I'll say I've sent Mike a couple parts in the past (I think, everything is hazy), sent him decal photos a couple times for projects, and dealt with him on the boards, but never ordered decals, as I'm a patina kinda guy. I've always enjoyed his comments and he's one of a small group of posters original to this board that helped set the tone here (USAZorro, Lotek, Luker, T-Mar, and theotherguy were some of the others in my mind). As we know, this is a board noted for its' civility and knowledge and general good tone. Mike is/was part of that, so he's okay in my mind. Slams on his neighborhood mean nothing to me, BTW. Pointless.

I've got two comments here: one, you don't know the guy's current situation (and neither do I).
two, he's dealing with print shops. My own experience with printers and their ilk are not good and frustrating to say the least. I've seen them screw up jobs in black in white, and then try to turn around and blame the artist-- all while expecting to be paid. I can't speak for the printer he is using or anything else.

I'm not certain of the situation here, so I will comment no further.