‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today’s Consumers

Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today... by tmikaeld on Saturday September 23, 2017 @04:07AM (#15318744)

When I did a Kickstarter for a client they didn't allow renderings, yet a week after a bigger brand did exactly that, used only renderings. The "rules" are very loose on KS and the projects that I've backed that failed (7 of them totalling 2000$) where all recommended by KS staff.

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today... by maxerickson on Saturday September 23, 2017 @07:51AM (#15319322)

Yeah, they basically disclaim any responsibility for ensuring the projects get done. But the TOS are trying to establish that you have a contract with the project and thus should have some recourse to get your pledge back if they fail to deliver.

As above, that doesn't work all that well for small sums, but I think it doesn't encourage a free for all either.

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today... by jacquesm on Saturday September 23, 2017 @04:37AM (#15318825)

Have any that you backed succeeded?

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ Scam Artist Has a Warning for Today... by tmikaeld on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:16AM (#15323851)

Of course, many, about 10 of them. The most prominent being Oculus Rift and RigidBot (Though RigidBot wen't bankrupt due to severely underestimating shipment costs)

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