yeah, i read that forum.. problem is, for an outsider (like all of us here except you it seems) its almost impossible to figure out who is right and who is wrong. as i said, it seems like he doesn't have his business under control, but i also see too much other crap being said there that is either just too freaky (the drugs and prostitution part) or or just too dubious (the parts about the ex employee) to really take seriously.. at least it's stuff not to be taken at face value.
as i said, i know peter from the AH list way back, and he was always a very helpful guy there (yeah with ego issues, but all those guys had that.. try talking to people like paul from motm or kevin lightner..) he provided me with plenty of help for things like schematics for both my own serge modules and the cem's serge for maintenance, asking nothing in return. but hey, thats years ago and people can change..
it sounds to me like things grew above his head businesswise, and on top of that he had family matters to attend, and it all sort of blew up. and yes, i can understand that if you have serious family matters, the business has to take a step back if you're all doing it on your own.
these days, there are a lot of people that feel the need to instantly shout ripoff at even the slightest thing.. i've even experienced some of these guys just selling stupid cd's on discogs. so combine peter's trouble with customers like that and you have a recipe for disaster..:D
i think a lot of people tend to forget these are almost literally one man operations.. a small piece of dust is far more likely to make their machine grind to a halt that at bigger companies..
