Why you should never crowdfund
So I was on a plane yesterday, reading news, and came across this:
Wild Abuse Allegations Taint Indiegogo Helmet Maker Skully - Slashdot
Basically, seems apparently that an Indiegogo project basically took their funding and blew it on cars, women, etc. Shocker.
Separately, I had ordered one of those C.H.I.P. SBCs (similar to RPi) from Next Thing (originated from Kickstarter) earlier this year. Here's the link: https://getchip.com/
First they promised to ship in June, then in July, then in August...looked on the website now and it says October. Now for the irony...I got home from the airport and received a package from them...except it was empty. They literally sent an empty bubble wrap envelope with a packing slip.
Now, I've received wrong items in the mail before, but never in my life have I ever received an empty package. I can understand when you order multiple items to miss a few items, but an empty package?
Very much leaning towards this was intentional. It's pretty hard to accidentally send an empty envelope when shipping something more than paper. Lack of weight, lack of a bump in the middle where the board would be...
Tired of typing now, only $9 so who gives a !%@#$%@...just pretty sad/pathetic.