I heard a terrible rumor about PVK

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If this is true I’m very sorry to hear it. Josh was incredibly nice and patient with me over twenty five years ago as an obnoxious teenager growing up in the Pioneer Valley (the PV in PVK, there the company started) in Western Mass. Stopping by PVK in the carriage shops in Amherst was always a highlight of my teen years.
 
Oliver Thecat said:
I heard a rumor that owner Josh Burbank of PVK died a couple days ago. Can anyone confirm this? As I understand it, he was under an enormous amount of stress these last couple of months from a massive credit card scam that cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars. Apparently, goons from Russia ordered tons of expensive knives with hacked credit cards. This sent his business into a spiral. As he navigated the sales, legitimate customers became angry with new delays and security measures and criticized him ruthlessly online. This was my observation at least. I’ve felt so bad for him lately and now he possibly has succumbed from the stress of it all. My heart goes out to his family if this is true. Hopefully it’s not.
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Your rumor source is suspect!

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Yeah, he pretty much did. This is what Yo Moma said in his last post which is next to last on the previous page:

"More steps though, just trying to have respect, what I was told was family and business are being squared away before they publicize it. Not sure the circumstances, hearing a few things, no idea if op was correct on what happened"

If he had called as he claimed earlier, then why say that?

Next time there's a rumor, perhaps someone should pick up a phone, for real, and ask first. It would save time & energy for a lot of people. If the rumor turns out to be true, then post the proof.

Simple.
 
nighthawk86 said:
Yeah, he pretty much did. This is what Yo Moma said in his last post which is next to last on the previous page:

"More steps though, just trying to have respect, what I was told was family and business are being squared away before they publicize it. Not sure the circumstances, hearing a few things, no idea if op was correct on what happened"

If he had called as he claimed earlier, then why say that?

Next time there's a rumor, perhaps someone should pick up a phone, for real, and ask first. It would save time & energy for a lot of people. If the rumor turns out to be true, then post the proof.

Simple.
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Yeah I’m not too happy about Yo Mama Yo Mama ’s trolling here… pretty sh*tty move and in poor taste to lie about someone dying. Maybe we can give him a chance to come here and set the record straight, but if he did in fact “lie” I doubt he will be back to comment.
 
Pmurt Dlanod said:
Yeah I’m not too happy about Yo Mama Yo Mama ’s trolling here… pretty sh*tty move and in poor taste to lie about someone dying. Maybe we can give him a chance to come here and set the record straight, but if he did in fact “lie” I doubt he will be back to comment.
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I literally said what I was told by pvk, even commiserate with them over the unexpected loss they said. Why is their ig taken off? I'm no liar, I simply called pvk based on the rumor op stated.
 
Yo Mama said:
I literally said what I was told by pvk, even commiserate with them over the unexpected loss they said. Why is their ig taken off? I'm no liar, I simply called pvk based on the rumor op stated.
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Well someone is lying.. who is it? Jordan? You? PVK?
 
nighthawk86 said:
Yeah, he pretty much did. This is what Yo Moma said in his last post which is next to last on the previous page:

"More steps though, just trying to have respect, what I was told was family and business are being squared away before they publicize it. Not sure the circumstances, hearing a few things, no idea if op was correct on what happened"

If he had called as he claimed earlier, then why say that?

Next time there's a rumor, perhaps someone should pick up a phone, for real, and ask first. It would save time & energy for a lot of people. If the rumor turns out to be true, then post the proof.

Simple.
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I did, twice, and it's unfortunate I was just a messenger, and that it ended up being accurate.
 
Yo Mama said:
Just spoke now again with them, they said same thing, he has passed.

It would be nice to hold off publicizing until they get everyone notified.
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Why would they tell you the truth, but lie to a well known dealer like DLT?

What a damn mess. This needs sorted out.
 
I called them today - see screenshot. Convo on their end went basically - "....he what? Passed? No no - where did you hear that?"

Different people saying different things when picking up the phone? I'm mystified now. If I was given bad info I apologize for re-posting, but I had literally just spoken with the person at PVK.

At this point I will step back and let PVK handle this as they choose to and not insert myself further into this.
 

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Maybe it’s best to let this one pause and let PVK do the PR thing if there is truth to it. I’m sure the last thing PVK needs is 50 people calling asking if the owner died.
 
Jordan@DLT said:
I called them today - see screenshot. Convo on their end went basically - "....he what? Passed? No no - where did you hear that?"

Different people saying different things when picking up the phone? I'm mystified now. If I was given bad info I apologize for re-posting, but I had literally just spoken with the person at PVK.

At this point I will step back and let PVK handle this as they choose to and not insert myself further into this.
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Same here man, I hope I did have bad info btw if it makes sense, I'd like Josh to be ok.
 
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