I have remained publicly silent on this for a little while now, for
many reasons. The advice I’m getting from more and more people is that
you look guilty by not defending yourself. "If that was me, I would be
tell everyone that its a bunch of bullshit." I know the truth and I
know my ethics and I’m confident those will come through over
time. But I have decided to share some facts.
Miki has been caught red-handed cooking the books of our company, falsely
charging customers and mistreating his and our employees and he still
has the balls to defame me, my father, Mike and anyone else he
perceives to be his enemy. For that, I’ve got to hand it to him. Most
people would have put up their hands and say, you got me.
I’ve known him for 5 years and the theme has been the same over the
years. Miki portrays himself out to be a victim. The reason he is a
victim is the cause of someone else. During my relationship with him,
there has always been an “evil doer” inflicting harm on him at one
time or another. These people ranged from world class shapers, current
APS3000 owners, his brother-in-law, his own employees, a manager, his
neighbor, and others. The 5+ years I’ve known, he has constantly been
surrounded by conflict. At times it was difficult to run an efficient
business when your partner’s energy is diverted towards making someone
else’s life miserable. Its likely some of the people reading this have
been on the receiving end of that.
I’m not interested in conflict. I have done nothing wrong, nor has
Mike or Ralph. I have not been served, Miki has. No IP has been taken
and no company has been hijacked. Miki can have his patents, actually
they’re patent applications. It is against the law to claim you have a
patent on something that has not been patented. You can say, "I have
filed for a patent application." but you can’t say, “I have a patent.”
Two different things.
Right now, according to him he’s been victimized by myself, my father
and Mike Rickard. Not true. To put it mildly simply chosen not to work
with him. For me personally, given the way he treats people, I can
never work with him again.
Scottyboy - you seem to know a lot about Miki’s situation - I’ve been
doing some checking and no one around the Gold Coast or Brisbane has ever
heard of you, what’s your brand? What’s your real name?
"and yes you may all ask WHO THE HELL AM I, that does not matter, I am a small
time hand shaper in Brisbane",
It does matter - you join Swaylocks the day after the thread
starts, only post to this thread and don’t have the guts to give any details
on yourself - not email address, no location, no real name.
Could you please post some pictures of some boards with your label?
Would you please post a picture of that “beat up Datsun” you’re
driving, ideally showing us something in the background that indicates
you are in Brisbane. I hope you currently not traveling right now.
If you’re a real person, you don’t know me. If you’re the alter ego of
someone else, you still don’t know me.
We have updated our website to address some of the larger inaccuracies
that have been made. For those interested:
http://www.aps3000.com/formerly_known_as_aps3000.php
I will be happy to answer any questions. I encourage those interested
to seek references. Miki lives on the Gold Coast and a lot of people
in the industry know him there. Ask questions to different people and see
what types of responses you get.
Jimmy