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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject: re: First prototype made |
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I AGREE BILL,
WHY WOULD ANYONE GET INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING, THAT
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY FINANCIALLY.
I WOULD NOT GET INVOLVED WITH A PERSON, UNLESS THEY THEMSELVES, SAID THAT THEY DID UNDERSTAND.
IF I WAS TO INVEST IN SOMETHING, I WOULD BE BLOODY SURE THAT I FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO.
BUSINESS DEALINGS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, WHY?
THIS FORUM IS FOR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHEEL?S, NOT TO SLANDER OR BRING PERSONAL DEALINGS INTO THE PUBLIC EYE.
WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOWARD A BETTER FUTURE.
LETS TRY TO HELP,??. NOT HINDER.
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:32 am Post subject: re: First prototype made |
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| Quote: | | The money was in monthly installments plus exceptionals such as a computer, digital camera and a new shed to house the new wheel that he decided to build at my cost. |
That is absolutely priceless!..........................a shed?
Although I sympathize too much to be amused by your unfortunate situation.
Overwhelming evidence is mounting that Darrell is a fraud, but I still see that Jim remains inconclusive (some could say optimistic) until he contructs his own version of Darrell's device. I hope (maybe for Darrell's sake) that he can salvage some respectability for Darrell's deteriorating situation.
I'll hold out on this until I become another wolf in the pack.
Darrell had also contacted me via e-mail in the past. He sent me a few close up pictures of his device which left a lot to the imagination. A few nice pieces of welding were evident and one picture of a failed metal spoke that had probably bent under stress.
He was looking for advice from me on patents and the usual uncertainties on the road ahead and offered to send a video of the device working. But based on the pictures he sent I could see where this video was going, it wasn't going to be a blockbuster!
I ended our contact because I felt I was too inexperienced to offer any sound advice, as I had never patented anything in my life and like him I was just a beginner trying to learn the trade. I wished him well, and I ended it there.
I never mentioned any of this until now because he sent the information to me in good faith, but it's not that he sent anything jaw-dropping!
You read about fraud all the time in this field and I'd put it down to over-hyped scare-mongering, but this is one I have actually experienced and it has unfolded before my eyes. If Darrell is what a majority of members here say he is, then I may turn more cynical, with whats left of my hope in my fellow man hanging on by a thread!
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:01 am Post subject: re: First prototype made |
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I know the photos you've seen: (both sent before the NDA)
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:23 am Post subject: re: First prototype made |
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Yes, very similar Jonathan.
I wasn't interested to go as far as getting involved with NDAs.
So with what all that has happened and considering what Clarkie has lost, I see no problem in posting them now.
It was quite clever to send that spoke failure picture. It gave me the impression that the wheel may have some real power.
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