You have a very different view of “over a barrel” than most people. Hard truth: the chances of you getting any of the money you’re owed, and any more on top of

You have a very different view of “over a barrel” than most people. Hard truth: the chances of you getting any of the money you’re owed, and any more on top of that is incredibly small. So small that the probably might as well be 0%. Businesses that are going to be successful do not have a year+ of unpaid debt. And they are not betting their farm on an outsourced deliverable. The people you’re dealing with are “playing business” the way children “play house” except they’re doing real economic damage to everyone around them, yourself included. That said, I can’t imagine this is real and is likely just someone trolling which is becoming increasingly common on HN.