If writing has a "tone" the way speech does, this one is nice and snotty. I suppose we all also need someone to look down on for one reason or another.
Okay, good for you.
It got quite a lot of intl. attention when it was first developed. Even Pravda ran an article about it, as it was around the end of the Soviet Union and the intl. community was jumping into that market en masse while all the folks there were trying to learn about capitalism.
Out of curiosity, how many of his observations were acted upon at some point? Alternately, how many of his thoughts were independantly identified by those companies internally? Is it possible, that he was right and the staffs of those companies have changed since then? Other?
Please recognize the difference in that example and my own comments. Also, please note all my personal views on the issue at hand.
If you didn't notice, I made no comment about accuracy of kits or other company practices. Further, I noted that while mistakes certainly happen, this was no mere typo and could easily have been caught before it "hit the street." Finally, I have given them full credit for doing right by the first buyers.
The Capt. is right about one thing, a track record of this type of thing would be vastly worse.
BTW: in reference to other suggestions that I didn't get the lower price, that is correct. The added idea that I thus have a case of sour grapes is wrong since I don't build submarines.