Yeah so begging for help and everyone shows up to help but they’re still trying to take profit on the entire thing. Honestly nice work, They pulled it off. If I were in that position I would have cut the price to the bare COGs. Feels wrong to beg for help while secretly profiting off your rescuers.
Respectfully, people getting a "50% off retail value" deal on a product are not what most would simply call "rescuers". They are people who got a stellar deal and maybe got a good feel or two that they wouldn't normally have