I am a member of a fabric group on Facebook where the man who runs it has been stealing money and not providing fabric for orders. Some of these were placed months ago. He has mental health issues and a drug problem (I'm not sure what drug if it makes any difference) I have ordered from them before and everything has been good quality and very well priced.
He completely disappeared a few weeks ago and other people were desperately trying to send orders out to hundreds of people but his bank and Paypall have been frozen and he is being investigated for fraud. He has no money to send the orders out so is trying to sell more to get the money to send the older orders.
He is posting photos of his garage which is rammed full of fabric and I really want some. He is doing some packs of random cuts of fabric and it would be very helpful for making some Christmas items to sell I'm just unsure if IABU to buy from him and taking a chance at getting the fabric?
It feels disloyal to the others in the group who are missing a lot of orders but I craft for a side hustle and am desperate for some reasonably priced good quality fabrics to fill my shop with and with Christmas markets starting I really need more. So the big question! Am I being unreasonable or just outright stupid to think that I would ever even receive the fabric? Or is it ok to give it a try and hope the money can help others receive an their orders because he will have the cash to pay for some parcels to go out?
YABU - it's disloyal or stupid or you'll never get it so why try
YANBU - The order will probably get sent out and the money can help others get their order
*I am a very regular poster but have name changed