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by guildenstern 2884 days ago
The creator doesn’t mention that one of his marketing strategies is email spam (his mailchimp account was suspended following abuse reports).
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Source? I don't doubt your claim; just curious how you know this.
I received their spam, reported it to mailchimp (their provider) and was told that they were suspended.
was it out of the blue or did you sign up for something at some point?
Out of the blue. I am very careful about what I sign up for, I don’t have a car nor can I find any previous emails from the person involved (going back ten years). There’s no chance I signed up to a mailing list for a car accessory — and just in case I had somehow subscribed (maybe through another product they offer) I asked how they got my email address and they didn’t respond which is a tell tale sign of a spammer. My email address was included in a database leak from Kickstarter in 2014, so I am almost certain they have been spamming everybody from the Kickstarter database leak.
the kickstarter leak makes sense. that's very unethical behavior that should not be rewarded.
I received the same spam.
You know what else looks fishy: €1,060 pledged of €1,708 goal on Kickstarter.

$15k/month?? My bet is he tries to fake it till … he fades.

OK, that thing with the Kickstarter is cleared out in another reply, but I feel like fake it till ... has some truth to it. Some cheap rhetorics to my taste:

"Ordering from China, I’d see my product in 90 days. Now that it’s made in the USA, lead time is only 3 weeks!"

Err, 3 weeks = 24 days. "If you don't treat the flu with our drug you are seek for 14 days, if you do - only 2 weeks." Haha.

"They are producing them at the same price as the Chinese were quoting me! You can imagine the amount that I am saving on shipping car trash cans with producing them here." - Not sure why Chinese quote an experienced procurer same as in US, he should be able to get a discount at least for the shipping costs, shouldn't he? - And anyway, no, I can not imagine shipping costs, must be low, shouldn't they?

That is the new Kickstarter for the updated version.

Original Kickstarter ($17k raised): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1437516755/carbage-cant...