Peberdy disputes the claims that he was duped, saying, "As far as we were concerned and as far as we were told by REST, the people we were dealing with were merchants."
ピバーディは、「われわれに関するかぎり、またRＥSTから言われるかぎり、われわれが対処しているのは商人だった」と言って、彼がだまされたのではないかという主張に反論した。