It's not an excuse, but I can see how a spiral can occur if you are a 1 off trying to raise enough capital to get the manufacturer to produce, and the manufacturer starts bending you over or they find better shit to do than deal with a small run of gears. Then you start knocking out the easier shit to stay afloat and you've made promises and committed to deadlines you can't keep, and all your finances are tied up in it. Probably pretty easy to get in over your head. But you gotta bite the bullet at some point, stop digging, come clean, and figure out how to square your customers away before you get WenzelDouged.
