I don't think Wayne was trying to be rude. I'm pretty certain that "complete tosser!" is simply a friendly colloquialism in Darwin, it's really just a less formal version of "good on ya mate!".
The trick is to apply the Australian rising inflection at the end and it sounds quite chirpy.
Trivia: USPS is actually one of the fastest shipping methods in the USA. The Postal Service contracts with FedEx to fly the parcels, so stuff gets where it's going damned quick.
Customs can be a PITA but I can not imagine that all parcells are held for inspection.
Customs can be a PITA but I can not imagine that all parcells are held for inspection.
Certainly not if you're posting to the USA from the USA.
(For those who arrived late: Bob is posting from the USA...)
Customs can be a PITA but I can not imagine that all parcells are held for inspection.
Certainly not if you're posting to the USA from the USA.
(For those who arrived late: Bob is posting from the USA...)
Customs can be a PITA but I can not imagine that all parcells are held for inspection.
Certainly not if you're posting to the USA from the USA.
(For those who arrived late: Bob is posting from the USA...)Thanks,
I am here from the beginning but I missed that part that they claimed all products are already in the USA
Post 1
This is the 1st time I’ve ever posted on a blog so I don’t know if I’ve done it correctly – I’m sure you will let me know.
Based on the amount of bullshit being spread about on this forum about me, I thought I might put my 2 bobs worth in and try to clear some things up. I’m going to do 2 posts and then you’ll never hear from me again.
Firstly, there seems to be a lot of speculation about me, who I am, what my business is all about and what my motives are etc. etc.etc. (some tosser even did a google map screen shot of my house with my mobile workshop trailer out the front and made a big deal about it? For fucks sakes – get your hand off your dick and re-focus on the important things in your life).
The only reason I’m even bothering to do this is because a lot of you have been seriously questioning my honesty and integrity (think about it for a minute – everything you say and infer on the internet stays there for others to find – why fucken do it if it’s not legit?)
Anyway, here it is:
• What do I know about electrical engineering or physics? – 2 fifth’s of fuck all.
• What is my background – got kicked out of university in 1977 for being disruptive and questioning too many things – went into retail – 23 years later after travelling the country and being in some senior management roles I decided to try something different – spent 12 years in a high end pearling company managing their production and distribution facilities and made a shitload of coin – pulled the pin in 2012 and started a hobby business reconditioning batteries.
• What do I know about batteries – only what I taught myself – in 2007 we bought 20 acres about 1 hour out of Darwin and I decided to design and build a completely off grid house myself – it’s about 60% done – no fancy plans – just make it up as you go – that included a solar system and batteries – it now runs perfectly on second hand reconditioned batteries. (That’s where I was this weekend – drinking beer and having a fat time with my missus and mates)
• I spend a lot of time looking for interesting and unusual products that may be worth selling – eg. I’m now the Aussie agent for Trollbridge24 (electrical, you may be interested in checking it out) – also Facecradle (another crowd funding product I’m hoping to stock in our Newsagency – it’s a ripper – check it out)
• I’m not big on the internet or how things on there work – it took me over an hour to work out how to put the torch tests and photos on facebook – but I do know how to find things and research them(check out my website and facebook – pretty average).
Why did I write that rude email to Dave?
Simple really: I made one comment on Indiegogo to say that I’d received my batteroo order and that they do increase the voltage of batteries – next minute everybody’s flogging the shit out of me? – this blog, emails, phone calls – WTF – and then to top it off, Dave back door’s me with an email offering to buy them all at some inflated price.
I’m not some dumb gullible fuck! (Although some of my mates might disagree but most of them are tossers anyway).
The next post will be about my dealings with Batteroo.
All the best, Wayne.
Post 2
So in the last week or so since I made a simple comment on Indiegogo, there a veritable shitload of experts on this forum who have decided they know exactly what my dealings have been and will be with Batteroo.
Let me clarify it for you – 100% up front for the record – no fucken bullshit!
1. In about July last year, I stumbled across the Batteriser Indiegogo campaign and given my interest in batteries it looked quite interesting.
2. I did a heap of research – I saw all the negative stuff – including this blog and all the you tube videos ( I could clearly understand what the scepticism was about)– I also researched all the individuals involved in the project (they seemed to be quite reputable people with wide ranging professional careers).
3. I also tried to figure out what could be in it for them to scam a few hundred grand out of some Indiegogo supporters (or why they actually put it on there in the 1st place?) – it wouldn’t even cover a small % of the funds it would take to get this thing developed and to market.
4. WTF – I decided to order 4 x AA packs and check it out – cost was US$35 plus $15 shipping – Total $50 (By the way –I have now recouped my $50 thanks to Lab Spokane on this blog – thanks for keeping your word even though you thought I was bullshitting about having them)
5. In November last year I started hounding them about being a potential reseller in the Northern Territory – I never got any responses but kept trying – in April this year I got an email back and that resulted in a conference call to have a discussion – it was agreed that if things worked out that I could be a reseller / distributor for the product in my state – no firm commitments by either side until I had received and tested the product. (For the record – I have never seen, met or talked to Bob – these were senior managers in the company)
6. Since then there have been a few emails – mostly updates regarding the delays and the trademark lawsuits filed by Energizer which set them back a long way (and a lot of money – why would Energizer sue them if there was no chance it would work?).
7. In October, I went to California to go to the Desert Trip concert (how could I miss it with Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Paul McArtney, The Who & Roger Waters all at the same event? – fuck it was good). Anyway, because we were driving past, I arranged to stop in and see the people from Batteroo – we were supposed to have lunch but we were late so just had a look around the office.
8. I was a bit surprised they were housed in a South Korea Telecom building – I later found out that this building is funded by SK Telecom to house up and coming tech start ups that they think have potential (I guess they do their homework on who gets in?)
9. Our 2 friends were left in the car so my wife and I could not stay too long – we had a good look through all the offices and were shown around by 2 of the senior managers – we saw some admin people and some people doing testing etc. We were shown how the Batteriser increased the voltage on a number of batteries and also saw some gadgets running with the sleeves on that would not run with the sleeves off. We also discussed how I could be a reseller in the Northern Territory.
10. One thing that has been made clear all along is that my potential market is very small and their focus is more about launching in the US and other larger markets so I’m a small fish in a big ocean. I was the one pushing them.
11. I left a comment on Indiegogo when I got back to Aus – you’ve all seen it and some have had a go at me about it.
12. Then I received my Indiegogo order last week and left another comment – which has lead to all this shit.(I don’t know if I got bumped up the list or not – as far as I know they are shipping based on where people are in the queue)
13. Why did I do the tests on the LED torches? Simple: they were the only fucken AA devices I could find around the house that would drain relatively quickly. (Who wants to wait around for a year to see how the batteries go in the wall clock or remote control – everything else I have is AAA and I never ordered any – my own fucken fault – I do have some AAA samples coming now though)
14. So what’s my stand on all this? I don’t know! I’ve bought some AA products from Kmart to try them out next week and see what happens.
I’m sure all you experts are totally correct in the highly technical details of what you assume the product to be and you may well be 100% correct. I’m looking at it more from a practical viewpoint and whether there actually is some obvious benefit to the average consumer and whether it is a viable product. If for some reason there are dishonest intentions by the principles in this Company, it will come out very quickly and no doubt be dealt with by the applicable authorities.
One thing’s for sure, unless I’m 100% convinced, I won’t add it to my portfolio.
As you can see by now, I’m no expert in electronics but I do have a couple of points / questions that I have not seen come up on this forum.
• There are very few examples that I can think of where batteries are subjected to a single constant drain until they are completely exhausted (some exceptions would be things like wall clocks, led alarm clocks, etc. – even items like remotes, computer mice & keyboards are only draining power when used?)These generally last for long periods of time anyway so not really worth measuring?
• There have been a lot of references to “dead” batteries – when is a battery dead as opposed to being flat? Is there actually a point measurable when a battery is classified dead? To me, even a flat battery will have some energy left – whether it’s useable in a particular device is another story.
• Voltage cut offs versus current cut offs – if an electronic device has a particular voltage cut off when it stops working and there is still some usable energy in the batteries, is it possible to trick that device into restarting by artificially raising the voltage while the remaining energy / current remains the same?
• Self recovery – in my experience, batteries placed under a constant or one off heavy load will recover some of their voltage and energy when the load ceases – how do you build this into your analysis (for example, even the batteries I used in the torch tests recovered and were able to run the torches again after about an hour – 2 of them were up to 1.38 volts after dropping down to less than 1 volt)
• A few of my mates are engineers – mostly civil and construction – they can be fucken weirdos at times (by their own admission) – why is it that you electrical mob are able to take this to a whole new level?
• Here’s a thought or concept – there are so many people out there having a real go at developing disruptive new technology – some will succeed , some will fail dismally – why not use your collective knowledge and talent to engage with them and assist where you can or steer them in the right direction if they are on the wrong track – you will feel so much better than joining together to belittle and ridicule them because they don’t quite come up to your perceived standards of how things should be – just a thought?
Anyway, this is my last comment on the subject but I’m sure you lot will be carrying on about it for eons to come. Any future tests or dealings I have regarding Batteroo will be kept totally to myself and out of the public sphere, there’s just too much vindictiveness out there for my liking.
All the best, Wayne.
(and a lot of money – why would Energizer sue them if there was no chance it would work?).
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got kicked out of university in 1977 for being disruptive and questioning too many things
Post 1
This is the 1st time I’ve ever posted on a blog so I don’t know if I’ve done it correctly – I’m sure you will let me know.
Based on the amount of bullshit......
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And some people wonder why Wayne thinks we're a bunch of dicks. That really was unnecessary. If you genuinely thought that there was some possibility that Wayne would come back and 'tamper' with his post by editing it, then you could have found a way of quoting all of it for security without making such a confrontational remark.
I’m sure all you experts are totally correct in the highly technical details of what you assume the product to be and you may well be 100% correct. I’m looking at it more from a practical viewpoint and whether there actually is some obvious benefit to the average consumer and whether it is a viable product. If for some reason there are dishonest intentions by the principles in this Company, it will come out very quickly and no doubt be dealt with by the applicable authorities.
• There are very few examples that I can think of where batteries are subjected to a single constant drain until they are completely exhausted (some exceptions would be things like wall clocks, led alarm clocks, etc. – even items like remotes, computer mice & keyboards are only draining power when used?)These generally last for long periods of time anyway so not really worth measuring?
• There have been a lot of references to “dead” batteries – when is a battery dead as opposed to being flat? Is there actually a point measurable when a battery is classified dead? To me, even a flat battery will have some energy left – whether it’s useable in a particular device is another story.
• Self recovery – in my experience, batteries placed under a constant or one off heavy load will recover some of their voltage and energy when the load ceases – how do you build this into your analysis (for example, even the batteries I used in the torch tests recovered and were able to run the torches again after about an hour – 2 of them were up to 1.38 volts after dropping down to less than 1 volt)
• Voltage cut offs versus current cut offs – if an electronic device has a particular voltage cut off when it stops working and there is still some usable energy in the batteries, is it possible to trick that device into restarting by artificially raising the voltage while the remaining energy / current remains the same?
• A few of my mates are engineers – mostly civil and construction – they can be fucken weirdos at times (by their own admission) – why is it that you electrical mob are able to take this to a whole new level?
• Here’s a thought or concept – there are so many people out there having a real go at developing disruptive new technology – some will succeed , some will fail dismally – why not use your collective knowledge and talent to engage with them and assist where you can or steer them in the right direction if they are on the wrong track – you will feel so much better than joining together to belittle and ridicule them because they don’t quite come up to your perceived standards of how things should be – just a thought?
To give some solid motivation here, I will pay you $100 for a one week loan of a single sleeve to Dave. It is the fastest way to make a buck and help with your solar off-grid project.
It's very hard to get every last electron out of a battery. They'll always recover a tiny bit if you leave them long enough. The confusion comes from measuring the voltage when there's no load applied to them - the reading you get will always be false (see next question).
It's very hard to get every last electron out of a battery. They'll always recover a tiny bit if you leave them long enough. The confusion comes from measuring the voltage when there's no load applied to them - the reading you get will always be false (see next question).It is indeed very hard to get electrons out of a battery at all without having them sneaking back in at the other terminal
It's very hard to get every last electron out of a battery. They'll always recover a tiny bit if you leave them long enough. The confusion comes from measuring the voltage when there's no load applied to them - the reading you get will always be false (see next question).It is indeed very hard to get electrons out of a battery at all without having them sneaking back in at the other terminalThe real trick is to get them to go around several times...
To give some solid motivation here, I will pay you $100 for a one week loan of a single sleeve to Dave. It is the fastest way to make a buck and help with your solar off-grid project.
I'm guessing LabSpokane would be the best person to approach Wayne with that sort of offer. I'm sure he'd part with a couple of them for $100.
PS: Wayne, if you need any help with an off-grid project then this is a good place to ask.