I'm wondering how some of the 'interested parties' that have blogged on the "
Batteryriser" are feeling these days?
I tried to engage one in some constructive discussion a few months back - but he seemed so hell bent on kicking the Engineering community to the kerb, that he ended up blocking me.
There are several parts of the blog I'd like to make reference to - but to be fair, I would need to transcribe them, so I shall limit myself to this excerpt - and I quote:
You're attacking the hell out of this $2.50 device like if somebody spent $2.50 it would be the end of the world. I'm not worried about spending $2.50. I'll find out if it freakin' works. If it works, you know, we'll get a few of them, we could spend ten bucks or whatever - and, you know, somebody will say ... well ... if I get scammed, I get scammed.
I would like to respond by saying - Engineers and like minded people don't look at the cost as being an excuse for getting scammed. If it isn't going to work as advertised, they
are going to challenge it. On principle. They are also going to look at the bigger picture - not just from the small value of each individual's contribution, but from the total take the scammers will walk away with.
It seems some bloggers are content to let them do that.
This particular blogger challenged my assertion that everybody is waiting for them to ship - and while it was not my original scope, I must accept there is one corner of the world where this is true - Batteroo.
The rest of us want to see one in the flesh.