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Old 01-09-2014, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by slider701 View Post
With all due respect Bill you do not know me so lumping me in with the thieves that ran the business is out of line and insulting. I worked at Unique for less than 5 months before getting laid off as part of the bankruptcy and consider myself as one of the employee victims that also got screwed. I lost tens of thousands myself moving from out of state to work for them only to lose my job and find out I couldn't even file for unemployment because they never paid the state of Texas the money they were taking out of my paycheck (which bounced the last time they tried to pay us) and consequently I lost several months of unpaid wages that was promised to me.

So yes, there were thieves who ran the place but there was also 100's of hard working people there who loved their jobs that were not involved in what was happening at the top of the company.

The purpose of my post was to point out that there are other bronze sculptures, of very high quality, that were made and sold at a much higher price than $3K

If you want to get into a separate debate regarding Unique, it's business practices, and the granddaddy thief of them all (Carroll Shelby) and how he helped mastermind the demise of the business I would suggest you take it to another thread.
I'll humbly apologize for grouping you in with the scumbags that were management at Unique. A lot of people lost millions of dollars with them.....Yet at the same time, knowing they spent their money poorly is yet another example of what caused their demise......

Bill S.

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