Quote Originally Posted by Gistok View Post
Whatever the merits of the Lakeshore estate, or lack thereof... Art VanElslander may have been a philantropist... but at what cost? He would gladly give you an Art Van line of credit card... but at the Robber Baron rate of 20.4% annual interest. One wonders if his philanthropy wasn't guilt related for such exhorbitant fees to his customers of lesser means...
There's also Art Van's track record of using their size to purchase competitors under the veiled threat of building an Art Van close by if the competitor is unwilling to sell. While it's not illegal, I sure as hell don't consider it ethical, but maybe that's why I'm not a multi millionaire with my own private jet.