Just so you all know, I'm not fully aware of everything thats been going on with this. I heard about the guys troubles at first and that's about it but I recently had someone contact me who was pretty upset with how they're being treated in regards to the communication between David, his girlfriend Cortney and the people who donated to help.
I'm just going to post here what I was sent. I've scanned through it all to make sure it's not full of crap and it all seems to hold up pretty watertight. This person has obviously done their research. I just feel they should be given the chance to voice their concern.
** From someone called Z:
"I've been suspicious of David Vigil since last year when another fundraiser for his cancer appeared again. I jumped on board for the first campaign in 2012 to help his cause and I felt nothing but relief when I heard it was a success. The weird thing that bothered me was that we were left in the dark about so many things and we're simply told via text from a third party on David's condition only it wasn't by "Jackson" last time, it was by a girl named "Cortney Kitchen" see link for reference and details.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/he...-the-vigilante
You will also notice the same pictures from that campaign are used on the current campaign.
I started to do some digging on this Cortney person, because I found it odd that she wasn't behind the campaign this time and instead it's this faceless Jackson person with 13 friends on a recently made Facebook account. I found that her and David have a wedding registry set up and are scheduled to be wed sometime this Summer.
http://registry.theknot.com/cortney-...014-ca/4645328
I also found her Pinterest page that confirms her identity and it contains links to her twitter account and Facebook account.
http://www.pinterest.com/cknautical/pins/
https://www.facebook.com/cortney.kitchen.31
After doing some digging around there, I found what appears to be a personal Facebook page for David Vigil.
https://www.facebook.com/PSVigilante?fref=ts
If you scan David's page you will see it is private and the only option you have is a message button. The add feature is not there.
You will also see a post with David on what looks like an ATV with his future bride to be and if you look at the likes and comments you can put two and two together that he has friends and family commenting and liking it.
One comment is even from David himself.
Now this was posted February 10th and one would think that David could at least update everyone about his status personally since he has time to play around on his personal Facebook account. It was only 11 days before that status was up that there was a picture of him and his grandmother on the support page Facebook account.
I looked for a sign that his friends and family might know what he does for a living, but on his Facebook page I found an old link different from the one being used now.
http://vigilanteleather.com/maintenance/
Another thing I found funny is that the friends and relatives of David in no way shape or form attempted to promote David's cause.
Some of the profiles are public and I was able to scroll through them and not one of them mention or link the cause at all.
I find it extremely weird that the people David are the closest to do not even mention anything about donating to help fight his cancer battle.
Another strange thing is that I checked his Facebook name PSVigilante and I think I found his PlayStation ID as well and according to the play history he has been pretty active according to his profile.
http://psnprofiles.com/PSVigilante
Like I said I find it funny that David can't update people himself, but he's got time to do other things. People have been left in the dark and this is just like when I donated the first time and still haven't received my product.
We were promised video updates, instagram updates, and we're always left with sincere apologies about delays and not getting updated, I'm not buying it anymore. David couldn't fulfill orders from the previous fundraiser and I don't expect him to do it again.
I also found this link with people complaining about the shadiness of some items they were auctioning on Ebay to raise money for the last campaign.
http://collectorsedition.org/forums/...ead.php?t=9567
The person advertising for David there is Cortney, but she only refers to David as a "friend" there became an issue when someone did not receive what was listed and the account was banned.
The Ebay account links to a profile with 2 negative feedback claims saying that both items were a scam. You can see that here and please note it says that they use the paypal name Vigilante Leather.
http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayIS...edbackAsSeller
I've been hoping that I am paranoid and overanalyzing things, and that all of what I've speculated on and found could be refuted because I can not imagine someone doing something as low as this. I can't forgive myself if this all wound up being an elaborate scam and I stood by and did nothing about it. I'm still hoping I'm paranoid, but I feel like asking logical questions will maybe bring David out to address things and provide proof other than false promises on products we were supposed to receive.
Thank you."
I really wanted that backpack. I don't think I'll ever participate in this kind of fundraiser again. I should have just donated a few dollars and moved on.
