Road Rocketeer investigation
From BeauGunderson
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About this investigation
This page documents my quest to find out the story of this company and the individuals behind it. They created a high quality motorcycle accessory and failed three times, in part due to poor customer service. I paid them 09/11/09 for a unit and still have not received it. They no longer answer calls or emails.
If you have further information please email me at: beau@beaugunderson.com
Status
- 02/11/2010 - No response from Colliers, emailed again
- 02/10/2010 - Haven't heard back, emailed again
- 02/02/2010 - Received a response from Kevin Demers - Health problems and an ill-timed move blamed for lack of communication
- 02/02/2010 - Road Rocketeer website is back up
- 01/22/2010 - Sent initial email to Colliers re: Road Rocketeer's lease at 3318 Oak Street
- 01/22/2010 - Contacted by a customer who has issues with the product and can't get a hold of Road Rocketeer
Dealer information
- Touratech is no longer selling product due to issues with the product and the company
- Sierra BMW is no longer selling product due to issues with the company
- John Valk is listed as a dealer on the Road Rocketeer website but no one at the company had heard of the company or the product
- Ride West is no longer selling product due to issues with the company
- Twisted throttle has some stock left but is no longer selling the product to inability to get product in a timely manner
Email addresses
- gizmomill@gmail.com
- kevin@roadrocketeer.com
- sales@roadrocketeer.com
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timea@roadrocketeer.comMailbox is full. -
kdemers@shaw.caDefunct. -
web@roadrocketeer.comNon-functional.
Names and dates
Individuals
Kevin James Demers
"Kevin and Francis are great guys and deserve our business. They are focused on making LED taillight conversions for BMW bikes. Both are experienced in electronics but Kevin is the a trained engineer. Francis trained in robotics and is the marketer. And both are motorcyclists. Kevin rides a Honda CBR 600 Fi, and Francis had a BMW R Bike. They workout of modest premises in a converted two-car garage." ― October 30th, 2005 by kPower (Bruce) on k-bikes.com
Timea Meszaros
No information other than first and last name. Some customers had contact with her.
Francis David Steel (Steele?)
Still active (answering emails) in 2006.
Incarnations
Homebody Design
Active from December 2002 to February 2004.
Registered March 5, 2003 with a start date of January 1, 2003 listed.
Address:
1-1060 Craigdarroch Rd
Victoria, BC V8S 2
Gizmo Mill
Active from February 2004 to roughly October 2007 (when archive.org's last update occurred).
Incorporated February 25, 2004, last annual report filed February 25, 2006. Dissolved for failing to file on September 8, 2008.
Address:
1-1060 Craigdarroch Rd
Victoria, BC V8S 2
Road Rocketeer
Website is now defunct (though I made a mirror with `wget`).
Active from August 2008 to roughly September 2009 (when they stopped answering calls and emails).
First products were added to the store website on September 24, 2008. Last products added on March 17, 2009.
Order #84 (mine) happened after products had been available for 353 days, hence an order (on average) every 4.2 days.
Website hosted through HostMax.
Incorporated August 15, 2008.
Last image update time on website was 08/21/09 (extracted using identify -verbose).
Business number: 845965094BC0001
Address:
10-3318 Oak St
Victoria, BC V8X1R1
Threads
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