It was only after a long phonecall where I finally admitted how bloody nervous I was about the whole thing that he said he'd only suggested BikeCAD as he thought I was the type of person who would embrace having that kind of power, he apologised when I told him I thought I was paying for 14's design skills and not geting them to just build something I'd come up with.
I think this shows that they do want to resolve this in the best way possible. I too don't think you've been unreasonable, but obviously there were some grey areas from the beginning of the process (them thinking you wanted to design the thing yourself), be that their interpretation of your conversations or not, but at least John does seem keen to solve it. Just wait for Lee, have a completely honest conversation with him and maybe just speak to him solely. It'll come good, Jimmy, hang in there!
I think this shows that they do want to resolve this in the best way possible. I too don't think you've been unreasonable, but obviously there were some grey areas from the beginning of the process (them thinking you wanted to design the thing yourself), be that their interpretation of your conversations or not, but at least John does seem keen to solve it. Just wait for Lee, have a completely honest conversation with him and maybe just speak to him solely. It'll come good, Jimmy, hang in there!