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As a backer, I feel that IndieGoGo does absolutely nothing for you. On the other hand, they actively enable scammers to continue scamming! I backed a product t
by 1024core 8y ago
As a backer, I feel that IndieGoGo does absolutely nothing for you. On the other hand, they actively enable scammers to continue scamming!
I backed a product that seemed to be ready, from everything the creators had posted. But months went by and the product wasn't shipping. As people started complaining, IGG's website actually allowed the creators to shadow-ban complainers! I manually verified this by using a private window: my comments, which were visible to me, were not visible when using the private window! My comments were not abusive in any shape or form: I had just pointed out that even though these guys are claiming it's not ready yet, they are already advertising the product in a trade show.
All of my complaints to IGG were either ignored, or answered with a generic "not all campaigns are successful". They refused to take action when it was pointed out to them that the creator is actively deceiving the backers!
And the creators, after ripping off 1009s of users, went on to run new campaigns, which also ripped off people!
I will never back an IGG campaign again. Actually, I had half a mind to take them to small claims court, but dropped the idea.
IndieGoGo are a bunch of scammer-enablers.
Edit: case in point, this camera: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alpha-the-world-s-smallest-4k-action-camera#/comments https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alpha-the-world-s-smalles... (read the comments! and see the dates)
The campaigners went on to make this campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/snap-the-smallest-affordable-4k-action-camera#/comments https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/snap-the-smallest-afforda... (read the comments here too!)
- O1111OOO 8y agoFrom the article "Kickstarter is virtually genericized at this point" > IndieGoGo are a bunch of scammer-enablers. Agree, IndieGoGo has developed the opposite reputation. I would say that IGG is "genericized" in it's own way. As a backer, IGG just feels sleazier. No one has mentioned their Flexible Funding[0] which is a core tool for scammers and something IGG uses as a strong selling point. IGG could fix this but they make money on Flexible Funding. As they state in the link below: "With flexible funding, you keep all funds, even if you do not meet your goal!" (note the exclamation point at the end). Scammer-enablers might be too kind of a word. Collusion might be accurate. [0] https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/205138007-Choose-Your-Funding-Type-Can-I-Keep-My-Money- https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/205138007-Ch...