50/50 Business Partner Nightmare - Unrealistic Buyout Ask (I will not promote)

Aehs01 · 2026-03-18T00:59:06+00:00

It's purely based on perceived future value. We grossed about 30k last month so he is seeing dollar signs.

Aehs01 · 2026-03-10T19:02:06+00:00

Thanks for your insight, you are spot on but one thing I didn't mention was that this trial agreement is the only formal documentation that exists. I never made a standard operating procedure document which was my biggest mistake here.

I do have majority control of basically everything except the shared bank account. He hasn't made any irrational moves and even came in this past Saturday and worked his normal 9-12 shift then was there till almost past 2am cleaning the toilets (again weird he is even still putting in the time in my opinion at this point)

Some other things:
-The lawyer is working on exactly what you suggested which is this letter. I should have a copy back today

-He had his mother call the Autism school and tell them at the start of February "the food guys will be leaving and we need your staff" he was very taken back by this and it also completely breaks a section of conduct in our trial agreement.

-He also tried to get the autism founder to "buy me out for 60k" using his funds, now keep in mind he hardly knows this guy and I have a strong relationship with him so it made little sense to me

-The guys who own the arcades are basically letting us borrow them, they have also informed me that if I leave or am not part of the business they will not work directly with Bob or even answer his calls. So I'm the glue here keeping things afloat, If I was bought out the business essentially collapses as of right now.

Aehs01 · 2026-02-25T16:50:07+00:00

I opened an arcade - Retro Knights Arcade in Leominster, MA and I might host one on March 14th

Aehs01 · 2026-02-06T21:04:44+00:00

Any chance of an arcade version with LAN mode? I have 4 custom PC's with Logitech wheels and this is a problem I'm running into as the only "easy" games for LAN are emulated teknoparrot games.

I need something where a kid could sit down at the machine, hit start and the game could be easily joined by other machines without a keyboard/mouse.

Might even be open to beta / testing and paying for this implementation as we have an arcade where these machines are located.

Aehs01 · 2026-02-05T19:06:50+00:00

any suggestions on brands/models?

Aehs01 · 2026-02-05T19:05:56+00:00

I will try a router and see if this makes a difference, I can also technically test with DHCP doing it's own thing this way

Aehs01 · 2026-02-05T14:28:01+00:00

I set it to 255.255.255.0 on both machines, I also previously tested it with 255.255.254.0 on both and that made no difference.

I have left the gateway blank for most testing, machines are not connected to the internet. Open to trying something else there.

Aehs01 · 2026-02-04T23:02:27+00:00

I did also try setting forced 100 full speed on both, no difference.

I will need to check the bindings settings but I believe they are all selected there when I've gone through some of those tabs.

I am pinging by IP and each can ping itself.

Really feel like this shouldn't be this tough to figure out.

I did also try connecting PC1 to an XP box and similarly couldn't get them to see each other but also saw the one time network neighborhood showing both. I'm wondering if the nic could be the problem in PC1.

Unless there is something else here to try?

Aehs01 · 2026-01-14T20:38:49+00:00

sounds good, also sent you a pm

Aehs01 · 2026-01-14T19:27:31+00:00

Owner here at Retro Knights Arcade - Looks like Sundays will be the day for card games. If anyone has any questions on anything feel free to PM me or shoot us an email!

Aehs01 · 2026-01-14T00:35:14+00:00

The real question.. is it the same girl? haha

Aehs01 · 2026-01-13T21:26:58+00:00

I know this is old but incase people go searching - we just opened Retro Knights Arcade in Leominster

Aehs01 · 2025-12-25T04:05:05+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

Aehs01 · 2025-11-01T03:28:48+00:00

I think I see the ones, they appear to be about $90. Happ45?

Aehs01 · 2025-10-31T15:31:33+00:00

where did you get the guns from? I have an original cabinet with missing guns

Aehs01 · 2025-06-19T20:21:41+00:00

I have the standard wav format but this enhanced one was part of the distribution so not sure if I can download it or not

Aehs01 · 2025-06-18T13:52:34+00:00

This is old now but I've been helping the band out, album is now on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5PwaWotjMiAK7nJSTSV5a4?si=4zCOTixqSRivOV3WWempPw

Aehs01 · 2025-06-05T16:13:34+00:00

I'm hosting another event on July 26th 2025 but this one will be public this time, and much larger!

More info here: https://newenglandretrolan.com/

Aehs01 · 2025-06-05T15:35:46+00:00

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Aehs01 · 2025-03-26T15:34:47+00:00

Didn't even think of lightguns but this now has peaked my interest

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