Minnkota Monster may be a scam

I ordered my I-pilot on March 2. A couple of days later got an email stating the I pilot was on back order till the 12th. I still haven't gotten my I-pilot and I received an email from the company yesterday stating they are NOT a scam. I'll post the letter below. I also found on the BBC board and another Florida board where Minn Kota is not affiliated with this company and other people having problems as well. Here is the links to what I found and the letter from the company.

Scam?: BBC Lounge: BBC Boards
SCAM Warning!...MinKotamonster.com

To all of you that have received your Minn Kota products, I thank you
sincerely for your business and am grateful that you are happy with your
purchase.

To all of you that have orders on backorder, please be patient, they will
come. If you are unhappy with your service, please email me and I will be
happy to refund your order amount in full.

It has come to my attention that there has been some slander and "scam"
warnings being posted on forums and I just want to rebut the allocations of
the validity MinnKotaMonster.com.

The website was started back in November 2009. The website was developed to
sell Minn Kota products that are dropshipped from our wholesale company. The
shopping cart uses (currently and soon to be changed) PayPal as a payment
processor.

Since the beginning of the year 2010, Our sales skyrocketed! We grew so fast
that not only did the wholesale company feel it, but also threw red flags up
with PayPal, which I have been using for 3 years.

So, along with backordered products at the wholesaler, PayPal decided to
restrict and limit certain aspects of the account until we verified that the
business that I was doing was legit.

I showed them my paper trail of the business and they lifted restrictions so
that the wholesaler could continue. What PayPal did however, was limit the
Credit Card used to make the purchases from the wholesaler to $3000 per day.
Which is unacceptable because I do well more than that in one day in sales.
This limits me and the wholesaler to just 3 orders being processed per day.
Completely unacceptable! I tried to reason with PayPal and they basically
didn't want to hear how horrible they treating me and a thriving business.

So now I am working with a national bank to use their payment processing
with NO restrictions on the amount of money coming in or going out. I am
hoping to have that in place within a week.

As far as some of the other comments being posted out there, yes, I am
filing bankruptcy. NOT on the business. ONLY personal assets. That is
because of some personal things that have happened in the past year and a
half. I don't mind sharing though. The bankruptcy stems from a divorce and
from being laid off for 6 months last year. But that is OK, because that is
what gave me the drive to creating this business anyway. I am working a full
time job again so I can't always answer the phone right away, but if you
send me an email I will get back with you as quickly as possible.

So, to anyone wishing to drag MinnKotaMonster.com through dirt, this is my
story, my business, my life...and this is legit. I'm a real person just like
all of you out there trying to survive this down economy and trying to pass
the savings to you.

With Great Sincerity,

Jason Nightingale
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