I offered you a light, as a friend, to cover a 3x3 area, you got greedy and asked for a 4x8's worth and said you could be the same for A51 as Greengenes was to Apache, I am not interested in that, I thought I was clear about that. Then you sent some crazy emails which I will share here, since we're sharing emails.
And who cares about the forum? I am not in the forum business.
You were never a "consultant", nor a rep, never worked for me. Just because you were a mod on a small forum, doesn't make you an employee in any shape of form.
Just because I make less money now than before, doesn't mean I'm broke, ever said I was, even with the little bit I'm making now, is more than my cost of living. So my money is still increasing. I could retire today if I wanted to.
I feel that you are attacking me because I wouldn't fill your 4x8 so you can be like Greengenes.
And bitching about the delays? I'm sorry a family member died, I'll be sure to put your greed and impatients before my family from now on.
I've said nothing about your family, do you know why? Because that's personal life, and we're discussing business, so stop trying to put your poisonous words into my mouth. Thank you. I have more class than that, and I'd think a millionaire would, too.
I know your tying to make me out as greedy, but it simply doesn't work when the email you posted clearly states the opposite. Where did I ask
you to fill my 8x4 tent?
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If I could fill my 8x4 tent" is exactly what it says, I asked you for nothing.
I
offered to be your forum liason, and do PR work for A51, because you had an alcohol issue that was repeatedly leading to you looking foolish on the forums, and hurting your business. I made that offer out of friendship and thought we could legitimately do business together.
Was I a paid consultant on your first light? Nope. Did you consult with me several times about my ProSource lights, their spectrum, and how to improve said spectrum? Yup. This was back before you had built anything yet, back when your member name was still Gary Busey, and you had never used an LED grow light before.
Then there was Spuzzum, remember him? The tech consultant. The guy that helped you design the first gen A51 lights. Use to be a member here, until you two had a fight, and you continuously berated him until he stopped using RIU. I always thought that was weird, that you seemed to intentionally drive him off. Anyways, the rift started when you began making changes to the design, like going from Cree diodes to Bridgelux (IIRC), for cost effectiveness, and to increase the profit margin. Spuzzum took exception to this, because you had been telling us all along that this was going to be a top of the line light, at a reasonable price, no cutting corners on parts. You told him what he wanted to hear, until you had gotten the design work out of him that you wanted, then drove him off, when he tried to question you about it.
C'mon, you have to remember, Spuzzum. He outed all of that info right here on the forums, right when A51 was launching, making things very hard for you. Public opinion of the company on here was very low, across the board. Then, like magic, like someone answered your digital prayers, all of his negative posts about A51 disappeared. RIU "crashed" right at that pivotal moment, right after you had run him off the boards, the forums "crash", and reset to their last save point, from months earlier. Spuzzum's post were gone, Spuzzum was gone, and you could start fresh.
It's amazing how that worked out for you, a web programmer, that the forums "crashed", right when you needed them to most. Personally, I would call it a miracle, but I think Benjamin Franklin's thoughts on the subject are more pertinent here.
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