No, it’s not shadier. It just became clear to everyone that many vendors ran their business like a ponzi scheme and used new money to pay for old orders… The issue is that the hobby contracted quite a bit and new orders are much smaller than old orders, so now those vendors can’t pay their invoices any more. Like any ponzi scheme, the houses of cards are collapsing.
No, it’s not shadier. It just became clear to everyone that many vendors ran their business like a ponzi scheme and used new money to pay for old orders… The issue is that the hobby contracted quite a bit and new orders are much smaller than old orders, so now those vendors can’t pay their invoices any more. Like any ponzi scheme, the houses of cards are collapsing.