So exactly how many units do they have to deliver in order to get the scammer tag?
If they delivered 0 units, they probably would get the scammer tag.
If they delivered 1 unit?
2 units?
Right now they delivered ~5,000 units I think.
Mafia's can run several successful businesses and be loved by the public. They have great services like laundry mat chains and restaurants auto shops and nice large grocery chains. Now mind you their enemy is the government so they're a bit more efficient however not very legal all the same.
The scam is not in the products and I don't believe a scammer tag should be given to BFL for products being developed and delivered. What they should be tagged for was how they got to this point by using pre-orders to fund the research and development of the products.
If you believe they had venture capital and did not use pre-order money to RnD then why would you have to give 100% payment upfront for more than a year with a plethura of updates saying shipping was in a couple of weeks only to be disapointed. Why not just take emails or at most a 20% deposit.
When you buy a new home you sign the agreement with the builder and drop a 500 dollar check as a deposit and a month or two before the home is finished being built you go in to your lawyer and finalize your papers which your signature grants the bank to issue the rest of the funds.
Now this is a large scale purchase but even a bank won't send pre-order money until the home is in its final stage.
BFL has taken 100% payment for products that did not exists and to a certain degree still don't. If they had venture capital (anon source btw) why the 100% deposit?
This is all legal btw only because the consumers are naive,inexperienced and greedy.
Everything else you buy online is a finished product so payments in full are required. However I really don't know any other product out there you pay 100% and are still in development.
If anyone here does let me know.
