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hey mate, quick question, if I close the tab to watch one of the suggested videos in a new one... does that count as click trough or does that affect you negatively, if it does I need to change that habit O_O
"CO2 footprint" is a scam unit. While peeps are running around inflating its importance, countries trade it between them for real money (or other benefits).
Well billionaires also exploit people barely able to scrape by in a shitty work environment in order to drive down costs. So it's probably a pretty accurate tagline.
@@jakerockznoodles I don't see why you call them out, considering you do, too. Or did you ever stop to really think what the pay for those people manufacturing your clothes and other cheap crap you buy was really like?
I'm surprised people don't search if kickstarter products already exist more often. I always do, as I expect that even if the kickstarter is genuine, there's a slim chance they didn't do their research to see that someone else made the products (or something similar) before.
The funny thing is since Shein and Temu became a thing, AliExpress has been increasing their shipping speed due to both of the former shipping out their items at a normal US delivery date. Now, Ali proudly states which sellers send out their items in less than two weeks. 😂
Now thats a power move. Does a whole video about people marking up cheap aliexpress etc. Stuff and gets a sponsership from somebody selling wgat looks like cheap tat from aliexpress massively marked up. 😂
@@TomJakobWAside from the ad revenue and Patreon, you can still get paid while also working with ethical companies. So many RU-vidrs don't seem to get this.
@@PXAbstractioneh. I’ve yet to see one that does heavy sponsorships on RU-vid that’s ethical besides games like raid. At the very least you do get a game and you aren’t paying anything. And plenty of RU-vidrs who don’t have patreon get sponser offers, as well as RU-vid’s absolutely bonkers ass broken demonetization system. It’s not as easy to get money on RU-vid as you’re making it seem in the comments.
Massdrop does (did?) exactly the same thing - took pre-order money to place an order of slightly modified tech from factories in China. They were taking slightly less money than retail, but in turn got the products at "big order" factory prices. The only reason no one cried "scam" is because they were open about this business model...
im LITERALLY wearing two separate fire starting bracelets, right now, both were acquired for about a dollar each at Walgreens. one even has a compass and a whistle built into it, the other is just a plain paracord bracelet with a fire starter as the clasp.
@@gbresaleking naah, they looked cool, and i like the patterns make when the sparks fly, lol though i DO know how to properly use it should the need arise.....i mainly use them to pretend to be a wizard. on the occasion i actually use them, its the paracord that comes in more handy than the sparker being able to quickly jerry rig a tie down in a moments notice is really useful when hauling things around.
The problem is most of these companies are run like most zoomers act, with zero self-awareness. And like most things in the modern era I just point and laugh.
Man, I really love your KickStarter/KickScammers series. Some of the best stuff on RU-vid. You get entertained but also learn a little something new in each video. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve binge-watched that entire playlist. I hope you can cover more lame Christmas KickStarters when December rolls around. Thanks for the awesome content.
I've seen very interesting things related to all of this, unraveled other interesting stories personally and actually have taken advantage of things to do proper business with items that were forgotten about after the kickstarter.
Wrong one of the One Thousand One Nights. -Actually "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" weren't even in the original collection of tales from the Silk Road.-
I have found that buying things like acrylic stands, coin cases, brushes and phone cases for unpopular phones that I have had no real issues but I wouldn't be expecting to get a good quality version of say an anime figure or electronics
I've noticed this going on for years myself It was a shock how many people seem to be oblivious to it. Pisses me off a bit in a different way as I'm about to launch a product that's all original and I think it ruins my odds a bit as people are constantly getting ripped off. when you are genuinely a inventor of something and you need to putting skin in the game while taking all the risk hoping it can launch successfully.
I've Actually gotten some Killer Deals on WISH years ago; Like USB Game controllers for $1.00, then when they look good, go back and buy @ Bundle Pricing for Projects I haven't Signed up for Temu yet... Something seems Shady, I wasn't an AliBaba fan either back in the day
I just found one today the 270W Zeus charger it's on Kickstarter and Indiegogo However it's on Aliexpress as a 300W Charger I'm guessing they just lower the spec just not to sound the same
I'm not gonna rake you over the coals for it Slope, but a friendly comment from a SAG-AFTRA producer here - please don't use AI character voices in your videos; they were made without the actors' permission, and it's... essentially what Hollywood is aiming to do to all of their actors going forward. It's one of the reasons they're striking right now; they tried to sneak permissions to use background actors' faces as AI generated doubles in perpetuity in exchange for one day's worth of pay! You probably weren't aware, so just decided to tell you. There's a lot of budding VAs out there that *don't* make millions (87% of SAG-AFTRA makes less than $26k a year off their acting) that would happily do a Vanellope impression for you instead!
🥱 You can fight it as hard as you like, but it’s not going to stop. Someone who isn’t bound by your employment contract will just do it, and if you make it illegal, someone in another country will just do it.
I have no experience with any of the sites in this video's title. However, I have seen crazy ideas with games. Like, who would predict that an official Monster Rancher game, would be a game that's a crossover for the TV show of "Ultraman"? Awhile back, I saw this insane crossover game, and I had to buy it. Monster Rancher, Ultraman, those two things have nothing to do with each other. Yet, someone had that crazy idea for a crossover, and made it a real game, not a rumor nor fan project. Heck, that weird crossover even tried to work Ultraman (the character) into Monster Rancher's lore in that game
Japanese Mobile games have all kinds of crazy crossovers these days. I don't think anything will top freaking _Katy Parry and Ariana Grande_ as four different units (based on costumes from different music videos) each in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius though.
Where is Kickstarter to pre-vet these projects? How come the intelligence agencies cannot find these people? The money has to go in to a bank account, right? Kickstarter rejected me in launching a simple legit project. That made me very very cross. Maybe Kickstarter are in on these scams and splitting the cash?
Though I could never prove it that last part definitely sounds true. When there's this many scams and they go pretty much unpunished yeah I'd say they're in on it.
In my experience, it really depends on what you order from those sites whether you get something worth what you spent. Ordering something like kitchen utensils or certain craft kits/supplies for example? Usually totally fine. Maybe not the highest quality, but generally functional and decent. Ordering simple clothes or accessories, like tee shirts, keychains or drawstring backpacks? Looking at prints or posters? Probably ok, but I recommend looking for customer images to see how the print or build quality is. Also, be aware that any art used may well be stolen from independent artists. Looking at figurines, or other swag related to a pop culture property? It's almost certainly a knockoff, but you occasionally end up finding ones that still look ok if you do enough digging. However, if you're looking at anything like elaborate clothing or complex electronics, expect to get something that doesn't look or work anything like what was presented pretty much every time. Basically, if you're going to the site for cheap, simple generic things, you're much more likely to get what you expect. If you're going in expecting to get something fancy for way less than it should cost, you're going to be massively disappointed.
I can't tell if I'm tripping or what here. I'm wearing around my neck a pair of headphones that reverse as speakers, and sound fine, that I believe I bought from AliBaba (not 100% sure though) back in 2016 (100% sure of that). They sure weren't $150, probably more like $40 with shipping. The brand has a logo of two reverse-facing lower-case f's. Did someone actually work this out *and* sold them cheap? This is definitely from 7 years ago. I bought them for a festival that I went to that year. I haven't been using them since then, though -- they've been in their case for pretty much since that year.
Honestly, open-back headphones might as well be reverse speaker headphones with all the noise that bleeds out, lol. I have the Skullcandy Crusher Evo's that do this, and for that reason, I don't wear them around others so that I don't bother them.
Stolen? Not exactly. This is just dropshipping with an extra get rich quick scheme thrown into it; though typically dropshippers will seek out unbranded products that they can brand with a sticker rather than going through the process of getting them branded before shipping, due to logistics and extra costs involved with properly branding things. Even standard dropshipping in of itself is fairly shady, considering they're corner cutting more proper branding practices with lesser alternatives; and this is on top of the typical quality of the product being lesser, considering manufacturing and IP law abuses coming from certain countries. But none of this is really a surprise, people will always find the easy way out, especially when they face next to no backlash for it. But as always, blame the platform for allowing this kind of horseshit to happen in the first place, especially when there's _zero_ repercussions for doing so, along with the doubling down of the situation when there's also _zero_ consumer protections with a typical boilerplate reasoning that nearly outright tells the consumer to go screw themselves. It amazes me how these platforms still exist, it amazes me how no regulatory body has fined them into oblivion, it amazes me how these same regulatory bodies haven't also gone after the 'businesses' running these kinds of scams, etc. It's sad how the only decent resolution is mass reporting a campaign before it closes, though this is dependent on platform considering there is perpetual crowdfunding out there that acts as a constant revenue stream. If only some regulatory body would recognize these things as scams, and likely tax system abuses (i.e. written off 'business expenses' and whatever the legal term is for when a product flops and is written off, etc.), and put an end to this perpetual hellhole of bullshit.
Interesting video, dude. Thanks for explaining how this stuff works- I understand much more now. I have a vague memory of coming across a site like this when I was much younger, but it gave me the creeps with how…odd? It was.
A fool and his money are easily parted. I always remember that episode of X-Men, where Juggernaut robbed a bank and wolverine stealthily slashed the bag open. Then proceeds to say that after Juggy he notices lol
The mifi thing has me interested. I got a device from Verizon and they charge like $300 or $400 for their mifi decices and you just showed you can get one for around $20!? Hmm... i need to look into thaf nore lol.
There is a certain irony in using the word stolen in reference to Chinese vendors being victims of sort when we consider which nation has the greatest reputation for IP theft.
people do that here. drop shipping. ussually double or triple. one company even impersonated a legit business and told people to eff off. resulting in the original owner getting massive flak and death threats :( people just annoy the fuck out of me. because all they got is a little slap on the wrist. for basically scamming elderly handicapped and generally idiotic people.
Alibaba is a business partner of Ant Group, owner of Sesame Credit. Which in spite of both Ant Group and the Chinese -Communist- Capitalist Party denying it, is directly tied to the social credit system.
*spends the first 2 minutes of the video shitting on items from Alibaba, Aliexpress and TEMU, then sponsor segment for a company that gets all of its items from Alibaba, Aliexpress and TEMU*
Isn't it usually the other way around though? Someone comes up with a neat idea and tries to fund it via Kickstarter, and Chinese companies start selling knock-offs on Ali and Wish before the Kickstarter's even over.
I bought few stuff from Allied press because I can't get them normally in my country or it just something I really like. Unfortunately I feel bad because China is far from my country so I'm not helping environment.
Stealing from a thief is still theft regardless. You can't take a laptop from someone you know is stealing bicycles and expect to get pardoned if you get caught due to this.
I got kick scammed for speaker sunglasses that kinda had a gameboy theme going on. Sounded like shit. My hair kept getting caught in all the loose parts.
Really hard to feel bad for people whom buy into poorly vetted crowdfunding for tat, it's been a decade since that being a bad idea was common knowledge.
Can ge seen as a win-win-win situation. The Kickstarter supporter actually gets the promised product, which is more than with many other Kickstarter projects. The vendors sells more of the product and the guy in the middle earns some money.
Hmmm Scammy sponsor despite covering scams, rapid video uploads that makes the channel feel like a content farm, using AI voices despite the unethical nature that literally lead to a strike from actors… Was Slopes just another illuminaughti situation all along?
