Yeah, so we get to laugh at them while they have $400k of other people's money. Their embarrassment is our amusement; I'd rather it be for something productive.
Sure, but it is what it is.
Since this whole Batteriser thing started I don't think I've met a single person who has not mentioned it to me and laughed and facepalmed. People seems to be genuinely fascinated by the stupidity of it all.
I'm one of them, but I had a moment of clarity: Not everyone gets to think this is funny.
I didn't contribute any money, as I have the knowledge to see through their claims. I get to hope that Dave and other pros will one day get their hands on a unit, and prove how useless the Batterier is in most use-cases. Or, I get to hope that Batteroo goes down in flames. I get to watch numerous people debunk, and bash, and lampoon. _We_, the people "in-the-know," are the people who are able to joke about it. We are an isolated group sharing the absurdity amongst ourselves.
Unfortunately, there are people who don't have electrical backgrounds, who gave money believing in this product. Many still do. They were hoping to give these as gifts. They still hope to. They are standing-by, waiting for Bob to say something, but he doesn't seem to have any motivation to do so.
We are the ones in the bleachers watching this freak-show, so we have the big-picture. Whether or not the Batteriser works, whether or not it's a futile effort, let's see if we can use we have observed to help out the contributors, and get them their product, or at least get them some official answers.