Top 10 Kickstarter Campaigns That ABUSED The System
→Subscribe for new videos every day! www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 → → GET A T-SHIRT - shop.spreadshirt.com/toptenz →Top 10 Objects That Were Clearly Invented Just to Annoy Physics: youtu.be/0MVGeRa-vLo →Simon's VLOG: www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqt8j7DfPmveJp3UOk9XTg Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Brand new videos 7 days a week! Videos are published at 6pm EST every day! Subscribe to our Facebook: www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Corrupt Charities youtu.be/Su3khSCg6yY?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnLt3JIYHY_PUk7TrxFJZFGK Top 10 Weird Ways Terrorism is Just Like Running a Business youtu.be/qDcExpMkyJU?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnLt3JIYHY_PUk7TrxFJZFGK Kickstarter and similar crowdfunding sites where users can pool their money together to help a struggling entrepreneur realize their dream without any help from the man are pretty popular these days. However, with only an estimated 9% of projects that get all the funding they’re asking for actually delivering on the promises they make to backers, the world of crowdfunding is rife with stories of dishonesty, shady dealings and just plain ol’ weirdness that genuinely make you wonder if your money would just be better off left in your PayPal account. Text version: www.toptenz.net/top-10-kickstart-campaigns-that-abused-the-system-and-pretty-much-got-away-with-it.php Coming up: 10. Potato salad guy – Amount raised: $55,000 9. The Doom That Came to Atlantic City – Amount raised: $122,874 8. ZPM Espresso machine – Amount Raised: $369,569 7. Postal 2 – Amount raised: Not enough 6. Yogventures – Amount raised: $567,665 5. Synchronized – Amount raised: $1,762 4. myIDkey– Amount raised: $473,333 3. Asylum Playing Cards – Amount raised: $25,146 2. Eye3 Drone – Amount raised: $78,481 1. Amanda Palmer – Amount raised: $1,192,793 Source/Further reading: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zackdangerbrown/potato-salad www.theverge.com/2014/8/2/5962227/kickstarters-infamous-potato-salad-will-be-funded-to-the-tune-of-55000 www.theverge.com/2014/10/1/6880201/potato-stock-kickstarter-potato-salad-zack-danger-brown keith-baker.com/the-doom-kickstarter-my-response/ valleywag.gawker.com/kickstarter-project-canceled-after-dude-spends-all-the-912176282 arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/feds-take-first-action-against-a-failed-kickstarter-with-112k-judgment/ www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J7XVA46 www.kickstarter.com/projects/zpmespresso/pid-controlled-espresso-machine/description www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/magazine/zpm-espresso-and-the-rage-of-the-jilted-crowdfunder.html www.factfiend.com/that-time-uwe-boll-beat-up-a-bunch-of-his-critics/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/1544635303/postal-2/ www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/postal-2-strike-uwe-boll-cancels-kickstarter-campaign-to-bring-controversial-videogame-labelled-8868560.html www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT1J65KHX8E www.polygon.com/2014/7/17/5912245/yogscast-kickstarter-failure-crowdfunding-risks www.pcgamer.com/yogscast-declines-to-comment-on-claim-it-received-150000-of-yogventures-kickstarter-money/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/826142615/synchronized/description nyulocal.com/on-campus/2011/05/09/nyu-tisch-student-makes-plagiarized-film-to-win-festival-prize-after-raising-1700-on-kickstarter/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-cFHeoXAw8&feature=player_embedded nyulocal.com/on-campus/2011/05/09/nyu-tisch-student-makes-plagiarized-film-to-win-festival-prize-after-raising-1700-on-kickstarter/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-cFHeoXAw8&feature=player_embedded www.kickstarter.com/projects/myidkey/myidkey-passwords-at-the-tip-of-your-finger/posts/1261028 arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/07/how-one-kickstarter-project-squandered-3-5-million/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/213177064/asylum-playing-cards/description www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens gizmodo.com/sketchy-kickstarter-campaign-ordered-to-pay-back-the-do-1730506492 www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-makes-crowdfunded-company-pay-shady-deal www.kickstarter.com/projects/eye3/eye3 www.cnet.com/news/kickstarter-grounds-eye3-flying-camera/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/amandapalmer/amanda-palmer-the-new-record-art-book-and-tour/posts/232020 www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/amanda-palmers-accidental-experiment-with-real-communism blog.amandapalmer.net/20120919/ www.patreon.com/amandapalmer?ty=h amandapalmer.tumblr.com/post/126884237426/a-round-up-of-all-my-official-patreon-content-to
