GIVING GLOBALLY

A Glimpse Of Light In The Distance

An ex-Marine thinks he can extend the working day for millions of people.

By Thijs Niemantsverdriet | NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Nov 12, 2007

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  • Posted By: rapunzel @ 11/27/2007 1:03:13 PM

    Talk about a Johnny-come-lately, Mr. Bent thinks he??s the originator of an ultraviolet water purifier with a coconut-charcoal filter. That system already exists in a water purifier from a company called Purific in Maringa, Brazil, and has been around for about 10 years.
    Michael Jones
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    Maringa, PR, Brazil
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    rapunzel_sky@hotmail.com

  • Posted By: rapunzel @ 11/27/2007 12:57:01 PM

    Talk about a Johnny-come-lately, Mr. Bent thinks he??s the originator of an ultraviolet water purifier with coconut-charcoal filtering. That system of purification is already available from a company called Purific in Maringa, Brazil, and has been for about 10 years.
    Michael Jones
    Rua Neo Alves Martins 2075 #32
    Maringa, Brazil
    87013060
    rapunzel_sky@hotmail.com

  • Posted By: MinhLe_evc @ 11/09/2007 1:56:42 PM

    Dear Mr. Bent ,
    I appreciate what you do to solve the problem. I used to live in a place with no elcetricitity.I couldnot use computer , watch tv or read books. I didnot know what was going on in the world.I felt abandoned and isolated. However, I think Bogo Lights will change the situation. I hope you will deliver Bogo Lights worldwide with affordable price so that many poeple can get them. Bogo Lights will change their lives a lot.

  • Posted By: at7777 @ 11/08/2007 12:24:52 PM

    Dear Mr. Bent,

    I read about your product in Newsweek. I liked it (epecially the concept of buy one, give one), so I turned on my PC, and went straight to your site to make an initial order of 3 for my kids and niece, with the "give one" going to a childrens' organization.

    Pity that you only accept US customers. And US billing addresses.

    If you really want to help the world, why do you discriminate against residents everywhere else in the world by not selling to them?

    I will NOT be coming back to your site any time soon - I will surely find other ways to contribute. And you may not get out of the 250K hole if you limit yourself to selling products originally conceived for the 3rd world only to US customers - the US is not, last time I checked, quite yet a third world country. You may be better off concentrating on pizza.

  • Posted By: at7777 @ 11/08/2007 12:22:29 PM

    Dear Mr. Bent,

    I read about your product in Newsweek. I liked it (epecially the concept of buy one, give one), so I turned on my PC, and went straight to your site to make an initial order of 3 for my kids and niece, with the "give one" going to a childrens' organization.

    Pity that you only accept US customers. And US billing addresses. If you really want to help the world, why do you discriminate against residents everywhere else in the world by not selling to them? Do you just not trust foreigners and their foreign credit cards?

    And you may not get out of the 250K hole if you limit yourself to selling products originally conceived for the 3rd world only to US customers - the US was not, last time I checked, quite yet a third world country. You may be better off concentrating on pizza. A.T.



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  • Posted By: mark497 @ 11/05/2007 6:13:23 AM

    Dear Thijs, Thanks for the article and for Newsweek's support of light distribution in Africa and the developing world. Mark Bent www.sunnightsolar.com and www.bogolight.com

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