Was this PODcast interview conducted before or after the Pavlov article?
******ed to a degree too! is my guess. Still not much definite apart from luminescant printing stuff?
Yes I am still sceptical and I hope HOMEPIN proves me wrong.
The only definite I got from listening is that I'm glad I never put money down.
Apart from that, the overwhelming message I got is that it was "someone else's fault" no matter what the subject matter (Chinese Govt internet censorship, importation quarantine laws and standards of China, the poor bugger Sid who also got tarred with the magnetised ball fallout, Chinese copyright laws and business practices, Mom and Pop manufacturers with bad QC and slow production, the decibel level of an unrelated arcade expo, lawyers who don't forward estate documentation in a timely manner, suppliers who allegedly collude with other customers not to supply new startups) and the list goes on.
This is not "straight shooting", this is blame shifting to avoid taking ownership of the mistakes you have made along the way and should have anticipated given "10 plus years of doing business in China". For one example, wood standards and certification for imports/exports are not some unique requirement as every country in the world has basic fumigation/certification requirements like this (even China).
The mark of a true business owner is that if you choose to operate a business in a foreign country then you must work within the framework of that countries laws, you don't turn around and whine about said laws when it doesn't suit you, or admit to intentionally breaching their laws by deliberately smuggling in product (via your employee no less) from across the border.
I do hope that the early adopter depositors do get to see "something" in September (whatever something is defined as - a fully working machine? an empty cabinet shell with artwork? a translite? who knows?) since it looks highly likely based on the stammering response that you won't have a machine delivered to your doorstep in 2016.
I will add that I am so glad that one of the few things we actually confirmed (yet again) is that the machine
whenever it is eventually released will not be PC based. My fully working never skipped a beat WOZLE just shed a tear. ;)
