I see an economic diasater coming...

[the_big_m_in_ok]

lwh said:

... the few (three in the whole world?) sellers aren't helping by not responding to e-mails.  There are phone numbers I can try but I don't want to be given the same treatment over the phone.  Makes me wonder.

@lwh
Can you get to the street address for their office in Australia?  If they're closed, you have your answer.

--Lee

[lwh]

Can you get to the street address for their office in Australia?  If they're closed, you have your answer.

--Lee

Funnily enough, in all of the places they could have been in the whole country, they're just about 10-15 kilometers from where I am.  Looked them up with Google earth and it looks like they must be in a strip of businesses fronting a light industrial area.  I can't get there easily though so I'll probably try giving them a call.  However, buying unusual imported things here often involves ridiculous price mark-ups, sometimes to the point where it's cheaper to just get it sent over from somewhere else.  That's why I was interested in hearing from the U.S seller too. 

I was also fishing to see if anyone here has actually bought one of these things from anywhere, as I must admit I've been starting to wonder if there might be some kind of suppression or obstructing of this technology going on. 

[the_big_m_in_ok]

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Funnily enough, in all of the places they could have been in the whole country, they're just about 10-15 kilometers from where I am.  Looked them up with Google earth and it looks like they must be in a strip of businesses fronting a light industrial area. 

Right.  Lots of businesses like that in the States.  Then there's the malls.   

I can't get there easily though so I'll probably try giving them a call.  However, buying unusual imported things here often involves ridiculous price mark-ups, sometimes to the point where it's cheaper to just get it sent over from somewhere else.  That's why I was interested in hearing from the U.S seller too.

Well, Australia is quite a ways from the U.S. and Europe.  Asia is nearby,though.

I was also fishing to see if anyone here has actually bought one of these things from anywhere, as I must admit I've been starting to wonder if there might be some kind of suppression or obstructing of this technology going on.

There are patents in large numbers for water purifiers and oceanic water desalinators.  That might be some of the problem.  "Proprietary information", you know.  That way they can corner the market, so to speak.

But, back on the topic:

The current commercial property and office building market bubble is about to pop.  Loans were issued for top prices and these prices are severely depressed now.   Retail revenue is insufficient to keep up payments and loans are about to reset to higher payments in 6-12 months.

That's not all:
Thousands of home loans here in Northern California are also about to reset to higher rates.  This is very serious.  The "recovery" could end.

Lastly,
British analysts predict the English housing prices could fall 20-40% further unless something is done to reverse the trend with refinancing or other means.
Also dire for the Europeans:  Milk prices are terribly low for the Western Europeans.  A large segment of the European economy is "hanging on a cliff."

--Lee

[triffid]

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[triffid]

2010 and 2012 both look like real hard times coming to me.triffid