Well apparently it’s the lead guy that robbed the entire team of all the money and made himself scarce. And he’s still collecting money from the 3rd party stores where this work is still being sold.
And that “we’re full time students” thing never flew with me as an excuse. The personal lives of the members / employess / partners in a business is of no concern to customers and has exactly zero bearing on the business relationship. The contract is simple. Customers pay, business delivers product. Full stop. If the business isn’t able to uphold that end of the deal due to their personal lives, they have no business being in business in the first place. And that personal stuff is of zero concern to the clients.