So I was an early backer of this project and I hoped that the company would give a legit updates to their products but each updates had been stretch goals with new products and sketch drawings instead of any real products information.
It has reached over $600k and expires in 3 days. The concern has grown that it's a scammer and people are reporting it to kickstarter. Here are some comments from the backers:
"I pledged this campaign more than a month ago, and i request the creator to post images of the new colors, bath towels and more without a response or a comply. The video and other images looked too generic. Campaign is based in Australia but it's a Japanese made product and the fact that this is the first kickstarter campaign from Sento is very suspicious . I am canceling my pledge right now. PEOPLE BE AWARE and request images of final products before dead line or consider backout from this."
"3 days to go... and my BS detector is kicking in. I reckon this is yet another Chinese scam on Kickstarter. Why am I saying this?
The video is canned content, ie. stuff that you can easily edit together. The towels shown are no name, there's no creator endorsement (who are you guys?), there's no other valid endorsement... there's no identifiable face or name behind this campaign.
The campagin has reached far and beyond its initial goal. And more products are added WITHOUT any impact on the timeline or feasible prototype. Mere sketches.
Lack of correspondence by the creator in the comments.
Unrealistic timeline.
Towels are overpriced and we might end up with cheap Chinaware... if we get anything at all.
I've backed some projects that turned out to be run by fraudsters and scam artists, some never delivered, others were just terrific. I'm not sure where Sento belongs just yet... but I'm likely to drop out and go for The Onsen... another towel project on the site."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700119410/sento-towel-an-incredible-upgrade-for-an-everyday
I know kickstarter is always a risk but... What are your thoughts and what more can be done for kickstarter to take action?
It has reached over $600k and expires in 3 days. The concern has grown that it's a scammer and people are reporting it to kickstarter. Here are some comments from the backers:
"I pledged this campaign more than a month ago, and i request the creator to post images of the new colors, bath towels and more without a response or a comply. The video and other images looked too generic. Campaign is based in Australia but it's a Japanese made product and the fact that this is the first kickstarter campaign from Sento is very suspicious . I am canceling my pledge right now. PEOPLE BE AWARE and request images of final products before dead line or consider backout from this."
"3 days to go... and my BS detector is kicking in. I reckon this is yet another Chinese scam on Kickstarter. Why am I saying this?
The video is canned content, ie. stuff that you can easily edit together. The towels shown are no name, there's no creator endorsement (who are you guys?), there's no other valid endorsement... there's no identifiable face or name behind this campaign.
The campagin has reached far and beyond its initial goal. And more products are added WITHOUT any impact on the timeline or feasible prototype. Mere sketches.
Lack of correspondence by the creator in the comments.
Unrealistic timeline.
Towels are overpriced and we might end up with cheap Chinaware... if we get anything at all.
I've backed some projects that turned out to be run by fraudsters and scam artists, some never delivered, others were just terrific. I'm not sure where Sento belongs just yet... but I'm likely to drop out and go for The Onsen... another towel project on the site."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700119410/sento-towel-an-incredible-upgrade-for-an-everyday
I know kickstarter is always a risk but... What are your thoughts and what more can be done for kickstarter to take action?
