[recursive_recursion](https://wanderingadventure.party/user/recursive_recursion%40piefed.ca) said in [Roll for combat's \(and others\) distributor has gone bankrupt, and is liquidating their stock and keeping the money](https://wanderingadventure.party/post/https%3A%2F%2Fpiefed.ca%2Fcomment%2F348780):
> How is this possible???
Because despite the fact that they were operating as if they were selling the books on consignment, they were apparently doing business on credit on paper. It's dirty dealing. Which I'm sure didn't stop them from sending unsold books back to the publisher any time it was convenient for them, or failing to pay them in a manner that reflects credit-based purchases.
They set up a system where it was heads they win, tails you lose.