> if there was a side of the story where the details exonerated the company, you'd think they would share those details
Here is that side, published last week: https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/05/21/salem-ore...
And some further elaboration today: https://bricksandminifigs.com/blog/blog/2026/05/28/bricks-mi...
Besides the overall lack of information in these, they were also found to be lying in them
Tell us more please. Especially specifics about where do you see lies.
That user won't say. [1]
One discrepancy is that B&M says consignment was against their operating instructions, yet the former franchisee shared the franchise contract, which explicitly allowed it.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318473
And that's the reason I won't. You can see yourself how insanely easy it is to find this info (you replied with one you probably found pretty quickly yourself), and yet these people who are full of quickly-formed opinions are constantly trying to offload the work onto others.