He owes me 5 grand
did you cnc the shit out of those sir? this is easy e's brother?
Negative, I was going to help him design it and manufacture it but our relationship ended before that. He has a "marketing" company, I contracted them to build me a website, he wrote up a contract, 11k for the website, %50 up front the rest on completion, with the completion date of mid April 2012. By the end of October/early November I had enough, the page was still not done and he actually had the nerve to ask me to pay him the rest of the money even though the page wasn't done, and was over 6 months late. Needless to say I said Fuck no, and ended the relationship, both business and friends (been friends with him for 8 or 9 years now). When he says he had been ignoring a lot of things to work on the project he is right, he has lost all his friends, wife, and most of his business.
On a completely different note, I have very mixed (leaning towards negative) feelings about kickstarter. While I think its important to invest in new ideas, technology and science, is getting a no interest, no strings attached gift of money to pursue a project a good thing?
I think it just further breeds the non commital, instant gratification and no sacrifice lifestyle that too many 1st world countries are growing used to.