one issue here is between Justin and TS: just update this thread again when the money is returned.
another issue here is between Justin and his business partners: this is a lesson to you and for all, becareful who u do business with.
this is one of the most drama thread i read in CS. i hope both Justin and TS can sort this things out. for Justin's business venture, not sure how things will go, maybe you would like to consult legal advices.
1.Tell them about u telling me and Hendra about being able to bring 7-8k into the business every month. If i'm deaf, hendra heard it, if hendra is deaf, his friend heard it.. When I came in asking where's your profit, "I where got say I can earn 7-8k?" This is our downfall because your mum, Hendra and I trusted you as an adult where you say these things.. and that's a major decision for yourself to close it down because you bullshit too much... You mother and yourself are adults, Hendra and I wouldn't be able to force your mother and you to open a studio if you don't want one... Noob as in stupid? You knew what you need from hendra and me... The jobs, the contacts, which you "had".
2. Me? Bad credit? Those are excuses because my 6th sense said I couldn't trust you when I first met you.. So Hendra had a bad credit too? Both of us could't trust you even at the start, so there's no way we get into a business partnership with you, considering the fact you need us more than we need you.. The investment surely came from you.
3. Hendra and I did take care of the studio as much as we could. If not for your mum, we would have left right after 3 months... You never made those money you claimed, you dragged all our foot in...
4. You didn't mentioned I'm footing the installments every month since the start ah? I'm are paying for the van right now, and the amount is 5k plus I've paid in till date... Balance of 3k plus to go, and I'm paying every cent of it... Do you want me to show you the black and white you sign? The financial investment of a van came from me and Hendra, never you... All you needed to do was to bring in the 7-8k 3 person heard you saying... Cedric wanted the van, do I remind you that you were driving the van home for personal usage, sometimes even your mum, and what? Ced wants the van? Ced wants the van for everybody's job, but didn't know it became a personal transport for you. It became so bad that I had to put a foot down and demanded that you leave the van in the studio even if there's no jobs... So van spoils, and what you do again, took "3 weeks" to repair, never repaired... Say wait for spare parts? All bullshit, we went to the same repair shop, and the spare parts came in a day... In that 3 weeks, the van is never seen in the studio, we secretly pop by your house a few occasions, and the van is not there as well... Driving the van for personal use? Go figure out where it went in that 3 weeks... Hendra and I took 1 day and, mind you, Hendra and I paid 400 plus to get it to shape again... Let this be known that it's not broken down as in cannot move.. Can move but just got worst.... because the van is not in studio, I'll assume you drove on and left the repair bill dented in Hendra and my pocket...
5. You wanted to learn I teach, you wanna know how to run a studio, I teach, you wanted to do the jobs, I gave. Because of helping you pull through every f@*king month, I had to make lesser to give you a cut for assisting or shooting. I made lesser because I wanted to teach you how to shoot. Do I need to mentioned that in this process, you happily took every cent of the money Hendra or my jobs gave, not making the 7-8k you claimed, yet you never put those shooting fees or asst fees back? Even 10 bucks is good... Never? At that point Hendra and myself were not part of the business entity, otherwise we'll be screwed by you big time..
6. Did you tell them about the jobs you did, the screw ups? Images seldom deliver on time. Or always, " No what, I delivered already", and I come hurrying, call you, chase you like like I had my own kid... Hendra's job received complaints about delivery. Client called, late for an event job... Where were you? traffic jam, where you should have been early by an hour before the job.. Hendra and I never experienced a "traffic jam" for jobs before somehow... The video you said "No prob, no prob, I can do it" Where? After 3 weeks, I had to take the rushes back and do it myself. I feel sorry because I still bother to put on a fake smile when I collected the rushes from you.. You treated our jobs with the least dignity... You Justin is too rich to bother about these... You wanna learn? I already gave up teaching...
7. When the business is not making because of the 7-8k you claimed, Hendra even tried to pull in rental. He didn't get a cut out of the rental, and yet stayed in the studio to make those 50 bucks per hour.. Even I came back to keep him company... You? Busy as usual....
8. Your mum as a property agent had to step in to govern the sorry studio you started.. Did I tell you she started the studio for you Justin because you're her son? and all she ever wanted to do is to groom you? Do you know Hendra and me are side dishes when compared to you? Who are we? mentors... People you could learn the trade from, and you never bothered to.. Did you tell she can't even trust you?? Did we tell you she broke down in front of Hendra and me several times as we speak because he f@*king can't work? Did we tell you she came begging on your behalf for Hendra and myself to help you as much as we can, even letting you do our jobs, and she''ll pay the difference we pay you??? She doesn't know anything about the studio, Hendra and I had to be frustrated because the communication with her is lacking, not because we find her irritating, but she doesn't know a thing! I appreciate her selling, Hendra followed her a few times for presentation? How is it possible that we have 30 years of experiences??? I'm 36 this year and the oldest in the studio... I started at 5? I was frustrated, frustrated because if not because you didn't rake in the 7-8k you claimed you could, she wouldn't have to bother.. There's a reason why you're selling credit cards now, and never became a photographer and we still are because you simply didn't bother in the past year, and when the crunch came, you still can't do it. Somebody else would have picked up the ropes.