I post on DZ.com very rarely but wanted to jump in on this thread. I originally started KarnageKrew with Gary in 2006. In those days we didn’t have a registered company, we were just 2 guys trying to help people out in our spare time. We set out not to do this for huge financial gain but with a passion to help people in the sport. Our key values were to provide fantastic customer service and to operate ethically throughout. And we did.
In this time, both customers and the dealers we worked with will testify that we went above and beyond the cause with this – our customers were delighted, and as were the dealers that we were working with. Around 2008 however, I was finding that other commitments were becoming too much and I no longer had the time to commit to KK, but Gary pursued his dream and worked tirelessly – often 20 hours a day; so he was able to deal with all customer queries/ orders/ liaising with dealers etc. I’d never met anyone who had that level of commitment if I’m perfectly honest and I used to wonder how on earth he managed to do it.
In 2009, things were going well enough for him to turn it into a real business and, I believe with the help of a small private investor he setup Kkrew PTY LTD registered in NSW. He asked me on occasion to come back in, but having neither the time nor money available, I was unable to accept.
It appears things have taken a fairly desperate turn in recent months from reading these threads, and I am both saddened and disappointed – for those of you who appear to have lost money, and partly for something I put passion and energy into initially to end up in this way.
I appreciate that my words will provide little comfort or resolution to those of you who have suffered as a result of this, and, having not heard from Gary in months, I am unable to speculate on what has occurred or indeed any reasons for this and, I write not by way of defence, but I felt it was important to contribute.