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Creator of Asylum Playing cards Kickstarter scam. The project was funded October 2012. As of February 2014 no backers have received rewards. Fox News covered the renowned project in a short piece in February 2014. The project has been referred to the Better Business Beureau.
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The Department of Design is the Creator of the Founders Playing Cards Kickstarter scam Project was funded in March 2013 and have failed to deliver any rewards. Their last update was July 2013 and all communication has stopped since September 2013. Backers are taking legal action. dodsr.com
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After a tremendously successful Kickstarter, a webcomic is reportedly burning copies of the comic books backers bought but never received. John Campbell is the creator of the now-offline webcomic Pictures for Sad Children. Once lauded for its edgy and absurdist humor, the comic featured guest stars like Kate Beaton. Though Campbell has since-removed personal works […]
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On the evening of Aug. 20, 2012, Savannah Peterson was riding high. Early that morning, she had launched a Kickstarter campaign in support of a project that had quickly become her baby. It was called Instacube—a stand-alone digital picture frame that, once connected to a Wi-Fi network, displays pictures from a user’s Instagram feed as […]
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Aneyé is the creator of Syre, The World’s First Bluetooth iPod Nano Watch Case Kickstarter scam. 1,373 backers $133,702 pledged of $75,000 goal This project was successfully funded on Aug 5, 2012. Once the problem started they never stopped and responses or updates became obsolete. Everyone bought into the original idea, then Anyé changed it […]
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Dwight Houser is the creator of the Gekko Stand Kickstarter scam. Funding ended March 15 2013. Project goal was $20,000, project brought in $42,361.00. Estimated delivery was set between June-July 2013. The creator has since unlinked his Facebook from the Project and not updated his backers since Nov 2013. Very poor communication, if any. The […]
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Comic book author Paul Jenkins, currently writing Deathmatch and Fairy Quest for Boom Studios, just added an update to the Fairy Quest Kickstarter funder, addressing the donors to John Campbell‘s Sad Pictures For Children Kickstarter that has caused a little controversy of late. He writes, The other day I was drawn to the plight of […]
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Partial Creator of the Cobra Wallet Kickstarter scam. Backers do not believe Alex was part of a purposeful scam, but rather that he was unprepared, and handled the entirety of the project incorrectly. There is some doubt however that all the funds raised were used solely for the Cobra Wallet. The Creators 2nd project, Shopstarter […]
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Partial Creator of the Cobra Wallet Kickstarter scam. Backers do not believe Josh was part of a purposeful scam, but rather that he was unprepared, and handled the entirety of the project incorrectly. There is some doubt however that all the funds raised were used solely for the Cobra Wallet. The Creators 2nd project, Shopstarter […]
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Can Kickstarter refund the money if a project is unable to fulfill? No. Kickstarter doesn’t issue refunds as transactions are between backers and creators directly. Creators receive all funds (less fees) soon after their campaign ends. Creators have the ability to refund backers through Amazon Payments (for US projects) and Kickstarter (for non-US projects) Is […]
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