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Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

67 points by sshah1983 12y ago

sshah1983 12y ago
Would love to hear any feedback. We want to help folks have some fun in SF this April Fools' Day. Give it a shot - it's totally free. Happy to answer any questions as well.
- kookiekrak 12y ago
  april fools! check your hawaii image
  - sshah1983 12y ago
    Good catch...working on the edit!
    - kookiekrak 12y ago
      also how do i get to your normal gifts or are the bitterness ones all that you're running now edit nvm i saw your reply below. i think i ordered a product? is there a confirmation somewhere? edit edit i got the email awesome! you guys should do some sort of order history list in the app
      - sshah1983 12y ago
        You should have received a confirmation email. We would have sent the recipient an email asking them to setup their gift delivery (i.e., let us know the place and time they want their gift delivered). If you didn't get a confirm email, just shoot us a note at support@sweetnessapp.com and we'll take care of it. Normal gifts will be back in play on Wednesday!
      - sidviswanathan 12y ago
        You should have received a confirmation email, did you get one?
edge17 12y ago
this has the potential for some awesome april fools jokes. how does it get personalized though?
- sshah1983 12y ago
  A couple ways. First, you get to record a video greeting card as part of the flow. This allows you to really sell your recipient/victim on the prank. Second, we make sure that all the info is customized and specific to the recipient. If you order the airline ticket prank for example, we'll email you to get your frequent flyer numbers and stuff and make sure that we get the right legal names on the fake eTicket. We tested it out on our wives last week. It...was...hilarious.
  - hongquan 12y ago
    Your wives must be angels. #startupspouse
    - sidviswanathan 12y ago
      I tried this on my wife last week when we were testing the idea. She definitely fell for it, so she's not too happy with me at the moment. Had to beta test it on someone...
danvu 12y ago
I think this is a great idea and have some folks that I am going to try this on.
- sshah1983 12y ago
  Awesome. Yea, give it a shot. Would love to hear your thoughts and learn about how your recipient reacted. Super pumped for 4/1.
moah 12y ago
Hmm this could be neat. What's the limit of things you'd deliver?
- sshah1983 12y ago
  Right now for 4/1, we're just doing the 3 pranks. Everything is pretty much a gift box + cookie + envelope containing the custom photoshopped eTicket/reservation. But this is for fun. After this week, we'll get back to building Sweetness http://www.sweetnessapp.com http://www.sweetnessapp.com Nonetheless, would love to hear any ideas for how we can take this to the next level for 4/1/2016.
shirazi 12y ago
It's hard not to laugh when making the video. I can't wait until I get the results.
- sshah1983 12y ago
  Gotta keep a straight face :)

67 points by sshah1983 12y ago

sshah1983 12y ago

Would love to hear any feedback. We want to help folks have some fun in SF this April Fools' Day. Give it a shot - it's totally free. Happy to answer any questions as well.

kookiekrak 12y ago
april fools! check your hawaii image
- sshah1983 12y ago
  Good catch...working on the edit!
  - kookiekrak 12y ago
    also how do i get to your normal gifts or are the bitterness ones all that you're running now edit nvm i saw your reply below. i think i ordered a product? is there a confirmation somewhere? edit edit i got the email awesome! you guys should do some sort of order history list in the app
    - sshah1983 12y ago
      You should have received a confirmation email. We would have sent the recipient an email asking them to setup their gift delivery (i.e., let us know the place and time they want their gift delivered). If you didn't get a confirm email, just shoot us a note at support@sweetnessapp.com and we'll take care of it. Normal gifts will be back in play on Wednesday!
    - sidviswanathan 12y ago
      You should have received a confirmation email, did you get one?

edge17 12y ago

this has the potential for some awesome april fools jokes. how does it get personalized though?

sshah1983 12y ago
A couple ways. First, you get to record a video greeting card as part of the flow. This allows you to really sell your recipient/victim on the prank. Second, we make sure that all the info is customized and specific to the recipient. If you order the airline ticket prank for example, we'll email you to get your frequent flyer numbers and stuff and make sure that we get the right legal names on the fake eTicket. We tested it out on our wives last week. It...was...hilarious.
- hongquan 12y ago
  Your wives must be angels. #startupspouse
  - sidviswanathan 12y ago
    I tried this on my wife last week when we were testing the idea. She definitely fell for it, so she's not too happy with me at the moment. Had to beta test it on someone...

danvu 12y ago

I think this is a great idea and have some folks that I am going to try this on.

sshah1983 12y ago
Awesome. Yea, give it a shot. Would love to hear your thoughts and learn about how your recipient reacted. Super pumped for 4/1.

moah 12y ago

Hmm this could be neat. What's the limit of things you'd deliver?

sshah1983 12y ago
Right now for 4/1, we're just doing the 3 pranks. Everything is pretty much a gift box + cookie + envelope containing the custom photoshopped eTicket/reservation. But this is for fun. After this week, we'll get back to building Sweetness http://www.sweetnessapp.com http://www.sweetnessapp.com Nonetheless, would love to hear any ideas for how we can take this to the next level for 4/1/2016.

shirazi 12y ago

It's hard not to laugh when making the video. I can't wait until I get the results.

sshah1983 12y ago
Gotta keep a straight face :)