R, I have the utmost respect for your opinion 99.9% of the time, and if you say he aint involved, I take it seriously and am most releived.
I suggest everyone else calm down a bit. As people on here have said, freindship only goes so far where money is concerned. No-one would be stupid enough to let Lowe in on their consortium know exactly that he will wreck the business by losing the customers, and therefore they will lose their money too.