Cam Crate: DSLR Life Proof Camera Case

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1. Creator razamataz on May 26
  
  Kickstarter should indeed consider adding more information to projects than simply successfully funded or unsuccessfully funded. Perhaps this could be done by adding information like "abandoned" or "failed to deliver promised results" or "delivered results but x months later than promised". There is potentially a lot of useful information in failed projects. How the project creator has handled things for example, with a failed project which was successfully funded, would be of interest particularly if that person were to launch another project. Similarly, if I were interested in launching a project of my own, reading the updates and comments from projects which were funded, but which didn't deliver all of what was promised, would be a very useful tool for planning, so as to try to avoid repeating mistakes that someone else made on a similar project.
2. Creator Scott Medsker on May 14
  
  lIfe lesson: Kickstarter is a simple Venture capital portal. In VC as in life you win some you loose some. In this case we lost, so let's get over it and move on. I am sure that all of you are flawless in everything you do in life, and have never had anything go terribly wrong. For those people I pity your future because you are not prepared for what is ahead. For those of us who have taken a chance on an idea and have lost this is just one of those things. I can tell you that I sleep better knowing that life happens and I have the tools to deal with it. Learn these tools or face a very uncomfortable life. Kickstarter should take this page down and put it in the cyber trash, so there is no reminder of it. "LIfe is Pain" You know the rest.
3. Creator freshsprout on May 3
  
  Every legit business states its contact information on the website. I am not sure how it is in the US but in many countries it is mandatory (by law) to provide full contact details. Furthermore, this is probably the only way to either reach or sue him (which I hope someone will).
4. Creator Ryan W. Maple on April 30
  
  People. Matthew is a dick, but so is posting peoples private addresses and telephone numbers on the Internet. Don't stoop to his leve....
5. Creator david tonnesen on April 30
  
  has anyone tried contacting him directly?
  Matthew Geyster
  163 Brooks Road
  Templeton, MA 01468-1415
  
  (978) 939-5537
6. Creator Byrne Hollander on April 28
  
  How does this not have more attention? He literally stole over $20,000.
7. Creator Tom Malewicki on April 28
  
  maybe: this is him
  http://plusaddress.com/matthew-geyster-templeton-9789395537
8. Creator Tom Malewicki on April 28
  
  mattgeyster@gmail.com
  http://zerply.com/mgeyster
9. Creator Charles Conner on April 27
  
  KickStarter needs to mark this Failure, because to backers it is not has not and will not become successful. KickStarter needs to rethink how these are Labeled.
10. Creator David Kelly on April 26
  
  go to his Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/baseonelabs…
  and report it as spam/scam
  shut the cockholster up for a while
11. Creator William Jennings on April 26
  
  Oh, Matt. Enjoy what's coming your way.
  
  The power of the interwebs is really amazing; the breadth and fine-niche of its reach.
  
  You screwed with people who not only have chops, but know people with even better chops.
  And all have a very sardonic sense of whimsy.
  
  Spill and bump-proof? Oh, hardly. Life? Yeah, that;s a long time.
12. Creator freshsprout on April 24
  
  Why should he refund the money? Nothing is happening if he simply keeps the money for himself. He will probably realize that that this is a great way of making money. Let's start 4-5 fancy fake projects a year and you have your 100k+.
  
  I guess he learned his lesson. So next time he will use a fake name, fake photo and a fake facebook account. Then he can start a campaign for his fake product from his fake company. Takes one week to setup - and leaves you with a nice amount of $$$.
  
  As you see www.camcrate.com has already disappeared. When you read the comments you see that only 1-2% of the 370 backers are complaining. Especially when you live outside the US you can exactly do nothing. Kickstarter is not responding, Amazon and the CC company won’t refund the money and there is no way to sue him…
13. Creator razamataz on April 23
  
  Ryan,
  
  The example of the POP project that you posted is an excellent one. It demonstrates exactly how project creators should handle this sort of thing. Now if only Matthew Geyster will follow suit...
14. Creator Ryan W. Maple on April 22
  
  A tale of two Kickstarters. Another project I backed (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/siminoff/pop-the-intersection-of-charging-and-design) recently discovered that they wouldn't be able to deliver in a reasonable amount of time, or within budget, so they sent a very well articulated, and thoughtful, backer-only message out, with a refund literally minutes later.
  
  I'm hesitant to share any information from that backer-only message, but suffice it to say we all got 100% refunds. I would have settled for a partial refund, subtracting the amount @kickstarter takes, but they did The Right Thing and refunded _all_ of our money.
  
  Matthew, you could learn a thing or two from better people. You truly are scum.
15. Creator freshsprout on April 15
  
  Honestly, I am glad not to be in the position of Matt. With every new product launch he can be sure that it will be nuked with negative feedback. Then again - it's his own fault.
16. Creator Benni Klomfass on April 6
  
  the scammer updated his profile picture - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php…
  
  make sure to constantly comment/review on his (future) projects/company/products anywhere to make sure he won't sell even one more product
17. Creator David Gaipa on March 24
  
  He hasn't even logged in since Oct 19th 2012.
  
  I hope that enough reports go in to block him from starting any more projects. I also believe he should be blocked from backing any. Exile from the community and whatnot.
18. Creator razamataz on March 22
  
  I would really like to be able to put a little tombstone icon on projects such as this, in my list of backed projects. Just to be able to visually see which projects I've written off.
19. Creator Mark Shanahan on March 22
  
  Have you happened to notice his up-to-date commentary over on his other project, "Rustic Case for iPad and Kindle 3"?? AOL & MIA on one and Mr. Wonderful [ad nauseum] on the other. This guy's a terminal asswipe. How do you go ahead with anything else until you get this right? Instead, it's like it never happened, maaaan. *What a *douche*...
20. Creator Ryan W. Maple on March 19
  
  @Chris don't take this as a representative of all Kickstarter projects. This is the only one with a true asshole who has screwed everybody out of money -- all the other project I backed have been wonderful experiences, with truly engaged people who actually care about the people who invested in their idea.
  
  @razamataz ditto -- it's a good reminder on how NOT to treat people.
21. Creator razamataz on March 15
  
  I feel strangely compelled to read the comments on here every so often. For every comment I read that makes me laugh, I'm getting a bit of value for my "investment".
22. Creator Chris on March 14
  
  Ah, my first and last Kickstarter project.
23. Creator Breno on March 14
  
  Freaking Thief!
  My money, not yours!
24. Creator Tyler Wenzel on March 14
  
  I just reported BaseOne Labs FB page to Facebook as "This page is spam or a scam". If enough of you do that it will get his page taken down. Maybe that will get his attention.
25. Creator Mr. Beerd on March 14
  
  Where's my refund!?
26. Creator Scott Medsker on March 12
  
  Why are we still talking about this?????
27. Creator Ryan W. Maple on March 11
  
  Hire him for $20 to write an app that refunds everybody's money -- that way he doesn't have anymore excuses. Free idea, @freshsprout ;)
28. Creator freshsprout on March 8
  
  Great news! You can hire Geyster for $20 - I might hire him for one hour to tar and feather him. It's totally worth it ;)
  
  https://www.elance.com/s/mgeyster/
29. Creator Breno on February 25
  
  I want my money with interest!
30. Creator Charles Conner on February 24
  
  There needs to be a section on KickStarter for failed projects that were successfully funded without return.
31. Creator Mark Shanahan on February 21
  
  Class 'F' **DOUCHEBAG** ... does that about sum it up?
32. Creator Ryan W. Maple on February 15
  
  blah blah blah blah fraud blah blah blah blah piece of crap human being blah blah blah blah no update in months blah blah blah blah happy anniversary! blah blah blah fraud blah blah blah...
33. Creator freshsprout on February 10
  
  happy anniversary ...NOT
34. Creator Jedediah Frey on February 5
  
  Better yet, shame him on his facebook page:
  
  http://www.facebook.com/baseonelabs
35. Creator freshsprout on February 2
  
  I am with DeLarge - taking $24k is not a small thing. I would like to see this handled by the authorities in charge.
36. Creator DeLarge on February 2
  
  Can anyone suggest might be the best recourse for those folks out of state? I realize that getting paid back is not possible, but if there's any legal recourse (i.e. filing a fraud or criminal theft charge, etc.) for an out of state backer, info as to what might be the best option(s) would be great.
37. Creator Andrea Artis on January 29
  
  contact him on Twitter @BaseOneLabs
38. Creator twoeightnine on January 28
  
  Just contacted Amazon not through the payment dispute form as its too late for that but through the actual "Contact Us" page. https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/contactusemail
  If he fails to respond within 10 days the dispute will be resolved in my favor, whatever that means.
39. Creator William Jennings on January 26
  
  Mathew Geyster is curdled smegma.
40. Creator david tonnesen on January 23
  
  This is just another wake up call for what Kickstarter is, live and learn, funder beware as deadbeats abound.
41. Creator David Hardy on January 22
  
  @freshsprout. You are assuming he knows how to read. Even if he does know how, he does not care. Coming up on one year since funding, and four months since a promise of a refund.
42. Creator freshsprout on January 20
  
  Here is a good read for Matt....
  
  http://www.inc.com/eric-markowitz/when-kickstarter-investors-want-their-money-back.html
43. Creator david tonnesen on January 19
  
  http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-22/when-a-kickstarter-project-threatens-to-fail
44. Creator Ryan W. Maple on January 17
  
  In about a month, we'll be at the 1y anniversary of funding. Maybe his big failure anniversary surprise will be getting our refunds out...
  
  Na, we'll all just get Geyster'd as usual :)
45. Creator Mr. Beerd on January 16
  
  Where is our refund?
46. Creator freshsprout on January 15
  
  His ignorance fuels my anger...
47. Creator Charles Conner on January 5
  
  Fail
48. Creator freshsprout on January 4
  
  If you feel like a misunderstood genius, it might be because you’re not a genius...
49. Creator William Jennings on January 4
  
  Dear Matt:
  
  Deleting or ignoring the emails and comments of those you owe does not delete the fact of your debts.
  
  Instead, if further diminishes your integrity. You can create the fiction in which you are the victim and misunderstood and in which you remain the star of your own cartoon.
  
  But it is just that, Matt. A cartoon. And people who live cartoon lives attract cartoon "friends" and cartoon "values" and exist in a cartoon melodrama that is as predictable as it is pitiful.
  
  It is truly sad that you live this sort of life where you have to pretend to be someone with honor or integrity
  at the expense of so many other people. I'm out $50.00 and you've made over $24,000.00 for your charade.
  The thing is, I'm $50.00 poorer, but still honest. You've just traded your integrity for a year's salary at minimum wage.
  
  That should tell you something about the price you've placed on your personal integrity.
  If it doesn't, then, well, enjoy your cartoon life.
50. Creator twoeightnine on January 3
  
  If anyone wants to contact him he listed another email and his phone number here: http://www.matthewgeyster.com/services