Money Update 9/23/2014 - Chris Makes a Kickstarter

[DN 420]

the obvious answer is that it's some ween using their parent's money.

i mean, i can't even imagine chris having money at this point. i think he's in the red in every single place.

 

[Gazelle_Bro]

As stupid as this Kickstarter is, do the weens really need to continue being more idiotic than Chris?

 

[timtommy]

Probably just a ween who plans on retracting it at the last possible moment.

That seems clear. It seems like a risky game to play, but I assume that anyone willing to write $1000 must have a fairly well thought out and foolproof plan to not pay it.

I read Kickstarter's rules about this. The relevant ones seem to be that a) you have to provide payment info when you pledge (although I am not sure how or if they verify) b) You can change/cancel your pledge at any point before the project is over, although if you do it in the last 24 hours and your cancellation puts the project below its goal, it is a little more complicated and you need to contact customer service. c) Kickstarter can "reserve" funds on your card at any point between when you pledge and when the project is over. (I am not sure how this interacts with rule b).)

It looks like there is room for weening, particularly in early days.

Wild crazy possibility: Weens do what they did in eBay initially and offer thousands. It gets noticed by unsuspecting chumps, who start pledging a few bucks each, because they are bandwagon jumpers. The weens pull out, but there are enough chumps left in to fund the project.

Seems almost impossible, but there would be something tragic, hilarious, and beautiful about that.

 

[Moon Moon]

Oh great! He's at $1,439 now! That's almost 30% into his goals! The weens better stop now sooner or later! As someone in this thread have said if I recall correctly, Chris can take out a loan to fund his project to complete his goal. The results will be a mixed one here should he hit $5,000 at this rate before his goal date.

 

[repentance]

"Pledging to your own project is not allowed by either Kickstarter or our payments partners."

So... it's not like anyone can just slip a few bucks into their own project without creating a completely separate identity for themselves through Amazon's payment system. Cancelling or retracting pledges, however, it absolutely allowed, though I'm not sure how it would play AFTER the project reaches its goal.

Dammit, weens.

If I recall correctly, you can't withdraw your pledge in the last 24 hours before a kickstarter ends.

There are tons of internet communities which randomly decide to adopt odd kickstarters as pet projects and push them over the line just for shit and giggles. Chris' target is low enough for that to happen if some ween decides to take his campaign viral.

 

[Total Dingus]

I'm torn. One one hand, I don't think that anyone should be rewarded for this kind of behavior. On the other hand, it would be hilarious to watch some ween who pledged $800 to actually have to pay up.

 

[Datiko]

If I recall correctly, you can't withdraw your pledge in the last 24 hours before a kickstarter ends.

Wrong. You have to contact customer support to cancel a pledge during the last 24 hours if it will push the project under its funding goal. A pledge to a campaign that is not hugging the line can be changed at any time before the project ends.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

As stupid as this Kickstarter is, do the weens really need to continue being more idiotic than Chris?

It's what weens do best!

 

[Gazelle_Bro]

It's what weens do best!

True, that is what they do best. I really wish the 600$ backer forgets to pull out and ends up losing his money, just to teach the weens at large a lesson.

 

[Cotton Pudding]

I for one would love to see someone burn for such weenery.

 

[Datiko]

True, that is what they do best. I really wish the 600$ backer forgets to pull out and ends up losing his money, just to teach the weens at large a lesson.

Its a small price to pay for the amount of raging that will go on here during the Kickstarter and after he gets a 5000$ payday.

 

[drtoboggan]

This is a win-win for everyone who isn't a ween. New content whether or not the Kickstarter takes off. Of course, it's funnier if he gets nothing though.

 

[repentance]

This is a win-win for everyone who isn't a ween. New content whether or not the Kickstarter takes off. Of course, it's funnier if he gets nothing though.

It's even funnier when the first one succeeds, the person thinks that another kickstarter is an easy way to get more money for nothing and subsequent campaigns get $50 if they're lucky.

 

[Kamen Rider Black RX]

If the weens actually fund this thing, my glorious beard and I will laugh at them while cheering Chris on.

 

[niggers]

im willing to bet a good portion is donating to make the cwcki forums shit the bed

see: bedshitting below

 

[jc17]

"Let's troll Chris, but how...? I KNOW! Let's give him $1,441 AND COUNTING to play with Lego's, GODDAMN WE'RE SMART!"

I was just going to stand by and wait for Chris' freak out as the last few days went by, begging everyone to give him money to make his dream come true. But fuck me, he's actually making money from this. In fact, at the rate it's going, he could make double the amount, and do you think he'll use that extra money to add to his project or donate it? No, something just tells me he's going to blow it on video games, "Well, I already finished ordering the Legos... and this is MY money now... Ok, lemme just boot up the PSN..."
Didn't something like this happen before? Chris entered a contest, trolls voted for him in hopes he'd make a fool of himself for their amusement, but instead won money for gamestop or something? But that was different, here, trolls willingly giving him the money to do something he would have ended up doing in his free time on his own.

Unless a chunk of the backers plan to file refunds in the end, lowering the total well below it's intended goal... this is proof that there are some people who are even more than the tomgirl himself.

 

[repentance]

I don't even care about weens learning their lesson at this point. I just don't want to see real money going to Chris for his fucking toys anymore. inb4 a-log

That real money may create a clusterfuck for Chris. From what I see on the SSA website, he's supposed to report any income to SSA. If his kickstarter gets funded, then that combined with his e-bay sales will likely put him above the average monthly amount he's allowed to gross without affecting his benefits. Given that he's so public and does everything using his real name, I don't like the chances of weens not reporting him sooner or later.

 

[slep]

I'm guessing by now you all saw last night's new episode of South Park, where Cartman's plan on launching a startup on Kickstarter with the goal to do as little as possible was the plot. The coincidence and timing is creepy.

 

[Moon Moon]

That real money may create a clusterfuck for Chris. From what I see on the SSA website, he's supposed to report any income to SSA. If his kickstarter gets funded, then that combined with his e-bay sales will likely put him above the average monthly amount he's allowed to gross without affecting his benefits. Given that he's so public and does everything using his real name, I don't like the chances of weens not reporting him sooner or later.

If I recall correctly, doesn't one need a job before they can report their income to SSA? Because if that's the case, then that's just going to complicate what is considered earnings. Either way, I'm with you that Chris should be reported but his case is rather complicated; just like his reasoning in things.

 

[Punished Chris]

Someone donated 600 dollars. I do believe there is a system in place that prevents donations from getting withdrawn at a certain point. Some poor troll might have to actually give chrischan 600 dollars due to his ignorance.