I'm in Adelaide, same GMT offset so I gave the guy a call.
Long story short, he claims to have 4 packs and wants to be the Aussie distributor.
That's the only thing that makes sense around here!
Now, once again it's an interesting coincidence that 3 people have claimed the receive them now.
One is proven to be Bob's colleague from Flextronics. One is this wannabe Oz distributor who has visited them personally. And one is a mystery guy in Greece.
Does that sound like a a random allocation of Indiegogo shipments to backers?
Here's my theory on what's happening:
There's major money on the line from a VC or big retail outlet that hinges on them actually shipping something to existing retailers or distributors. However, they still don't have an actual DFM product ready to ship en mass. They can't finish production without this infusion of cash...
So, they announced they're shipping to secure this money. Now, they know they can't come up with another excuse for a delay, because they've already announced they're shipping. So, they're shipping hand assembled prototypes, made with original Batteriser test casings, plastic cases and packaging test prints from last year.
They're shipping these out to a few choice retailers/distributors as representative samples. They'll then point the investors to these people as proof they're actually shipping a product.
This theory explains everything.