No hard feelings...

[upintheattic]

In future, MB will have to have a planned vision for each product he sees fit to place on sale in that he will need to target market, glean numbers of individuals that will buy it or shops that will order it and somehow, based on previous sales, (NOT pre-orders), produce just the amount he needs to at the best price possible to him. That will be his way forward ................. using a focussed production plan.

That would be great, but to come up with a targeted marketing plan he'll need staff or volunteers who know what they're doing, and he'll need to listen to them. He had the former with Lys and later John Phythyon, but he's not good at listening.