The Indiegogo Eon Scooter campaign is still "officially" alive, but it ain't looking good. Some facts about this campaign:
1. They've missed four of
their own production deadlines. And recently it became clear that their previous claimed production dates were fraudulent because they didn't even have a manufacturing contract in place on those dates they claimed they'd be manufacturing.
2. The campaign owner has deleted hundreds of comments on the IGG campaign page. Most of these deleted comments were calling him out for his numerous inaccurate and/or inconsistent statements.
3. The campaign owner claims he has started purchasing parts, but refuses to post pictures of said parts or a picture of a Bill Of Materials. Probably because neither exists.
4. The campaign owner has trolled his own IGG campaign comments page with fake backers; something he's also been caught doing on other forums.
5. The campaign owner is suspiciously reluctant to show his face or talk to anyone. In 17 months time he hasn't personally addressed his backers via video even once, and he refuses to provide a telephone number or address where he can be reached. He also claims to have been an international business consultant, but oddly enough his LinkedIn page doesn't link him to any other humans or companies. In essence,
nothing about the guy adds up.
6. Over the last six months the campaign owner has claimed a half-dozen times that he'll be going to Asia "soon" to begin manufacturing. When pressed for evidence of such plans (such as a plane ticket and/or pictures of him in Asia) he refuses to provide it.
7. The campaign owner has completely abandoned commenting at all on his IGG page because it was getting too hot for him to handle. He was being asked too many questions for which he had no good answers, and those questions were starting to cast doubt on nearly all of his claims. So he ran away. Now he only posts on his closed (private) Eon Facebook page, where he can control the dialogue and remove anyone who starts asking uncomfortable questions. Sure enough he has expelled numerous backers who
dared to question the veracity of his words.
8. At various times the campaign owner has claimed to have anywhere between two and 20 people comprising "Team Eon". Of course he won't identify a single one of them. There's also good reason to believe he completely invented a fictitious employee named "Sharon". Supposedly this person was hired to answer emails, yet you constantly see backers on the IGG comments page claim they have sent several emails over a period of weeks but can't get a response.
9. The campaign owner has an active imagination. Which is a polite way of saying he's as dishonest as the day is long. As mentioned above he previously claimed to have a patent that flat-out doesn't exist. Some of his other funny claims? i.) he has claimed that "major retailers" want to stock his scooter; even though he doesn't even have a prototype completed; (ii) he has claimed his mythical factory will use robotics instead of humans to build the scooters. Of course, he can't be bothered to post any pictures of this factory; (iii) he once implied that he was going to be appearing on Shark Tank with his scooter. LOL! Like I said, the guy has a very active imagination.
I could go on and on with all of Eon's misdeeds, but I think y'all get the point.
And just as funny, there's a small contingent of sycophant Eon backers who totally think the campaign owner is 100% legit. These backers constantly go to bat for him, attempt to make excuses for all the lies and inconsistencies, and altogether appear to have been totally brainwashed as if they were cult members or something. It's completely bizarre! You have to wonder if these people are trying to garner favor so that they might be one of the few people who eventually get a scooter, or if they're just rock-stupid and extremely gullible. One of these cult-like backers in particular is a full-on religious nutjob, and he wants you to know it! The guy
literally claims to be a "hand-picked prophet of God".
Yes peeps...this entire campaign is
that weird. I almost wouldn't even believe it had I not witnessed all of the above with my own eyes.
Needless to say the chance that Eon will ever deliver scooters to its backers is, IMO, slim to none. Fortunately, the Eon campaign raised almost $1.5M. I say that's fortunate because it's an amount of money that won't escape the attention of law enforcement if & when the campaign owner decides to do a disappearing act. Given what has already transpired with this campaign, the campaign owner stands a very good chance of facing grand larceny and criminal fraud charges if he doesn't deliver scooters or refund backers. There are people sitting in federal prison right now for lesser crimes.
If you want more details go read the link TDS 101 posted above. Lots of good info on that forum discussing all the craziness of the Eon campaign.
