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this thread soundtrack

scathing
 
but yes, i remember the sad realisation that the AKA project couldn't go on, however it still resulted in something positive as people (myself included) printed their own copies. Perhaps Moy could offer something similar and release the prints to people who paid for it so they can have the option to create their own somehow if they wish. After all this mess I feel it would at least make the situation a little less sour. Obviously they should receive financial reimbursement too, but like many others here, I can't help but get that sense this is not being taken care of with the sense of urgency it deserves.

girl no one seemed to do !! talkin bout police station
 
Some guy scammed me out of £30 once, I travelled 2 hours to his house and scared the living out of his soul threatening to call the police and all this up in his house, go to his work etc, gave me my £30 back, and the money I spent getting there
Wasn't even that £30 was much to me, I can spend that in a mcdonalds run, how someone can allow someone to take their money and let them get away with it, gurl 

Some people in here lost more than that and didn't do   
 
Didn't everyone know his personal details too? y no one call his uni and start shit with that
Still smh at this whole mess

Don't give money to someone who doesn't have the physical product in-hand to ship to you immediately. So things like this don't happen and so you can actually see the thing to know if its worth your money. Don't buy from someone looking to make a profit. Its ugly and crosses way more legal and ethical lines than just making the stuff. I stick to the rule of "if I want it that bad, I'll find a way to make it myself".

Meanwhile, he's actively participating in the trading community of other forums. Not judging, collecting music is fun but I think he should set his priorities straight if he wants to fix all this. Just my thoughts on this whole mess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

literally cannot believe he then basically deleted the twitter account he said he was going to update on and also stopped posting on tumblr. There is no doubt he is trying to avoid paying people. it is fraud and a crime. I honestly hope he faces repercussions 

tl;dr

#FirstWorldProblems
 
No, no, no. When you owe people money, you don't leave a shitty job unless and until you find another one.
 
Stop. Talking. You're making it so much worse.
The money you got was to produce the product and fulfill your obligations. AFTER doing that and ONLY THEN should you have spent any of the money on personal expenses.
 
It's really not. I don't have Netflix or cable or anything even though I could easily afford it. It's definitely not essential when you can't. Especially when you owe people money. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in life, and this hardly even qualifies.
 
As you should. Tons of other people have lost money on your book too. Boo hoo.

As touching as your little family story is, unless it's a matter of life or death, it's just wrong to spend other people's money like that.
 
Yup.
 
As harsh as my tone may sound, I do understand what it's like to make dumb financial mistakes when you're young and the shame that goes with it. (I racked up so many parking tickets in college I got my car towed twice and wasted over a thousand dollars.) But you need to take ownership of them and the consequences. And hopefully learn from them.
 
Make it stop. You're gonna wear out your shovel on this hole you keep digging.
 
IT WASN'T YOUR MONEY TO SPEND ON GIFTS FOR PEOPLE.
 
IT WAS YOUR CHOICE TO QUIT YOUR JOB.
 
While I normally wouldn't recommend quitting school, this is the first faint hint of responsibility in your whole spiel.
 
Ummm...  
 
I (thankfully) didn't buy a book, and this should be up to the people who did, but if it were up to me, I think you should cut all expenses possible and just work your ass off to pay everyone back as soon as fucking possible. (I mean, even reprinting the lyrics might get you into trouble with copyright.) Chalk this up to a hard-earned life lesson. And then afterwards hopefully go back to school as soon as you're ready and able.

#EvilFinancialTips

You get scammed, you get scammed and you get scammed *insert Oprah gif*

An award ceremony that was held for the first time in January to honor member with various titles (best graphic designer, best musician ...) and to remember some of the pivotal moments here on the website 

If this mess/drama doesn't win several awards at the Lipsters next year I'm going to be disappointed

While I feel sorry for his situation and understand the pressure of juggling work, education and social life, he should never have spent your money until the product was finished and produced, ready to be shipped, and if he needed to spend it then it should have been spent on things related to the direct production of the product... not Netflix subscriptions and gifts. A lot of us, myself included, said at the very start printing copyright material without permission would be an issue and he should have sourced royalty free images to avoid this. His whole apology to those who backed the KickStart is self-righteous and entitled. I hope you all claim for refunds, and that your claims are successful. 

that post was absolutely ludicrous. Wait 3 months so I can make back your money that I spent on my day to day life 

Yeah, life happens but that's no excuse when you're trying to do a sort of business. He quit his job to live off of the Kickstarter and order money and literally used the money to pay off an expensive-ass retina Mac and his phone bill and (seriously???) his Netflix. And he couldn't take less than a minute out of his day to update anyone about what was going on. No sympathy, sorry not sorry.

sorry y'all. You're never getting your book neither your money

Honestly I feel sorry for ha but you DO NOT WASTE other people's money in personal issues. You don't.
 
I cringed at "I used the money for my Netflix subscription because that's a human life essential" P L E A S E
 
 
And was the book so expensive that he had like £2000 of profit? That was a scam from the beginning.

Even tough I understand that he's been having a rocky life (we've all been there) he didn't prioritize himself. If you had to miss hanging out with friends because of the book you should had done it. Dropping out of school partially because of the book was unnecessary and spending the money on Netflix and Cristmas presents makes people have less sympathy on him. And then his mom had the nerve to ask him for money that wasn't even his! Lmao. And then he's online almost every day. Sending a tweet about what's going on takes one minute. I had to over and over tell random buyers what was going on because they were lost to the situation with the book. All I can say is good luck bc he fucked up. Trying to be all quiet and secretive until the release date of a product only works for a trillion dollar company called Apple. It's gonna take a while for people (the 2 or 3 left that are still waiting) to regain his trust~

i love re reading this every couple months

On Facebook his job title is "self-employed" 
LMAO with all the money he STOLE 

GoFund a lawyer now

lmfao, the responses. i'm fucking done.
 
you guys at the police station: 

Man delete your account.

Yeah this is messed up in the extreme. He'd better figure that out right quick, if I have to escalate my PayPal claim it ain't gonna be pretty.

i told him this was gonna flop and he would get in trouble for copyright reasons and he said no hm..

I'm a real messy bitch- a liar, a scammer. I love robbery AND fraud