While I'm not (yet) a dihexa customer, I've been watching the evolution of this experiment for some time. In the interest of progress, I think it bears pointing out that in untrusted regimes (such as the Internet here), game theory is the best proxy for trust that we have. We should be guided by an understanding of self-interest, instead of paranoia.
If Area-1255 and Synthesizer want to rip people off, then their plan frankly sucks. With the supplement fraud at major retailers making front page news these days, there are obviously much more scalable and straightforward ways of doing so. The most obvious plan would be to sell a preventative miracle supplement which does nothing, yet will evade detection for years. If dihexa -- or their purported dihexa -- doesn't work, we'll know very soon. If it turns out to be a toxic placebo, then we'll have a serious legal case in their locale, and plenty of IP addresses to leverage.
But unless these two are complete idiots, then they surely realize that by honing the process with willing guinea pigs, they stand to make an enormous amount of money if it proves to be even moderately effective. Word will spread quickly, and the money will flow. Probably mine too.
To those who are defaulting on your promise to pay, perhaps because you're worried about the authenticity of the substance, please spare a thought for those of us who need to see this succeed. At the very least, if it all fails but the synth is honest, then we'll benefit from their partnership on future experiments. But if we merely alienate them with our erratic financial behavior and thereby force them to diversify their marketing efforts, then evolutionary pressure will cause them to spend more time doing just that, as opposed to excellent chemistry. That would be against the interest of everyone involved.
You don't have to take dihexa -- ever. But please keep your word, people.
Edited by resveratrol_guy, 12 March 2015 - 12:58 AM.