No shit. If you did I am sure you'd not act like such a baby. Some of the solidest and most supportive dudes in the game. Without them most of you people would know dick about a lot of great music and some of yer favorite bands may have never been heard by anyone but ten or twelve drunken dudes who were too busy trying to get some of Lutzko's blow to bother paying attention. No offense to those of us who resemble the last remark.
I'm not questioning Columbus' reputation prior to this at all.
Although by your rationale you're saying because they helped support a load of great underground bands and a lot of great underground music - it's ok to give their customer's the cold shoulder, and spend/sit on their fucking hard-earned money without any explanation. That's fucking bullshit. If i lived anywhere near the place I'd give them a shout for real (something they don't seem too obliged to do) but in actuality i live on a whole other continent and even if i did live in/near Columbus & being as loads of folks are getting unreturned e-mails/phonecalls why should i bother my hole wasting gas money driving the fuck down there to collect it. Whoever paid for fucking postage and packaging, paid for just that. This is 8 months later and about 6 months ago I was completely supportive/understanding, because like you said, I'd heard rumors they could be going through a rough patch at the moment with life and such. But at this stage... still no answer?... I totally commend them for all they've done in the past but, if they wanna screw over their great reputation by being ignorant, they're doing a fine job of it. So why should i think any differently about them?
I'm not at all bothered about the cash (most of which i could recoup from pimping Thrashfast's 2 dads down outside the local methadone clinic), or the fucking records; i just think it's ignorant of them to leave other folks/their supporters, who support them with their OWN hard-earned blood,sweat & tears, and who mightn't have necessarily been able to afford this cash, to throw at the label in the first place. Folks who took the risk on their own dime (much the same IDEAL as any record label) to fund the release of this great music (rather than download it illegally which is easily done!); and now they're getting ignored by the label they're trynna support? And thats ok?? Yeah right on...
And remember without the people buying the records they put out and going to the fucking shows, their work means sweet FA. Way to go shit all over your reputation. So you tell me, why couldn't they just stick some notice on the website saying -- we're gone for 6 months but we'll carry up where we left off? Any delays, do the same. Its straightforward shit - I don't mean to have a go at the label, but i think i have the motherfucking right to, considering the circumstances - same as everyone else in the same boat.