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I helped fund this project on IndieGoGo, originally set for delivery of June 2015. I was super confused when they went to Kickstarter after already raising one
by cushychicken 11y ago
I helped fund this project on IndieGoGo, originally set for delivery of June 2015. I was super confused when they went to Kickstarter after already raising one crowdfunding round. Then I realized - they just used IndieGoGo to fund their prototyping phase. I have yet to receive my Flow/Nuimo/whatever it is they call it, or even an expected ship date.
It seems a little duplicitous to me that they presented this concept as largely complete at the start of the IndieGoGo campaign and then turned around and started crowdfunding again. I know, they're saying "we're making the product better! It will ship so much cooler!" So what? You said it was plenty fucking cool up front. I thought it was plenty fucking cool up front! But I'm really frustrated as a customer - I felt a little bait-and-switched.
On top of that, it kind of bugs me that Senic seems to be focusing a bunch of their energy on writing a ton of self-congratulatory blog posts instead of getting product out the door. Sure, they went through this really hard, grueling design and manufacturing process to get to where they are. So what? They haven't moved the dial on their total users at all in doing so.
/rant. Mostly frustrated that I haven't gotten my Flow/Nuimo/whatever it's called yet.
- digi_owl 11y agoWell the impression i have is that Indiegogo only got traction because Kickstarter stopped accepting projects that didn't have working prototypes to demo.
- cushychicken 11y agoI was always wondering what the difference between the two was. Now I feel like an idiot for not knowing this up front. Oh well, $100 I may or may not ever see again.