Soundsmith having Issues because of COVID

Ok Nandric, my intention was honourable in drawing attention to my dislike of your inferences. But since you're happy to hide behind what I call "badge of honour" or "truth as a weapon" subterfuge, I'll come straight out w it.
You're inferring PLederman is being disingenuous in "claiming" he's laying off his employees, boo hoo, what a sad, sad story, etc, you say.
Indeed you're inferring he does all the work himself, or maybe minimal help at most. His story is confabulation or downright deceipt 
And that his sob story related here is subterfuge to generate sales.
You just can't say it as you really mean it, and hide behind ad hominem attacks on me for my choice of language.
Sad.
So, I challenge you again.
You provide proof that your take is the correct take.
Otherwise I'll reasonably assume you're just another civilian throwing stones at greenhouses.
And for the record, I don't give two figs if Peter is laying on the story a bit thick.
He has commercial rents, state taxes, local taxes, sales taxes, insurances and utilities, and maybe some wages packages to cover. I do too w both my businesses at zero fee income.
So please, provide evidence Peter is lying or misleading us.
Or find another pastime. 
And please, no circular philisophical Gordian Knots from you. I've already untied the last one neatly.

+1 spiritofmusic
Nandric, for someone professing the necessity of clarity of statement, you failed at that in your initial comment.

@nandric

This thread is about one of our well regarded audio companies in this hobby and its fight to survive and continue to offer its services to people who WANT them, and VALUE them as a company.

Why do you come in and crap in a thread with a tangent line of discussion that has no RELEVANCE to the topic at hand?

Very poor behavior.

Thank you Noromance and Neonknight. I was worried I'd misinterpreted things.

Relax, guys, nandric is merely misinformed. Specifically, he does not understand where the real value is. He thinks the real value is in who did the work. What nandric is complaining about is the exact equivalent of grousing that Ray Kroc didn't really make his Big Mac. "Billions and billions defrauded" nandric would say.

The value of a Soundsmith is not that Peter Ledermann actually does all the work. The value of Peter Ledermann is that he is the one smart and clever and inquisitive and persistent and productive enough to figure out what work needed to be done. What materials to use. In what way. Exactly. Down to the smallest detail.

Peter Ledermann in other words invents, and improves. He takes good ideas and then puts in the hard work of figuring out how to make them even better. Then he figures out how to make them cost-effectively enough for other people to actually be able to afford them. AND THEN he goes on to carefully select and train others to do the work he himself has figured out how to do. 

So now you know nandric. I won't dance around it. Not me. Not at all. I will say it straight to your face: you insulted and impugned his character. You in your weaselly language all but called him a fraud. I'm just taking the high road in assuming why: you don't understand basic economics. Well, now you do, you can see why you were so totally in the wrong.

Either way, you do owe the man an apology.