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Whoops, looks like I cut them too much slack... force of habit I suppose. ;) Here's an update I received from a reputable IGG project today. Note that they're volunteering this info before, not after, the planned May delivery date. They're taking ownership of the delay (not sweeping it under...

I try to stay as discreet as possible, because I don't want to point fingers at anyone. I described the shipping date issue to illustrate how far people will go to twist the facts to suit their wishes. May ship date has been advertised since the beginning of the campaign, now it's mid-May and no...

I spoke with my credit card company yesterday. They don't normally do chargebacks after 90 days. However, given the situation and evidence I described, they're looking into it and will call me back, probably next week. I don't see this affecting my contacts. They know I'm not satisfied with...

I used to be a believer until the shipping rip-off ("guaranteed" refund -> no refund). I was suspicious before that, but made a lot of allowances for all the red flags. I'm still blown away by the blind devotion of some people. I understand being desperate to believe in something when you've put...

Well at least we know they have a genius at ripping off customers with exorbitant fees. For $275 I could have had the thing flown to my door in a chauffeur-driven hover-limo.

I dunno - now that Ivars is yammering about his magic red shoes while being behind schedule to ship several thousand ebikes to paid customers... as usual, nothing being made except a couple of plastic lunchboxes. I'd say if this keeps up, things will become a helluva lot more interesting once...

So, you're saying that I should wait a bit longer before requesting a refund? I do agree that trying to sell after-market accessories for a product that hasn't been built yet, is buying time and distracting attention from the elephant in the room. I could wait longer if I saw concrete evidence...

Here's more funny. Looks like the pom-poms are shaking in a different direction now: Not impressed with today's update. The rims are the wrong colour, and here we go again with the damn battery box. Backers will open the carton and find nothing but a glorified plastic bento box for their...

A couple of things that strike me about today's update and recent ones. First of all, I'm disturbed by all the "upgrades" suddenly being offered to backers for "free". If Ivars is running on a narrow margin, how can he afford these add-ons, unless he has no intention of actually providing them...

Today's email update about shipping and colour choice confirmation. I'm fairly sure I predicted this in a previous post. "Some have asked about reduced shipping costs or local pickup. The current shipping cost is as low as we were able to go." Whatever happened to this, now deleted from the...

By failing to vet potential projects and skimming their cut from the "backers" they fleece, whether the project succeeds or fails. Nigerian scam artists make a pretty good living too, I hear.

That may have something to do with the lack of communication to those of us who purchased these extra batteries. I've been looking out for an email demanding more cash from me, probably twice what Americans will be charged (which is BS since everything's coming from China, not LA). I had to...

Because why spend your own money when you can convince thousands of others to hand you theirs.

My thought on this is that there will be a HUGE reckoning at IGG, and other crowdfunding sites. IGG is breaking numerous consumer laws by pretending that taking customers' money and then calling them "backers" exempts them from retail and consumer laws. What IGG is really doing is marketplace...

Unfortunately I'm in Canada and wouldn't be able to file a complaint with the FTC. However, your template is still useful for anyone who wants to file a written complaint either to their government or their credit card provider.

Nothing like staying open, even though they have no inventory, hoping to score a few last orders before customers realize there's nothing to buy. I wonder if the "In demand" retail sales terms are substantially similar to the terms offered to "backers"? If so, that might be grounds for "backers"...

I saw that update, but I don't consider it progress. A glorified plastic lunch box is not an ebike. We still await tangible evidence of anything besides battery boxes that's specific to the ebike we ordered. And pxpaulx is right - they were supposed to be shipping the finished product out in...

On the contrary. He'll be disappearing up his own backside today deleting posts about this news from his playpen/page, and punting anyone who dares to comment on the mess. FWIW I'm not yet convinced that Sondors backers will receive nothing, based on this news alone. I want to know exactly...

Perhaps we should start up our own IGG campaign, to raise money to buy the movie rights on this sordid little farce?

People get ripped off by auto mechanics all the time, that doesn't mean they must be car experts themselves to know they've been screwed. Assuming people like Bruce aren't being paid to shake pompoms for the Sondors campaign, why else would they continue to support it unconditionally? They...