Wow. Just wow. Makes me glad the only stuff I have backed on Kickstarter was either from proven commodities (RiffTrax, a couple of established games publishers) or someone I know "personally" (that is, have spoken to a few times, Rob Kelly of The Aquaman Shrine). This guy may have some form of mental illness.
On Friday, February 28, 2014 6:53:01 PM UTC-5, Shag wrote: > That dude is seriously broken. Either his family didn't raise him to > understand how a capitalistic society works, or he's just a nut job hippy. > Either way, I hope he doesn't get any work until he gets his head > straightened out. > > Shag > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 28, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Jennifer Walker > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Kickstarter has been plagued by under-performing "successful" > campaigns, but this has got to be up there with the level of crap the > artist is spewing. I'm grateful that the projects I've backed had fulfilled > all promises on time. I'm also grateful that my own campaign didn't meet > its funding goal way back when as I massively underestimated the time it > would take to create the book in question (though there's something to be > said for how much time I spent putting off parts that might not have been > if I had investors waiting). > > But the crux of the matter with Campbell is that he failed to correctly > price his reward levels and then severely fails on customer service--both > pointing to the fact that this guys doesn't have the business know-how to > run anything (or the intelligence to ask for help from someone more > business-savvy) but wants people to pay him without expecting anything in > return for their "investment." Now, we can't go restricting campaigns to > those with an MBA, but it sounds like (to be credible), future creators are > going to have to prove their business acumen, not just their creative > skills. > > Kickstarter Fail: John Campbell Burns Comics Rather Than Sending Them To > Donors > http://feedly.com/e/6oAelGkH > > -- > via my feedly.com reader > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
