Just thought I would share. Last fall I backed a Kickstarter for a company called Defiance Games. The KS was for some fishbowl helmet shaped hard suit armor models that I could proxy as marines or whatever. I invested 80 bucks, then quickly forgot about it.
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They offered regular updates, which kept the KS in the back of my mind but I admit I didn't read most of them. Well the due date for the KS came and went. I had forgotten. The last update was the second week of Feb.
Any way, with a spark of remembrance as I was looking for info on the Robotech Tactics KS, I looked up Defiance come to find no one has heard from these guys at all. So I started investigating. Apparently the primary name attached to the LLC is Tony Reidy. (Anthony M. Reidy)
Some of you will recognize the name as it is apparently attached to some flap regarding Wargames Factory and Fraud.
Sigh.
If any one knows the goods on this guy, feel free to share in the comments. I don't feel like investigating much further. I found some Dakka threads and reading those is like nailing my plastic cutter into my eyes.
Lesson learned! I suppose I could have googled Defiance LLC and found the name, (the name meant nothing to me as I didn't know any thing about his dealings) then googled the name and found the fraud complaints, and given the KS a pass... I recommend this process highly in the future for any one who backs a Kickstarter! Not that you will actually find much info if there is nothing to find, but at least you will maybe find something bad if it exists...
For what it's worth, I filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General and a fraud complaint for the transaction with my Credit Union. (I will get my 80 bucks back.)
I wish the rest of you good luck! Here is some info to help you file a complaint of your own:
Anthony M Reidy
Defiance Games LLC.
112 High Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
Attorney General of MA E complaint form:
https://www.eform.ago.state.ma.us/ago_eforms/forms/piac_ecomplaint.action
May this guy forever step in huge piles of dog poop. Feel free to share info on him!
Jawaballs
They offered regular updates, which kept the KS in the back of my mind but I admit I didn't read most of them. Well the due date for the KS came and went. I had forgotten. The last update was the second week of Feb.
Any way, with a spark of remembrance as I was looking for info on the Robotech Tactics KS, I looked up Defiance come to find no one has heard from these guys at all. So I started investigating. Apparently the primary name attached to the LLC is Tony Reidy. (Anthony M. Reidy)
Some of you will recognize the name as it is apparently attached to some flap regarding Wargames Factory and Fraud.
Sigh.
If any one knows the goods on this guy, feel free to share in the comments. I don't feel like investigating much further. I found some Dakka threads and reading those is like nailing my plastic cutter into my eyes.
Lesson learned! I suppose I could have googled Defiance LLC and found the name, (the name meant nothing to me as I didn't know any thing about his dealings) then googled the name and found the fraud complaints, and given the KS a pass... I recommend this process highly in the future for any one who backs a Kickstarter! Not that you will actually find much info if there is nothing to find, but at least you will maybe find something bad if it exists...
For what it's worth, I filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Attorney General and a fraud complaint for the transaction with my Credit Union. (I will get my 80 bucks back.)
I wish the rest of you good luck! Here is some info to help you file a complaint of your own:
Anthony M Reidy
Defiance Games LLC.
112 High Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
Attorney General of MA E complaint form:
https://www.eform.ago.state.ma.us/ago_eforms/forms/piac_ecomplaint.action
May this guy forever step in huge piles of dog poop. Feel free to share info on him!
Jawaballs