I'm with you also. Right now, all we have is brig's alleged email, so for those who don't KNOW, we have 2 explanations:
Either brig fabricated it for some reason, or John shouldn't have written what he did. I knew at the time that I was taking a chance on the timing, and I take full responsibility. However, I will not ever again take action based on similar information from the same source. We don't know what led John to write that (assuming it wasn't a fabrication), and it may have a very plausible explanation, but he didn't include any conditions or caveats in his statement. Get this to $5 today and all will be forgiven...;-)