The John Westlake/Lakewest MDAC/FDAC, VFET and Detox

Perhaps if you elucidate you may be able to give succour to some of the investors on here.
“Some day” doesn’t sound very encouraging though.

.sjb

 

Did he have anything to show you? A dummy unit with a screen wasn’t it?

 

We've been waiting with baited breath for some news... is this as good as it gets? If you'd be so kind as to elaborate, I'm sure thread members would appreciate it. Thank you Rune.

 

Are you sure he he said "Some day" and not "Somewhere"?

Here's a Judy Garland singing the ballad of the MDAC2...

 

I don't know you but I hope that your humour is very very dry.

 

In other news "pigs seen flying over London"

 

John brought as promised the casework and incl the front panel screen mounted and it looked good.
I wrote some day(next year) because no matter what I write the usual suspects will post negative unconstructive comments. So actually I do not feel like posting anything. Just wanted to say that John was in Munich.

 

Tbf, if this guy said he was going to be there, and he was there, and literally no one went up to him and created all types of commotion after he stole from you, then tbf, no wonder he got away with it and he will continue to do so now.

 

Didn't you see how big his bodyguards were?

 

Did he crowdfund for those too?

 

Thanks for the update. I hope JW will post some pics on FB. Good to know you've gained a boost of hope from meeting John. I was confident he would at least do that, but I wanted to see a completed prototype before I went to Munich.

So reading between the lines of your post, I guess a prototype will be built in the next few months (probably Dec).

I'd like to hear more about about the parts you did see... Were they as high quality as you expected?
What's the current challenge apart from chassis parts from China?

 

So..after 10 years of not receiving what you paid for you are still happy to carp about people making negative comments ?

It seems that your gun is pointing the wrong way.

However...good luck with your ongoing wait.

 

Oh Joe, stop exaggerating, it's only 9 years 9 months since this kicked off.

 

In other news, man shows empty box at trade show after 117 months of product development.

 

If no-one is willing to have a public confrontation or pursue legal action, might I suggest at least a publicity drive? A concerted effort to post succinct statements of the situation (e.g. 'John Westlake has taken £x in crowdfunding for xyz, and produced nothing in almost ten years; see this thread on pfm for details') on as many audio related websites as possible, and also perhaps sent by letter to audio companies globally? Also contact audio magazines?

Although I can't agree with Rune's optimism regarding the imminent (or even eventual) delivery of a product, I agree that negative comments are unconstructive, if they don't lead to action. What do any of you have to lose at this point?

 

John A. Westlake - Wikipedia (bit of a cat and mouse wiki editing game)

Suggest folk restore this 'Crowdfunding Projects and Controversies: citations added' revision every chance they get.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Westlake#Crowdfunding_Projects_and_Controversies​

 

I wouldn't recognise him, but someone who looked a little like him came to my stand. If I had had confirmed identity I would have told him to take a running jump at himself for all your sakes. What mystifies me is that some well-respected audio companies still do business with him even though he seems to have conned a large number of people.