I didn't want to hold their baby with a simple "no thanks" and I think I just made an enemy.
On the plus side, about 25 years from now that child will search you out to say "Thank you!".
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