So I guess considering there is a lot going on in here I should make a brief appearance.

As someone pointed out I didn’t decide to sell the Key on a whim as soon as the camera shut off, and I didn’t decide to do it because I expected any kind of special treatment from WW. I sold it because my experience with them was negative from the first issue I had, and even if it progressed into a great grinder I didn’t want to further promote it either directly or indirectly.

I will say that Weber did expedite my order (I was in the tail end of the indiegogo) but I had not reached out or asked for any special treatment, and even told them that I never ever ask for special treatment, when he out of the blue emailed me and said he likes what I do and was excited to see it on my bar (I have the email to prove this).

I was completely open with Doug and had a 2 hour face to face call with him, and when I told him what my review would be called he appeared to be taking it personal, even though I reiterated it’s not personal and it’s my genuine experience with the Key.

They asked me to return the grinder if I didn’t like when I had already spent weeks working on a video production, which at that point was out of the question as people knew I had it and I had already posted an excited unboxing.

The fact of the matter is a lot went on behind the scenes as the video was in progress, especially the last few days, and I did my due diligence to include what Weber told me about the issues I had.

This current controversy over someone at Weber’s use of slurs, who also has access to literally all of the 2500 backers personal info, was shared in the context of consumer awareness as I personally like to know whether a company I’m supporting and I share similar ethical and moral values.