this stranger recovered more than $25,000 of my money
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2022
- The last 4 months, I've lost more than half of my business, lost more than $25,000, and thought that all of this would be coming to an end... until THIS happened!
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Cheese: I suspect that you may be a conservative, and this was your punishment....
Cheese, I enjoy your tone and your projects. I don't do any woodwork but I love watching and learning. You never know what tip or trick might come in handy. Thanks for sharing those. Keep up the good work. God bless!
New sub. 🤗
@@brucewilliamsstudio4932
Cheese - I bet it’s because he’s from Ohio. Those California meta employees hate us worthless nuts. OH-
@@jasrasr They do hate us, but the tide is turning (slowly).
Cheese. Keep up the good job.
Community
I realize this video is a year old, but when I happened upon it I was impressed with your honesty. I was also impressed with your positive attitude and encouragement. I’m a 70 year old gal who is very recently widowed. I have always loved woodworking and have dusted off some old tools to escape my heartbreak even for a bit and occupy my mind by creating with wood. I’m shocked at the crazy cost of wood (my income was cut in half at the loss of my husband and I am retired) so starting small with kids stools. Woodworking lifts my spirits. And this, I’m sure, you understand! Short story long, I subscribed out of support to you. Good people deserve good things. Good on you!
sorry for your loss you sound like a lovely person and i say good on you for giving wood working a crack me i am not into wood but mettle and have the toys and use them a lot for myself plus make the odd thing for the market but sadly not much as i would like now as i have lost my left leg due to an infection no not diabetic but am slowly getting back into it as not easy to stand and measure things but bit better now thanks to a false leg keep up your woodwork and Cheers for your future
Cheese! WAY TO GO TODD!! It has been an exciting 45 minutes on my end. Discovering that you even exist and make great wood working videos and then that you were almost obliterated by a huge faceless techno giant, learning about walrus butter and then that Todd exists and sort of fixed your problem. This has been better than any big budget movie that I have seen in a while. All while drinking my morning coffee, eating a bagel and getting ready for work.
ABSOLUTELY!!! We need more kindness everywhere. Treat people like you want to be treated! Take care!
When you talked about getting a lawyer, and said you worried that the content was just gone, I winced. One of the lessons I hope you learned from this is to make sure that you have all of your content backed up locally or on another service. I am relieved and grateful that you managed to get it back.
I don't think it was the content that he was concerned about. He surely has all the raw footage, and the rendered final, on his computer and likely a backup drive. He mentioned that the data on his account being gone would make it worthless. I believe the data he refers to is his followers and the views/engagement on his content.
UA-cam constantly sends me offers for their premium subscriptions to be able to watch UA-cam created content. I have no desire to watch professionally created content. That's why I no longer watch the content created on TV or cable. I find the content created by ordinary folks far more interesting.
Cheese... When you asked your viewers to reach out to other UA-cam creators, I got a little teary eyed. That was very heartfelt and thoughtful. We need more of that in this world! Thank you for the inspiration!
Cheese-y that a software company as big as IG, FB, YT, lack the employees to handle the customer service volume. As a software developer, I understand the unfortunate consequences of bugs. But there should always be human Intervention to support victims of these bugs. Glad you're back online.
I appreciate you being such a long time viewer!
Why should they be concerned with it? Their business is not supporting creators or even about making a space for people to showcase themselves to the world. It only about add revenue. And anything that reduces add revenue is irrelevant. Your tiny spec of a channel is irrelevant to them. And to house and support a customer support staff would significantly decrease profits from add revenue. The guy that helped fix this creators problem was an IT guy that manages servers he is not customer support.
Understand the monster your dancing with.
Cheese! - I just bought a used Craftsman table saw and am working on getting it cleaned up and usable. I'm really enjoying your videos and thank you for your teaching, encouragement and inspiration!
I wonder how many people they would have to employ to support that.
I'm guessing they really do not care about customer service. That concept really doesn't exist anymore. At least it doesn't exist as I've known it to be for most of my life. :(
Good job my friend. 42 years in business has taught me that tenacity is required for success and one unspoken trait to success is blind ambition, blind ambition helps up break down barriers that you wouldn't otherwise attempt. I was accidentally launched into the plastics business about 40 years ago knowing nothing about plastics. Knowing today what I know, I would never have attempted the venture that supported over 500 families for many years. Good Luck young man.
Thank you for the support, hector!
Funny thing is they could solve this with little investment. Since they have a lot of accounts that are "beyond reproach", such as major OLs and "influencers", with lots of followers, they could outsource such cases to a committee of these dudes so they'd review the channel and vote on it. That would have positive publicity for both the company and the OLs and put a human face on the company.
That is a super encouraging story!
Cheese man I just seen this video,glad you got your account fixed,big shout out to Todd, I’m a retired woodworker and I’m hoping you can make your way through your life of woodworking enjoyable ✌🏻
Cheese, good luck on your business. In 1986, after moving from Steamboat Springs, CO to the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX, like you, I was building my own furniture in my apartment parking lot. Life is an adventure!
Cheese, I am glad you were able to get resolution. I also respect your decision to not pick up the sponsors that dropped you.
Probing once again you are the big " cheese" when it comes to having true integrety! Glad to hear you are back up and running and have the technical issues ironed out. Praise be to Todd, we need more exemplary employees like him in the social media industry.
Cheese! You sir, are a class act, and an excellent communicator. So happy this crisis had a good resolution. I personally am inspired to support you and similar UA-camrs in any way I can. Thank you for taking the time to explain this so throughly
Cheese! I'm from Northern Ireland, and as a very qualified heritage carpentry, it's really refreshing to watch your journey. Hats of to you sir and more power to your elbow!
CHEESE, it's always nice to see the little guy get back on his feet and tell sponsors to do one when they let you down, I've been working with wood for about 35 years and when covid hit the 2 guys I had working with me, I gave them my contacts and let them take the contracts I had to help support their families, I change my direction a little and became a courier and a weekend carpenter ( DIYer ) which helps with my family life.... Your Videos make me remember why I LOVE woodworking, just like my DAD did... Many Thanks and look forward to more entertainment and Mistakes.
Cheese! Thanks so much for taking us through that journey. A cautionary tale that we can all benefit from. Really appreciate your attitute, vibe, and positivity. And the spirit of paying it forward. I just came across your channel and will definitely watch more and check out all your pages! Peace, love, and good cheese.
Cheese! Just wanted to show support and say I'm glad it worked out finally! And good for you for taking the hard road and saying farewell to the companies that are only in it for themselves. I'm also getting going from no experience or training and having small spaces, so I can relate to your videos. Don't think I'll be going the social media route, but glad you have!
Cheese, thank you for your channel. I lost my business of 32 years, so I appreciate your problem. I have a little wood shop out back and making signs,custom projects, all by word of mouth. Good luck and God speed on your future goals.
CHEESE -
I always appreciate not only your woodworking videos but how transparent you are about your business. It's a great value to the community. Thank God for Todd!
Happy to see that your story ends like a Hollywood movie with the unexpected savior comming to the rescue!
Thanks for all the support Eric!
Cheese! Wow, what a nightmare! I know social media can be a valuable asset but I am appalled at the level of influence it can and does have over our lives. I am a 73 year old woodworker that got my start at age thirteen in a school shop class. After trade school and an apprenticeship I worked as a union carpenter, custom home builder and cabinet maker. Needless to say there were lot's of ups and downs, landing jobs and losing jobs, finishing jobs and then not getting paid, recessions and boom markets, never a dull moment. I am retired now and have an extra garage on my property that is being converted to my shop. Regardless of all the headaches I love woodworking as much or more than I did in that shop class in 1963. That is why I started watching your UA-cam channel. Your true passion and interest in woodworking caught my attention and in the end I believe that is what will define your success. Also, I like your videos. Hang in there!
That is absolutely crazy! Congrats. on getting your account up and running again. Some kind people out there.
Cheese - inspiring. I'm a beginner for the last couple of years slowly growing my shop and really appreciate your humor and your humanity. Wish you all the best
Cheese, Todd, truly has a great heart and I could support, as a RN, I commend everyone who goes out of their way to help others, ( like YOU)it will always come back to you. Thank you!
Really glad you got your account back! I was following this and missed that you finally got a resolution! Love the channel and thanks for your commitment to making great content and being a thoughtful leader in the maker community.
Cheese, I love your videos and stories. I admire the way you have been able to persevere and carry on after being so harmed by an “oopsie” from an uncaring conglomeration. I have a small shop and enjoy making stuff. Good luck on losing the day job.
Cheese! I am happy and relieved for you! Great news to start the year. With a number of videos in the can getting ready for posting, it sounds like you're getting 2022 finished off on the right foot and 2023 off to a good start. Keep up the great work and we'll be here along for the ride! Here's to new sponsors!
Cheese wiz you was here.
Been following your oddysey and am really impressed by your devotion to being ethical
and your perseverance .
Also am in awe at the volume and creativity of your designs. Looks to me like nothing can stop you. Really glad you are still going forward and not letting idiocy of others hold you back.
" illegitimus non carborundom"
Thank you for all your long work , and not giving up. It shows a fine example for the community .
He just prove how much social media will kick you off for literally any reason
Cheese...Who moved the cheese! Exceptional demonstration of patience in the face of overwhelming frustration.
CHEESE! Great response to sponsors who attempted to re-establish relationship with you after they dropped you without investigating what was truly going on. I'd prefer not to do business with them but understand the need for you not to go down that path. Great moral compass you have, very hard to find today!
Cheese, I was so surprised by what you had to go through and it gave me a lot of insight to social media. Thank you for sharing your experience. You have inspired me to continue moving forward with my new found passion in woodworking.
You should absolutely keeping pushing and moving forward David 😀
Cheese: I just discovered your videos (the one where you replaced your table saw with the heavy duty TiN coated ~400 lb. monster, the one where you described losing a chunk of your business due to IG screw up, and the one where "Todd" help you out and got your IG account recovered) and I find your video presence is very calming and easy to listen to. I've gone and subscribed to your channel and look forward to seeing videos of the projects you've created. More importantly, it really resonates with me that you do all of this out of your small apartment garage. I own a 1-bedroom condo which has a garage that is similar in size to your shop and I'm inspired to explore what it means to be a "maker" or "creator" or just simply organize my garage as you've done with your shop. So, I just wanted to say, "Thank You" and wish you the best in your endeavors for 2024!
CHEESE - glad to hear that this worked out in the end! Saw the first video yesterday, and this one today. So, not 4 months for me, but I feel for your journey. Best wishes for your future projects.
I’m totally thrilled that you got saved, mate! Crazy story, glad it got a happy ending. Oddly enough, it is encouraging me to get started myself.
I wish you the best of luck Jonas!
CHEESE. Very happy to see that you are back and had that nightmare resolved. I appreciate your honestly and clarity through the process.
Thank you for the support and kind words!
Cheese is a wonderful word. I love it and it is my spirit animal. I live in Wisconsin were our state flower is cheese. Thank you for sharing your journey, it is encouraging our small business to expand out and not put all of our eggs in one basket.
Cheese, Glad to hear things are resolved and getting back to normal. I enjoy your videos and most of the other people you mentioned. Keep up the great work!
Cheese...Congratulations of getting your page reinstated and I applaud your positivity and integrity towards your former sponsors. I wish you we for the future of your business and brand.
I appreciate your support mick!
Cheese!
Very very proud of you for having the stones, the backbone, and the principles to tell those fair weather sponsors to pound sand! Way to go
Amazing! Your positive attitude and perseverance have served you well. A little good fortune helped too.
CHEESE - shows how vulnerable we really are in the digital world. Happy you found “Todd”. We all need a Todd and you did a good service by posting this video. Thank you.
Thanks for your support!!
Hooray for Todd and your persistence. We are delighted you are back on IG and I hope your business continues to grow. When I saw your last video, I thought “I bet this video will help resolve it”. Who knew, delighted you got through this.
Vulnerable = slave to monopolies. FB and IG make billions. They need a WAY better process (read human beings) to resolve issues. Sending this to my congressional rep. It’s a really good example of how much of an impact massive tech companies have on the lives of little guys.
Good job telling the “fair weather business partners” to beat it!! Never put all your eggs in one basket. I look forward to your future projects, keep steaming forward.
I really appreciate your support! It means more than you know
cheese - I am also glad to hear he told them to take a hike and as much as I am curious to know who they are, I agree with his decision to not disclose that. It's a detail I am ok with always being in the dark on.
That was a very insightful video. I’m 55 years old and came up with Norm Abram. 4 years ago I took up woodworking. My first find on UA-cam was Mark S. The Wood Whisperer. From there I’ve become really huge fans of Bourbon Moth, Stumpy Nubs, Jonathan Kats Moses to name a few. I recently found your channel and I totally enjoy. You’re the “cheese” of my new subscription on UA-cam.
Cheese! I love your tenacity and content and the fact your desire to learn and improve is coupled with your honesty and integrity. And dude you've got mad skills! As a teacher working in a shop I built solo using 99% salvaged lumber, tin, and framed almost totally with pallets, I can appreciate your working conditions. Keep up the great work and I look forward to watching your almost 3000 videos!! Best of luck to you!
Cheetah - I am so happy that you were able to get your accounts straightened out. You do a great job getting your enjoyment out to the rest of us, Thanks for all your work
Thanks mark! I really appreciate the kind words and support
Cheese - awesome news, Eric!! So glad you were able to get your account reactivated. I can't imagine how frustrating it was to deal with that. Looking forward to all the upcoming projects! - Joe
Thanks joe! It was a NIGHTMARE to deal with to say the least
I have found it productive to email every company attorney, cpa, and various vice presidents like every one that’s on the SEC list when they give their annual reports.
Cheese!
So happy to hear you got this situation handled. So sorry this happened in the first place, but especially with the reason your account was disabled.
Community - First of all, I am impressed with the high level of quality of your video. This is the first video of yours that I watched when it came into my feed. It is immediately apparent that you are very good at what you do and your passion for doing it well is most evident. The brilliant lighting, the video shot angles and editing that you change up during your discourse, the informative and extremely interesting content of your discussion and explanation of what happened to you on June 3rd, and the very enjoyable quality of your delivery and presentation are all at the highest professional level, in my opinion. Because of the wonderful quality of this video and because you cogently and purposefully explain what happened to you and your business with that other platform, I have liked this video and subscribed to your channel. It is that enjoyable, informative, and watchable. Secondly, merely contemplating that what happened to you is even within the realm of possibility to an industrious person such as yourself who is busy building his channel and his business with positive and constructive postings, and having absolutely no content that violates the kind of usage policy of which you have been accused, is supremely annoying and frustrating. I don’t know who you are and in all my time using YT, I have never seen your videos and your channel. However, that does not change the fact that what happened to you and your having posted about it is valid, vitally, crucially important, more important than you think. Your account of what happened to you on June 3rd is unbelievable and shocking. Your story takes me right back to why we rebelled against the Crown in 1776 and why the Revolutionary War was inevitable - because our citizens were being dictated on how they ought to live their lives. Our citizens were being made to pay exorbitant taxes without representation and without the due process of law to an unapproachable tyrant half of world away and whose representatives among the colonists were only another set of oppressors working to promote some distant, unknowable and aloof ruler dead set on suppressing a person’s right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Here we are fully ensconced within the 21st century and this kind of oppression is still happening to our citizens. I am ashamed and extremely disappointed. As such, I applaud your resolve, your plan to rise above the ashes of what they destroyed that belonged to you and for which they did nothing to help create and establish with your fans, followers and loyal customers. I am even more frustrated when I try to imagine a useful and employable solution against this kind of tyranny being used and justified to suppress brilliant creators like you. I don’t have billions of dollars to purchase and become the CEO of that platform and expose its bad actors for the destruction of people’s lives they have been unilaterally conducting, all in the name of their nebulous policy and the Gestapo tactics they deploy to enforce it. I wish I knew what the Declaration of Independence to correct and remove what happened to you ought to be. I don’t know how to mount a revolution for you and how to obtain the best results for your kind of content. Nevertheless, I stand four-square alongside you, to support your endeavors, and to help ensure your voice and your life are not snuffed out at the whim of some ghostly tyrant and its impossible policies. Stay encouraged. Stay strong. You are not alone. Thank you for your courage and your honest aim to let us know what truly happened to you. Your story is more important than you know.
Just found your site and i'm very impressed with your obvious honesty. Keep up the good work, Yes I have subscribed
CHEESE ❤ despite atypically long videos for YT, your channel keeps my interest to learn, appreciation of clarity and care, and respect for you knowing that you put A LOT of work into this. Good luck in your endeavors. I hope reward finds you soon.
Cheese! Great news Eric! Glad that you got your Instagram account straight and "Todd" was a good guy and was willing and able to get involved. Looking forward to what you have planned in the future. :)
Thanks Lawrence! I’m looking forward to sharing everything I’m working on!
Cheese Bud. Awesome of Todd for helping out.
Thanks James! “Todd” was a big help!
Cheese brother. Sorry to hear that happened. Super thankful you were able to get your account back. One of the reasons I watch your videos is because you also work in a small shop. Mine is a 12X12. Wish I could tell you I've watched all your videos but daily life only lets me watch one or two. Keep up the great work and look forward to seeing all you accomplish next
Cheese! Firstly thank you for sharing your knowledge with us and making all these videos!! Also for being so kind to share what a painful situation you endured and keeping us updated. Kudos to "Todd" and for your integrity 👏. Wishing you the best with your dream and goals, take care.
Cheese - I *just* started watching your channel today, the first video I saw was your 'seriously...don't do it" video. Thank you for taking the time to walk through what happened and how it got resolved. Also I think you showed real class in not calling out the sponsors who dropped you and just chose not to work with them anymore. I look forward to seeing your future content and you have been added to my list of UA-camrs to watch/listen to while I work my day job (software engineer). Eventually I want to get the courage up to start selling the woodworking projects I like to "play" with and each video I watch on the subject gets me closer to that 🙂. Best of luck in growing your business.
CHEESE: Eric, I've been watching your vids for a while, but first time commenting. I really appreciate your approach to videos and woodworking. As a longtime amateur woodworker, I'm learning tons from you. Thank you for the content and so glad to hear that you are back up and running on IG. Also, kudos on the integrity and giving select vendors the single-finger salute.
I really appreciate your support! It means more than you know’
Cheese…. I have rarely been a “comentar” in any social media. But your story was one that I have never heard before. I am happy to hear that you were able to get your channel back. I am a nub woodworker that has thought about filming the projects that I do in my shop but just have never committed to it. Your story, I don’t know if it has encouraged me to create my channel and just start producing content or if it has affirmed my fear of not being able to do it. I guess we will see. Wish you the best and only ask of you could point me to any channels that you have used while developing your channel.
Thanks in advance.
I wish you the best of luck with your channel!
cheese, new to your channel, your a class act and happy all has turned the corner. keep for faith in fellow woodworkers, we love ya
Sweet! So glad this got resolved for you. Keep up the good work, bud! Cheers.
Cheese I am 75 years old and I enjoy woodworking. I have watched a lot of woodworking videos and I have to say I have enjoyed yours more than all the rest. I understand your love of woodworking. I joined a woodworking club when I lived in Florida and met a lot of wonderful guys. We made toys for children that were given to different organizations at Christmas time. While I was there, I got the club members to start making urns for veterans. Since then, we have helped families and organizations bury Veterans that either could not afford an urn or were unclaimed remains at funeral homes. I have moved to Arkansas and I still make toys for foster kids and urns for veterans which I donate. I have tried to do craft fairs to sell some of the items I have made but it is just too much work for me by myself. I have also put my items in stores where you rent a space and I find that I just make enough to pay the rental fee. So, I might as well give things away. I wish you the best in your business and keep up the good work.
Cheese! I completely understand your passion. I have had a basement workshop my whole life, as my day job took me to an office environment. My true passion is and was to fix and make things. I have now retired but, enjoy fixing and making projects at my own pace. In watching other woodworks such as yourself I had thought of trying to make a business of if but not sure where to start. Thank you for sharing your experience with Instagram it really helps to understand the pitfalls others have experienced.
Cheese - So sorry to hear about your struggle with social media. So glad that you kept it up! Just found your channel and you do amazing work! Keep it up! Looking forward to binging the rest of your videos
Cheese - Thanks for your video. I appreciate your attitude and your response to the situation you were put in. I have been a social media “wallflower “, watching videos but not hitting the like or subscribe buttons. About a month ago I started letting the UA-cam video providers know how much I enjoyed their videos. I did not realize how much it helped. Your videos are very informative. Thank you again for all your work (seen and unseen).
Cheese--such a sad story with a happy ending. I am not a woodworker...yet...but your videos are a wonderful place for me to learn. Thank you.
Cheese. So happy you're back up & running. I'm new to your channel & was late with all of this info but even as a newbie I was bummed to learn you might suffer in any way from these crazy glitches. I too have suffered from them. 33+ years as a tile contractor. My own business for 24 of those... 😉 STIIL going strong. Stay true & do good things. You seem like an exceptional human. I truly send you all the very best. Happy New Year, Sir. Again, You're a true craftsman! Excellent workmanship & attention to detail!
Cheese! Losing your Instagram account totally sucks! Good on you for being persistent in trying to figure it all out and get it back. And bless “Todd’s” heart for helping you ❤ I hope you have huge success from this point forward!!!
Cheese. I've been watching your vid's for about a year and really enjoy how you present them. I think I watched this video awhile back, but I just rewatched it. What a story. So glad you were able to get your account restored. Keep the great videos coming safe. Good luck. PS: your videos also helped me find John on Lincoln St and I'm hooked over on his channel too.
Cheese - I am so glad this video popped up on my suggestions list. I had watched your previous video ("How I lost....") and was so bummed out by your situation. Learning that you have actually come out the other end of this cluster-f**k and have been restored makes me so very happy. Your videos are such fun to watch (I'm not a woodworker but you'd never know that from the huge number of woodworking channels I'm subscribed to....lolol). You remind me so much of two of my favorite woodworking channels...Blacktail Studios and Frank Howarth....that same friendly "welcome to my world" approach. Check them out in the 15 free seconds you have each week...lol. Anyway, keep 'em coming and good luck!!!
COMMUNITY: Spencley, I just happened upon your video today, and enjoyed it very much. I was sorry to hear about your lose of insta-gram. I'm older and retired, but I too lost my job at a large tech co after 20 yrs thru no fault of my own. I had worked my way to the top on the PM side of the business vs the mgmt side. I was well compensated and respected. I thought I was secure! Then the company was sold twice in two yrs. The support I had within the co was totally gone and decisions on who to keep and who not was being made by total strangers to me who knew virtually nothing about my career and past with the orig company. I was just an older employee with a large salary. To bookkeepers, I was on the chopping block. I lost everything at the same time as 911 attack when the economy tanked and no one was hiring for over 2 yrs. So I have a pretty good feel for what you've gone thru. You're right to diversify (if possible). I wasn't able to do that for several reasons; family, health, etc. My old company was based in Silicon Valley while I worked remotely from my home near Cincinnati. As an advisory Project Mgr., I traveled coast to coast weekly and had focused my career on large non-stop database systems attached to cellular phone switches. I was contracted out to the largest cell phone providers.
I wish you the very best and a quick recovery to your business. Keep a positive attitude and you'll recover and succeed.
I'll be looking forward to seeing more content in the future.
John
Cheese, thank you for this very honest and heartfelt video. Sorry you had to go through all of this.
CHEESE
I absolutely love the fact you had integrity and was able to tell "sponsors" that dropped you a NO and not going for the money. That alone just made me a huge supporter/fan. Keep up the great work and videos! I hope to one day get my woodworking side hussle up and going. I wish I had help with it, but I am learning and struggling a bit and learning from my struggles along with building a usable shop.
Cheese
It's nice to hear a "positive" ending to a horrible situation brought on by big business. I think you gave the right amount of "negative" to that conglomerate in this and your last video. You didn't go overboard or get overly nasty.
Great videos, great content, and I appreciate your time and effort. (I will disagree with sanding being horrible as I do with anyone who says it... I think it is almost the most satisfying part of a project, personally.)
If I had income that could be spread at the moment, I would... maybe sometime soon I'll be able to "help" more than just watching the full video.
Cheese, I appreciate your honesty, and your integrity. You do have my full support, thank you for this, UA-cam update.
I'm knew to your channel and i just want to say cheese i wish you didn’t have to go through all that craziness! I'm also very happy everything got resolved ! I'm quite enjoying your content! Thanks for sharing! Many blessings to you and your family !
Cheese, I watched both videos about the instagram debacle and, I like your style and that you started very small. I see your tool caliber growing and appreciate that you still try to show the smaller, “up and comings”, how it can be attainable with basic tools. I am a career tile contractor who is approaching 60 yrs and dream of what you’re doing. Keep plugging, no pun intended. FYI, I just knocked over an antique wagon wheel that was very delicate and it shattered in my driveway. That would be a worthy project to rebuild from the steel ring in, The center is still good. Fare well!
This should be mandatory viewing for anyone starting an “ income stream” chanel. Good job.
Cheese. Just found your channel today and really like your style and the work you do. All the best and thank you!
CHEESE, Glad to hear you got it all sorted out! Thank God for the "Todd's" of the world. It's nice to hear that there are still people out there willing to help even if/when the big corps won't! Take care and all the best for your future projects.❤❤👍👍
Glad you got this resolved, glad I found your content, very well done. Very useful for a novice woodworker 🙂
Cheese...Congratulations are in order. Your persistence yielded the results without having to go postal 👏👏. So happy for you.
Cheese! Yay for getting your stuff back. Not yay that it took an actual employee who was interested enough to help. Good luck moving forward.
Cheese!! Congratulations on being back on Instagram and thank you for your enthusiasm . I am subscribed to many UA-cam channel especially those that provide support and tuition, but your is by far the most articulate. Well done and thank you.
Ken UK
Cheese! I enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your experiences with Instagram. Thanks for being concerned with other small businesses trying to help others get better at DIY.
Cheese, I enjoyed the story of your journey to happiness working with wood and spreading your knowledge on social media. It’s a path I wanted to follow as a youngster but was groomed to be a “professional” early on. I’m now 84 years old, and after watching many of your UA-cam videos, am energized to devote my remaining years to creating modest woodworking projects for posterity. Thanks for the inspiration you give us all.
Cheese. I love your videos. They are really encouraging to watch, and then know that I can do something like that with the limited selection of tools I have. I'm so glad I found your channel, and Thank you for doing them.
Community. That deletion of your account makes no sense. So sorry they did that. Lost your birthday? That’s insane. Glad it was finally fixed. I have subscribed now that I found you as I want to see more of your old and upcoming wood projects.
CHEESE!!! I really enjoy your channel, and I'm glad to hear you got everything straightened out [finally!]! Looking forward to your upcoming content!
Cheese - Just finished watching three of your videos for the first time. Fascinating journey with Instagram! Your presentation is outstanding. The content is well thought out and organized. Thanks for putting together quality content.
Cheese to you, I am 67 years old recently retired from the job that supported me and my family. Now can spend time doing some of the stuff I didn't have time for cause I was to busy working in a warehouse. Well I bought a nice Craftsman table saw and was making some Christmas gifts, having fun even though I don't have any real woodworking skills. It's like you say in your video. I just really enjoy making stuff. My stuff is not nearly refined as yours, you truly are blessed with a talent. Long story short I have never watched the UA-cam until recently. While making some of my Christmas presents I got the tip of my index finger nipped. So while not a pleasant experience I prefer to look at it as a positive, because now I have had the time to watch and hopefully learn from some youngin's. Thank you for your content. I get the pins out of my finger tomorrow, but I will still be watching you.
Really glad you got this issue resolved finally.
Cheese! Glad you got it all back. I’m getting into DIY and I’m finding lots of UA-cam channels but I’ve found yours really useful. Hoping your channel keeps growing and you get some more dedicated sponsors than those that just dropped you.
I’m sorry for what you went through, but the way you have handled this, and the way you stayed true to your principles show that you are truly a man of integrity, your credibility has been enhanced by this unfortunate event. Good luck and well done! 👍
Cheese. It sucks that all that has happened to you. I'm a recent subscriber, and I absolutely enjoy your videos. You keep them quick and to the point. They're not incredibly drawn out and I'm sure everyone appreciates that. Thank you for what you do.
This is a great story and warning to any of us that rely on others for income...especially indifferent mega companies. Though a year old it is timeless. Thanks...good stuff on your platform. Thanks for doing it! And please tell the milkman "no more CHEESE!"
Cheese… LOL! From this noob woodworker, thanks for sharing your experience.
Cheese , so glad you found someone who could help with your problem and that they were able to get you back up and running. I, new to your channel and your videos love how interesting you make them and how you keep them funny at the same time and you teach people what you are doing as I’m new to woodworking and this is very helpful so thank you for sharing. You are a stand up guy best of luck with your new project. Can wait to see what you do next
Very happy that your situation was resolved. Like your integrity and ethics and really enjoy your wood working and videos. Keep up the excellent work. Cheese!
Cheese Doodles! Thanks for the help.
I too was screwed by Twitter and Facebook.
Lost 2 businesses.
1- 35 yrs, 1-12 yrs.
CHEESE - I applaud your professionalism in how you handled the ridiculous "software error". I had seen many of your videos, but this is the one that made me subscribe. Keep up the integrity.
Cheese. Good choice, it’s making people smile! Like when taking a picture, people tell you to say “cheese” to make you smile! I came across this video and your other one on this topic (community!), and I just wanted to share how genuine you feel to me. But if you ever experience a situation like this in the future - or anyone else seeing this does - I’d recommend getting a lawyer, not necessarily to sue but to just try to make a legal connection to a real person at the company. Also consider using the Better Business Bureau. Anyway, great videos and best wishes to you on your journey!
Cheese, I am very impressed by the ordeal you have gone through, fortunately everything has returned to normal and we can continue to enjoy your fantastic educational videos