(Edward Reid) writes:
>I find it a sad day when someone is accused of a scam because they

fail to
ask for money!

Ed,
You know, you’re certainly welcome to form your own thoughts on this
one, but I have been more closely involved with it from the start. My
husband and I were in pretty close contact with Al, and I’m not going
to post
some of our experiences, but BJ is aware of them and I think he is
coming from a more knowledgeable place than you are in making your
assumptions.
Since I have been threatened with lawsuits I have to be very careful
what I say. It’s nice that you are willing to give Al the benefit of
the doubt, but you might also consider that BJ knows quite a bit more
about the experiences my husband and I had, and he deserves the same
benefit in reaching his conclusions.
When you get your Hematrac, let us know and we’ll retract our
statements.
Meantime, you might want to contact the FDA yourself, as both BJ and
I have done, and hear what they have to say about it.

> But I count at least seven messages in the mailing
>list between 8-13 June in which you used the terms "fleeced", "con",
>"scam",
>"lied", or "suckered" without qualification in describing the

events.

BJ was not the only person to use those words on the mailing list,
and we still see jokes about incredible diabetes equipment relating
to the experience. If you are reading it, you must have seen them
too. And you must have seen the strong language used by others on the
list as well, including words like "scam". I’m sure BJ felt more
comfortable opening up in that group than he does here and so was
more careful in his wording posting here.

Laurie