Hey folks, your concerns about the passage of time are legitimate. But as Josh himself said in the post I (re)quoted above, it will be at least another 6 days before Josh catches up on this (and other) threads.
In my mind, a “scam” is a particular kind of criminal activity which is a country mile away from what’s happening here. We’re supporting a lone hardware developer to create bespoke stuff. I invested in the R&D for its own sake. If I end up with a handy bit of kit that will be icing on the cake.
Dino
edited to add: I unintentionally created a reply to @MJ1. Having realised my mistake, I hoped the editor would allow me to remove the “reply” property. If it has that capability it’s not obvious.