seriously, can someone give me the cliff's notes version of all the donovan/berra stuff? i was gone for thanksgiving break and now im confused.
this was from page 14 and added some events since..
i'll give you the executive summary...
berra announces the unified program
everyone on the 1st couple of pages says its cool idea
he says the shops who sign up will be core and important
then we find out hes trying to charge shops $600 a year for a simple directory listing,
now they too can be labeled core and important by the berrics, awesome!
then come to find out that he wants some ridiculous amount of money to run actual ads.
he wasn't upfront about any of it, he tried to make it sound like he was helping out the small shops but really helping himself to some of their money.
this rubs everyone the wrong way and all hell breaks loose
this is followed by a bunch of posts about scientology and berra hate
people begin to question his motives and his agenda which is pretty much, money
so he releases another video explaining it more thoroughly followed by koston telling everyone to go fuck their faces
people understand it but doesn't change the shit he said/did, plus now everyone knows kostons a dick too
i might be off with the order of events on this one but then the berrics announces that west 49, the canadian version of zumiez as one of its "core" and "important" shops....talk about a kick in the nuts to all the shops that signed up already for his core program.
more hate and bitching continue of all things berra and berrics
people ask more valid questions followed by more berra/scientology hate
he or one of his followers show up to defend himself but refuses to answer the tough questions.
this goes on for a while until berra get pissed that theres a fake berra posting on slap
donovan strain starts tweeting(i can't believe i just typed that) threats and how hes going to release pals personal info.
but of course no one really gives a rat ass and his bluff gets called.
thats when berra or whoever called up slap and out of nowhere, some admin shows up and deletes the celebrity centre acct.
so in true slap fashion, more fake accounts emerge, namely dudes who follow donovans tweets(again, i can't believe i had to type that)
then more berrics hate threads pop up, more craziness ensues so the threads are merged into one and here we are.
the bitchfest has died down some but none of what berra(and koston, he doesn't get a free pass) are trying to pull will ever be forgetton by anyone for a long while. theres no way shops around the country haven't gotten word on what the real deal and the real deal is simple, thye want your money but they were trying to be sneaky and unhanded about getting it. helping shops out by charging $600 for a simple listing is all sorts of wrong no matter how you slice it.