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Mr.Radar posted:The Couch Console is now buying 60-second Youtube ads: They show up every once in a while in the ads in my phone's news feed.
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they're all over facebook, it's nuts.
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Feb 3, 2021 23:45
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Read it incorrectly and thought it was a conch consol. Really disappointed now.
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Mr.Radar posted:The Couch Console is now buying 60-second Youtube ads: When I see the ads I kinda assumed it's like those ads that show people as being really inept at holding bowls or putting on shoes and you assume the market is for the woefully lazy when the actual target demographic is disabled people. I mean, I think it's kinda pointless, but I could totally see people buying them for their grandparents.
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Feb 4, 2021 02:19
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Grandparents who don't own end tables.
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goldenninjawarrior posted:Grandparents who don't own end tables. All grandparents own end tables I think it's like a requirement
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Slippery posted:All grandparents own end tables I think it's like a requirement Yes, but those are already full of porcelain figurines and plates with paintings of Victorian children on them.
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Feb 4, 2021 12:48
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And specifically these mints
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Arms_Akimbo posted:And specifically these mints Is there some factory somewhere that just cranks out these and werthers originals and just all the “old people candy” or is it all still left from the 1970s?
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goldenninjawarrior posted:Grandparents who don't own end tables. Or couches where the middle backrest folds down in to a tabletop with cup holders. letthereberock posted:Is there some factory somewhere that just cranks out these and werthers originals and just all the “old people candy” or is it all still left from the 1970s? Werthers Originals are better than most candy other than peanut butter M&Ms and if anyone disagrees well you have every right to be wrong.
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How many times has the handkerchief been reinvented now? https://www.kickstarter.com/project...tm_campaign=TRS
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Len posted:How many times has the handkerchief been reinvented now? Okay, question. Let's say I've got a hundred thousand dollars. Would it be viable for me to make a stupid-rear end pseudo-environmental kickstarter with a relatively small goal, throw that hundred k into it via sockpuppets to make it blast past its goal and become raging popular, and then harvest the donations from well-meaning idiots who think they've found the next big green thing? Followup, is anyone able to lend me a hundred thousand dollars?
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Len posted:How many times has the handkerchief been reinvented now? This isn't a kickstarter for handkerchiefs. They show in the video that they already kickstarted those (and made $800,000). This kickstater is for a box to put the handkerchiefs in.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:This isn't a kickstarter for handkerchiefs. They show in the video that they already kickstarted those (and made $800,000). 
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letthereberock posted:Is there some factory somewhere that just cranks out these and werthers originals and just all the “old people candy” or is it all still left from the 1970s? Werther’s is a big German company. There are a couple of US factories that make US old people candies. Spangler Candies makes circus peanuts and root beer barrels and bought the rights to Necco Wafers. Hammond’s Candies makes that weird ribbon candy and flat taffy and other grandma faves. Piedmont Candy makes those butter mints and 19th-century style peppermint puffs and so on. Candy never dies.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:This isn't a kickstarter for handkerchiefs. They show in the video that they already kickstarted those (and made $800,000). I use handkerchiefs but I'll be goddamned if I'm folding them individually into a box. I just keep them in a drawer.
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AlbieQuirky posted:Werther’s is a big German company. Wait, someone brought back Necco Wafers? Yessssssssss Absolute god tier road trip snacks
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Every day that passes since the last time someone gifted me Necco Wafers is a triumph 
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Butter mints are loving great though.
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Who makes the little strawberry ones?
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Len posted:How many times has the handkerchief been reinvented now? I can see myself using these, mostly because no matter the brand or type of tissue, I sometimes end up super irritated by the tissue fiber and particles when my allergies are acting up. It turns into a viscous cycle of every time I blow my nose I get more stuffy. But I also can't imagine anyone I have ever lived with being willing to put up with the extra hassle of reusable tissues. Also I am CERTAIN I'd accidentally throw the reusable tissues out on accident constantly due to muscle memory. Thus defeating the purpose.
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Pasketti posted:a viscous cycle of every time I blow my nose I get more stuffy. The only time "viscous cycle" has ever been correct
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Somfin posted:Okay, question. You lose something like 10% to kickstarter and fees, but you could always cancel the project if things weren't going your way. But there are also a lot of metrics about how many people are pledging when and with what rewards that make it more obvious when people are playing games like that. The real downfall to a lot of these failed kickstarters is that making more money just sells more units but if they don't have the experience needed to budget the project correctly they may not have set the prices high enough to make even one unit profitably in the end. Not to mention things like stretch goals that can add extra features and rewards without costing each backer more. I think many of the honest but out of their depth projects that require manufacturing of genuinely new products end this way. And they don't even get to run away with the money like a genuine scam project might.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1134625468/mini-milktea-mug-take-the-tea-shop-home
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 It's weird that they have to point out "Food grade material" Like yes.. I would expect that to be the case, and it's weird that you feel you need to mention that during the campaign.
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Infinitum posted:
If you go into the comments someone has linked two websites already selling the thing, and with their $500 goal
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Feb 21, 2021 06:02
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Doesn't Kickstarter have explicit rules against "kickstarting" products that already exist?
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Collateral Damage posted:Doesn't Kickstarter have explicit rules against "kickstarting" products that already exist? Yeah, if someone reports it with a link to the actual product they'll most likely take it down.
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But it's different this one is 110v or 220vquote:Thanks so much for your support. The product you mentioned here is the first version and it is only for China. The Voltage is only 220v and there is no certification. You could see the details, Even the function words on the products are Chinese.
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Len posted:But it's different this one is 110v or 220v tbf if they're actually paying for CE or FCC emissions testing compliance that's probably several grand in costs
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CE marking is self-certified and essentially meaningless.
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Feb 21, 2021 22:57
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lmao at the $7 upgrade for a set of measuring spoons you could buy from the dollar store
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 That's...quite a timeline for product design and iteration. Still, good on them for surpassing the $500 they needed to make it a reality!
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I'm a British white guy whose ethnic heritage is just white since about twenty minutes after man left Africa. I fear the sun as direct contact with its rays would have about the same effect on me as on the vampires in Blade. With that in mind: this woman looks seriously pale. Is she ill?
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Feb 21, 2021 23:30
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I dunno unnaturally pale is how all white people look like to me.
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I've lived indoors for 11 months and I'm not that pale.
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Assistant Manager Devil posted:
Awful Kickstarters Vol II: The 2ed Version
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Blue Moonlight posted:Awful Kickstarters Vol II: The 2ed Version
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OJ MIST 2 THE DICK posted:tbf if they're actually paying for CE or FCC emissions testing compliance that's probably several grand in costs Yeah but their target goal was $500
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Len posted:Yeah but their target goal was $500 Oh yeah I find it a loving scam too but I'd laugh it costs them money somehow.
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