Thingcharger

Thingcharger was a slick marketing and crowdfunding campaign that separated a lot of people from almost a million dollars (including about $135 of mine). Many people never got their orders - I did get my four, but the company disappeared with a *poof* shortly thereafter, making it impossible to get new charging tips for my new devices, and rendering our Thingchargers into expensive door-stops.

But wait! There's more! Amy and Seymour Segnit are at it again - new name trademarked (Magfast), very similar concept and product, crowdfunding again, and no doubt set to rake in more big money and then not support their product line. I am not a lawyer - I have no idea how to stop them.

Hoping someone 'out there' does. Because I am pissed off.

Beware, folks. ThingCHARGER went belly up and then resurrected as magFAST.

The thingCHARGER has been re-designed, some magnetic attachments have been added and voila! A new company is born. Like the original thingCHARGER, you can crowdfund Amy and Seymour Segnit again. The new magFAST crowdfunding project believes it will ship in about a year.

That's right folks, if you "buy" magFAST, you have no right to a refund because, well, you're crowdfunding. You have no guarantee that you'll ever, ever receive anything. And, even if you receive this hoped-for invention, it will be over a year before you see it. But don't worry, magFAST is a green company.

They'll plant trees every time someone crowdfunds them. Where did they get all this land for all these trees? Will anyone ever water them?

Why are they spending crowdfunds on anything besides development costs? The catch phrase is "change chargers for GOOD." I'd say it's better to "run away for your own GOOD."

Amy & Seymour Segnit the founder of The Thing Charger should be ashamed of themselves. They claimed to be manufacturing what seemed to be a great product and foolish people such as myself believed them.

When it sound to good to be true is usually is. We reached out multiple times and were told I turn was coming and the chargers would be delivered and it's been over a year and nothing yet. Don't know if they are still in business but they deserve to be shut down and sued. Below is a response from them via email: Hello, Apologies that this is an automated response.

We have concluded the campaign for our Version 1 of thingCHARGER and our founders are now hard at work on developing the next generation of chargers. If you are a supporter of our Version 1 campaign and did not complete the checkout via the invitation we sent to you earlier this year, don’t worry. You have been automatically upgraded to our Version 2 model (and its better in every way!). As you know if you’ve been following the campaign, its a very long slow and hard journey to deliver great products.

Big companies with massive resources make it look easy, but we’ve shipped a 1/4 million units of something we invented at home and its a heavy lift.

Thank you so much for all of your encouragement and support in this project, we never could have made thingCHARGER a reality without you… and, trust us, you’re going to love your new improved gifts when we reach production. The Very Best, Amy & Seymour Segnit Founders

i will never invest or trust a beginning group again..... i bought and paid for a big package...

should have received 7 of these .... with no product... i am so angry.. i'm on a fixed income and i thought this would make great christmas gifts for my family...

well that was a big fat zero... now i see there selling more *** when they haven't delivered the thingy ***... You should be ashamed of your self...... i just saw a you tube video on how they were all going home for easter...

i hope you choke on an Egg .... may the Easter Buddy *** in your slippers So Disgusted and disappointed Dana Spahn