That kind of tough talk is worthless when you had a chance to state your case in person and chose not to. I saw a buzzer with evidence of his grievances in hand address his issues with SherrillTree during the meeting. Between him and you, he is the only one with any right to continue bickering. And I've not heard such negativity from him. If one company turns you down, why not go to another, or retool your design? It could be, like stated above, that the market just doesn't exist for your design as is. I won your product in a drawing. After a few tries, it stayed in the gear box until someone needed an extra ball. It took too long to use all of its features. There is a throwline trick that can replace each of the features, and each trick requires no additional hardware or tinkering. It also bounced too violently for my liking. Coming up with ideas is great, but we have to keep working them, or wait for/help the market to wake up. Nursing a grudge against one company that doesn't share your vision doesn't accomplish anything besides make people less likely to consider you and your projects credible.