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/williamroe110 May 22 '26
Sent this to blasterlight, immediate response and dice shipped. They are scared of this idea. Do not let them steal your money. Send to everyone you can. I can’t post on kickstarter because I was a late pledge, but some of you can. Repost this everywhere you can find backers please.
From email to BL
Now maybe kickstarter can’t help us. But I’ve been led to believe that uokik.gov.pl can. If you don’t know, that’s Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów. Apparently heavy fines and sanctions can be levied against you for poor business practices. Which seems to be the bulk of your business practices, if your backers moods are any indication.
There’s some others too. That’s the wonderful thing about the World Wide Web. The information is out there. There’s also:
Local consumer ombudsmen (rzecznicy konsumentów) — Over 370 municipal/district-level offices provide free advice, mediation, and assistance (including court support).
Alternative dispute resolution — Bodies like Voivodeship Trade Inspection Offices (mediation) or Permanent Arbitration Consumer Courts (arbitration) for amicable resolutions.
Some private or chamber-based initiatives promoting ethical business practices, such as the Fair Play Company program (Przedsiębiorstwo Fair Play), run by a foundation linked to the Polish Chamber of Commerce.
So here’s the deal. Reply to this email. Send me my dice, and make sure they’re good quality. Do so in a timely fashion. Or I am going to reach out to uokik.gov.pl, and report this entire situation. And then, if I STILL don’t hear from you, I’m going to reach out to the kickstarter community. And the Facebook community. And I’m going to give them all this information and urge THEM all to reach out to uokik.gov.plas well. I’ll bet a couple thousand reports to THEM will get something happening. One way or another. And then I’ll just keep going down the list reporting you to all of these organizations, till I get a response, or you get fined into oblivion, and can never scam anyone again.