It is more than evident at this moment that we are under fire of running a giveaway under false pretenses, most specifically, the Bladeforums exclusive XM-24 giveaway.
Now I'm not here to whine or pout or to try to give excuses. Many accusations have been made, some of them justly so, many, not. If anything we are to blame as the many concerns that were brought up on the forum were NOT promptly addressed and was neglected by us. That said, I'm asking the community to give us a chance--not to "redeem" ourselves as in the minds of many, we're already considered trash, but to explain the entirety of this giveaway situation. As I feel, though you may not agree, that one should always give the benefit of the doubt.
This situation, even a "scandal" as one could put it, grew quickly through the course of a few days and we had not the patience nor the time to address all the different accusations. Regardless, we are not excused nor exempt from neglecting them. Yet as as much fault we may be, the community is NOT aware of the entirety of the situation and many claims, remain false or unsupported.
At the moment, as you can imagine, this whole ordeal has taken a toll or 2 on my current state of mind whilst adding to my stress. It's getting late and I'll be needing some rest. But I just like to make it known that in the next few days, we will post up a detailed response, attempting to address most if not all of the concerns and accusations using concrete evidence if possible for those, and rightfully so who doubt our word.
Now what do we hope to get out of this? Redemption??--yeah right......like that's going to happen. Looking at things from a broader perspective our reputation is likely never to be completely restored. But at the very least the truth, or a larger scope of this situation, will be brought to light and open to the discerning eyes of the knife community. Until then--continue as you please.
Respectfully,
The Knives Emporium Team
If you have time that is.
