What I don't get and the thing that makes Viofo not innocent is their silence here. Why can't they say whether Adorama is getting them or not, or even just tell us if they are in talks?
When the A119 series were introduced, Viofo was all over DCT about them until reports of problems began coming in- then all of a sudden Viofo became conspicuously absent
Rick and Jon handled the fiasco on DCT, diagnosing the issues and discovering the solutions for the good people who had bought that cam. Once that 'brushfire' went out Viofo reappeared
That is until the need for a V2 version became apparent, and the vanishing act happened again
I'm seeing something similar here.
In Viofo's favor is that he does work on the problems and addresses them well enough- far better than many other manufacturers do
And it seems he's got a couple of good advisors helping him in the background
So I expect that once the solutions for some of the issues are found we will see Viofo here- at least temporarily I know that if I were being affected I would want to see a more rapid and direct response such as Rick and Jon give, but I wouldn't want that to take away the time needed to get the issues fixed ASAP. That is the more important of these two things.
Everyone is watching the Adorama-Viofo saga unfold and in time whatever is going on with that will become known. If it is dealt with well, both will benefit, but if not Viofo will have lost a lot of his reputation and that is something which will take a long time to recover from. Ditto for Adorama; they need to make good on their promises of pricing to those who ordered early and make sure those folks get their cams.
As I've said, only the cam itself is innocent, for even I have joined in the dance a few times so I am not totally innocent either
Rather than point fingers I think it's better for all of us to just let this drama play itself out while we watch, for we can't really do anything else to cause the ending to change
Phil