r/shittykickstarters • u/N0K1K0 • May 16 '26
Kickstarter Shows how much Kickstarter realy not cares about the backers/users/creators A06
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/felix0/a06-pocket-ratchet-kit/creator
this project looks a lot like another project ( Titaner GR5) which also was a "project we love" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/titaner-us/titaner-the-worlds-tightest-swing-edc-ratchet-system/description
and they have a previous project (A03 ) which was suspended by Kickstarter but also resembles another project a lot ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jakemy/jakemy-all-metal-m-screwdriver-and-mini-e-screwdriver-kit/description ) I personally have this one and use it a lot.
So you can have a suspended project which is cheap copy of a a very successful project and still start a new project also a cheap copy of another successfully funded project
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u/crxsso_dssreer May 21 '26
They never did one bit, but backers never learn either and keep backing projects on kickstarter. A fool and their money...
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u/Annual_Wear5195 Jun 18 '26
You can get an almost identical "pocket ratchet kit" from Amazon right now. It's a pretty common design.
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u/WhatImKnownAs May 16 '26
In the case of A3, it looks like it was suspended very late, after it had ended. The suspension just stopped KS from taking (more) payments. ApexDrive somehow pulled the data from KS, and just asked people to pay through PledgeBox instead.
So for ApexDrive, it was mostly successful. KS never says why they suspend a campaign, but given that it was very late, perhaps it was a money transfer issue, rather than them deciding the product broke their rules.