Andre, as I wrote, I understand your position and I do not envy it at all. I simply wish some other way could have been found for insuring that a large number of folks didn't get burned in this situation. Yes, it is personal for me since I'm about to eat a $37,000 "investment". But I don't blame you for your actions, nor am I accusing you of doing something wrong.
I do believe it true however that there were individuals who knew the situation was not recoverable - one of which would be Robert Logan, but undoubtedly there were others too. It is a shame that those folks could not have found a way to alert the potential customers. Heck, it could have even been done here under a fake user name and that would have been enough to put friends of the forum into action all over the world to find out the real deal.
I know for a fact that if a handful of people would have communicated, say in Australia, South Africa, and the US, that enough pieces could have been assembled to get a true picture of what was occurring. And at that point some conclusions could have been drawn and decisions to bail could have been made.
But even if they did alert the customers, say in November or December of 2005, and a decision to bail was made I don't think the money was there to be returned to the customers. I think the money was already being put to use to cover debts in SA, Australia, and suppliers etc. in other places. Point is, worrying about someone blowing the whistle is probably mote because indivdual recovery was probably out of the question then.
To make a few questions from my perspective:
2) I'd imagine Robert difficult to work with. Chalk it up as his loss not yours.
3) No, I don't work for $645 a month now. But I have before, and will again if I need or find the perfect job that I love.
5) I'm not shooting at you.
6) I think the SA operations have taken a hit by this, at least for RF customers and probably others as well. Unfairly yes, because Superformance nor CAV asked for the RF debacle and subsequent failure.
8) I would dare say you are one of the most succinct writers on the forum and have had a very interesting life involved with sports cars all over the world.
Sorry to hear that you wish to leave the forum. But, not all times of interacting with forum members will be rosy, I can assure you of that. My wife asks me why I spend time moderating, answering emails, helping folks, and sometimes fighting with them as well. I guess about all I can say is I get to meet some fantastic people - that makes it worthwhile.
Ron