As I suspect like you I don't know Mr Garner so I guess he will be judged in due course by his actions. One thing I don't get is this whole put your money down first thing. Dreer did it and so have the present owners, call me old fashioned but there is no way I would part with money before my bike was even built. I believe you can have an escrow account which holds the money in some kind of no mans land until the goods are supplied, at very least I would have thought this would be a safer option. I do hope all those people who have put their money on the line get their bikes, I think they will.