If you want to retire with a nest egg by selling your business, and there's only one buyer, your choices are limited.
Stay in business, walk away from your lifetime investment, or sell it to someone you hope will keep up your good name and traditions. ,
Don't beat on Kirban for his decision. I'm sure Castle didn't say anything about screwing the long term customers. Be glad for the good times dealing with Kirban in the past.
Don't trash Kirban, nor his good name, and as far as Castle, "the gloves are off, as they should be....
I sold my Havasu "getaway house" 4 years ago because many of the locally owned SUCESSFUL "mom & pop" resteraunts and shops were bought out by retired, californicated, libtards that changed the successful Arizona business model into the libtards paradise that they fled from. Right now, Havasu sucks! The libtards bought up everything and ruined it!
This scenario is playing out all across America as the last of the "can do" generation is retiring and dying off, only to be replaced by the "what's in it for me" punks.
The first wartime nuke was dropped by 19 to 31 year olds after flying at night for hundreds of miles over open ocean.
I don't know of a single 30 something that I would trust with a Cessna, delivering a hand grenade.
The world we knew and trusted is gone, we move on, and do the best we can with what we have to work with.
I tell my customers: "if you are happy with us, tell everybody! If you aren't, tell ME.
Help everyone by spreading the word of your experiences.
TIMINATOR