Goodflight777 wrote:That can only be generated from a viable business. If the Viking engine fails from an excess of negative publicity crippling the business, the resources won't be there. Also, continued negative commentary creates a siege mentality, and will predictably make him less likely to have a generous turn of mind, if the Viking engine eventually becomes successful.
I don't think people want to be in the position of hoping that another individual has a "generous turn of mind." People don't want generosity--they want what they paid for.
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hypothetical situation: If I had burned a lot of customers, if I had been secretive and arbitrary, I would not expect much sympathy from the marketplace in the future. I'd either give up on being in business for myself, or I'd realize that people would now demand some guarantees from me. Because of my track record, I'd probably need to find an investor to front my effort, to pay for testing, and I'd realize I need to set up an ironclad escrow account for new buyers so they could be assured of getting their money back if my business folded. I sure wouldn't expect a new batch of customers to come forward (again) and be my testing crew (at their expense). If I elected not to take these steps, just to pretend that bygones were bygones and hope that a new crop of customers would come my way, I'd not be surprised if the takers were few and the internet was full of warnings to anyone who asked about me and my efforts. But, that's just me in a hypothetical situation, you understand.