Eric Larsen

Well....Ill keep this as short and sweet as I can. Bumper and the rest of you.....
Well guys this sucks...my past has caught up with me. Due to medical bills with my son and not being able to afford medical insurance, being self employed for so long......
Ive had a quandry going on with my morals and my head.
I had to file bankruptcy.
I had to add my business since Im a Sole Proprietership according to my attorney.
I didnt want to do this and still dont want to...

The simple truth is my finances are so beyond SCREWED because of this that I dont know what to do.

My website is NOT down because Im out of business and Im still not able to get my email like I stated months ago. My site will be back up next week after we fix a problem...........ok.

As far as my cell phone goes....my daughter has had my phone for a while and has called me with #'s and I return them as I can. I will get back with most of you by this weekend. So please forgive my lack of communication. Ive had to shuffle things around lately and its taken its tole.

Im working a full time job trying to pay the bills and not lose what Ive got left and am still making holsters in the evenings and such.

I will get back with all of you...please be patient. Because of my cell not being with me, my site being down and so on....ALOT or MOST of you are saying "What the [expletive edited]? Or you think Im a bonifed thief?! No...just an idiot! Ive never been or will be a thief! You will all get your leather!

This is as simple as I can tell you guys. I ended up owing over 250,000$ in medical bills due to a lack of medical insurance, that I COULD NOT afford! They wanted more than I actually made some months, for it. It bit me.......HUGE!

Lack of planning, poor business sense! Or what ever you want to call it......I guess so. Hind sight is better than.

Heres the situation as of today. Due to my finances Im working fulltime doing something I never thought Id do...but its paying the bills..at least I hope it is. I got my phone back from my daughter and will be in touch with all who have called and left messages by this weekend. I AM NOT TAKING ORDERS and am just working on existing stuff until its done.

Please bare with me...........if you want to call me. Please do so...I will answer the phone or call you back! Just dont call me until after 5pm mountain time.

This bankruptcy thing has left me morally, spiritually and physically ill.

My lack of communication with the world can be taken as me running away from all of this and YOU! Well..that is partly true. Ive never been in this situation and havent done all that I could to keep you all abreast of the situation.

But I will be in touch with those of you who have tried to get in touch with me.

Again, please call me in the evening or even write me. And once again.....Im sorry and Im dancing as fast as I can.

My prayers go out to all of you..........thanks for all of your support over the years.

Eric Larsen........................

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BIG E

Eric, I hate to hear this. The most important thing is that your son is ok. Bills be dammed, his health is what is important.

That is a huge rock to be under. I am glad that you will be able to get out from under it. Do whatever you have to do.

I'm sure the folks waiting for holsters will understand.

Keep your head up and God bless you and your family.

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luvmy40

+1
I had insurance and was still forced into bankruptcy by medical bills. I feel for you. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

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Bark'n

I have worked in emergency medicine for almost 30 years... The state of the healthcare industry and the insurance industry is in shambles as far as I'm concerned.

My partner on the ambuance racked up almost a million dollars in medical bills when her husband died. (another co-worker). It only took about 9 days of being in a coma too. Healthcare insurance covered a lot, but it had caps to the coverage.

I feel for your situation Eric! Please do not get too discouraged. You have to keep your family together as best you can.

I can say that as far as I know all the members of this forum are decent people and will accept your post with understanding. At least I hope they do.

You seem like an honorable and stand up guy and that's enough for me.

Good luck buddy... I hope your son is ok and getting better.

You and your family are in my prayers!

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ELCruisr

Eric, I feel for your position. While you don't owe me any leather I faced financial destruction thanks to our wonderful, caring, medical system. Lost savings, retirement, business, the works. Took 7 years and now can see the light of day as of last month. Hang in there and keep bailing! You'll keep your boat afloat, just keep things in perspective and know there is an end to it although I know at times it's gonna be hard to see.

Sure wish one of our glorious, compassionate, leaders would have the guts to actually DO something about the destructive mess that passes for a medical system here. We need something besides the greed based, lawsuit happy mess we have now.

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PaulG

My heart goes out to you Eric.

Years ago, I was appointed by a bankruptcy court to handle the accounting of a small sole proprietorship that was going thru bankruptcy. I have also witnessed the situation of several others in a similar position.

I want to echo what El Cruiser said. Keep bailing. You WILL get through this.

My only advise from these experiences is to embrace your family and get through this together, making sure to support each other. That's to only important thing. Everything else is just money.

Hang in there.

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Tombstone

Eric hope your son is alright thats the important thing. For you keep your head up and your path straight. I am one who has a order in back in Nov 06 and will call later to see if I am still in the system. Good to hear your back.

cockedlocked01

Eric, the important thing is that your son's OK or going to be soon. Money can be replaced.

I don't have anything ordered from you, but you've always been helpful (Through PMs) & I know you're friends with Nate (UBG holsters), & have probably helped him out when he was starting. Your heart's in the right place, that's apparent.

I'm sure you know this, but family's the most important thing right now & your faith (In whatever it may be). I sincerely hope you get through this in the easiest, quickest manner, that does the least damage to your family & you.

Take care.

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dr_cmg

Unfortunately my internet has been down all morning so that I could not post the latest news. Eric called me this morning at about 7:30 Central time. We had a lengthy conversation about his situation. Here is what he proposes to do: 1) He will call each customer who is owed holsters or other equipment. 2) He will supply each customer with the items that the customer has paid for. Please keep us informed as to whether you get a phone call and concerning whether you get your holsters.

Because the personal finances the owner of a sole proprietorship and the business finances of a sole proprietorship are legally entangled there are things that cannot be done due to the bankruptcy. The owner and the business are protected from creditors and all payments have to be in accordance with the bankruptcy proceedings. To make a refund would violate the agreement. Under these circumstances Eric has no choice as to whether to give a refund or not. He cannot.

Again please keep us informed of any contact you have with Eric so that others here can know what is going on.

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Homer45

That's good enough for me. I always only wanted to know SOMETHING regarding my order; whether its delivery was on schedule or not was of little importance.

Mr. Larsen, sorry to hear about your tribulations. I will wait to hear from you.

Mark