Alea: I agree whole-heartedly about the funding questions. But in the larger sense, there was much deception from the get-go. It came from mgt/exec office and from the so-called 'leaders,' who actively misled.
No anger or angst from this quarter about the rejection of us critics by the so-called believer crowd.
They made their choices and we made ours. It turns out, our info, based on facts, inside sources and the company's history was far more accurate.
Personally, I think you are wrong about the critics crying crocodile tears for the misled. I had family and friends I brought into Wave.
Some of them were so disgusted by the Wave antics/corruption/lies--they sold in time to only lose most of their investment.
Others stayed in, hoping to the very end, things would change. They didn't and they lost it all.
I have genuine sympathy and empathy for those who trusted sweet-talking liars over the bleak reports out every quarter.
As for being personally attacked--I consider the source and it doesn't ruffle my feathers. Some of the underhanded tactics did, though.
But it is all water under the bridge. Wave is a tremendous case study in the persistence of hope in the absence of any verifying factors--in fact, the verifying factors pointed straight down--not up. And as you noted, there was contradictory evidence every quarter.
But basically, I do agree with your view, with the above exceptions noted.
Anytime hard-working men and women are fleeced and have their life's savings taken from them on the basis of outright lies--that is sad, regardless of how they got to that point, or even their own naivete. No joy here; no dancing on Wave's grave.
Best wishes--Blue
