Being a small business owner myself, I can easily relate to the situation you've become involved with. I too have over extended myself numerous times to please a customer...fortunately I've never been dealt a bad hand like this. Now...on to a more current issue. I had planned to donate to your cause...$50..until I saw some of the remarks being feed back to Joe's brother, Chris. From what I gather, Chris has asked that he and his family, with the exception of Joe, be left alone since they too appear to be as much a victim of this scammers habits as anyone else. With that, I would ask that you to appeal to the idiot e-thugs here to reframe their less than acceptable...at least to one who had planned to donate...remarks aimed at Chris and his family.