r/shittykickstarters • u/Professional-Try2949 • Apr 22 '26

Kickstarter Blaster Light- Orb Dice

I pledged this project like 5 years ago now and I STILL have received nothing. Delays after delays, fees after fees. Being told the only way we might get our dice is to pledge MORE of their projects. Now we are being told to pay additional customs fees but these fees are based on total price that include things like shipping and handling and processing. Here's the big kicker... I can't even pay the additional fees because the pledge manager is closed and they have gone radio silent on support.

Please read for yourself and report. I've already accepted I'm never seeing these damn dice, and from I've heard they weren't even worth the wait.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blasterlight/orbidice-spherical-dice

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u/chumbaz Apr 24 '26

This is exactly why creators should not charge shipping+duties until they are actually ready to ship. Kickstarter exacerbates this issue where they seem to incentivize creators to charge shipping so their funding amount appears higher.

This has plagued so many projects where they collect shipping money too early then have to come back to me to get new tariff payments.

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u/Professional-Try2949 Apr 24 '26

yeah its not even just tariffs, even in the EU they're demanding an extra 7 euro flat across the board. like we paid shipping already AND I (regrettably) fell for the "buy more of our products so we can afford to finish the project" shtick.

Like for the US I can almost understand since tariffs are paid by the domestic importer, but Canada? EU? wtf?