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- Pretty much all of the comments from the failed Indiegogo campaign, "WEDG: the personal cloud you've been waiting for." These comments end at about June 29th, 2017 4PM GMT. There may be news ones after this, but I did not capture them in this text.
- See https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-cloud-you-ve-been-waiting-for#/
- http://wedg.co/ (redirects to twitter)
- https://twitter.com/wearewedg (a rant page using the official Wedg twitter address)
- Background: Wedg ran an unsuccessful Kickstarter but soon after re-opened the project on Indiegogo. The Indiegogo campaign was fully funded and ran without issue until RIGHT AFTER CLOSE when Wedg revealed that they had been under legal duress - seems that one of their employees was still considered under contract by a former employer - "garden leave," as it was called - and all code written by said employee belonged to former employer.
- This third party was never named, and only the most minimal of details were given. Nothing appeared amiss for a while, but updates slowly dwindled, Wedg had to leave their digs at Innospace (a hot-desk startup space at Manchester U) and things became quiet. The address changed to a tax accountant's office in Manchester. There was some noise that Wedg's business insurer said "enough" and quit, that the lawsuits had been somewhat resolved, and things may proceed again. No one is really sure that happened.
- The campaign primary owner changed to an unknown person and company who's address is a hotdesk at Uber Office. The campaign page changed to remove the original PR firm's logo that was involved with the funding. The twitter feed for Wedg was closed and deleted, and the website Wedg.co was turned off and released back into the pool (a backer has those now and uses them for a rant and keep-together page.) Indiegogo started closing help requests relating to Wedg without any response.
- The comments below reveal that the backers are questioning the campaign's legitimacy and status, but no answers seem to be forthcoming. The only thing certain is the money appears to be gone.
- Comments begin here:
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 7 days ago
- IGG doesn’t care about this. They received their cut of the money. If
- they had any integrity they would at least refund us their share of the
- profit. It’s only a small percentage for each of us but it would go a
- long way as a gesture of good faith.
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 7 days ago
- 5 months since the last bogus update. No news is not good news.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 15 days ago
- @Scott McQueen – nothing new except the domain wedg.co and twitter
- account wearewedg were dropped. I have both now. This project is dead,
- dead, dead.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 15 days ago
- Still here… I pop by now and again to see how the project is getting
- along LOL
- What a total joke!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Ian Cockburn, I received the same canned response about a year ago.
- Indienono is totally useless when it comes to making the campaign
- creator talk – it would surprise me if they had a valid email address at
- this point.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 month ago
- Obviously, they wash theirs hands. “Start a campaign and get away with
- the money!”
- IGG: YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS.
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 1 month ago
- @Bryan Walker
- "
- However, our minimum expectation is that a campaign owner is transparent
- to contributors about the status of their project by posting updates to
- their campaign. We will be reaching out to them directly to urge them to
- post an update. While we can’t force them to post an update, if they
- continue to remain unresponsive, you can use our Terms of Use to take
- legal action against the campaigner. "
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 1 month ago
- @Bryan Walker they did the same with mine. I have reopened it and it was
- escalated to Trust and Safety.
- “As with any early-stage project, crowdfunding campaigns may take
- unexpected turns, which can include changes, delays or unforeseen
- challenges. While your contribution helps to bring something new closer
- to reality, there is always the risk that a project may end up falling
- through, and that the campaign owner may not be able to deliver the
- perks they’d originally offered.”
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- I see Indiegogo has marked my message detailing Wedg’s lack of web
- presence as “solved” without even a . I guess this scam project
- truly is dead.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey, I don’t know of anyone close to that area. From what I
- could tell, there are some UK backers here, but I don’t know anyone
- specifically.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 month ago
- @Bryan Walker, I was about to build a page plenty of “scam” in the
- background and was to tell the history of this notorious scam.
- I’m sure that there are some really good and respectful entrepreneurs in
- IGG, but how can we trust?
- I’d like to go to UK to confront this guys (like I have a chance to do
- that). Do you know if there are some backers living in UK or near
- Manchester?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey But, having said that, if you have a better use for the
- website please let me know – I’m more than happy to point it towards a
- new page.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey, It became painfully apparent to me some time ago that
- Indiegogo has no (by their own rules) desire to do anything more than
- provide a platform to collect money. They don’t have to care because
- there is no accountability. They have their money. The fact that the
- campaign fleeced us of funds – by bad intentions or bad luck, we’ll
- never truly know – is nothing that they are ever going to care about. At
- least, not until the money stops because of said bad press!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey, It is kind of disturbing to see both the domain and
- twitter cancelled, that seems to indicate that Wedg considers itself to
- be a dead project. The domain, maybe – that costs money, but the twitter
- account is free. I guess they don’t want any evidence laying around?
- It is amusing to see all of the links and whatnot now pointing to the
- twitter rant.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 month ago
- @bryan walker, You’re my hero! I was about to buy that domain, but you
- won the race!
- These guys really are amazing. And IGG can’t support this kind of theft
- in their platform. But they do.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- 3 of the 4 projects that Blazon PR helped on kickstarter didn’t deliver
- – the fourth seems to have delivered for the most part, but still has a
- lot of no-shows and complaints about short product life.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/partners/BlazonPR
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- I love how all wedg.co and @wearewedg now direct to the rant page.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- Actually, I sent it to the twitter page. Better for today’s audience.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- wedg.co is registered and now points here.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- Check out our new twitter page! https://twitter.com/wearewedg
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- The twitter account, @wearewedg, appears to be dead too. That’s now mine
- as well.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- All,
- I now own WEDG.CO – which tells me this project has no intention of
- completing.
- I believe I can force a simple redirect on the name through the host, so
- if someone wanted to create a webpage that I could point it to – let’s talk.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Rémi
- It does now. I just bought it.
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> 2 months ago
- The domain name wedge.co does not exists anymore.
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- I do, however, see that I can create a fictional product, and skip away
- with £100,000 of cash fleeced from trusting backers. I’ll remember that
- if I’m ever in dire need of a cash injection, knowing full well that any
- fraud perpetuated won’t be acted upon. (6)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- The fact that Indiegogo has shrugged off legitimate complaints, pacified
- by clear subterfuge on behalf of Wedg and it’s vague, anonymous, and
- ghostly staff via empty and infrequent updates. From what I gather from
- the rest of my fellow disappointed backers, you have been pathetic.
- So guess what? There’s no reason for me to visit Indiegogo, as there is
- no protection, support, or accountability enforced in your platform. (5)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- I backed the WEDG
- (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8707340#/)
- project along with many other people. Like many other people we have
- been ripped off. Now, I understand that this is part and parcel of the
- platform, and that backing projects is not risk free.
- However, read through the comments section of that project, I implore
- you. The fact that we’ve all been ripped off is annoying, yes, and those
- feelings are made clear. (4)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- real use, warning anyone that stumbles upon this page as a ‘Here be
- dragons’ missive, but to add my tuppence to the mix, here’s my message
- to IG in full:
- Hi,
- I received an email from you this morning, cheerfully informing me that
- “It’s been a while since you’ve visited Indiegogo” and asking the –
- “Would You Like to Start Raising Money?” The inference of course, that
- Indiegogo is a wonderful platform for doing so. (3)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- Must admit though, it did push my buttons somewhat. So I fired back a
- missive through their customer support service – as pointless a task as
- I can imagine – and vented my frustrations over this project. It made me
- feel better at least; I’ve long since been resigned to having lost £250
- on this piece of vapourware, but that casual email enquiring as to why
- I’ve not a happy regular user of IG’s platform caused me the need to
- have my say. As a cautionary tale, it’s way too late to be of any (2)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- Hello all, long term backer (all the way back to the failed Kickstarter)
- and long term lurker here, and I’ve stayed quiet, knowing that I might
- as well be screaming into a cave to register my dissatisfaction.
- However, I received an email from Indiegogo this morning, entitled
- ‘Start raising money with Indiegogo’ Some of you may have received the
- same. The email itself was a cheerful reminder that I hadn’t visited in
- a while, the usual vacuous platitudes served up in any advertising copy. (1)
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Indiegogo and Wedg Suck.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Yep. Marked “Solved” with no input at all, about 2 hours ago (about
- 2100UTC).
- Indiegogo simply doesn’t care once the money changes hands, and it’s
- pretty obvious that they’re not going to do anything to help.
- So, Ladies and Gentlemen, I consider my money to be stolen.
- Unfortunately, authorities aren’t going to open an international case
- for US$300. Guess it sucks to be me (and you.)
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Dropped another note to Indiegogo about Wedg. Got this in my email:
- “Please note, we’ve recently received an increased number of requests,
- and as a result, it may take us a little longer than normal to respond.
- We apologize in advance for the inconvenience.”
- Really. People getting pissed at not even getting so much as a “Fuck
- You” from campaigns, perhaps?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Over 3 months since the last update. Indiegogo has written this project
- off, as they close tickets without even ing. Where should we hold
- the funeral for this project?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- @dbrissenden, I reached out to a number of UK entities some time ago.
- The only thing they could tell me is that since I wasn’t a UK resident,
- all they could do was note my query.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 2 months ago
- I’ve had enough of this deceit so I have reported to ActionFraud for
- them to decide whether there is a case to answer to.
- I would urge anyone who believes this is a fraud to do the same at
- http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report-a-fraud-including-online-crime
- I provided them with as much information as I was able to regarding when
- the money was taken, lack of communication, refusal to engage with
- backers along with the new companies which have cropped up, mysterious
- name changing etc….
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 3 months ago
- @Ian Cockburn -as mentioned 4 months ago -Carol Bohm-Scott is a
- ghost/fictional character (allegedly) in a game being played to
- obfuscate matters relating to WEDG and the whereabouts of OUR MONEY. A
- company has been created with an address at a hot desk office – I bet if
- you turned up at the address you would not find any evidence of the
- company ever having been there other than having paid one months rent.
- Unfortunately, we need a backer with friends in low places to sort this
- out. (allegedly)
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 3 months ago
- And looking up the details of his new company, it seems to be in exactly
- the same place as Wedg was.. at the Innospace MMU Business Incubator.
- Has anyone managed to find out anything about Montrose Innovations and
- Carol Bohm-Scott ?
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 3 months ago
- Based on this, I do wonder how much work/legal meetings were actually
- carried out on Wedg, or were we just fed lies and have been scammed?
- Given that it’s been now 2 months since the last communication…
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 3 months ago
- It seems that Mr. Afzal is not longer with Wedg (having left Nov 2016).
- Currently running Indiefalcon Limited a mobile app developer (since July
- 2016). This is according to his
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shehbazafzal/. On further searching, it
- seems that Indiefalcon was something that he has had on the backburner
- for a while – marketing reported posted Feb 4, 2016 –
- https://www.slideshare.net/JakeStainton/indiefalcon-project-report.
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> 3 months ago
- :(
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 3 months ago
- Well, since the goons@gogo have abandoned us, and Wedg has fed us
- nothing but fluff for four months – is this project dead? Can we call it
- a scam for reals now?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 3 months ago
- My request is marked “solved” as well. No explanation or .
- Seems that our friends and Indienono have washed their hands of us and
- this bad project. I guess this means that everyone who backed the
- project lost their hard-earned cash.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 3 months ago
- *at Indienono, that is. It's quite late and words aren't working at the
- moment.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 3 months ago
- Interesting enough. I opened up my request four days ago and recently
- Indiegogo decided to set it to a “SOLVED” status without any
- explanation. I have opened a new request for them to explain this “new”
- way of handling requests from backers. My suggestion to others whom have
- submitted recent requests to Indiegogo is to check the status.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 4 months ago
- Interesting article from BBC but Bryan is right on his conclusion. The
- best bet is to continue to pressure them as we are doing. I have
- submitted my complaint Email to the ignorant Indie-no-no staff.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 4 months ago
- @rickyfew The spectrum campaign was still being funded, which is why IGG
- could shut it down.
- Our money has floated away into the void of bad venture capital.
- It sounds like its time for everyone to write another complaint email to
- the goons at gogo. If we do this every month, maybe they will get the hint…
- rickyfews
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9005627> 4 months ago
- Could there be hope?
- http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39191064
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 4 months ago
- @Nikolai, I know my wallet certainly came out of the wash clean. What’s
- really sad is I’m already considering what to purchase to replace the
- device that took the place of Wedg…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 4 months ago
- The same wash cycle. Cleanse, fold and manipulate Indiegogo to shut us
- up! This needs to stop.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 4 months ago
- As we come upon another month, one wonders if Wedg will supply us with
- another basket of dryer fluff…
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- @Philipp Stäheli, whatever they had at the start of the campaign has
- already reached that point. I do feel really bad for the one backer that
- dropped £3000 on this dead turkey.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 5 months ago
- By the time they pull through with the project the hardware will be so
- outdated it can go right in a museeum. (also filed under scam / bullshit
- / please fuck me over)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 5 months ago
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE a possible Wedg sing along
- video just change the p to c in the word spam. Funny how the shape of
- the Wedg unit resembles the Viking helmet without the horns. Any backers
- with video skills who can create a parody video to the sound track using
- multiple images of the Wedg unit with horns attached and upload it to
- Youtube? It may get some much needed publicity to highlight the disgrace
- that is Team Wedg.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 5 months ago
- Seriously, could these updates be any more vague?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- @rickyfews, your best bet would be contact paypal directly. Point them
- towards the comments, explain the mess that’s happened here. If you go
- back far enough someone (sorry forget the name) posted a PDF copy of
- their “We’re in legal trouble letter.”
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 5 months ago
- Latest update – more unverifiable tripe. “While many of you feel the
- project is a scam…” nothing can be closer to the truth would be more
- apt. If this is not a scam the writer of the update should properly
- Identify themselves and provide verifiable evidence to support what is
- being said. If the writer, aka Team Wedg does not then logic would
- dictate that it is a scam.
- guillaume
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6772792> 5 months ago
- I’ve joined the troops to find out the truth about all this. I’ve just
- sent an email to IGG. I think if more and more backers do the same we
- might be able to speed things up.
- Next step for me will probably be reporting the fraud to UK gov
- (suggested by @Nikolai Tesla
- https://www.sfo.gov.uk/contact-us/reporting-serious-fraud-bribery-corruption/
- and @Cosmarchy in his open email to WEDG http://pastebin.com/JQR0FD1N)
- Keep you posted about any IGG answer…
- guillaume
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6772792> 5 months ago
- Here is the IGG (automated) answer: “Thanks for reaching out. While perk
- offers are made and managed by campaign owners, we at Indiegogo expect
- campaign owners to communicate regularly with their contributors. I am
- sorry to see that this has not been the case with this campaign. We will
- send a message to the campaign owner to remind them of their
- responsibilities to keep you and backers updated on the status of their
- project. In addition, I encourage you to get in touch with them directly. …”
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> 5 months ago
- Although I don’t really believe this is a scam, I do think someone
- screwed up big time. Really frustrating to bury that much money.
- Actually I really needed such a device two years ago. Now I don’t
- anymore as I had to find other solutions. Most expesive paperweight of
- my life.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 5 months ago
- Another update that tells us nothing!
- rickyfews
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9005627> 5 months ago
- Hi, does anyone know what the chances are of getting a refund if the
- payment was made through PayPal?
- Thanks,
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 5 months ago
- I added my drop into the bucket against this scam. I have also found
- this valuable option to report this scam to the UK Serious Fraud Office:
- https://www.sfo.gov.uk/contact-us/reporting-serious-fraud-bribery-corruption/
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- Yet another email to Indiegogo went a few minutes ago. I suggest
- everyone do the same.
- If you’re in the UK, you may be eligible for a refund under Section 75
- of the Consumer Credit Act, if you paid for any portion of the funding
- with a credit (not debit) card.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- @dbrissenden The biggest problem with this whole mess is: no
- accountability once the money has been paid.
- Indiegogo just says “LOL” and Wedg doesn’t exist…
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 5 months ago
- Looks like we aren’t the only ones who are trying to find out info….
- http://pastebin.com/JQR0FD1N
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 5 months ago
- As long as we still put pressure against Indiegogo and WEDG/SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL something will have to give. Definitely without a doubt this is a
- scam and I will not rest until the authorities bring to justice the
- responsible party.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- And another month begins to slip by…silence on the radio…a desperate cry
- on the airwaves, faint, and without power: “Wedg! Where are you?”
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Gaston Cardey, at this point I can’t believe the update from Wedg was
- more than hush money paid to keep Indiegogo from cancelling the campaign.
- There is absolutely no reason why more frequent updates can’t be given –
- it’s not like said director has to report to an office in some far off
- city to submit it.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- @Bryan Walker. I was thinking exactly the same. And will go an go an go
- untill every one of us give up and never come back here.
- At least, send me the HDD and will try to use them in any way (2 HDD of
- 1 Tb each).
- There should be a way for these platforms offer some warranty or
- settlement to the poor basterds that fall into a scam like this.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Oh! The HDD should be NEW, ok? NEW means not refurbished or used. OK?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- We taking bets on how long before another update? I’m guessing it’s
- going to be exactly the amount of time it takes for us to start yelling
- at Indiegogo again.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 6 months ago
- @Team Wedg: Thank you for the update but can you go into the a few more
- details. We would like to know about the new MD, their interest,
- background etc and also about the new team members. Surely a new website
- update would be in order and/or a forum where we, the investors could
- input our ideas.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 6 months ago
- @john34754 – as indicated in the comments thread below research suggests
- that the new director of the company is a fictional character / ghost /
- figment of someones imagination / not real. Smoke and mirrors to
- obfuscate the gullible.
- john34754
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707691> 6 months ago
- A change of director for me is welcomed and overdue. Rather than bashing
- the new director and company I’m going to be positive and hope that
- Montrose Innovations can rescue the situation. Carol, please introduce
- yourself and the team and what roles you all will play. How do you
- intend to move forward? Regular updates are essential to backers
- preferably once a week. An update which has very little information or
- maybe includes setbacks must still be posted. We need to be kept in the
- loop.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- They don’t tell you in an open way, but if you read between lines, it’s
- perfectly clear: “We can’t do anything, sorry. The campaign owner is
- another failure of this crownfunding way. We have another guy who scam
- the backers (another and the total goes up to…).
- We let that this things happen so others can deliver.”
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- I’ve got a super-ultra-fantastic answer from IGG!
- “In looking at your contribution to the campaign “WEDG: the personal
- butt you’ve been waiting for,” I see that your contribution has already
- been sent to the campaigner. This means that a refund can no longer be
- issued by Indiegogo."
- Really? Are you sure about this? Really-really sure?
- jjajjaejjajjejajejjejeja
- See 1 more ...
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-cloud-you-ve-been-waiting-for>
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- And... "Indiegogo is not able to guarantee that perks will be delivered
- or deemed satisfactory. The nature of crowdfunding is such that
- campaigns on Indiegogo are raising funds for work-in-progress projects,
- ideas, or causes. Contributing to a campaign and claiming a perk on
- Indiegogo is not the same as buying something online. Because projects
- may still be in their early stages, many things can happen between the
- time the project is raising funds and the expected project release date."
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- ... "While your contribution brings the campaign idea closer to becoming
- reality, there's always the chance that a project may end up falling
- through, and the campaign owner may not be able to offer their
- contributors the perks they'd originally promised. If you’re still
- interested in receiving a refund, we recommend you get in touch with the
- campaign owner directly. Campaign Owner's: Carol Bohm-Scott,
- carol.bs@wedg.co" = You're all dumbs and you're scammed. But we (IGG)
- have our money.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @jrogers31
- >> I believe that this update has been sent to satisfy Indiegogo only
- You think? Awfully suspicious that as soon as Indiegogo starts making a
- little bit of effort to be more than a fat, lazy slug that does nothing
- more than collect money, our beloved WEDG & CO shits out an update with
- more fluff than a laundromat dryer…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- @ SHEHBAZ AFZAL/WEDG/“CAROL BOHM-SCOTT”: Provide details, in the next 24
- hrs, of such “progress” with names of who is on board to the “new team”,
- address of your “new” London office, pictures & videos of your
- prototypes and work environment, time schedules of deliverables, current
- budget to make this project work, etc. Without these you and this
- “project” are still considered a scam, as such I and many others will
- continue to push Indiegogo, UK authorities and credit card companies
- against you.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 6 months ago
- Yet another unverifiable update from WEDG. This has always been the
- problem – nothing said in their updates can be confirmed independently.
- I believe that this update has been sent to satisfy Indiegogo only
- (allegedly). No names given of who is in the team. Relocation to London
- – yeah right. Nothing said to address concerns of backers as detailed in
- the comments below. No proof of anything. WEDG are in a hole and they
- still keep digging – still it adds to the evidence when Plod starts
- knocking.
- Johan Wijngaard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2469755> 6 months ago
- Team of “The Wedg”
- At the first have did you have a few happy day’s, if so the good wishes
- for the end off the year.
- But after four month’s it ios time for a new update.
- Please take a moment off your free time to compose a status update.
- A lot off people thing that we lose the money.
- This is one off my bad perk’s/back’s I made, but I still believe in you
- as team that you can make it :)
- I still believe in the product you want to made (host your own storrage
- at home).
- Johan
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Gaston,
- It took them 4 days to to me. I’m assuming that with the Christmas
- and year-end holidays, you may not get a until early next year.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- If you are in the UK and have paid for any of this item with a credit
- card (not debit) you may be eligible for a refund under Section 75 of
- the Consumer Credit Act of 1974.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Hi, everyone,
- I’ve payed my money on time. It has passed more that two years
- (oct-2014) and still nothing. If (by any miracle) I receive this device,
- I’m probably dissasemble because I won’t trust in any software that this
- scammers produce. Hey guys, have you thought about this?
- The only way for me is my money back.
- I’m so tired of this… I think that we’ll find ourselves in 1 year at the
- same position. Oh! And IndieGogo will respond the same bullshit.
- Two years had gone. £315.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- And, of course, to my email sended on december 23rd, no one answered.
- Maybe they're all drunk and naked somewhere. Thank you IndieGoGo for
- erasing the little faith in your service and responsibility. (sorry if I
- mispell some word, I speak in spanish).
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Other than a few responses indicating “Yeah, I wish I’d never seen this
- thing,” I had one angry idiot whom got somewhat pissy with me, asking me
- exactly who did I think I was?
- I told him I was a guy that lost a lot of money on a project that didn’t
- bother to tell me why, and he shut up.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- I see a few others have replied, one of which seems to be another
- backer... Jaypaul, where are you? Why won't you duck us and update?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Nikolai
- Indiegogo is responsible in that they do not have ANY requirements once
- the project has closed. They say that the creator is responsible for
- communicating with backers, but to me it sounds like that extends to a
- “please talk to your backers” email to what’s probably a dead address.
- I’ve also been going down through their twitter and looking for messages
- that had other @handles attached to the message, and tweeting things
- indicating that WEDG & Co has fallen off the earth.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- I made sure that Indiegogo is aware that they are the “middleman” to
- this scam. They providing a safe haven and breeding ground for scammers
- to run their “business” without any guarantees to provide anything
- except taking money from good will contributors. I am holding Indiegogo
- partially responsible for allowing this practice.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- @Bryan Walker: In my case, I have only received a generic response from
- Indiegogo that they “will send a message to the campaign owner of WEDG
- to remind them of their responsibilities to keep you and backers updated
- on the status of their project” but they encourage me to contact the
- make believe campaign owner “Carol Bohm-Scott” at the following:
- carol.bs@wedg.co / info@wedg.co
- http://www.wedg.co
- http://www.twitter.com/wearewedg
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Gaston Cardey
- I find it interesting that Carol is listed as “Male” on that profile.
- Probably an oversight, but it simply adds more WTF to the pot.
- I’d also like everyone to note that the ad agency that Wedg had
- partnered with seems to have vanished from these pages as well.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- I posted a copy of the email I received regarding the project being
- under review here.
- http://imgur.com/a/q6vRW
- Thank you all for taking the time to let Indiegogo have a piece of your
- mind.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Well, following the Bryan’s advice I have write again. After that, I
- started a Google search and found:
- https://www.datocapital.com/uk/ejecutivos/Carol-Bohm_Scott-(1985_1).html
- It’s in spanish, but you can translate easily. It says that we’re
- f***ed. She’s 75% partner and has £ 748, so…
- Anybody near this? 17 Grosvenor Gardens, London, England, SW1W 0BD
- (Correspondence address of Montrose Innovations). The company is listed
- at Companies House under company no. 10344848.
- Tired of all this.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas (the ones you believe). And a
- Very Very Happy New Year.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Nikolai Tesla
- Awesome. Hopefully more people screaming will do something – anything!
- Just as a note, it took about 4 days to get the initial .
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- And even then, I had to respond with the fact that I've tried every
- method of communication I could find relating to Wedg, and all of them
- are closed, empty, or stale. I pointed out the recent principal change,
- the lack of information on this change, and the fact that I contacted
- reviewers and related agencies in Manchester. I pointed out that I got
- nothing other than "Hmmm...." back from some of the reviewers. Nothing
- else...
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- @Bryan Walker: Provided my .02 to them. Pending a response with action.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Indiegogo emailed me back and stated that this campaign is under review.
- What you need to do:
- Log in to your Indiegogo account and go to the contact us section. Pick
- whatever you want, but make sure you let Indiegogo know that Wedg isn’t
- talking, if and when you’ve tried to contact them, and how much money
- you lost on this project. Let them have it, don’t be kind or worry about
- hurting feelings. Bitch, moan, complain, scream, and yell.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Indiegogo emailed me back and stated that this campaign is under review.
- What you need to do:
- Log in to your Indiegogo account and go to the contact us section. Pick
- whatever you want, but make sure you let Indiegogo know that Wedg isn’t
- talking, if and when you’ve tried to contact them, and how much money
- you lost on this project. Let them have it, don’t be kind or worry about
- hurting feelings. Bitch, moan, complain, scream, and yell.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Surprise. The minute I get pissy here on Indiemoneystealer, I get a
- in my email. “Oh, there’s nothing we can do, contact them
- directly.” Yeah, well I’ve tried. What the fuck do you think we’ve been
- doing all this time, jerking off?
- And AGAIN. As a reminder, if you are in the UK please please please see
- if you can get this refunded under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit
- Act. Let Wedg know we don’t appreciate this bullshit.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Just as I suspected, neither Indiegogo or the artificially created Carol
- Bohm-Scott (which I sincerely do not believe is a real person) have
- responded to my requests for more information.
- Both of you are fucking bastards. Go to hell and burn.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- I just checked their twitter page. Last comment is a spam comment as if
- the account got hacked.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- (4 of 4, and end)
- While I doubt this will do anything (in fact, I know it won’t do
- anything other than get me a “we can’t do anything” answer,) well, I’m
- not sure what I’m expecting at this point. Nothing would be the easiest
- thing, and I think just writing this off as a bad investment and not
- backing any more tech devices would be my best bet.
- Indiegogo doesn’t want to do anything, and I don’t understand that.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- (3 of many)
- Can you:
- Force Wedg to talk. Anything, even a “Ha ha, you’re suckers and we’re
- never delivering!” would be preferable to wondering what the ****
- happened to our money.
- Force Wedg, to continue the campaign or refund our money or DO SOMETHING!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- (2 of many)
- By the comments, some people lost money they could not afford to lose in
- a project that won’t even respond to queries from it’s investors.
- Wedg hasn’t updated their twitter in ages. Their website is a
- placeholder. email to various agencies involved with the project go
- unanswered.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Yet another email to Indiegogo support, although I doubt it’s going to
- do anything. (1 of many)
- Hi. I backed the Wedg project here almost two years ago. Since then,
- Wedg has claimed legal troubles, and has changed the responsible
- individual’s name on the project, as well as apparently removing the
- partner agency they dealt with. We the backers have received no
- communication from Wedg for 4 months. The project is so old that things
- it claims to support (iOS8 and BlackBerry) are no longer things.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Hi everyone,
- As I have mentioned before, we’ve lost our money. But I’d like to say a
- few words to this “Afzal” guy: I live in Colombia, South America and we
- have to multiply x COP 3,761 every British Pound. I’ve lost almost 2
- minimum salary in this.
- It was really hard to earn this money and all I can think is “shame on
- you”. I trust you receive you punishment in this life by some force
- (jail, flat tire in a heavy rain without spare, flood in your home,
- rats, unfaithful couple, etc.).
- Bye, guys.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 7 months ago
- @Howard Celnik: Yes, you are correct. Wedg has been eclipsed by many NAS
- providers, dedicated appliances and other startups providing reliable
- services with an actual product. The goal to receive a working “Wedg”
- device expired a long time ago. The issue has been on how to bring
- justice against Mr. Afzal and get a full refund as well.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> 7 months ago
- A NEW SCAM AT INDIEGOGO
- I VE LOST MY MONEY?
- Howard Celnik
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4274214> 7 months ago
- If they were to deliver today, wouldn’t this already be old technology?
- Would it be selling for less?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @jrogers31
- The statement I made was more in jest than overlaid with any real hope
- of hearing news. As there has been silence for so long, I doubt there’s
- going to be any news to hear in the coming months.
- Those in the UK can still try to claim a section 75 refund. For the rest
- of us, I think we were playing the fool. I’m not sure if that was the
- intent from the beginning, or if legal troubles erased any possibility
- of this project completing, but it’s dead. Stick a fork in it.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @Bryan Walker – admire your optimism. Your guess is as good as anyone’s
- as to which of the team members (if there were more than one) was the
- last one out of the door. My guess is that Mr Afzal was the last (and
- ?first) out the door. The profile overwrite to Carol Bohm-Scott was
- allegedly intended to mislead. If CB-S exists one would think an update
- would have been forthcoming by now, particularly in light of the
- concerns expressed below. The words Walter Mitty smoke and mirrors come
- to mind.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- There were supposedly some other people on this “team” – would any of
- them like to speak up?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @Heiko Zeller – It occurred to me that we are looking for a
- ghost/fictional character (allegedly) in a game being played to
- obfuscate matters relating to WEDG and the whereabouts of OUR MONEY. It
- would surprise me if £500 per month was being paid to the ‘hot-desk’
- offices at the address below. If it can be shown that C B-S is not a
- real person then I wonder whether a company set up with an allegedly
- fictional director constitutes a crime in English Law or are
- ‘doing-business-as’ names allowed?
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> 7 months ago
- 17 Grosvenor Gardens, London, England, SW1W 0BD company exist since
- August 2016. As far as I used Google in the right way this company is a
- one man show. And the Address is connected to a huge number of
- companies. I think shebaz rid of the annoying customers by placing in a
- new postbox company.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- The link you provided does not work. I get an access denied error……
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- For information: http://tinyurl.com/zgjtyg4
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Has anyone managed to find a contact number for Montrose Innovations yet?
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- “…penning an update for all backers this afternoon and will push it this
- week…”
- They’ve failed again. Sounds like a fob off to me to keep you quiet.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- It is very unusual in this day and age for a real person’s name not to
- come up with multiple hits on an internet search. For an individual age
- 31 years in the software business with an uncommon surname one might
- expect a linked-in entry, facebook, twitter, skype etc. The only address
- that comes up is a hot desk address @£500.00 per month. I wonder how
- many months Montrose innovations will be paid-up at this address. No
- update – no response to a request for an update. We need the ghostbusters.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @dbrissenden
- One other “person” communicated on this project back when I started
- doing daily updates of what I was doing.
- Jaypaul Barrow
- 8 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- If this is indeed true they had better pull their finger out and
- communicate. I don’t believe there are many here who either believe the
- cock and bull stories or even have much sympathy any longer.
- This is not the way to go about treating the very people who funded what
- ever it is that they ended up funding!!
- As for the profile overwrite, well…. what can I say?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Another thing I find strange is that when you click on the ‘individual’
- link for Shehbaz ( https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053/a2e2)
- it takes you to… YES! you guessed it folks – Carol Bohm-Scott. So it’s
- not a new player but a profile overwrite!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- (3of3) and its typically a little bureaucratic.
- We are penning an update for all backers this afternoon and will push it
- this week.
- I’d like to thank you for your patience and co-operation on behalf of
- the entire WEDG team and hope that you’ll take a compassionate view of
- situation.
- Kind regards
- Lisa
- Team WEDG
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- (2of3)Fortunately, a local and well experienced group of entrepreneurs
- have taken an interest in our situation and have defined an accelerated
- road map for us to move ahead with the project. As well as their
- knowledge and expertise they’re also bringing funding which will help us
- move forward with leaps and bounds. Contracts and various other
- documentation is making its way around the system so that the investors
- can reclaim their tax-its known as SEIS investment
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- (1of3)
- @dbrissenden I have also had a from a ‘Lisa’ at ‘Team Wedg’
- (24th MAY)Hi Scott Apologies for the late , we are working through
- emails from backers as fast as we can. Rest assured Scott the project is
- still alive and well. As you know we are battling with a fierce and
- unruly third party hell-bent on making claims to our source code that
- doesn’t belong to them. Our every move is criticized and we’re doing all
- we can to defend our reputation and our intellectual property.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (2 of 2)
- Indeed there doesn’t appear to be any website for this company either
- which is also very strange for investment / tech companies.
- All in all this is very fishy if you also consider the utter contempt
- and lack of communication shown by Shehbaz.
- As to whether there is enough evidence for the authorities, I would
- think there is enough but since there appears to be a lack of interest
- from the other 968 backers, it is unlikely to get to their attention.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (1 of 2)
- @jrogers31 – The only ‘other’ person who has communicated on this
- project is Chris. But, Chris who? There is no mention of any of the team
- who started out developing Wedg or what contribution they made so it
- could look there might have only been one person….
- I can find no mention of anyone called Carol Bohm-Scott prior to the
- creation of Montrose Innovations which I find very strange considering
- these are supposedly international investors.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @dbrissenden – interesting research – so are you saying that there is
- evidence that Mr Afzal et al are trying to create a smoke screen to
- distance themselves from their responsibilities. Is there enough
- evidence for an investigation by appropriate authorities with statutory
- powers? If so it is well overdue. Interestingly, I have not received a
- to my request for an update from the new owner Carol Bohm-Scott,
- which rather fits in with the results of your research – I think.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (2 of 2)
- Back in April 2016, Shehbaz’s communication detailed “…introduced us to
- a group of tech entrepreneurs and investors from the UK and US who
- operate an international scale business…”. So much so that it took them
- until August 2016 to register the company…. Come on pull the other one.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (1 of 2)
- Well, looks like 08 Nov 2016 Mohammad Shehbaz Afzal resigned as director
- of Wedg and on the same date Montrose Innovations Limited was appointed
- as a director. The same day the registered address was moved from The
- Shed Innospace Chester Street Manchester to 17 Grosvenor Gardens
- Grosvenor Gardens London and Mrs Carol Bohm-Scott (or Mr Carol
- Bohm-Scott as it appears on the certificate of incorporation or is it
- Chris AKA Mohammad Shehbaz Afzal???).
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @Andrea V. Did they take your money? Was it literally the $2.00 you
- mentioned (as a token gesture) or substantially more than that? – and
- did you get a thank you note and update in response? I would be happy to
- sell you my WEDG devices order for its original value if you are
- interested. I need a helping hand – to get my money back.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 7 months ago
- @Andrea V. I hope the WEDG comes to fruition. I have avoided posting for
- years as i don’t have a pitch fork. After 2 years hardware, software and
- people have moved on. many will have found other solutions, for me a
- WEDG would NOW just be an expensive raided Kodi box as i would not trust
- it with my Email.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @Andrea V.
- It would be easier to be supportive if Wedg would at least talk to us.
- Silence does nothing to quell the pitchsporks.
- Andrea V.
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9040474> 7 months ago
- I have to say I still support this project.
- I know by now many of you have already banned together & picked up your
- pitch forks. But i really want to see WEDG come to fruition. It’s very
- easy to knock a outfit down when they are already down. But its very
- hard to help them get back up. So i’m going to do something rather crazy
- & send them a couple extra bucks. It is not much but i think what every1
- needs right now is a helping hand. sometimes ppl are so far down they
- need help gettin back up
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen
- I guess some startup-centric office is better than the TaxAct
- Accountants location that they claimed was their “office” after they
- were kicked out of the university digs.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @Ken Taylor
- I asked for one of the pre-release units (black and blue) because I
- wanted to wash my hands of it. I actually tried to use it, and I think I
- was the first to report they hadn’t actually changed their codebase
- language.
- I got fed up with it when I noticed it was duplicating everything, and I
- had to delete my setup when a new version came out. Tried to reflash it
- with new firmware, messed it up, Lima said F-U! and I threw it in the
- recycle box here at work. No more Lima for me.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- @Ken Taylor Looks like the UBER office is just another startup base like
- Wedg had in Manchester and not a proper company hq which is a real shame.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Message sent to Carol Bohm-Scott: We have noticed your name has replaced
- Shehbaz Afzal’s as the CEO of WEDG. Does this mean the project will
- finally come into fruition and the many Indiegogo backers will finally
- get either a product or a refund. Or will you also choose to bury your
- head in the sand and choose to ignore the fact that a lot of people have
- spent their own hard earned money and have been left out of pocket?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Im moving house in January, who do I inform so they no where to send my
- new WEDG device when it’s built ? :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 7 months ago
- @Bryan Walker. So you will not be buying the Lima Ultra then… ;-) My
- lima still in its box unused. I didnt like the idea of linking to their
- server for what would be for me a local system and as you say does not
- do what it promised. the WEDG I wanted for mail server and network file
- backups and server based Libreoffice. but now can do 2 of 3 on my NAS.
- getting a refund from CC would be hard now the original company no
- longer exists. :-(
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- (3 of 2)
- In addition, so many of these “butt” devices still need some remote
- backend to work. In Lima’s case, they have a negotiation server that
- does unknown things. Makes me wonder that Wedg was going to need, and
- what the “Daplie: My Butt” device is going to require since they talk
- about name access and stuff.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- (2 of 2)
- These “personal butt” devices all seem to want to be a complete
- management system instead of simply giving you a secure portal to stash
- data remotely. Every single one of them attempts to re-invent features
- already present in most devices. I have no idea why.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- >> Sound familar?
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/daplie-the-butt-system-to-take-back-the-internet/x/8764397#/
- There was another project, called Lima (nee Plug) that promised to do
- the same thing. I invested in it as well. While the group eventually
- shipped it, it was nothing like what they promised and is just now
- (years after the “we just need last mile funding”) gaining a subset of
- the features promised during the campaign. (1 of 2)
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75 refund,
- if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not debit) and
- the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @jrogers31
- “…you gain the ability to take the form of a wolf?”
- Hmm, I’m guessing that isn’t the ending you had in mind.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- Test – complete the following “once bitten …”
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- Sound familar?
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/daplie-the-butt-system-to-take-back-the-internet/x/8764397#/
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- jrogers31 Yes I would like to know what happened to him as well!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- Interesting – so when are we going to receive the “Hello I am Carol
- Bohm-Scott” update? Good to know that the office is in London it will be
- easy to pop in and pick up the full refund or the devices I ordered,
- which ever becomes available first. I hope the update includes “a
- summary of events which lead to the departure of Mr Afzal”
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 8 months ago
- Carol, is director of Montrose, setup in August 2016, based in UBER
- offices in London, looks like they now own WEDG. Shehbaz resigned as a
- director on 08 Nov. (on companies house website). will be interesting if
- we get an update by the 22Nov which will be 2 years from the end of the
- campaign.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- @Scott,
- That is quite interesting. Shebaz did make some noise about
- reorganization as the legal trouble wrapped up, this could be related in
- some way. Evidence suggests otherwise…
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 8 months ago
- Hmmm, Shebaz has disappeared from the up there on the right, it now says
- Carol Bohm-Scott. Has he gone into hiding so we forget about him or is
- something happening… Intrigued!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- I have to say, I don’t expect to see anything at this point. :(
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- Remember when?
- Jaypaul Barrow
- 8 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- Quack.
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> 8 months ago
- Hey WEDG, give us an update and give us back our money.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75 refund,
- if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not debit) and
- the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- With only £350 in the bank, it certainly doesn’t look good, does it?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 8 months ago
- Every now and again I get really annoyed at myself for falling for this
- and not seeing through the bullshit earlier, lets face it the money has
- gone ( http://www.endole.co.uk/company/08824160/wedg-ltd ) but I still
- can’t help coming back for that glimmer of what I thought was a great idea.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 8 months ago
- You know one of the most frustrating things about this is I have been
- taking in twice by this scam, once on kickstarter and then on here. I’ve
- had a couple of responses from ‘team wedg’ when I’ve tweeted local
- Manchester news about running a follow up story. Spookily enough the
- timing of those responses is about an hour or two after I’ve tweeted so
- I can only assume they are still working/living in the Manchester area
- and are worried by the bad press.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- @1sgmgn
- That’s the way most of us feel, along with WTF, :(, Hello?, and “Say
- Something Dammit!”
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- My weekend project was to clean up the power supplies that feed the
- wireless sensors and leak detectors in my home (yeah, it’s wired…) Was
- pretty pleased with how it turned out. Designed a few of my own boards
- and did a nice layout. Hard part was finding power transformers – with
- RatShack being gone, they are hard to find unless you want to spend lots
- of cash. Still cleaning up the wiring, so don’t hate on the layout.
- http://imgur.com/a/lgkjD
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 8 months ago
- ????
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75 refund,
- if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not debit) and
- the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 8 months ago
- @Magri-Olson and 1sgmgn: I very much recommend that you do not waste
- your efforts with Indiegogo and/or Mr. Afzal. Report your concerns to
- the authorities as described multiple times, for over a year now, on
- this backer comments section.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> 8 months ago
- So when do we get our refunds we requested?
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 9 months ago
- WHEN DO I GET WHAT I PAID FOR?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- The Nextbutt box, a private remote storage unit (Butt) should be
- shipping within the next few weeks. You’ll need to provide your own
- Raspberry Pi, but it’s powerful enough you could also run Prosody for IM
- and other things on it.
- https://nextbutt.com/box/
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75 refund,
- if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not debit) and
- the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- For the rest of us, we’re pretty much SOL.
- I’d really like to see this deliver, but I really don’t need it anymore.
- Replaced everything with a couple of Raspberry Pi units.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- @Nikolai,
- Let’s assume they really did have some legal troubles that prohibited
- them from speaking freely about what was going on. I only remember this
- being implied in some communications, but nothing concrete. I DO
- however, remember them saying they were now no longer under that duress
- (“New arrangements for public announcements without being vetted”) so
- there’s no reason that Wedg & Co. can’t be more chatty with us.
- Without more information, that’s the biggest failure I see at this point.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 9 months ago
- Hi, I’m still here… are you Wedg?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 9 months ago
- My suggestion, to any bakers that is interested, is to still pursue
- legal means to have Mr. Afzal accountable to this project, investment or
- whatever you wish to call it.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 9 months ago
- At this point in time, two years and counting, logically it does not
- make sense that this project is a scam. I came to reason this since
- there is no purpose for a scammer to still provide any feedback, even
- non-sense muck, to anyone after they have received all the funds. This
- leads me to believe that it is a totally anemically managed project by a
- novice (Mr. Afzal) that attempted to create his university term project
- into a real world product. At the end, it appears to have hugely failed.
- martijn.koolhoven
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708990> 9 months ago
- the personal butt you’ve been waiting for… I now get the point….
- wtf …
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- @Philipp Stäheli, They do not check on projects, that is.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- @Philipp Stäheli – No, they do not. Once a project is funded, Indiegogo
- goes strictly hands-off, almost as if the project never existed. I’ve
- contacted them a few times about this and they state all they can do is
- message the project creator and ask that they be more forthcoming.
- There’s vague language in the TOS that says it’s the creator’s duty to
- report progress and issues, but that’s about as enforceable as telling
- the Sun to be less hot today.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 9 months ago
- I was just wondering, how does Indiegogo not check on their so called
- “office” and whether there is an alive project or not? That would be
- fairly easy to do, but nothing like that ever happened.. I know I am an
- investor and not a buyer in a store. Still I feel very let down by
- Indiegogo, it seems to not bother them at all that project founders just
- stall their projects.
- Benson Low
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5581723> 9 months ago
- I want a refund now
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- Wedg, Francisco is right – you need to start singing like a canary.
- Francisco Alvarez
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8814221> 10 months ago
- I don’t know what you are doing. This seems a never ending story, almost
- 2 YEARS of DELAY, this SUCKS! Be CLEAR and provide us with a stimated
- date of shipping!!!!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- I’d like an update with more meat than fluff.
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> 10 months ago
- Where is my order? Where is my money?
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 10 months ago
- Sep 2014
- Where is my order?
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 10 months ago
- This is the second big scam crowdfunding item out of the UK. Well done
- WEDG.
- Your updates have been nothing but pure rhetoric since the campaign
- ended. When you actually have something substantive I will take you
- seriously otherwise I’ll continue to believe you are full of it.
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> 10 months ago
- 2 – Luckily I’ve backed many successful projects on Indiegogo and
- Kickstarter and this hasn’t put me off investing in others in the
- future. But it’s not just the reputation of Wedg that has been damaged
- here, it’s the reputation of many that use crowdfunding as a source of
- investment. However you plan on delivering/returning the investment of
- the 968 backers, I would suggest, as an investor, not pursuing this
- dream any further.
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> 10 months ago
- 1 – To quote ‘we will revisit and initiate refunds to all who want one’.
- Who’s going to pay for that? I’m guessing the seed money is long gone
- and I find it difficult to believe you have found an investor to put in
- £131,537 just to refund 968 backers, where would their return be? Like
- many others on this thread, technology has moved on. I wouldn’t find
- this product relevant any more. Yes I want a refund but equally I’ve
- written this off as a ‘bad choice’.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- I too have replicated pretty much everything with other services. I’ve
- set up my own chat server and file-share server, so I don’t know how
- much of a gap this product would fill for me at this point. I’d like to
- see Wedg provide us with some timeline guidance and some detail on how
- the various services provided by this device will work.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 10 months ago
- A few more months and it will be the 2nd anniversary of nothing.
- Technology has caught up to WEDG and even have surpassed it. I bought an
- off the shelf solution for about the same price of the fake dream that
- is called WEDG.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 10 months ago
- I was confused with the recent comments but I now understand and
- appreciate the passive aggressive jokes. Sadly for Mr. Afzal he has his
- face plastered all over the web and can not hide forever.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- @Gordon,
- I don’t know if I’d call CrowdFUNding™ a project such as this a
- nightmare, but it certainly would be the end of the long night if Wedg
- ever did ship to backers.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 10 months ago
- Wow! I cannot believe it. I just received my Wedg in the post. Oh… then
- I woke up. All a nightmare… sorry.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- 15 days of silence on the wall, 15 days of silence, if one of the
- updates should happen to fall, 16 days of silence on the wall!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Tired of companies ignoring you on Twitter? Check out Gnu Social, the
- open source, federated social network that doesn’t ask for your driver’s
- license!
- http://skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_GNU_social_Instances
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Seeing as how 1N34A diodes seem to be getting rare these days, I ordered
- a bunch of Soviet-era D9D diodes from eBay. Even if 1/3 of them are
- defective, that still leaves me with enough for a lifetime of projects.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Everyone should check out Gnu Social. You can run it yourself (
- http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/revisiting-open-source-social-networking-installing-gnu-social—cms-22456
- ) or join one of the many instances. quitter.is and quitter.no are two
- well know hosts.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- So, the local Micro Center was closing out the Papyrus e-ink HATs for
- the Raspberry Pi. I bought one for $25, found out it had all three sizes
- of screen in it, and decided to go back and buy the other two they had
- left. While it cost me $75, it’s something I have in my hand right now.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- Today I although it’s been very warm, I decided to cut the grass and as
- I had my motivational head on, with a stanley knife I edged the front
- lawn. I would have used the lawn edger I bought from Tesco last year but
- after a bout a minute of edging, the head fell of it. Boy did I laugh, I
- invested that money in it so long ago that when I finally got to use it,
- it didn’t work. Good job it was only £5 and not £300 aye!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- oh and at least I got a minutes use out of it I suppose.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- You’re all welcome, lololololol
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- SO, I recently picked up some of those tiny OLED screens, the blue and
- yellow ones you used to see on things like Sandisk MP3 players. It’s
- amazing how small they are, but of a high enough resolution to actually
- have rudimentary graphics displayed on them. I plan on using a few of
- them to display vital stats from my Pi stack. Who knows where the rest
- will end up?
- That’s my update for today, how about one from you WEDG?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- I hate to say it – I don’t think this was a scam at the start, but I
- don’t have any confidence the project will come to completion at this point.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Seems like the only time anyone “working” on this project spoke recently
- in the comments was Jaypaul “Duck me” Barrow, and only after I started
- writing daily updates. Perhaps I should keep doing that.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- The personal scam you’ve been waiting for!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- tbh I’ve forgotten how I paid for it…
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- I just wanted to remind everyone, that if you are in the UK and you paid
- any portion your funding with a credit card (not debit or charge,) you
- could be eligible for a refund under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- @John Raffin,
- I think it’s more “We’re getting a wedgie.”
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> 11 months ago
- WEDG: the personal butt you’ve been waiting (forever) for
- Does that mean us dudded backers can be called “Wedgies”???
- Thomas Grundberg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5396919> 11 months ago
- WEDG: the personal butt we still are waiting for.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- If the number of stragglers in another tech project I backed is any
- indication, there are a lot of people who have written this off, or have
- simply forgotten about it. In light of the lack of updates, I’d say the
- latter is the case.
- Remember when?
- Jaypaul Barrow 4 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- Quack.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 12 months ago
- Have 968 backers really just forgotten about this? I find that a little
- strange to be honest, I would like a refund!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 12 months ago
- @shehbaz_afzal – Still waiting or have you really just done a bunk with
- the WEDG indigogo fund ???
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 12 months ago
- MCR seems to be registered to a private house in Manchester:
- http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/company/07635344/MCR-ENTERPRISES-LTD
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> 12 months ago
- Very sad to realise I’ve lost a lot of hard earned money :(
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- Ah ok – the reason the signature matches is because he signed as the
- CURRENT director of MCR. So perhaps (!?) there was indeed another
- Mohammed Afzal born in the same year at the same company (relative?)
- At v least, Shehbaz Afzal appears to be linked to min 3x companies
- MCR:
- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07635344/filing-history
- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07635344/officers
- iLoup
- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08278329/filing-history
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 2/2
- It wasn’t clear if it was the same person though. The dates of birth are
- different, though same year.
- However – there are scans of the signature for both MCR and iloup (and
- we already linked Wedg to iloup) – the signatures are exactly the same
- (and both begin with an S)
- So not only do we have him switching names around, but using different
- DOBs – and ultimately being treated as 2x different people by companies
- house. Sounding more and more like fraud to me.
- I’ll do another post with links
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 1/2
- Whoa! Not looking good guys… (read my previous 2x posts first)
- So I did a new search under the alter-ego Mohammed Afzal. Many hits came
- up, but another Mohammed Afzal in Manchester born in 1979 was linked to
- a company called MCR ENTERPRISES (07635344)
- So, I had a look, and it had a director named Mohammed Afzal up until
- 2011 when it was terminated…
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 2/2
- Wedg was incorporated in 2013. He registered himself as director under
- Shehbaz Afzal – this was already after he changed his name on the other
- company (and was whilst that company still existed)
- Then, in 2014 he again changed is name to Mohammed Shehbaz Afzal.
- If nothing else, he seems to be suffering from a but of an identity crisis!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 1/2
- I tried doing some more digging. Nothing all that useful, but a couple
- of bits I found…
- Shehbaz had another company called iloup Ltd. Formed in 2012, then had a
- Compulsory Strike Off in 2014. Doesn’t state the reason, but probably
- due to no accounts being filed.
- There was one interesting bit though…
- In November 2012, he changed his name with companies house from Shehbaz
- Afzal to Mohammed Shehbaz Afzal. Nothing all that odd there, until you
- go back to Wedg…
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- I honestly don’t think there is anyone left to answer…
- Craig Temporini
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8966008> 12 months ago
- Awaiting a refund.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 12 months ago
- F.A.O. Mr S Afzal – it is now 2 months since your last update. From the
- comments below – the terms of service oblige you to find a satisfactory
- resolution with backers in light of your failure to provide the perks
- promised to the backers. A satisfactory solution for me would be a full
- refund of my contributions, as I requested many months ago. I presume
- other backers may require a similar resolution. Please issue an urgent
- update and plan on how you intend to meet your obligation to the backers.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 12 months ago
- Interesting post found here:
- http://kickscammed.com/project/wedg/#.V3abglJ1ZVk
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> 12 months ago
- No response to my email to info@wedg.co very disappointing. I should
- have just bought a Synology NAS, would have cost less that what I
- pledged – Stupid me!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- And again, in the TOS:
- Campaign Owners are legally bound to perform on any promise and/or
- commitment to Contributors (including delivering any Perks). If a
- Campaign Owner is unable to perform on any promise and/or commitment to
- Contributors, the Campaign Owner will work with the Contributors to
- reach a mutually satisfactory resolution, which may include the issuance
- of a refund of Contributions by the Campaign Owner.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- @jrogers31,
- The TOS mentions:
- Campaign Owners will respond promptly and truthfully to all questions
- posed to them by Indiegogo or any Contributor. If any Campaign Owner is
- unable to fulfill any of its commitments to Contributors (including
- delivering any Perks), the Campaign Owner will work with the
- Contributors to reach a mutually satisfactory resolution, which may
- include refunding their Contributions.
- …
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 12 months ago
- @dbrissenden It is good to know that you have been looking at potential
- legal options open to individual backers or all the backers as a whole
- group. However, if in light of the large some of money involved should
- there be any evidence available, which would lead to allegegations of
- wrong doing, then the matter should and could be dealt with by the UK
- authorities. It would be helpfu,l if out of the 968 backers, there were
- a few with legal backgrounds who can point us in the right direction.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @dbrissenden,
- My correspondence with agencies, while promising at first, has gone
- nowhere. I’ve basically tried to contact every party involved with this
- project – everyone from the original school location to the sites that
- reviewed the product (as listed on the “Story” section.) Other than some
- initial “Hmm…” I have nothing. I even went as far as sending WEDG a WTF
- on the original kickstarter page.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker
- I’ve not forgotten but rather have been looking at the legal aspects
- about going after Shehbaz in the courts.
- Unfortunately unless everyone gets together, it is rather a case of
- individuals which will have to bring claims. If targeted personally at
- the creator and legally responsible person, I’m sure this would have the
- desired effect.
- Knowing the contents of your correspondence with agencies is useful as
- others can collectively target without individual agendas becoming the norm.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31,
- I’m guessing a lot of people have forgotten about this project. It’s a
- year past the funds collection point, and the updates have been so few
- that it would be easy for them to get lost in a stack of emails.
- Looking back at posts, there seems to be only a handful of people
- posting on a regular basis. As much as I hate to say it, this project is
- probably dead.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Glen – I agree with you – but unless >90% of the 968 backers decide to
- start sending emails to the appropriate agencies, details of which were
- given in the comments section many moons ago, very little is going to
- happen. Indiegogo did nothing when this matter was highlighted over 18
- months ago. Unfortunately, this is a situation which will only be
- progressed when ‘the many’ act and not just ‘the few’. I applaud the
- efforts of ‘the few’ and I am grateful to them.
- Glen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/635969> 1 year ago
- IndieGoGo have a duty of care to report fraud to the UK Police when they
- have reasonable suspicion that it has occurred. If they don’t take
- reasonable action, then they open themselves to being sued for breach of
- duty of care.
- Even dating websites have been sued for allowing rapists to use their
- sites. IndieGoGo’s policy is not to vet creators. That is the cause of
- the problem here.
- It’s a lot of money. It had to go somewhere. We have a right to know where.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- I once thought that WEDG updates, when they appear, were written by
- means of a gobbledygook generator but having followed a recently
- televised parliamentary investigation it occurred to me that they may
- have been written with the help of a mythomaniac. Furthermore, I wonder
- whether the initial project may have been devised or helped by the same
- person who provides the updates.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- (2/2)
- If you have other information, like some of the other releases where
- they posted (and revoked) a PDF, a more complete timeline, or
- email/communication you’ve personally had, they may appreciate that as well.
- I’m not going to post email addresses in this forum b/c this is an easy
- target for scrapers, and I don’t wish to anger the people who may help.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- (1/2)
- @Nikolai,
- The best response so far has been from Technutty – I don’t have the
- exact link but you can find the article easily enough, and the author’s
- name and contact details are easy to locate in the story.
- I sent the author copies of the original letter from April 2015, as well
- as copies of some of the email conversations I’ve had with Indiegogo. I
- also pointed him to this forum, as well as FB, Twitter, and WEDG’s web page.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker: Could you provide their contacts? Website? This way I can
- assist on writing to them as well. Mr. Afzal/WEDG is not getting out of
- this without repercussions..
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- All: There is large list of sites in the “Story” section that reviewed
- WEDG in some way. A good number of them are still online. I suggest you
- contact each one of them in turn. I’ve started to do this and received
- some promising results.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- 4 updates (and a “pls don’t call our folks”) message in the last 6
- months…c’mon! Throw us a bone!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31,
- I still get a few lines of the article and a “Want the full article and
- instant website access?” message with a subscribe ad.
- If there’s no “contact this authority to do the same for your shady
- kickstarter” in the story, it doesn’t really matter if I can’t see the
- rest of it.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – no the link worked for me just now – its is an article
- written by James Hurley, Enterprise Editor, June 7 2016, 12:01am, The Times.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- Remember when?
- Jaypaul Barrow
- 3 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- Quack.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31 – were there any links or contact information in the article?
- The full article is locked out unless you are a subscriber.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Glen – I understand your view and that is one possible avenue. However,
- it is clear from the article in TheTimes that the appropriate UK
- authorities will undertake a criminal prosecution, when their
- investigation uncovers evidence of fraud. Unfortunately, the UK
- authorities will only look into allegations of fraud if they receive
- complaints. A complaint from one or two backers out of 968 may be
- insufficient to initiate an investigation. We need all backers to make
- complaints via all avenues.
- Glen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/635969> 1 year ago
- The creator is a fraud. He never intended to create the product. He
- should be criminally prosecuted for fraud and go to jail. It’s not a
- failure to deliver by the creator as Indiegogo claim. It is a failure of
- Indiegogo to vet real creators from frauds. We should take a class
- action against the creator and or Indiegogo.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- I wonder whether backers of WEDG will read an article like this about
- WEDG in the future. It appears that on occasions scampaign owners on
- crowdfunding sites are successfully prosecuted in the UK “The boss of a
- vodka business defrauded crowdfunding investors out of thousands of
- pounds in a case that raises fresh questions about standards of due
- diligence in the industry.”
- http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fraudster-abused-crowdfund-investors-38p02zptn
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- I’ve sent notes off to TechCrunch, MMU (again,) WEDG (again,) and
- Indiegogo (again.)
- Only was the canned “We’re sorry, but sometimes projects don’t
- deliver as promised” BS from IGG. Interestingly, however, IGG states
- that “While we can’t force them to post an update, if they continue to
- remain unresponsive, you can use our Terms of Use to take legal action
- against the campaigner.”
- Yah, right. Imma gon go laugh some more, brb.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Scott McQueen -a good effort on your part. If more backers bring the
- matter to the attention of the media it may help progress matters. As
- for WEDG’s saying the “project is still alive” – it must be in the
- sense of medical acronyms such as FUBAR BUNDY. I am surprised the update
- is late they can use
- http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/gobbledygook-generator.html – One click
- got “We need a more contemporary reimagining of our facilitating
- organisational resources.” very WEDG like don’t you think!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- I actually sent out quite a few all with @shehbaz_afzal in the title
- along with the twitter address of the mag/website that did a initial
- review of WEDG. Shortly after this I received an email from wedg
- apologising for their late to my last email and informing me that
- the project is still alive and they will be sending were going to write
- and an update on Tuesday and would be releasing it this week. Well it’s
- now Friday and still no update, yet!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Scott McQueen – good news if TechCrunch are going to do a follow up
- story – they will find rich pickings in the comment section if they
- choose to look. The last update appears to suggest that emails to MMU
- are making Mr Afzal a little uncomfortable and more emails may make him
- feel even more uncomfortable to the point when he comes clean and tells
- the backers the truth about what is going on and backs it up with hard
- independently verifiable evidence. More emails to MMU please backers.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- Just because @shehbaz_afzal has made his twitter account private doesn’t
- mean you cannot include it in tweets along with a few news articles,
- colleges uni’s etc. I don’t know about you guys but we need answers or
- refunds!
- See 1 more ...
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-cloud-you-ve-been-waiting-for>
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- In fact I will post everyone I do here as well starting with: @ManMetUni
- how about doing a follow up story @shehbaz_afzal and Wedg Questions
- about where has all the crowdfunding cash gone need answers?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- @TechCrunch how about doing a follow up story @shehbaz_afzal and Wedg
- Questions about where has all the crowdfunding cash gone need answers?
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> 1 year ago
- On the 4th of may I wrote an email to the address published in the
- update asking for some clarifications and…. surprise!
- No answer.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- Come on Wedg… you’re having a laugh now, and at our expense might I add.
- No information, no sign of Shehbaz. WTF is happening with this project
- and more so our investment. If the only way we can get a rise out of you
- is to contact the office space vendors then that seems the way to go.
- We just want information as it just seems these updates are just to
- string us along to make it more difficult to claim back our investment
- or maybe you’re hoping we get bored and just forget about it ?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 1 year ago
- The problem with all of this is whether the new partners/investors will
- actually honour the past backers. I for one have utterly lost faith in
- the project and don’t expect to see a product delivered nor my £300 ever
- again.
- I shall be putting this down to experience and shall probably never use
- Indiegogo again.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> 1 year ago
- Thanks for the update.
- We all look forward to getting some detailed updates once everything is
- signed and finalized with the new investor and mentors.
- We need to actually SEE that the project is moving forward again. That
- will hopefully alleviate some of this wasted time and energy being spend
- by some backers in trying to get a refund from a crowdfunding campaign.
- Everyone spent hard earned money to support Wedg, but they should have
- done so knowing the risks involved in these ventures.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 1 year ago
- Given your new partnership, I think it’s time to restore some
- credibility with your backers and provide more details (like the name!)
- of this elusive ‘3rd party’ company which is being blamed (along with
- the developer) for the project being in the current position.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 1 year ago
- If anyone wants to try to get their money back they could try the small
- claims court???
- Interesting wording under the Indiegogo T&Cs:
- https://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms
- under the arbitration section.
- Article here about small claims court:
- http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/why-this-jilted-kickstarter-backer-decided-to-sue-why-he-was-right/
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- Nikolai Tesla - apologies for some reason the naff Indiegogo website
- shows 'the at sign' on my computer when I type '’ but not when you read
- the comments VC-PA@mmu.ac.uk (now its working!)
- I guess it is screened by his PA but please check on his link here
- http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/about/governance/vice-chancellor/
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- jrogers31: Is MMU Professor Press EMail address VC-Pmmu.ac.uk correct?
- Thank you in advance.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- Nikolai Tesla and @ALL Vice chancellor of MMU Professor Malcolm Press:
- VC-PAmmu.ac.uk
- Louise Kenworthy-Taylor is an Incubation Services Manager at Innospace:
- innospace@mmu.ac.uk
- Manchester evening news: helen.johnson@menmedia.co.uk
- BBC watchdog: watchdog@bbc.co.uk Use “watchdog army” in title of email
- to BBC Watchdog
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31: I do agree, we need all backers to Email these institutions
- in order to set pressure to Mr. Afzal/WEDG. Please provide, again, the
- Email addresses of each institution that we all need to write in order
- to submit our complaints/concerns/disappointments about Mr. Afzal/WEDG.
- Thank you.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – nice research – presumably because on kickstarter WEDG
- failed to reach its funding target of £90,000.00. Solution? – go to
- Indiegogo with a lower funding target (£71,000.00) and then get MMU and
- MEN to publicise the “achievment” of reaching the target to draw in even
- more backers by associating the project with a university. MMU and MEN
- were effectively acting as “shills” to attract more funding from
- backers. They have to be in the frame. The truth will out eventually.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Marc Solondz and @ALL – yes it may go the way of Zano but Mr Afzal’s
- reputation and location is intimately tied to MMU who are in part
- responsible http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/ – this gave
- confidence to all backers. If any backer has the time to write a comment
- here about their concens then they have the time to email – the VC of
- MMU, – BBC watchdog, the Manchester Evening News, etc. 968 individual
- complaints have a chance of getting the matter properly investigated.
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 1 year ago
- This is the same cock and bull story we were told about the previous
- backers. All I see is zero progress and empty promises. This is just
- like the Zano debacle that occurred on Kickstarter.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – exactly – if only @ALL would each email their concerns
- to the VC of MMU – about Mr Afzal that would help Team WEDG get real.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31: That is a great website. It is not too far off from what
- WEDG updates are like.
- @ALL: I do agree with the recent comments. Most if not all of the WEDG
- updates are providing us with no tangible facts. WEDG needs to provide
- specifics (i.e. names, dates, schedules, quantities, designs, pictures,
- videos, budgets, etc.). Until then it is all just fluff. What intrigues
- me is why does WEDG post at all? Are they trying to reach a statute of
- limitations with UK and/or Indiegogo law?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- When I look at this and other updates it occurred to me that they may
- have been written with the help of this robot
- http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/gobbledygook-generator.html – the
- similarities are quite striking.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 1 year ago
- Whilst I value the update, it really told us nothing.
- Who are the new backers? I trust they are maintaining all the perks
- everyone signed up to?
- Importantly, what is the new timescale? Given the amount of time lapse,
- are there any impacts on hardware?
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> 1 year ago
- Thank you for the brief update today!
- This is the type of information this group of supporters needs on a
- regular basis. Short and to the point on what’s been going on. 5 minutes
- out of your busy schedules each week just to let us know the project is
- creeping forward.
- Looking forward to hearing everything is signed off and development work
- is beginning anew.
- Jeremy Lai
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8879281> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – looks like it’s going to be a tough one… if you do make
- any grounds with them… you have a supporter here.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – I note the part in their where they say “we don’t
- intestinally observe radio silence…” did you cut and paste their
- or was it a typo on your part? If the former then intestinal seams
- appropriate when the is taken in the round – their is a
- product of the intestines.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – yes – no is what I received when I brought it to
- their attention. If one wants to stimulate the interest of journalists
- or a TV consumer program such as BBC watchdog – then many hundreds of
- emails from disgruntled consumers need to be received – as said before
- emails from 968 backers would fill an inbox and may stimulate interest.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- Is there anyone local to Manchester, UK that could pay a visit to Mr.
- Afzal in order to provide a face to face update? At the worst a private
- investigator could provide more information about his whereabouts in
- regards to WEDG.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – and don’t forget this one either
- http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382
- Isn’t it amazing how poor journalism is in the UK and in Manchester in
- particular as the newspaper have not done a follow up story! It would
- make a good headline when one considers that ‘Wedge" is slang for
- “cash”. Manchester Evening News investigates: “What happend to your
- WEDG?” or "Afzal’s WEDG" Works on lots of levels. ?Try to bring to their
- attention?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @bryan walker – if you go back far enough you will find a copy of their
- response to my enquiries – it definitely touched a nerve. I also copied
- my email enquiries to the VC of MMU. The problem is that batting away
- one or two disappointed backers sending an email is not a problem but
- its harder when there are in the region of 968 to fend off. I mean this
- http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/ gave confidence to all
- backers. I printed a copy so if they take it down they are still in the
- frame.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- If Mr Afzal still has any “currency” and by that I mean a reputation
- worth maintaining (not our cash – he certainly has all of that!) it will
- be how he is viewed at his Alma Mater, which helped promote and give
- authority to his campaign. Backers may wish to express their feelings on
- the matter to the vice-chancellor of MMU as they may be able to bring
- some pressure to bear as their reputation is tarnished by association.
- There are 968 backers – more than enough to fill an Inbox!
- Jason Myatt
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1967690> 1 year ago
- I’d like to agree with @Bryan… Please WEDG; just talk to us ! Simple :)
- Jeremy Lai
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8879281> 1 year ago
- @bryan any luck with getting the money back?
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 year ago
- Hi, Bryan,
- I’ve uploaded the file to:
- https://www.docdroid.net/Fp4dgYo/statement-12-04-15.pdf.html
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 year ago
- I don’t support you and don’t send you encouraging words. I don’t want
- the product (like this will ever exist). I want my money
- back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I don’t know why you need “some investors”. We all give you money for
- this proyect and “theorically”, was enough.
- Give me my money. You’re helding me against my will in this “thing”. Cut
- me loose. Give me my money.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> 1 year ago
- well, well… strange update has not been posted april 1st.
- why not try to build, first, confidence in your creditors?
- Lex Drury
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3907235> 1 year ago
- The weekend and start of the week have past and moving into the
- following weekend. Where is that update you mentioned?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 1 year ago
- “Please accept our sincerest apologies for the radio silence…”
- We shall not accept your apology, as it is to be expected, the norm, how
- things are with all things Wedg like. It is mostly silence…… then a bit
- of white noise……. then some fluff…… and……. phzzzt……. silence! Carry on.
- Now where do I buy my DJ216? Or maybe the DJ215? Or a TS-212P? Any ideas?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- Wish I could add a picture to this site!
- http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/Gordon_Keys/media/wedg%20pic_zpszjjry1vu.jpg.html
- :D
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- Ooh, ooh, there’s an update? Oh no, wait. It was an update to tell us
- there will be an update about an update. Cool. Glad to hear it. I love a
- Wedgy update!
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- @Brian Walker
- Please try again ;)
- Funs
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707331> over 1 year ago
- Just a thought. As many of us have been disappointed in many campaigns
- on IGG an KS as well, I would fund a campaign that tracks these kind of
- crooks. Anybody else? At least funding a campaign that tracks these guys
- is more satisfying than reading these updates…
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- I almost forgot this campaign but was awaken by that silly update. The
- update is no update.
- Anyway, the 6 months you asked for is over. Keep this campaign as lesson
- learnt for your next success but please return money to us.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- Probably someone has been abducted by aliens wanting to steal their NAS
- technology?
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Seriously? Did you just post an update telling us that the update will
- be coming shortly? What a joke… How about you just refund us all…
- Absolutely pathetic, how can anybody trust you to deliver the product
- you promised, which is now extremely outdated.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 1 year ago
- The suspense is killing me! I can’t wait for the new dramatic news!
- Maybe we’ll get an update in the next six months.
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> over 1 year ago
- Wow, I’ve had many Indiegogo / Kickstarter updates before but none as
- unintentionally hilarious as this one! Very Monty Python.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- @Brian Walker
- http://pastebin.com/rQWAZq7c as requested.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- I have been in contact with Manchester trading standards and they have
- indicated that there is a case of breach of contract and that it is
- possible to pursue for the item or damages. Quite a long detailed
- response from them.
- You can lodge a complaint here via CAB:
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Hi, @Rich Willars,
- I’ve bought a QNAP NAS (TS453 PRO) that works great. Even lets me
- install a program called ownButt that works exactly like Dropbox (has an
- app that can be installed on Windows, iOS, MacOS and Android). It also
- came with a LOT of software bundled and at no cost. It even can work as
- an iTunes server.
- Has 4 HDD bays, but there’s other model (TS253 PRO) that came with 2
- bays and it’s cheaper. It also can create RAID 0 and 1.
- The initial start up is really simple.
- Hope it helps.
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 1 year ago
- Seeing as it looks like this isn’t going to happen, has anyone had any
- thoughts about alternative off the shelf products, or already invested
- in one?
- Danilo Montesi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2102128> over 1 year ago
- I agree
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Hi everyone,
- It’s terrible to say, but I really think that there will be no more
- updates. Of course, “hasta la vista, money”. I’m convinced that this was
- a scam from the beginning. And no one will convince me otherwise. Team
- WEDG alone is giving me all the arguments so I can say this (almost a
- year has gone from the delivery date).
- For me was a very bad experience. This money (315 pounds) is a lot in my
- country.
- Never again will contribute in IndieGoGo and will sure to spread.
- Good luck to all.
- Joerg Erdmann
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4151450> over 1 year ago
- just let me know if t’s worth spending my time on waitin’!!!
- Jaypaul Barrow
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4145374> over 1 year ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- So what’s happened to the promised ongoing updates???
- Come on guys tell us what’s happening! :(
- snaug9
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3216651> over 1 year ago
- any news?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 1 year ago
- For all those UK based, I believe we can take this to the ‘Small Claims’
- court in order to get a refund, I’ve been patient but I think Mr Afzal
- has cut and run… with our cash!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @dbrissenden 1 to 5 all good points. One avenue which should also be
- considered is for all dissatisfied backers to individually bring the
- matter to the attention of vice chancellor of MMU – the university who
- took pride lauding Mr Afzal’s success in raising funds for WEDG and who
- provided his company with the office space. Mr Afzal’s behaviour should
- once again be brought to the attention of the university for at the very
- least “behaviour unbecoming of a post-graduate student of MMU”
- daves
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8713835> over 1 year ago
- Come on guys, give us an update! You are pushing even the most patient
- of backers to frustration.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 5/5
- It is a regrettable situation to be in and I know I’m not along in being
- put off backing future projects here or anywhere else and this kind of
- behaviour is ultimately damaging to crowd funding
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 4/5
- In order to try and recover finds, it might be more useful for people to
- try Group Litigation from someone such as
- http://www.edwincoe.com/collapse-of-crowdfunder-torquing-group-draws-backers-to-class-action-specialist-lawyers-edwin-coe/
- It appears they have experience in this field with this kind of thing
- and they are based in the UK. Further information can be found here:
- http://www.edwincoe.com/our-expertise/group-action-litigation/
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 3/5
- Whilst I agree it is the right thing to alert trading standards and the
- Serious Fraud Office, I doubt whether this will get any funds back the
- backers. It might however prevent Wedg or any of its employees, the only
- one appears to be Shebaz anyway, cropping up again and trying this with
- other unsuspecting people.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 2/5
- I was willing to wait and continue backing the project but being
- cynical, I’m now even starting to wonder whether there was even a
- situation in the first place; did any of litigation with an unknown
- technology provider exist or has the fact that Wedg has disappeared off
- the face of the earth actually an indication of an elaborate scam?
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 1/4
- The lack of updates is clearly worrying people and rightly so. There is
- nowhere I know of in Manchester where you cannot get on the internet and
- it only takes 5 minutes to send backers an email saying whats going on,
- so I’m even starting to lose sympathy on this one.
- snaug9
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3216651> over 1 year ago
- Any News?
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- What I can say:
- Website is down since forever;
- I tried to contact him here and in twitter
- (https://twitter.com/shehbaz_afzal) which has since the gone “private”,
- no .
- No apologies, no information apart some scarce and vague info sometimes
- here.
- Mr. Shehbaz Afzal, a real scumbag…. with no excuse.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- 2/2 and in the local newspaper
- http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382
- This gave the project authority and the backers confidence. I cannot
- understand what circumstances could exist to prevent Mr Afzal from
- giving backers regular and honest updates unless the intent of the
- fundraising was for a different purpose.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- 1/2 Recent comments from backers are appropriate -the need for regular
- updates and -the risks associated with such projects. My concern is that
- this start up was heavily promoted and lauded by Mr Afzal’s Alma Mater
- http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/
- Michel Castan
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8203603> over 1 year ago
- I propose instead to send regularly on any new project on Indiegogo the
- following comment (possibly add other projects on the list):
- Warning !!
- Before financing a project on Indiegogo, remember that it may be wasted
- as seems to be the case for the following projects that no longer gives
- signs of life (at least so far):
- . https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/3d-pocketcopter-the-flying-camera
- .
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @James Taylor: I understand the hardships that new business and “new”
- concepts bring. I did warn them about these perils and even suggested
- them, early on, to study a documentary on how 3-D printer start ups
- faced similar issues. The conflict here is the lack of transparency and
- more frequent detailed communication with the backers. Reaching out
- honestly and regularly to the backers does not cost $$$, it just costs
- time and dedication to those who backed MR. SHEHBAZ AFZAL’s idea.
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> over 1 year ago
- I am not ready to throw in the towel on this just yet. I have run a
- company before and I understand the challenges that brings – creating
- something new is unbelievably difficult. The story of the OS developer
- is crazy enough that I believe it is true. Please remember: you did not
- buy anything. You donated to a project and – if and when the project
- succeeds – you will be “given” a perk. The language is very clear on
- this. Any of these crowdfunded projects are inherently risky.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- WEDG = SCAM = INDIEGOGO
- Anthony Reid
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8691990> over 1 year ago
- well im asuming by now this was a scam as iv not herd anything back
- think its time to start looking into the legal avenue on this.. has
- anyone els herd anything from them…?
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- 1 month left
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> over 1 year ago
- I want my money back, anyone else? Can’t figure out if this was a scam
- from the start or just ended that way. Seriously this is ridiculous,
- last indiegogo “funding” for me. We better get a soon or some
- answers at least, people should have their credit card details when they
- want to start a project; that way they don’t just run away
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> over 1 year ago
- It’s probably about time for an update now…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker, sattler, Patrik Jones, Carlos Garcia Conde: My
- recommendation to you all is to report WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL, to the
- already stated authorities, if you have not done so at this moment. The
- alternative is the begging for a proper response from WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL in a vicious cycle of nonsense. The technology has been eclipsed
- by multiple competitors in 2015 and the only option is find proper
- answers in this matter by the local authorities.
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> over 1 year ago
- This is seriously bothering me now. I can understand the problems you
- have faced, but I would at least expect you to inform us on the
- progress, as little as that may be.
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG…please can you give us an update?
- Thank you.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund
- This scam was my last time at Indiegogo
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> over 1 year ago
- I just got an answer from Team Wedg to my email. They apparently wrote
- an update but it does not appear on the page. They are checking with IGG
- to fix this issue
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 1 year ago
- #Team Wedg: 7 month ago, you answered to my question about coding anew
- like this:“@Pierre Lang[..]. Ditching his work and starting again isn’t
- possible yet as we’d have to prove a number of factors regarding the
- authenticity of the ’new’code – that in actual fact would be a legal
- procedure within itself. ^Chris”
- So what makes recoding possible now, considering you don’t even have
- legal support anymore?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Hello Bryan Walker,
- Many of us already have gone that route with Indiegogo and at least they
- provided you with a more elaborate response with the same statement
- (Indiegogo does not care). I still much suggest that you report it to
- the UK authorities as outlined on my previous posts. This is one of the
- few options that we all have in order to bring this issue to an end,
- justice will prevail against WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL if wrong doing is found.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I’m not a fool, I reported the scam to Police yesterday
- No more games, I want my money back
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> over 1 year ago
- I want my money back, anyone else? Can’t figure out if this was a scam
- from the start or just ended that way. Seriously this is ridiculous,
- last indiegogo “funding” for me. We better get a soon or some
- answers at least, people should have their credit card details when they
- want to start a project; that way they don’t just run away
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> over 1 year ago
- It’s probably about time for an update now…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker, sattler, Patrik Jones, Carlos Garcia Conde: My
- recommendation to you all is to report WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL, to the
- already stated authorities, if you have not done so at this moment. The
- alternative is the begging for a proper response from WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL in a vicious cycle of nonsense. The technology has been eclipsed
- by multiple competitors in 2015 and the only option is find proper
- answers in this matter by the local authorities.
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> over 1 year ago
- This is seriously bothering me now. I can understand the problems you
- have faced, but I would at least expect you to inform us on the
- progress, as little as that may be.
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG…please can you give us an update?
- Thank you.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund
- This scam was my last time at Indiegogo
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> over 1 year ago
- I just got an answer from Team Wedg to my email. They apparently wrote
- an update but it does not appear on the page. They are checking with IGG
- to fix this issue
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 1 year ago
- #Team Wedg: 7 month ago, you answered to my question about coding anew
- like this:“@Pierre Lang[..]. Ditching his work and starting again isn’t
- possible yet as we’d have to prove a number of factors regarding the
- authenticity of the ’new’code – that in actual fact would be a legal
- procedure within itself. ^Chris”
- So what makes recoding possible now, considering you don’t even have
- legal support anymore?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Hello Bryan Walker,
- Many of us already have gone that route with Indiegogo and at least they
- provided you with a more elaborate response with the same statement
- (Indiegogo does not care). I still much suggest that you report it to
- the UK authorities as outlined on my previous posts. This is one of the
- few options that we all have in order to bring this issue to an end,
- justice will prevail against WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL if wrong doing is found.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I’m not a fool, I reported the scam to Police yesterday
- No more games, I want my money back
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker, niki.baev, Gordon Keys, t.munari, spencer robinson and
- any other backer that is upset with the state of affairs with WEDG LTD.
- Being a UK citizen or resident is NOT required in order to report this
- issue to UK authorities. You are all welcome to do so. I have already
- outlined (multiple times) the methods you all can use to bring a legal
- investigation against WEDG LTD and MR. SHEHBAZ AFZAL. Please use them,
- it is the few tools that you have.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> over 1 year ago
- Merry Christmas Shehbaz Afzal. I hope you get what you want, because
- none of you backers look to be getting anything.!
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- As stated 6 full months to deliver the promise, there are 2 months left.
- I don’t mind to count down that for u.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- Please,
- anyone in Uk that could try to understand what our Entrepreneur is doing?
- I tried do contact him through twitter but (surprise) he has not replied.
- I believe the only possibility we have is, someone in UK, filing a
- request for a fraud prosecution.
- nnik
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709296> over 1 year ago
- Hi. I want my money back. I want a full refund. Thanks!
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- 1 month ago! Lol
- “Dear backers
- It gives us great joy to (finally) announce some very exciting news!!
- Some months back we were approached by a small group of sympathising
- programmers looking to further understand the difficulties our project
- was experiencing and we’ve kept in touch since. At the time they we’re
- planning to launch a crowdfunded project of their own…"
- Why would other start-ups want to get involved in this atrocity? Another
- month of radio silence. Why treat us like this?
- nnik
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709296> over 1 year ago
- Hi. I want my money back. I want a full refund. Thanks!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- @Carlos, I’ll also point out that whether we like it or not, this is
- essentially venture capitalism in action and as such you have no
- standing to report anything to the police. Kickstarter and Indiegogo
- make no guarantees. You would need to prove actual malfeasance in court.
- It is certainly frustrating what has happened, I agree. Updates could be
- far more forthcoming and regular and should be. Even if there wasn’t
- much if anything new to report.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 3 of 3
- The more complaints submitted the more pressure will be introduced to
- resolve this issue.
- Company information:
- WEDG LTD (NEW)
- C/O Taxassist Accountants
- 23 Flixton Road
- Urmston
- Manchester
- M41 5AW
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Write to the Manchester Evening News (newsdesk@men-news.co.uk) who wrote
- about WEDG on 9 Oct 2014
- (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382),
- Express your concerns about WEDG.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 2 of 3
- @WEDG FUNDERS (that is you Carlos): You have the right to report this
- situation to the corresponding authorities in the UK so they can
- investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- You can also submit a complaint to the Manchester Trading Standards at:
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 1 of 3
- Hello Carlos,
- There is no need to contact the police but instead do the following
- which is more effective on getting a solution to this situation with
- WEDG / MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL. I have posted the following multiple times but
- it is imperative that you do this if you require a solution this problem:
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- SCAM, I WANT MY MONEY BACK NOW OR I’LL GO DIRECTLY TO POLICE
- NO MORE TIME
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> over 1 year ago
- we want money no words
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- A letter on headed paper from WEDG’s insurance company stating that it
- supported WEDG’s legal team in their dispute with a third party and
- providing a letter from the lawyers stating that they were representing
- WEDG in their dispute would have been sufficient evidence that the
- updates from WEDG were truthful. These were never forthcoming casting
- doubt on the veracity of the updates which contain many other
- inconsistencies. WEDG’s updates contain no verifiable facts which is a
- major problem
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Peter Dalmaris – it was alleged months ago that the software engineer
- subsequently found to be on gardening leave from the third party
- company, which began the dispute may have been a plant but it appears
- that WEDG’s legal team were incapable of investigating or taking legal
- action in this direction. The latter casts into doubt whether WEDG had
- insurance to pay for a legal team as no proof of insurance or the
- existance of a legal team was provided to backers despite many requests
- for such proof
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 1 year ago
- I found this story on Arstechnica: “Autodesk competitor that stole
- AutoCAD source code blames rogue engineer”.
- I wonder if it is similar case to what WEDG is dealing with.
- http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/autodesk-competitor-that-stole-autocad-source-code-blames-rogue-engineer/
- Lewis Tsalis
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706426> over 1 year ago
- That is good news, Shehbaz. Keep the updates coming, no matter how
- insignificant. Hoping for more good news to come.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @TigerBus – “3 people” is not correct, last survey made by WEDG LTD,
- over 4 months ago, was 199 of concerned backers that requested a refund
- (~50% whom replied the survey). By this time I could provide you an
- educated guess that this number is beyond 199. The opinions of all WEDG
- backers need to be respected. As of this date no one here has lost
- respect to anyone; let us keep it that way.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- @TigerBus -Once again you are missing the point here. Nobody is
- undermining the efforts of a campaign. WEDG have not done the right
- thing by their backers and they deserve to be investigated. Yes, stuff
- does happen, but the communication is key and has been severely lacking.
- Their business decisions have undermined their backers and put their
- project at risk as well as putting their backers off side. Everybody is
- entitled to their opinion without having keyboard warriors personally
- abusing them.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- s/No/Not/
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- Hmm… nope. I don’t think undermining the efforts of a campaign with
- actions like this needs to be tolerated, sorry. I also invested money
- and I see stupid stuff like this as sabotage. We’re all in the same boat
- here, some seem to forget that every once on a while. 3 people act up
- like little kiddies who have not understood the rules of the game and
- mess it up for 300 others. No. My. Game.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Tiger Bus – although your opinion about WEDG may differ from that of
- other contributors I do not think you have any right to make a
- disparaging comment towards @Carlos Garcia Conde or any other
- contributor who has a different opinion to yours. You do not know the
- circumstances of other contributors or the details of the contribution
- they made to WEDG, which may be to them a considerable sum of money – an
- apology to CGC would be appropriate
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- Carlos: You are making a complete fool out of yourself. Better go tell
- mommy, might be less embarrassing.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- Ok, after TEN emails and a lot of comments, and NO ANSWER I will
- denounce to Wedg to police for Scam.
- No more chances.
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- I couldn’t agree more with Scott Henderson. Crowd funding a project
- brings inherent risk and no guarantees. This is almost a form of venture
- capitalism. I appreciate that frustration that we’ve all felt with a
- product that shows so much promise, but the ongoing bashing isn’t going
- to accomplish anything. As far as we can tell, WEDG acted in good faith
- before getting punched in the mouth by a Giant. It’s nice to see updates
- starting to flow again and I’m glad to see things moving forward.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I agree dissatisfied backers should continue to report
- the activities of WEDG and Mr Afzal to the relevant authorities and
- media. Doing so will ensure that their activities will come under
- scrutiny in the public interest. Because we cannot independently verify
- the content of updates we should be circumspect about their content.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker,
- Thank you for the correction. The “new” address for WEDG LTD is:
- C/O Taxassist Accountants
- 23 Flixton Road
- Urmston
- Manchester
- M41 5AW
- I urge all concerned backers to go ahead and submit your complaints as
- outlined on previous posts in regardless to what update WEDG LTD/Mr.
- Shehbaz Afzal continues to post. Submitting a complaint will provide an
- unbiased investigation into this matter by a government and/or NEWS agency.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- While backers may welcome the encouraging update with circumspection,
- can we have more information – are the named programmers graduates or
- undergraduates of MMU? When due diligence is done can we have specific
- details of the objectives and milestones that WEDG will achieve going
- forward. If with the help of the named programmers you are confident
- that you will complete the project without using any disputed code will
- you name and shame the third party who allegedly held up the project?
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Too much time has passed for me and I now have an alternate solution.
- Once again, i politely ask for a refund.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 1 year ago
- [1 of 3] It was great to read some promising news about the WEDG today.
- I hope that everything can come together smoothly, in order to get this
- project moving in the right direction again.
- All of the loathing in the comments section has been discouraging I’m
- sure for both the WEDG Team and definitely for those of us that still
- believe in the concept. We all wholeheartedly believed at one point,
- otherwise we would not have donated our hard-earned money.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 1 year ago
- [2 of 3 ] I’ve crowdfunded anthology graphics novels and other books
- that were delayed a year and a half, so although I’m disappointed, I’ve
- held back my frustration and haven’t vented here. Doing is simply
- counter productive and a waste of time. I’ve been laid off work since
- the end of June and a refund would definitely come in handy over the
- holiday season, but I put my money towards a crowdfunded project I
- believe in, instead of going out and purchasing an existing solution.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 1 year ago
- [3 of 3] Crowdfunding projects have inherent setbacks and delays. Yes
- there are even some that never come to fruition. I’ve never heard of one
- coming with a refund. Will I be disappointed if I don’t eventually get
- my two WEDG Pro RAID devices, definitely. Will I be impressed and happy
- when I do receive them, most certainly.
- We seem to be on the cusp of moving forward, hopefully the worst is now
- behind us.
- Charles Collins
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1658162> over 1 year ago
- Sorry folks, but so much time elapsed from the original date that I have
- lost interest in acquiring a Wedg. It seems that while the “developers”
- dithered, technology remained in motion. The time has come for the
- refund option. Please remit.
- Jason Bayton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2720005> over 1 year ago
- Has 6 months passed yet? I’ve just popped online to see if I can get my
- refund.
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> over 1 year ago
- I have given you my time and money in exchange for an awesome product.
- You have not produced any hard evidence of this product even existing. I
- demand my money back!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – thank you for re-posting these links in the hope that
- the other backers will follow suit with the action we have already
- taken. If we are to get a satisfactory resolution then it is important
- that all dissatisfied backers take the time to file complaints so that
- the relevant authorities and media investigate Mr Afzal and WEDG in the
- public interest.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Additionally you can write to the Manchester Evening News
- (newsdesk@men-news.co.uk), who did an article about WEDG on 9 Oct 2014
- (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382),
- and express your concerns about WEDG and MR. AFZAL.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- You can also submit a complaint to the Manchester Trading Standards at:
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- The more complaints submitted the more pressure will be introduced to
- resolve this issue.
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 2 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: You have the right to report this situation to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- So for those whom missed it:
- 1 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: A way you can help WEDG is by reporting them to the
- authorities in the UK. Here is how it works, if WEDG is legit the
- authorities will confirm that it so and if they are not, then they will
- be held liable for their actions. Both outcomes will bring the long
- delayed resolution to this fiasco to all of us no matter if you support
- them or not.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Be aware that WEDG/Mr. Afzal and/or Indiegogo are not taking into
- consideration to any comments posted here. Our recourse is to continue
- to request an investigation by local authorities and/or news media in
- order to receive the facts which in turn could provide a solution to
- this ongoing non sense. We need for all of the backers that are not
- satisfied with this situation to request the investigation, posting here
- will not help.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- The problem with the recent update in common with all the updates is
- that nothing stated in the updates can be verified independently.
- Consequently, backers cannot rely on anything that is said by Mr Afzal
- or the WEDG team. Mr Afzal and WEDG need to come clean and tell the
- truth about what has been going on and whereabouts of the funds. They
- can be made to do so if dissatisfied backers make complaints to the
- agencies highlighted in previous messages. WEDG must be investigated by
- the authorities.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Why send a survey out asking who wants a refund when you have no
- intention of doing it? And why spend our money on a court case when we
- clearly paid for a product that was already meant to be delivered… Man
- up and refund the people that have asked!
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> over 1 year ago
- Consider another possibiility, Could the WEDG team actually be battling
- against a large organisation that has some incentive to prevent the
- product coming to market.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- So if you lost legal support around a month ago why did you claim a
- month ago “there will be an update in a few days once the legal team and
- shebaz approve it” this all doesn’t add up and it’s about time this
- project gets investigated by an outside body….
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- (continued)
- A) all the software mess happened when the “gardener” was working
- (updates tell us he worked from 10th of february to 30th march) on an
- almost finished system.
- B) No proof of any real hardware apart from that 3d printed awfully
- painted part (no it doesn’t look aluminium to me).
- I am convinced Mr Shehbaz was not telling the truth on the real
- advancement of the project (it was much behind schedule) and is not
- telling the truth now.
- OR
- The project was vapor from the start.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- (continues)
- 4) on the 12th of april we were told that 30th of march (when the
- hardware should have already been procured and software ready to be
- flashed) the big black hats hit base.
- 5) in april-may we are shown a marginal part of the WEDG, stating it’s
- not production grade (shouldn’t already been if not built at least
- secured form suppliers?)
- I am the only one noticing big incoherences?
- (continues)
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- Just a short recap picked up from the updates:
- 1) Head linux developer left by the end of january (family tragedy)
- 2) 9-10 February, new “gardener” programmer joined the team
- 3) late february we were told production run and flashing (therefore
- finished software) will be 30th of march and shipping will start
- following week…
- THEN…
- (continues)
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- So…
- at this point recoding the contested part is feasible but you have no
- money to pay coders?
- Six months ago, it wasn’t possible but you had money…
- I am not believing anything at all about a “beauty contest” to select
- Prince Charming to save the Wedging Beauty…
- I foresee it will just be the “theme” of the next few empty-as-vacuum
- updates…
- but don’t hold your breath for it….
- Could you guess? No patience and no words of support from me.
- Chris Horsfield
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4115733> over 1 year ago
- I suspect the money has been spent. The chance of a full refund seems
- remote. Maybe we should just divide up what is left.
- Chris
- paul.kulhavy
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709012> over 1 year ago
- Another backtrack and more delay – the head of the operation is on
- stress leave – there are now only 2 other team members FFS!
- Can’t even keep a website updated (wedg.co) it doesn’t look good for
- delivery anytime soon.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Hi,
- Four things: 1. Don’t thank me for “patience and support” because I
- don’t have them anymore and long ago I don’t read any of the “words of
- support”.
- 2: No more legal support so all this months facing the lawsuit was for
- nothing.
- 3: Start the code all over will take at least 6 months. As some of the
- backers, I’ve replaced the WEDG with another solution and I’m finally
- convinced that was an excelent idea.
- Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 4. GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK. Clear, no mistakes. I only want my money.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- You are lucky Bryan. My ticket was closed down as solved without as much
- as an answer….
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- I’ve had no joy with indiegogo either. LIKE everyone else I have lost
- faith in this project and actually ended up building my own solution
- using a server setup. :(
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 1 year ago
- I’ve contacted Indiegogo as well, twice, same generic answer. They don’t
- seem to be doing even a curiosity check on one of their very successful
- campaigns.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 1 year ago
- 131K pounds and no sign of any activity for more than a month (actually
- for 8 months except few updates filled with empty words without any
- content)… I want a refund but I have a bad feeling that I will never see
- my money back… INDIEGOGO… PLEASE HELP YOUR USERS OR THEY WILL NEVER COME
- BACK!
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I WANT A REFUND
- NEVER AT INDIEGOGO NEVER!
- 4 PROJECTS AND 2 SCAMS!
- NEVER
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 1 year ago
- I am angry with Indiegogo. Please contact the magazine the wired
- (submit@wired.com) and pitch them how bad Indiegogo treats its users.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 1 year ago
- Look ppl, Indiegogo does not answer really. Just the usual bla bla. Then
- they mark the support ticket as “solved”, even if you have follow up
- questions and nothing is solved. I came here from Kickstarter,
- definitely will not back anymore on Indiegogo. They really do no care
- about their users.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- I think there will be no refunds, or bare metal shipping, since – by now
- – I do believe this project is a scam.
- I tried to contact the owner to have some info but, like many others, I
- had no .
- I even contacted Indiegogo asking to investigate on this project but,
- apart form a generic and patronizing , I had no satisfaction at all.
- 2 out of 2 projects on indiegogo I backed are crawling to death or are
- in a coma.
- I will think thrice before supporting anything more through this website.
- Gerrit Freise
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707250> over 1 year ago
- Refund please! I do not want to wait anymore!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 1 year ago
- We hope to post an update with more details in the NEXT FEW DAYS, just
- waiting for approval from Shehbaz and the legal team on its contents.
- It’s been 26 days now ??
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> over 1 year ago
- Days, weeks, months are going away. Why not sending us the hardware with
- Freedombox on it ? (http://freedomboxfoundation.org/)
- Have a look at this presentation introduced by Eben Moglen
- https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/sflc2015/04_freedombox.webm
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> over 1 year ago
- I don’t understand. If I completed the survey to say I wanted a refund,
- why can’t it be sent now? WHY?
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> over 1 year ago
- Still waiting
- Jairo
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8782016> over 1 year ago
- There is the profile of the founder, let’s annoy there!
- https://www.facebook.com/shehbaz.afzal
- Jairo
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8782016> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund too.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- ‘Thank you for your on-going patience and support’
- Really? We have no choice but be patient. When will you actually give us
- an update of proper substance, instead of empty platitudes?
- Pull your finger out now and tell us what is REALLY happening.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- 4 emails
- 4 messages
- 4 post
- and NO answer
- SCAM!
- I WANT MY MONEY BACK
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 1 year ago
- Any progress on the legal issues?
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- It will be so nice to have my money back before christmas. I lost all my
- hope that you’ll deliver the WEDG. Final. The end. No more excuses from
- my side to try to believe.
- I remember that before march, you contacted us all the time pushing to
- get the next level for develop of a new feature. After april, all that
- good contact was lost. Truly shame. Don’t you feel some regret? Don’t
- you feel really bad about the people who trusted in this proyect?
- (Sorry, english is not my primary language).
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> over 1 year ago
- You seno us an email for know Who want refound the money after?i want
- the money and not only informations about the your legal office
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG team, please refund.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- WEDG Team, Shehbaz or anybody who’s reading: give the bakers who
- requested a refund their money. At least end this business relationship
- in good terms. Please.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG I want a REFUND
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Refund please!
- S Artes
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3807430> over 1 year ago
- There was a survey a while back asking backers if they wanted a refund.
- I’m one of those that requested my money back. Any chance refunds will
- be provided soon?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- People complain about the WEDG not getting anywhere and on the other
- hand trying to find every means to keep them from actually getting work
- done by forcing stupid buerocracy onto them just because some egos feel
- like their whining is not being heard these days. Holy cow, how can one
- be so paradoxical? I hope you all stay away from crowd funding in the
- future, because this behaviour exactly what makes it so annoying. It
- even beats lack of communication.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @t.munari I would suggest that you try Manchester trading standards
- first which you can do by completing the online form here
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- then if you have time you could also report to BBC Watchdog
- https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vx18b/contact – I think it will help
- to complain as it will put pressure on WEDG to do the right thing.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- @jrogers31 Since I am not in the Uk, I have some problems understanding
- who or how (an email: which address? or some other way?) I should
- contact to pressure Mr.Afzal (as an example: why I should contact
- Manchester University?), please elaborate a bit more.
- Thank you
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG team, you begged for 6 months from us and now it’s almost the half
- of such 6 months. Are you still confident to what you planned ?
- bpicard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/946042> over 1 year ago
- I get it but I am not willing to invest more time. That’s what I ment
- with acceptance. I had a simmilar experience on kickstarter and there
- too are people who are invested in making them pay and I appriciate it
- and hope they are successful in the end. I backed over 20 great projects
- over the years and there had to be a few drawbacks. Crowdfunding is
- risky. What I really hope for is that crowdfunding platforms take
- responsibility. At least we pay them enough to do so through our
- contributions.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @t.munari and @ bpicard – you should not accept this – help increase the
- pressure and contact – The Insolvency Service, Manchester Trading
- Standards, Manchester Evening News, BBC Watchdog, Innospace at
- Manchester Metropolitan University. It is only when a large number of
- complaints are received will the matter of Mr Afzal and WEDG’s shabby
- behaviour be held to account
- bpicard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/946042> over 1 year ago
- I have to admid I’m utterly frustrated by know and lost faith. You can
- say I crossed through the denail stage (“they are just really, really
- bad at communication, but hey they are programmers”), anger (“how hard
- can it be to drop a few lines every couple of weeks”) bargaining (“there
- is no way this is a scam”) and am knee deep in depression (“so much
- money down the drain, and did you realy have to order the raid upgrade
- too?”) I hope I reach acceptance soon…
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- By now it looks like a bad joke.
- With this “obscure legal affair” they are not giving us any information
- at all.
- Since the Wedg is hardware AND software, they should at least try to
- pretend they are using the delay in production updating the
- specifications for the same price we already shelled out.
- By now, if we ever see the “Wedg” delivered for real, specifications
- will be so dated that we could possibly receive something like that with
- a “happy meal”.
- Over all, pretty embarassing….
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @David Aldred – I would agree with you that a further approach to Blazon
- PR may be appropriate but as mentioned before it would have to come from
- a large number of dissatisfied backers and they would have to also
- contact – The Insolvency Service, Manchester Trading Standards,
- Manchester Evening News, BBC Watchdog, Innospace at Manchester
- Metropolitan University. It is only when a large number of complaints
- are received will the matter of Mr Afzal and WEDG’s shabby behaviour be
- held to account
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @David Aldred – Yes, I contacted Mr Michael Raven (CEO) of Blazon PR on
- 26 June 2015 pointing out that the updates from WEDG were inconsistent
- with Indiegogo’s statement on their website that “We believe in open,
- honest and transparent communications.” I asked if he would arrange for
- me to receive a full refund. He said in his he would try but I
- heard nothing more. I find todays update as opaque as ever. As for
- “working on ongoing issues” the words ‘tracks, cover and trying’ come to
- mind
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 1 year ago
- Oh, be nice people. They told you from the start. It’s “the personal
- butt you’ve been WAITING for”.
- We can’t very well complain to be kept waiting… :D
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 1 year ago
- Has anyone tried approaching Blazon PR (see ‘IN PARTNERSHIP WITH’
- section to the right)?
- Looks like they’re a tech PR firm, and list Wedg under their case
- studies. Probably don’t know much themselves, but can perhaps put some
- pressure on them?
- If there are no other takers, I’ll try dropping them a note during the week.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I learned yesterday that for some backers the
- contributions they have made to WEDG, which may appear modest to some,
- are large sums of money in their regions of the world. When one
- considers the behaviour and actions of WEDG and the effect it is having
- on these and other backers – all of whom acted in good faith – suggests
- to me that this matter must be pursued until the funds are recovered and
- / or until an investigation leading to punitive action is taken by the
- authorities
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I agree, all backers stand more of a chance of getting
- redress if all dissatisfied backers raise their concerns with Manchester
- Trading Standards, Manchester Evening News and the Insolvancy Service.
- In addition, I think all dissatisfied backers should notify BBC Watchdog
- (https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vx18b/contact) – they are a
- powerful consumer program in the UK who may consider alleged internet
- scams topical. I think the BBC would be interested in the links with MMU.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @jrodgers31 – Thank you for the additional information in regards to
- News Desk and the Manchester Trading Standards. I will pursue both in
- order to submit complaints against MR. SHEHBAZ AFZAL. I have already
- submitted a investigation request with The Insolvency Service. They have
- responded with acknowledgment of receiving my request. Moving forward in
- order to bring light into this issue. I recommend all other backers to
- do the same.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Carlos Garcia Conde (hope you speak spanish): Hola, he leido sus
- comentarios y estoy totalmente de acuerdo. Estoy harto de estos tipos
- que a todas luces nos están estafando. No se qué camino tomar con esta
- gente. Tienen 315 libras mías y estoy casi convencido de que no las voy
- a ver de nuevo. Le dejo mi dirección de correo por si quiere escribirme
- e intercambiar ideas gaston.cardeygmail.com.
- To the non-english speaking guys the keywords: scam-lost money-agree
- with Carlos. To WEDG: shame.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund, BE SERIOUS
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @ Nikolai Tesla – Another avenue is to write to express your concerns to
- the news desk (newsdesk@men-news.co.uk) of the Manchester Evening News
- who did an article about WEDG on 9 Oct 2014
- (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382),
- which may have prompted people to contribute. Dissatisfied contributors
- could highlight their concerns and perhaps prompt the newspaper to do a
- follow up story and investigate matters in the public interest
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I think one contributor has already reported to
- companies house – I am not sure if they had any response. I have been
- advised that a complaint to Manchester trading standards would also be
- appropriate
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- – A number of dissatisfied contributors would each have to complete a
- form to raise the matter to a priority level with trading standards.
- Francisco Alvarez
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8814221> over 1 year ago
- Almost one month from the last update… We should be near to the end of
- the conflict, shouldn’t we? PLEASE, UPDATE!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG FUNDERS: You have the right to report this situation to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – Yes you are right an update with some facts would be
- welcome, but isn’t that part of the problem? – updates are infrequent
- and lack verifiable facts, which raise concerns about probity. Mr Afzal
- must be very busy doing something as it has been three weeks since the
- last update. I wonder what he has been doing? – perhaps he will tell us
- sometime soon.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – No, change of address was required due to a rule
- infringement at Innospace “Licensees of Innospace are entitled to use
- the Innospace address as a trading address only.” Note: that the new
- registered address is now at an accountant’s office and accounts
- recently submitted to Companies House for 2014 show: – Total current
- liabilities £61,304.00; Total Current Assets £61,611.00; Net Worth
- £1,187.00; Cash £61,610.00 – ?interesting and ?worrying in equal
- measure. What do you think?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- Registered office address changed from C/O Shehbaz Afzal 47 Chorlton
- Street Manchester M1 3FY to C/O Taxassist Accountants 281 Palatine Road
- Manchester M22 4ET on 21 September 2015
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- It appears that recent enquiries to MMU have stimulated recent action
- from Mr Afzal! There have been two changes in registered office address
- on 21 and 29 Sept 2015 and for the first time there appears to be
- evidence of company accounts having been prepared, although the latter
- gives further cause for concern. It will have to be examined in more
- detail but the words ‘tracks’, ‘cover’ and ‘trying’ come to mind. See
- more
- https://companycheck.co.uk/company/08824160/WEDG-LTD/companies-house-docs
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> over 1 year ago
- Almost three weeks since the last update, there must be something @Team
- WEDG could say it they wanted to. Even if it’s just “we’re still here,
- and still discussing the terms of rewriting the code”. Almost all my
- faith in the ability of @Team WEDG to actually produce this system has
- gone. Yes, I have some faith left, if you’ve got a high powered
- microscope, you can just make it out.
- UPDATE PLEASE – NOW
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- You told about a refund
- I wrote you FIVE emails and I’m waiting for the refund
- I don’t want the item, I want my money back
- And PLEASE answer my emails, you are and uneducated seller…
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- As I have looked about and found magazine and news site after site that
- had interviewed WEDG, the more convinced I am that this is not a scam
- and although not communicating as often as I would like, that they are
- just doing their best to deal with the legal situation so they can move
- forward and get back to developing WEDG. I’m choosing to keep the faith
- and hope for the best.
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- Communication has always been a bit sporadic with WEDG. Certainly there
- appears to be a camp forming that believe malfeasance may be involved. I
- am not of that mind, but I also don’t have anything beyond hope keeping
- me in the supporter category. I truly believe in their vision. There are
- plenty of remote storage boxes out there. I’ve already got a
- Transporter, etc. What set WEDG aside was WEDGnet, and the focus on
- actual security. I really hope this comes through.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – you may be right – unfortunately MMU will not disclose
- any further information and appear to be trying to distance themselves
- from the activities of WEDG. MMU asked Mr Afzal to contact me directly
- as a matter of urgency but I assume that he is running scared as MMU say
- he intends to contact me via Indiegogo! With no further updates or
- communication from WEDG I believe that the matter requires further
- investigation into the whereabouts of the £131,537 – these will continue.
- R Kapoor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2078088> over 1 year ago
- Like all others, I too wish we can get this and put this behind us.
- However, I don’t think this is a scam. The collection, GBP 131K, is not
- a huge amount for a professional to earn. It cannot be about money. A
- little pressure can’t hurt though. So yes, an update can help.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 5/5 I would be grateful if you can confirm that MMU’s Innospace have
- already satisfied themselves that Mr Afzal behaviour and actions to date
- as the Director of WEDG Ltd and as a licensee of Innospace are
- consistent with wording and spirit of the Innospace licence agreement
- and conditions.
- I would also be grateful if you can confirm that none of the funds
- contributed by the backers of WEDG reside in any MMU accounts – research
- or otherwise.
- Many thanks for your help.
- Kind regards
- JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4/5 Although I searched these WebPages I could not find the details
- relating to the Innospace Licence Agreement or the details of the
- Innospace Conditions, to which Mr Afzal must adhere. I would be grateful
- if you can share with me the details relating to the Innospace Licence
- Agreement and Innospace Conditions so that I can be better informed.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/5 With regard to the latter I note from the information on this link
- http://www.innospace.co.uk that licensees of Innospace are expected to
- “Adhere to the Innospace licence agreement” “Engage with MMU and support
- available” and “Adhere to the Innospace Conditions”.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/5 I note the contents of your email which defines the relationship
- between MMU and Mr Afzal, in particular -that WEDG Ltd is not affiliated
- with MMU, -that Mr Afzal is an MMU graduate and -that Mr Afzal is a
- licensee of your business incubator, Innospace.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/5 Email sent today -
- Dear Ms Kenworthy
- Thank you for your message. I apologise for the delay in my .
- It is one week since you sent your message and I am sorry to inform you
- that Mr Afzal has not made any attempt to contact me even though you
- asked him to do so “as a matter of urgency”.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- WEDG = SCAM
- INDIEGOGO = SCAM
- I’ve wrote a LOT of emails and no answer
- I WANT A REFUND NOW
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- taking to indiegogo doesn’t work at all either. they told me it has
- nothing to do with them and blocked me from further messaging them on
- facebook…
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- Indiegogo is definitely a crowdfunding platform without corresponding
- due diligent control. The campaign can sell pirate product. It’s amazing
- that IGG is willing to manage complaint from the campaign but no
- response for any pirate product report.
- For WEDG, I am not surprised of IGG zero response even if it’s reported.
- It’s appreciated so much for you guys effort to fight for what we
- deserve, from backers perspective.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> almost 2 years ago
- I’m actually quite disappointed that there has been no involvement from
- Indiegogo, surely they must be aware of the situation due to the
- comments made here. Maybe they just take their cut and be done with it!
- This was my first venture into crowdfunding, will definitely be my last!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- The complete absence of ANY from WEDG, does not feel any good.
- Are we getting scammed here?
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks jrogers31 for this amazing update.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3
- According to Companies House records, WEDG Limited’s current registered
- office address is detailed as being at the old MMU Innospace premises.
- Licensees of Innospace are entitled to use the Innospace address as a
- trading address only.
- I hope you resolve any issues you may have with WEDG Ltd as soon as
- possible.
- Thank you.
- Kind regards,
- Louise"
- I am still awaiting a direct response from Mr Afzal as outlined in the
- message above and I will update you further as enquiries continue. JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/3
- MMU does not endorse any of the businesses in the incubator and none of
- the businesses are affiliated with the university. They are all private
- businesses and Innospace provides a supportive space for pre-start and
- early stage businesses to help them to grow and develop.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/3 Here is the I received from MMU today 21 Sept 2015 -
- “Dear Mr Rogers,
- Further to my email on Friday, thank you for your email and for bringing
- this issue to my attention. I have contacted Mr Shehbaz Afzal and have
- asked him to contact you as a matter of urgency. WEDG is not affiliated
- to The Manchester Metropolitan University (“MMU”); Shehbaz Afzal is an
- MMU graduate and a licensee of our business incubator, Innospace.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 and @Nikolai Tesla, thumbs up for your efforts.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- I’m still waiting for refund and for the answer about my 5 or 6 emails…
- You’re not a serious person
- REFUND NOW!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- i’m still waiting for a full refund.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Thank you – I will share more information when I get it. If you do not
- hear from me then it will be safe for you to assume that I have been
- blocked from posting (2 times already!). In which case contact me at
- www.gordcentre.org so that the information can be shared with those
- backers that want to know what is going on.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31: Thank you for checking with management at Mr. Afzal’s place
- of “work” and/or “study”. It has been one of the best encouragement
- information we have all received for a very long time. Hopefully they
- will shed light into this nonsense.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 Good work, cant wait the hear the response
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 – Thank-you! On behalf of all the backers who have been
- wanting some concise information on where this project is going, thank-you.
- I look forward to reading an update with tangible detail in due course.
- It’s a shame this will probably not be from @Team WEDG itself, but from you.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 8/8 And here is their : -
- Dear Mr Rogers,
- Thank your email and apologies for the email sent last night, that was
- meant for a colleague.
- I am due to meet with Shehbaz Afzal today and have sent this matter to
- our Legal Team.
- I will send a more detailed response once I know more shortly.
- Thank you.
- Kind regards,
- Louise
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 7/8 I am also copying this email to your colleagues at Innospace and Mr
- Rod Humphreys Head of the Department of Marketing, Operations and
- Digital Business.
- Thank you for your help with my enquiries.
- JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 6/8 I would be grateful if you can confirm that Mr Afzal’s business is
- still active at the 47 Chorlton Street address and I would be further
- grateful if you can confirm that he still frequents the building.
- Some backers are concerned to learn the whereabouts of their funds and
- preparation is being made to inform the appropriate authorities to look
- into the activities of this company (WEDG) and its director (Mr Shehbaz
- Afzal).
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 5/8 If you wish to gauge the sentiments of the backers in Mr Afzal’s
- business (WEDG) to which Innospace is associated by providing office
- space then all you need to do is to click on this link
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8764397#/comments,
- which provides you with the necessary information.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4/8 Indeed there is a link on the Manchester Metropolitan University
- indicating Mr Afzal’s close association with the MMU Business &
- Information Technology department.
- http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/8
- I presume that Mr Afzal must have some connection with the Manchester
- Metropolitan University to be able to set up his business at your
- address, in which case I am very concerned. One would expect the highest
- standards of behaviour and probity from a member of a University and
- particularly one located in a major provincial city such as Manchester.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/8 The reason for my investigation is as a result of unsatisfactory
- responses to very reasonable enquiries from backers of this business as
- to the whereabouts of the funds contributed by backers totalling
- £131,537.00. Backers are also unhappy with the unsatisfactory updates
- and progress reports from Mr Afzal which are completely lacking in
- transparency.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/8 OK – here goes!
- Dear Ms Kenworthy,
- I spoke to Sandra today as part of my investigation into the activities
- of Mr Shehbaz Afzal who is running a start up business WEDG Ltd within
- your (Innospace) premises on 47 Chorlton Street Manchester. Sandra
- suggested I email you for further information.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- This is a test comment – Indiegogo have been blocking me from sharing
- information with other backers.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- I still hope the WEDG is real and not like this scam:
- http://kickscammed.com/project/storm-brewing/
- The John Atherton will never get a job anywhere in the world, other than
- cleaning toilets.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2: To report a complaint in the United States -
- http://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company
- https://www.dca.ca.gov/webapps/cru/gencomplaint.php
- https://www.usa.gov/consumer-complaints#item-35997
- http://www.bbb.org/
- https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
- http://www.econsumer.gov/english/ (if your transaction was with a
- foreign retailer as WEDG LTD)
- WEDG LTD/Mr. Shehbaz Afzal need to resolve this situation promptly
- without any further delays.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2: From jrogers31 last post it surely appears that he has been
- blocked from posting once again. We are touching a nerve here and WEDG
- LTD/Mr. Shehbaz Afzal does not like it. I highly suggest to all WEDG
- backers to submit a “policy violation report” with Indiegogo, UK
- authorities (The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious
- Fraud Office), and/or to the following authorities in the U.S.A. before
- I get silenced, for the second time, again:
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- I think it better for WEDG to just give most backers a refund
- immediately in order to prevent severe legal issues.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla above – Yes I have been blocked by Indiegogo – I have
- some important information to share following my investigations here in
- the UK. Indiegogo have no right to prevent me from informing the backers
- – If backers would like me to post the information here then please
- complain to Indiegogo.
- Alternatively you can find my contact details at www.gordcentre.org
- For US based backers US government is really hot on wire fraud and
- Indiegogo have exposed themselves by blocking comments JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/6 Email to Innospace MMU – I spoke to Sandra today as part of my
- investigation into the activities of Mr Shehbaz Afzal who is running a
- start up business WEDG Ltd within your (Innospace) premises on 47
- Chorlton Street Manchester. Sandra suggested I email you for further
- information. The reason for my investigation is as a result of
- unsatisfactory responses to very reasonable enquiries from backers of
- this business as to the whereabouts of the funds contributed by backers
- totalling £131,537.00.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4/4 There is no reason legal or otherwise why you cannot disclose the
- name of -your business insurer, -the firm of lawyers your business
- insurer has hired along with a statement from the lawyer on their headed
- paper confirming that they are dealing with the matter of the software
- contested by a third party. Your lawyers will not have to disclose any
- confidential details of the dispute. If you fail to do any or all of the
- above then the conclusion will be obvious to all.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/4 Unless you come clean now with a completely transparent and signed
- statement from your lawyers indicating the situation regarding all the
- questions raised about your hardware, tooling, software and statement of
- accounts regarding backers funds one can only conclude that you are
- running a scampaign and not a campaign.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/4 Lets assume for the moment that you are genuine, you see this
- project through and fulfil your obligation to deliver functioning units
- and other perks to backers. Can you not appreciate that your appalling
- communication skills, lack of insight and behaviour to date is going to
- render null and void your future chances of a successful business.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/4 @Team WEDG – it appears to me that your recent ‘update’ has been
- done only to satisfy Indiegogo that you are communication with the
- backers. As regards the content of the update – my response is “So
- what”. When are you going to answer the very reasonable questions from
- backers like @Gordon Keys for information about the hardware and tooling
- etc or the questions about the whereabouts of the backers funds and a
- statement of accounts?
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 Thank you for all your work – I have submitted my policy
- violation report to Indiegogo.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- Nikolai Tesla – Just submitted “policy violation report” to indiegogo
- I just logged one as well
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- The links for the state of California would be to report Indiegogo if
- they do not assist on investigating WEDG LTD against being a scam or
- not. The other links could be used to report WEDG LTD in the United States.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Did some research and found the following:
- http://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company
- https://www.dca.ca.gov/webapps/cru/gencomplaint.php
- https://www.usa.gov/consumer-complaints#item-35997
- http://www.bbb.org/
- https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
- http://www.econsumer.gov/english/ (if your purchase was with a foreign
- retailer.)
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Just submitted “policy violation report” to indiegogo. Does anyone know
- to whom we could report this in the United States of America? More
- pressure could be obtained if we also report it in the U.S.A. since
- Indiegogo HQ is located in San Francisco, California.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Just sent this to Indiegogo as ‘policy violation report’
- Alleged scampaign WEDG no activity from campaign owner for 10 months?
- See recent comments regarding this campaign – can you confirm that you
- are in regular contact with the campaign owner? Can you reassure backers
- that the campaign owner has not absconded with the backers funds? It is
- time for you to properly investigate and send a report to ALL backers.
- If any other backers support this – please repeat the reporting process.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Even more amusing is the reassurance from Indiegogo on this page
- https://www.indiegogo.com/trust
- Where you can read more about their
- Fraud Detection Algorithm
- Community Reporting
- Trust & Safety Team
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Amusing. Just took a look at Shehbaz activity page on Indiegogo and his
- last response was 10 months ago! WTF!
- Are you somewhere sunny?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys – I will be surprised if you get a sensible answer to all
- your very reasonable points and observations regarding previous and
- current information from WEDG and the inconsistencies in the so called
- facts contained in the updates. Perhaps a large number of dissatisfied
- backers need to make a direct complaint to Indiegogo asking for a review
- of this campaign as it would be sad if more unsuspecting backers make
- contributions to this campaign.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz
- I’ve emailed the below to you so that you don’t miss it, as I suspect
- you’ve stopped looking at the comments page sometime ago!
- Shame
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz 3/3
- I’ve asked this before but what has happened to the mediation? Is this
- no longer being used by team WEDG?
- Much of what you’ve updated here is just a rehash of what has gone
- before. What is the plan regarding the refunds? Will you give any? Why
- poll us if you don’t then intend to carry this thru?
- Why aren’t Chris or better still you, signing off on these updates? It
- is Just a faceless Team WEDG at the end of the messages. I find that
- disconcerting!
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz 2/3
- I realise that much of the hardware is off the shelf so we don’t have to
- worry about that. It’s just an order away.
- What items are need to be manufactured? I guess the cases would be. Has
- the tooling been manufactured? We’ve seen the picture of part of the
- case. Was this a 3D printed prototype or something produced using a
- completed tool? How long will it take to produce the cases? I’ve asked
- this a couple of times before and no-one has answered this BIG question.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz 1/3
- I am pleased to see a new update and it does give a me glimmer of hope
- that things may move forward. Does it answer many of the burning
- questions that have been added here on the comments page? No.
- We know about the code issue. We know you can’t be particularly
- transparent about that due to legal reasons. The section of code to be
- rewritten could take 3-6 months I would guess once a line in the sand
- has been drawn from where to rewrite from.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3 If Shehbaz and WEDG are genuine then they should be very concerned
- about the comments and sentiments expressed here by backers and take
- them seriously. The responses and updates we receive appear to show
- complete lack of concern about the backers and their opinions. If one
- had taken a sum of £131,537.00 from a number of people who contributed
- in good faith and failed to deliver – I imagine that the only way one
- could feel comfortable was if one was a resident outside the E.U. or U.S.A.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2 In dealing with WEDG in the UK – some or all of the UK backers who
- want a refund could act as a group and issue a statutory demand for the
- funds they contributed. It would help if the total amont of the demand
- was high – this would depend on number of backers and the amounts
- contributed. If payment was not received within 21 days then the company
- can be wound up – this and the reports to the insolvency service would
- trigger an investigation with serious consequences for the WEDG director(s)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/2 I have complained on more than one occasion to Indiegogo about the
- WEDG campaign and drawn their attention to the lack of transparancy (one
- of Indiegogo’s requirements of campaign owners) and the alleged
- hallmarks of a scampaign. I have also drawn Indiegogo’s attention to the
- fact that they are at risk under US State and Federal laws in assisting
- in alleged online fraudulent activity. The latter would probably require
- the assistance of a US backer to report the matter to US authorities.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- has anyone contacted Indiegogo regarding the NON-delivery of the WEDG
- and the NON-delivery of real status information?
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- Does anyone else remember when @Team WEDG used to to comments
- posted? While their legal team reads the proposal (at £250/hour), they
- ought to have time to actually talk to us person to person.
- I suspect the team has shrunk, possibly to one. I think I remember a
- comment that they weren’t drawing salaries. How long would we work for
- nothing on a stalled project?
- @Bryan Walker, OpenProducts OPI Box looks like it could be a worthy
- replacement for the WEDG. Thank-you for that information!
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- I have already made a formal request for an investigation by The
- Insolvency Service. They have confirmed receipt of my request.
- I have already made a formal request to WEDG asking for a refunds. Radio
- silence on that.
- The latest update from WEDG offers a glimmer of hope that things will go
- back to normal, but nothing concrete and verifiable. That’s a common
- tactic used by fraudsters.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: Formally I am requesting my contribution to be refunded
- promptly.
- @WEDG Backers: To help out in this matter you have the option to have
- this situation formally investigated by UK authorities (The Insolvency
- Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office). This act will
- clear things that Team WEDG has not been able to comply. There is no
- harm done if they are legit and it will not delay this project more than
- it actually is at this moment.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG – yet another update which gives very little further
- information and summarises what you have told us before. Please disclose
- the whereabouts of the funds that backers contributed with a statement
- of accounts. Please confirm that you have spent little or none of the
- backers funds. After all you have bought nothing, built nothing and
- stored nothing so it follows that you have spent nothing and your
- insurance pays the fees for your less than able lawyers. It is time to
- send out refunds.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- @Bryan & @David – Many thanks for your suggestions. I am swaying towards
- the Synology DiskStation DS115j 2 × 1 TB that’ll perhaps suit my needs.
- I hope i’ll the UI on the iPhone, tablet and PC is up to scratch and I
- can pool everything i need onto one location. My back-up requirements
- are mainly photos, video and a bit of music back up of some old CDs.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> almost 2 years ago
- Hi, everyone,
- I don’t know what was the point of creating a poll to ask backers
- whether to choose a refund or wait if WEDG won’t do anything with the
- results.
- I you ask me if I want a refund and I say “yes”, then give me my money, ok?
- Finish with this torture (both for you and us who want out). I see
- everyday goes by and nothing happend.
- Message to other backers: please respect my opinion as I respect yours
- and please don’t say to me “this is not Amazon”. All of us know that.
- Really.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- It appears that Shehbaz does not want to communicate with some or all of
- the backers of the WEDG project. One way to lance this festering
- carbuncle of a situation would be to issue a statutory demand for the
- refund of our contributions. If not settled within 21 days then WEDG
- could be wound up with an investigation into what has been done with the
- funds of £131,537!
- It really is time for Shehbaz to fulfill his responsibilites to the
- backers, tell us the truth and refund the money.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @M K: Thank you for sharing that story but sadly Indiegogo does not have
- that particular policy that KickStarter has. If it did, we would have
- received our refund months ago. Our solution is to use legal options in
- the UK.
- @Bryan Walker: Thank you for sharing the OpenProducts OPI box, that is a
- very nice and almost complete replacement for the WEDG. Why did you back
- WEDG if OpenProducts OPI box existed? I am also looking into QNAP TS-453
- or Synology DiskStation DS715 along with the OPI box.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Please have a look at this news:
- http://www.geekwire.com/2014/attorney-general-asylum-playing-cards-crowdfunded-project/
- http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/strange-twist-asylum-playing-cards-crowdfunding-case
- http://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-makes-crowdfunded-company-pay-shady-deal
- These guys got a big penalty for failing to deliver the Kickstarter project.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- @Gordon,
- I’ve just bought a Synology NAS (DS414)
- You get the ‘access anywhere butt sync’, you can configure it as a mail
- server ( I don’t need this particular feature as I have a hosted server
- for this), I also have it setup as a Plex media server, I can share
- links publicly with passwords / expiry dates etc, and can handle
- encrypted volumes
- Possibly not quite as secure as Wedg is/was aiming to be, but I’m very
- pleased with how the management OS has matured in the last 12 months.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31: No, you are not alone on this request. I do request the
- same. Sadly I no longer trust WEDG at all and IF they do pull through
- (major doubt) I would rather sell off (at the same price) this item to
- one of the supporters here. WEDG has no professional work ethics and
- much less willing to provide customer satisfaction now and/or in the
- future (if the case). I just demand a refund and have them carry on if
- they please otherwise I will continue to look for more legal solutions.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Own-mailbox seems to offer part of what WEDG intended but we get no
- assurance or communication from Shehbaz to suggest that WEDG is going to
- progress. Under these circumstances additions to Own-mailbox would be a
- NAS with iTwin (file access) for remote access encrypted personal butt
- storage and Surfeasy or iTwin connect for encrypted VPN browsing. Am I
- the only one who thinks that Shehbaz should make a clear and unambiguous
- statement of his intentions with WEDG and the whereabouts of our funds?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- @Spencer Robinson: thanks for the link to the Own-Mailbox project.
- It looks that the WEDG just became obsolete.
- When will I receive my refund?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz – please make a clear unambiguous statement to backers
- confirming that there are no fundamental hardware, software or other
- issues, which will prevent further progress in the production of WEDG.
- Give us a firm time-line for the rewritting of the disputed software and
- delivery of the finished and fully functioning units. Please make a
- detailed statement about the whereabouts of the funds. If you are unable
- to make such statements then please refund all the backers that
- requested a refund.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1547898916/own-mailbox-the-first-100-confidential-mailbox?ref=popular
- and they have actually open sourced their product, something else that
- has gone very quiet with the wedg team
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Backers should not write-off their funds – there are legal remedies in
- the UK to deal with WEDG and legal remedies (State and Federal) in the
- US to deal with Indiegogo. Indiegogo started to focus when this was
- pointed out to them https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/requests/757300
- The updates are evidence as are WEDG’s dealings with the “third party”
- which would have to be disclosed if backers seek a legal remedy. If
- funds have been misused then WEDG and their directors would be liable.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- @David Aldred: What was the more established device? I have also almost
- written off the WEDG and my money and need to find something else.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Per The Insolvency Service: “One possible outcome of our investigations,
- however, is that the company complained about may be wound up by the
- court on the
- petition of this department. In that event there is quite often some
- publicity surrounding the matter, particularly in the local area.”
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @MK: Per T.I.S.: “This requirement for confidentiality at all stages
- extends even to communications with complainants themselves. We cannot
- tell you
- what action, if any, we intend to take in response to your complaint.
- Nor can we provide you with updates at any point.”
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: You have the right to report this situation to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: A way you can help WEDG by reporting them to the
- authorities in the UK. Here is how it works, if WEDG is legit the
- authorities will confirm that it so and if they are not, then they will
- be held liable for their actions. Both outcomes will bring the long
- delayed resolution to this fiasco to all of us no matter if you support
- them or not.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 09/09/2015: Finally I am able to post again! It is dubious as for the
- timing and specific funders that were unable to post here. It definitely
- gives a bad reputation to both Indiegogo and WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Any update on the Insolvency Office?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2
- Sadly, I’ve pretty much ‘written off’ the money I put in. With no end
- date in sight, I had to fill the requirement I had that led me to
- investing in this.
- Tech has moved on in the last 12 months, and what is on the market now
- more than completes with what Wedg was offering, and so have gone with a
- more established device.
- Of course, if Wedg materializes I’ll be giving it a go, but it’ll be a
- ‘bonus’ rather than my expectation :(
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- 1/2
- To tweak an old analogy…
- It rather sounds like this 3rd party have said ‘bend over’ and you’ve
- responded with ‘How far’
- Re-writing the code from scratch, in a process they will outline –
- whilst at least allows you to move on, is hardly cause for celebration.
- Sounds like a pretty bum deal to me.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Backers should be made aware that over the last 15+ days some of us were
- blocked from making comments in this open forum. Indiegogo said “our
- Tech Team is aware of an issue which affects commenting ability for a
- small subset of users” It appeared that the “subset of users” were the
- ones who were first to raise concerns about WEDG. @Nikolai Tesla said in
- his last message that he was being “frozen out”. This is a serious
- breach of trust and an act of bad faith on behalf of Indiegogo and WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks for the update, but I still prefer to receive refund a.s.a.p.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- Finally some news, and it sounds good.
- So now we need a timeline, it took 3 months to write the disputed
- software, rewriting under scrutiny will take longer.
- With a way forward open, I now expect @Team WEDG to have time to provide
- regular updates, at least weekly.
- The comments all have one thing in common, us backers want to know
- what’s happening!
- The little information we’ve received recently has all been on the
- dispute, lets hear about a timeline and the hardware (including tee shirts)
- Lewis Tsalis
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706426> almost 2 years ago
- With this new announcement, I’m keen to see what the timeline is now
- going to be.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- I wonder who is “Team WEDG”.
- Why not use a real name?
- In these circumstances, it would be appropriate to see Shehbaz’s name
- signing these “updates”.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Although the update of 10 mins ago sounds positive I am still sceptical.
- If the update is accurate then there should be no reason why Shehbaz
- cannot give a clear unambiguous statement and assurances regarding
- hardware etc as previously requested.
- As for their thanks to backers “for their patience and unfaltering
- support” one wonders whether Team WEDG understand the recent sentiments
- expressed by backers! Team WEDG need to improve on the transparency of
- their communications.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- http://observer.com/2014/08/indiegogos-scampaign-problem-latest-crowdfunded-smartwatch-is-total-garbage/
- I hope that we don’t find a similar article written about the WEDG
- campaign in the future
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- I agree with @Gordon Keys and other dissatisfied backers. 30+ days ago I
- asked that Shehbaz make a clear and unambiguous statement “confirming
- that there are no fundamental hardware, software or supply issues from
- other contractors, which will prevent progress when the third party
- issue is resolved.” Provided of course the third party issue is not a
- charade. If this project is on the level do not understand why Shehbaz
- cannot make such a statement and tell us about the whereabouts of the funds.
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- @snhs06 – just to add, what you’re talking about came after they
- announced the production schedule and told us when to expect our WEDGs.
- It seems like they a) either knew all along that the software issue was
- a show-stopper, which then questions why make the production
- announcement or b) they prematurely announced production, which is
- strange because those things have to be carefully planned. Either way it
- doesn’t look or sound right. I’d be happy to be see the WEDG, but we
- have a right to ask.
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- @snhs06 – maybe you should pay attention.
- Seven months ago – “We’re holding off from purchasing components and
- materials just yet to avoid warehousing fees.”
- Six months ago – “We will be ordering all hardware components including
- materials WC 23 March 2015. … Thus the WEDG shell will go into
- production on 26 March for a full day to produce 2200 units.”
- So according to what was written all of the hardware should have been
- done. It’s just hardware, why haven’t we seen it? Why no news?
- maskedmarauder
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8106278> almost 2 years ago
- I have asked for a refund three times already and have not even received
- a response.
- To all those who still believe this is NOT a scam – I can’t make up my
- mind if I admire or pity you. Yes, it is a trust issue by now, and I
- have none anymore.
- Any help in getting a refund would be very much appreciated.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- @Carlos They are being serious – per 27/7/2015 they are seeking
- alternative financing so those of you mistakenly thinking Indiegogo is
- Amazon can get your money back if Wedg is not ready within 6 months i.e.
- just under 5 months to go – seriously.
- @Tiger Bus I can only agree with your sentiment. I suspect the
- Insolvency Service will point out that by contributing they accepted the
- T&Cs which Wedg are following. No wonder they have been so quiet – must
- be sick of repeating themselves.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- I am starting to wonder if any of those incessantly complaining have
- been paying attention.
- @Steve Box Wedg said at the time of publicly announcing the legal issues
- that they were not proceeding with manufacture at that time because they
- would then have had to pay storage fees for the duration of the dispute
- – seems reasonable to me. What did you expect that they would put them
- together round a kitchen table – factory manufacturing requires a
- certain volume to be economically viable.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- This is my 4th comment and my 4th email and NO RESPONSE
- I WANT A REFUND NOW
- Be a serious people
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Here, Here, @Steve Box!
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- @ Tiger Bus – all of us want to believe in WEDG. But look at the timeline:
- Mid March 2015 – ordering all materials March 23, going into production
- March 26.
- Early April 2015 – planning on shipping between April 8-13
- Mid April 2015 – an aluminum prototype of the back
- Please note that this has nothing to do with the software. We have been
- told that the product was going to be done in late March, yet have only
- been shown a case. Since then nothing about the hardware.
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- While I understand the issues with the software developer, it seems to
- me that the hardware should be ready to go. So why have we not heard
- anything about completed hardware? According to the timeline the product
- should have been finished.
- Which leaves me to believe that the problems with the software side and
- legality of releasing the WEDGE were known before they sent the
- announcements out about the hardware. So why lie to use about the
- shipping date in early April?
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- Ultimately, as others have mentioned, it becomes a trust issue. We were
- all excited about the WEDG, but the way things have been handled make
- supporters question the direction and the leadership. It seems to me
- that the WEDG team could have been talking about the hardware side
- throughout all of these issues, just to allay fears that this wasn’t a
- scam. But the radio silence on everything but the supposed negotiations
- makes it difficult to understand what is happening.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Spencer, look at Nikolai Tesla’s comment further down the list (26 days
- ago), it contains the info I used.
- Tiger Bus, as I said in my previous post, Failure is No Problem.
- Crowdfunding has risks, and that’s fine. At this point, I doubt that
- there is a mysterious “third party” that is responsible for this mess.
- WEDG has given us no information we can verify independently, and have
- broken every promise they made. I hope you are right. If not maybe the
- Insolvency Service can shed some light.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Sorry… I just couldnt resist!
- pic.twitter.com/OYzHMPrhZ1
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- how do you go about reporting to the Insolvency Service?
- I feel as backers we now need bring this to an end, No one has contacted
- me with regards to a refund as requested in the survey, and no
- information has been release to confirm the truthfulness of the
- situation wedg are reporting
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- Oh Peter, thanx for having another f*cked up legal issue for them to
- fight off and delay it for all other backers yet again. This is not
- amazon and your case will result in paperwork and further mess only.
- Thanks again on behalf of everyone who actually unterstands the meaning
- of “funding a startup”. Damn.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @Peter, agree and support you!
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- With reluctance, I have reported WEDG to The Insolvency Service.
- I have received acknowledgement of my submission and will update you of
- the progress.
- I did this with reluctance because I truly believed in WEDG. I hope they
- will get through it and deliver OR come out to speak about what is
- happening with honesty and transparency.
- Failure is no problem. Treating your supporters like WEDG has for so
- long is very disturbing.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- No answer about my refund…
- PLEASE be a serious person, refund now
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Has anyone reported this to The Insolvency Service, Companies House or
- the Serious Fraud Office?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- By the time the dispute is resolved, the hardware and software are both
- rendered obsolete.
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> almost 2 years ago
- I have only ever funded few, carefully hand picked campaigns on
- indiegogo – WEDG seemed like one such campaign. However after reading
- some of the other comments below, I am seriously concerned.
- While there are some who say this is a scam, I still have hope that this
- project pulls through. My only real concern is delivery time. Technology
- is constantly evolving and advancing, and what may seem as a harmless
- few months seriously concerns me regarding WEDG tech. Please give us a
- real update!
- michiel pauwels
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3426891> almost 2 years ago
- As everyone else i’m also still waiting for my refund
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Part 2/2
- I’d like to know where we are with the tooling for the chassis for the
- WEDG. If this had been still on schedule, there should be some moulds
- made to produce the WEDG cases? We’ve seen some sort of picture in a
- dingy shed. Is that it? REALLY?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Part 1/2
- The last two updates tell us little as WEDG cannot tell us anything much
- regarding this legal dispute.
- I still find it hard to take you guys seriously because these updates
- are passed via your legal eagles and the typos and poor grammar are
- shocking! Surely they would have done something about them? What has
- happened regarding the mediation service you were using? There’s been
- little about them for some time. Are they still working on this and in
- what capacity?
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Hi all,
- I have emailed WEDG asking for a refund. I had ordered 2xIntel WEDGs.
- After total radio silence from WEDG for so long in this thread, I have
- little confidence that I will ever see a product. I also have little
- confidence that I will ever see my money.
- If anyone here has actually received a refund, please let me know.
- I will look at making a formal complaint at The Insolvency Service in
- the next few days. Just wish to give WEDG one more chance to get back to us.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #1:
- We need evidence of development of the product and proof that the WEDG
- is there directly after the legal issue is resolved.
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> almost 2 years ago
- Hi all
- If i remember they ask e refound of money with Paypal …. You rechi ed
- The money?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- We need evidence of development of the product and proof that the WEDG
- is there directly after the legal issue is resolved.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- … continuing from previous post …
- Also, reading at all the comments from other backers about WEDG being a
- scam, can you provide any information to help clear the air?
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Hello @TeamWEDG,
- I’ve been a supporter of your project for over two years now
- (contributed at your Kickstarter campaign). I still am. I find it hard
- to believe that we have been stuck in this legal issue for so long.
- Still, my patience is not exhausted, I want you to come through it.
- All the updates we have received in the last few months have been about
- legal stuff.
- Has any progress been made in the technology front? Can you tell us how
- the technology is doing after years in development?
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- @ Chris – thanks’ for the update. Pity it wasn’t more positive news, but
- at least it’s news.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- Hi there,
- Could we please get a proper update on what’s going on???
- Thanks,
- Marc
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- Please refund me the money NOW or I’ll report you
- At least, anwser my emails, comments…
- You are NOT serious
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG FUNDERS: If WEDG is a scam, you can report it to the corresponding
- authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- i’m really fed up with this project…. No replies, no information,
- nothing it all.
- We’ve sent reminders out for 5 times… but still no response…. I’m
- getting the feeling we are getting scammed here.
- Just send out refund to the 199 kickstarters, so we can get on with our
- true lives.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @Gaston, I totally agree with you.
- In the beginning, this product target aimed to get around £72,000
- funding and now it’s beyond that value. There are 199 people voted to
- refund. Why the team didn’t let them go and your supporters can keep
- going with you & the product?
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> almost 2 years ago
- Hi everyone,
- “Divide and conquer”. Reading the comments, I find out that some backers
- have take a position on favor of WEDG and some others (like me), against.
- Guys, won’t it be great that Team WEDG respond to some of the questions
- here, instead that some backers defend their case?
- Only what I ask is respect to the next guy position.
- I really trusted in this proyect, but not anymore. I even talked to two
- of my clients into this and at last minute they had some emergency so
- the got out.
- Thanks
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- I am very disappointed by the communications we have received from Team
- WEDG. Ever since the issue with the software IP arose, we have heard too
- little, too late.
- I understand that there are details that can’t be released, due to the
- ongoing discussions, and there have been recent holidays and illnesses
- slowing things down. But what happened to the weekly updates? Come on,
- throw us a bone here. Any news would be welcome news. I’m so upset I
- can’t even bring myself to ask about tee shirts anymore
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- In this they seem to be following a well thought out & systematic
- approach, which is commendable especially in a new business. All
- mudslinging and repeated demands in comments do is reflect poorly on
- those making them.
- There is no one here who would not far rather it was over, but this is
- the real world – delays happen, legal matters take time and respecting
- confidentiality greases the wheels. In the meantime crowdfunding is not
- shopping, sure the SFO etc will tell you the same thing.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- I have to agree with Tiger Bus. As per the Indiegogo T&Cs Wedg are not
- obligated to give refunds. The delayed is due to factors outwith their
- control, they are doing their best to resolve it. Moreover they have
- consulted backers, reached a decision which has been communicated on how
- they intend to proceed and placed a clear time limit on when they will
- issue refunds to those who wish them while protecting the interests of
- other backers and the company by arranging alternative financing.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- I’ve asked you for a refund and I had no answer…
- No information, no refund…
- I WANT a refund
- What are you waiting for?
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- There’s a key word missed in previous comment: I am NOT saying this
- campaign following the same route but ….
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- If the product can’t be delivered to market at the right time, why
- should I still support it?
- This is not a charity campaign. Some people who raise a scam campaign to
- resell pirate electronic stuffs which were manufactured from China.
- Should we still keep silent and let them cheat money on that way? I am
- saying this campaign following the same route but the campaign team has
- to admit – they can’t fulfil what they expected. “EXIT” plan is what
- they need to do but not talking a dream.(2/2)
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @M K, it’s you but not me asking for real info. I am one of 199 backers
- who looks for refund in the survey.
- In day one, as I said, this project was good to support and the campaign
- team can rely on IGG to get funding. However, it’s not run properly and
- so even can’s deliver any stuff. As a backer, I fully understood the
- risk but it doesn’t mean that we can let the campaign team to free run.
- I supported the campaign and the only reason is not able to find the
- right product in the market. (1/2)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- @ Ron Ko and @ Tiger Bus: we only want to be informed periodically with
- real information and this has not happened in the past 3 months.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- For those who still fully support this campaign, you can consider to
- take over the order ownership from those want to refund. It would then
- eliminate negative noise in this page. Good deal?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- As I see it: there are like 5 backers needing personal comforting, as
- they only now seem to realize the difference between amazon and
- indiegogo. Sorry sight.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 – The results of the poll seem clear – this project is a dead
- duck. The only apparent reason WEDG can have to continue this putative
- charade is to try and keep some or all of the backer’s funds – without
- delivering on the product. As stated many times before – it is time for
- Shehbaz to come clean and tell us the TRUTH.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 – The comments from the backers over the last 9 days are
- interesting as it appears that more backers are now happy to express
- their concerns, in addition to the one or two original dissenting
- voices. The update from WEDG 5 days ago gives no real information and
- adds nothing to previous updates, which also gave no real information. I
- agree with the comments of others pointing out the inconsistencies in
- the updates.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG Funders:
- You can send a complain to The Insolvency Service, Companies House or
- the Serious Fraud Office so they can investigate. More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG team, some of your supporters have lost confidence to you
- guys…..Acknowledge to show your respect to them…..Even if you had
- excellent product, you would still get failure as you are not willing to
- have interactive communication …..
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Based on the last update, I’ve lost completely my confidence in the WEDG
- still coming into production in 2015.
- I get annoyed especially by this phrase:
- “We have on numerous occasions expressed our feelings but little has
- been done to address the concerns raised.”
- This gives me the feeling that the WEDG team is not fighting the battle
- hard enough with the (still undisclosed) 3rd party, but instead is
- preaching love and hoping the issue will be resolved in a peaceful matter.
- Refund please…
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- Dear friends, I want a refund.
- I told you for email… but not response…
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> almost 2 years ago
- I would agree with Richard Alter: this does not mesh at all with having
- an Arbitrator. If your update is true, then you have grounds for a
- lawsuit seeking compensation for damages – they have not even complied
- with their own standards and have cost you significant damage
- financially and in terms of reputation, through no fault of your own.
- This really should have been handled via an Arbitrator – what happened
- to them?
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> almost 2 years ago
- I was under the impression that the legal problems were being handled by
- an arbitrator. None of what you describe would be happening if that is
- the case. The definition of an arbitrated case is that an independent
- 3rd party would make the decisions on the course of action. None of that
- is happening here. I’m having a hard time believing the story line.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG, I am happy with update from you and we know at least this
- campaign still alive. It’s nice that you have process improvement change
- internally. However, could you please read our comments and then respond
- us accordingly?
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- While I have been very much in support of yourselves and the project I
- am getting worried as there has been no update despite the promise “We
- will post an update as promised on Thursday or earlier if there are any
- developments.” 10 days ago?
- What’s happening? :(
- Thanks,
- Marc
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160 Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @WEDG Funders: It is sad and obvious that Team WEDG has major problems
- (real or not) and that there is no clear indication of a concrete
- solution even in their set six month timeline. The lack of any recent
- updates and the repetitive legal issue reporting is not helping the
- already 49%, and counting, of concerned funders. You can send a complain
- to The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office
- so they can investigate.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> almost 2 years ago
- Hello backers! This one is for you, since I had to go many days (26) to
- find out the last response from WEDG. I’m feeling that we’ve been abandoned.
- Meanwile, we can use this thead to share experiences. Last night, my cat
- jumped over me at 3:30 am. Almost die from a heart atack. Her
- explanaition was that she was having an argument with the male cat about
- the food bowl.
- By the way, I’ve buyed a replacement for the WEDG (yes, more expensive).
- QNap TP-453 PRO.
- Good bye for now.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- According to the survey result, why don’t let that 200 people off from
- the ship and they can still move on with the rest (those support or even
- no response)? Now, they blend all guys to move on but it is unlikely
- ready in this year…..
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> almost 2 years ago
- hi
- but who want the money back and respond at your email how many time we
- hope to see the money return at us?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Dear WEDG team
- In an update 6 days ago you said “We will post an update as promised on
- Thursday or earlier”
- Can you give the backers an update please.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #6:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 my details of hardware are from following the project from
- Kickstarter through to Indiegogo, reading the project briefs, writing to
- Shahbaz individually and reading all the updates and comments here. and
- following the hardware specific forums and G+ page
- Yes Im taking it on trust that we are being told the truth about the
- state of the project. I supported them in the survey. otherwise i would
- just buy the hardware or a VM and run Linux, Kolab, a backup program &
- possibly Kodi (XBMC)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 – It is time for Shahbaz to make a clear and unambiguous
- statement confirming that there are no fundamental hardware, software or
- supply issues from other contractors, which will prevent progress when
- the third party issue is resolved. Assuming that is that the third party
- software issue is not a smokescreen as suggested by @t.munari
- Shahbaz – the truth will set you free
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 – @t.munari – you are not the only backer to suspect that there
- is something fishy going on.
- @ken taylor – in your response to @t.munari it appears that you have
- detailed knowledge about hardware, suppliers etc but is this based on
- hard facts or your interpretation of what you see in the WEDG pages and
- a belief that the backers are being told the truth?
- @ MK I admire your patience but agree with @ken Taylor if you have not
- had a response after 5 requests – you are unlikely to get one
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- @MK
- yes we get it you are frustrated and can copy and paste your comment to
- the top every day.
- its getting old already !
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- @ t.munari if you read the pages you will see the boards are production
- devices the arm is a cubieboard and intel is a minnowbord max so it is
- just a case of ordering from the suppliers. the OS is in dispute so they
- cant talk about it. the case will need specifically manufacturing. they
- have been working on office and messaging suites. they said they were
- ready for production before the legal issues.they have given a 9 month
- maximum to delivery.
- Indiegogo is not amazon with next day delivery
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #5:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> almost 2 years ago
- Please, be considerate, could you give us some real info on the project
- status?
- Like
- Hardware %:
- Product finalization,
- Expected production time,
- Software %:
- Main os,
- Primary Services,
- Plugins or whatever…
- This info have nothing to do with the legal dispute and will help remove
- the bitter taste last 30 updates deliver: They look like a smokescreen
- to cover something fishy going on.
- BTW: consider to appoint someone with basic PR skills to handle the
- campaign updates.
- Thank you
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #4:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz Could we have some update on the ongoing development of the
- project. Do update on the legal issue is good, but it would be better
- with some news on the evolution of the project and it may help the
- pessimistic backers.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Take note, this is how any “Crowd Source Campaign” should be run:
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sondors-electric-bike/x/8695962#/story
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- What is your “Plan B” if you do not have WEDG ready in six (6) months
- for the other half that still support you? You still lack any evidence
- that the WEDG idea even exist! Either your team is very naive or
- massively lack the skills to run a start up. How do you expect anyone to
- continue to support this idea? less so from “trusted private individual
- investors”.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @Shehbaz: Thank you for providing a clear indicator that a significant
- amount of your backers are not pleased with the WEDG situation and in
- turn demand a refund. As Justin Walton mentioned, if you have been more
- transparent and have provided more information on the completed process
- with WEDG things would have been different. There are inconsistencies
- with your recent update. Why are you dealing with the “Third Party”
- directly? What happened with the mediator?
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- Oh wow, those poll results must have been devastating to everyone at
- Team WEDG. It’s nice to see a little more information in the latest
- update, and the teams determination to finish what they’ve started. I
- wonder what the poll results would have looked like if more information
- had been released prior to the poll? I suspect a lot fewer backers would
- have asked for a refund.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 5 of 5 – It is well overdue for you to be a lot tougher with regard to
- your approach to handling these matters if the remaining backers are to
- continue to have confidence in you, your team and your project. You also
- need to improve your communications with backers providing facts and
- details without further reservation. There is no reason why your legal
- team cannot provide a P&C statement to be sent to the private paypal
- email addresses of the backers.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4 of 5 – a) the recruitment firm who found you this engineer and are at
- fault for not checking the individual’s status b) the software engineer
- who did not disclose his employment conditions and c) the third party
- who did not make it clear to their employee that he should not make
- himself available for work while on gardening leave. If you have told us
- the truth in these matters then you should be successful on all three
- counts.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3 of 5 – The first is for you to make a clear and unambiguous statement
- confirming that there are no fundamental hardware, software or supply
- issues from other contractors, which will prevent progress when the
- third party issue is resolved. The second is that you accept the fact
- that you are at fault for not carrying out appropriate due diligence in
- hiring the software engineer which caused the third party issue and take
- out legal proceedings against: -
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 5 – 1) very poor PR in communications with backers, 2) very poor
- risk management skills with regard to HR in hiring staff and 3) very
- poor quality legal advice in regard of the third party dispute. If you
- really have the capability to build the hardware and software into a
- working device as stated in the project outline for which you attracted
- backers – then it is important that you make 2 outstanding issues a
- priority.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 5 – Thank you for carrying out the poll that I suggested some weeks
- ago. Although not all backers answered the poll the sample size is more
- than adequate for interpretation. Based on the results it appears that
- around 50% are for continuing and 50% would like to walk away. This
- indicates that project WEDG is teetering on the edge of failure to come
- to fruition. If you have been totally honest with us as backers this is
- for three reasons: -
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks for the Update
- Its unfortunate that less than half of funders completed the survey. and
- that so many people want out after such a short delay
- I have been waiting since 2013 for one crowd funded item apparently just
- shipped 24/07/15 and software still at 0.91 beta
- even if you have to clean rewrite the disputed code you should be able
- to do this within 3 months after the 6 month cut off for legal resolution
- due to delay if hardware is upgraded and cost is same can we have an
- upgrade? ;-)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #3:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2 I asked for that many times, but the only thing weve seen so far is
- a part of plastic enclosure painted in someones garage… I want to
- believe but Im tired now reading updates that does not contain any
- details and will look for an alternative. Sorry guys…
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 2 years ago
- 1/2 I havent filled the survey neither as I was patiently waiting for an
- update regarding so called ‘plan B’… Actually, it never happened and it
- ensured me that I want my refund now! Im probably sceptic but there must
- be something else happening behind the stage, besides the legal thing,
- that prevents WEDG team from going forward as actually weve never seen
- any movie that would present working interface, WEDGnet and hardware itself.
- Gerrit Freise
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707250> almost 2 years ago
- I have decided to get a refund. But anybody has answered me if this
- refund now is guarenteed! I want get back my money to buy an alternative.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- I haven’t filled out the survey simply because there weren’t enough
- facts to base it on…
- I am happy to support WEDG BUT only if it will be delivered this year…
- As otherwise I’ll need to purchase an alternative :(
- Thanks,
- Marc
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- The updates section indicates that the deadline for the responses to the
- poll was Sunday 19 July. Can Team WEDG let us know when we can expect to
- receive the results of the poll?
- With regard to the most recent update, I am not sure that this adds much
- to what we already didn’t know. Indeed it is as opaque as ever.
- I think that it is misguided for Team WEDG to keep its backers in the
- dark. There must be something more fundamental preventing the progress
- of this project than the third party issue.
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> almost 2 years ago
- My email has not been replied to. I too am happy to support WEDG but
- only if I know that WEDG will be fulfilled before end 2015. Otherwise I
- need to look for something as close to WEDG as possible for my requirements.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> almost 2 years ago
- So I am happy to continue to support WEDG but only on the grounds that
- this product can be fulfilled during 2015. If not I would like to be
- refunded as I will have to source an alternative. Updates are becoming
- few and far between, so any chance of regular updates ?
- 2/2
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> almost 2 years ago
- I’ve filled out the survey stating that I would like to continue to
- support WEDG but I am already beginning to think this was a bad idea.
- Unless this product can be delivered this year it’s going to be pretty
- useless to me and I’m going to have to invest in something else. My
- mailserver is on its last legs and I have already found an alternative
- home butt server for my images, files etc.
- 1/2
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- I’m tending to agree with the below commentors, WEDG. It’s hard to send
- out a survey for them to decide, with no cold hard facts. Even if you
- told us the legal action would continue for a few months, I’m sure you’d
- still retain many backers. However, you really do need to provide some
- cold hard dates, and some firm specific facts. Whether these are past or
- present, they can’t make up their minds without them.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- This just ridiculous
- Come on we need some real information as we are being asked to make a
- decision and with out it this is just a farce
- How do we know the value of the refund or if there is any chance the
- project will be able to continue.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #2:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- The survey deadline is approaching, is there any news? I’d like to hear
- how the negotiations are going before making my decision. As Jrogers31
- said, the time to market is very relevant. I still want to believe in
- Team WEDG and the project. Can you convince me I will get mine before
- man lands on Mars? Please?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- I think it would be wise for all to await the outcome of the poll – as
- some comments notably the last contain inaccuracies, that is, if the
- information given in updates and the comments section by WEDG are true.
- The time to market of this device is very relevant – if not very soon
- then it will be what a sony cassette walkman was to an ipod or smartphone.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- 2) 3 or 4 people does not come close. Trusting that the majority of
- funders are aware of crowdfunding I think they will understand the delay.
- If Wedg were that type of company responses would have stopped months
- ago. Legal options will abide by the T&Cs you agreed to by contributing.
- A pro rata settlement, accounting for liabilities, would be likely, and
- legal fees will take up much of that. Wedg also have a duty to the rest
- of the backers to not increase the risk for other funders.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @Nikolai Tesla Thank you but I think I have a good understanding of the
- facts, from reading both the updates and the T&Cs.
- 1) Any business, even on a shoestring budget, has expenses – utilities,
- insurance, hosting for their website, travel to/hosting meetings with
- suppliers etc. Further there may be commitments to a particular volume
- of orders or deposits. Plus as you should know 4% to indiegogo when the
- campaign reaches its goal.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #1:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the update, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- One thing you may have correct, WEDG is under no obligation to provide
- refunds. But again, if they wish to start that way it will just create a
- bad reputation on a startup company. Not only that, most of us live in a
- free society and have the liberty to use legal options to receive a
- refund. If you think that the IP issue is a problem just imagine
- multi-front legal headache. I do not wish this and would rather just
- receive a refund so all of you can continue with the WEDG dream.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @snhs06 – Perhaps you need to review your “facts”. Here are a few:
- 1- Per Shehbaz one month ago " I will say that none of us, including
- myself have drawn a salary from WEDG, not until we fulfil IGG orders and
- get to market thereafter." So where is the proportion that has been used
- that you mention?
- 2- The refund survey still has a week to go. Are you making assumptions
- that the funders requesting a refund are just a minority? or do you work
- for WEDG?
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- @t.munari I believe they have explained the difficulty previously. The
- code can be rewritten, but because the other company are involved Wedg
- need to be able to show work by the ‘gardening leave’ developer is not
- used, which presents a further legal challenge. Without an agreed
- procedure for verification it could create as many problems as it
- solves. That does seem to be one of the options put forward by Wedg
- under the mediation approach, so hopefully it will bear fruit.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz Thank you for your response, makes perfect sense.
- @Nikolai Tesla Perhaps you ought to have looked in to crowdfunding a bit
- more before committing to backing the project then. The main reason I
- posted previously was to make the point that the refunds to the penny
- demanded by the vocal minority are unrealistic both because WEDG is
- under no obligation to do so while the project is ongoing and some
- proportion of the original stake will have been used.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> almost 2 years ago
- I have some difficulty understanding why it is not possible to
- “sanitize” the code written by the contested developer and go on eith
- the project.
- I can’t believe that there is not another way to write the code….
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3
- I do hope that WEDG comes out of this “black hole” but currently nothing
- indicates the contrary at least in the short term. For those who still
- wish to stick my best wishes and please prove me wrong, there is no
- shame in it (just the contrary). Thank you.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2/3
- IF, and that is a huge IF, they do pull out soon (less than two or three
- months) from these legal issues, able to create a fairly well running
- business along with a great product for public consumption then and only
- then I will support them. I will purchase their retail and proven
- product while spreading the word of how everyone should buy one. Until
- then, I just want my funds returned. Just pay a visit to their web page:
- http://wedg.co/ to see if it can provide you of any hope.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1/3
- @Gatto Fontainäou: Sadly or hopefully you are not alone. There are
- others, including myself, that have asked the same questions to WEDG and
- have similar concerns and have provided ideas on how to solve this
- “legal issue(s)”. Personally I did support WEDG and their great idea but
- with the current “legal issue” and plenty of gaps on how WEDG manages
- their “company” makes me pull out my funds.
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3
- cont:
- Instead of “we’re waiting already 3 months and counting…” I’d prefer a
- countdown: “at most 30 weeks to delivery”. And I can hardly imagine I’m
- alone to think so, or am I?
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> almost 2 years ago
- 2/3
- cont:
- whereas defining the software licence at the very beginning might have
- or might have not let you avoid the problem, today you’d need a plan B
- stating exactly when and what you do if legal issues are not solved or
- mediation is inefficient (start developing the alternative software for
- instance, choose licence, search for developers, see that your contract
- with new developers protect you against new claims, anything
- constructive). cont…
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> almost 2 years ago
- 1/3
- @M K +1
- @WEDG
- there is no suitable answer to your survey for me.
- I am still ready to wait (read: support you) if you (* I’ll refer to
- that later) will manage to send out the product to backers in the near
- future. However, if it will end up in settlement in five years
- (temporise, postpone etc. – that’s what lawyers do for living, isn’t
- it?), I want the refund already today.
- cont…
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus @WEDG – No freaking kidding! Lets give a few backers some
- refunds ASAP so they can move on and get off this comment board. Please.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- Seems like 2-3 guys on here really need to get their refund soon. Hope
- they will stop pestering once they got it…
- Hjalte Osborn Frandsen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6086866> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz: Thanks for your and for the hard work you guys put in –
- I look very much forward to a great product!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates from
- the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the update, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but only
- if it is there in 2015…..
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- The third party wanting more details on two of your proposals sounds
- like good news, well done Team WEDG. Any idea when they might provide
- feedback? I know you’re all tired, and would prefer just to get on with
- things, but I’ve been holding off on completing my survey, waiting for
- good news!
- I still believe, but I’m worried the lawyers will kill the dream.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Any update guys?
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks Chris
- with the legal oversight required to show the new code is not
- compromised or influenced by Disputed code. Im sure this will add
- considerable time and cost to any rewrite. at least double :-(
- I know you for insurance reasons need to complete mediation. but at some
- point it must become necessary in parallel to the mediation to rewrite
- the disputed code if mediation takes too long to resolve.
- still supporting, Please keep updates coming.
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> almost 2 years ago
- I’m choosing to keep supporting WEDG.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG – Thanks Chris for the information -it is so much better when
- WEDG shares information with its backers.
- Its good to know that Shehbaz and the WEDG Team have invented the WEDG
- device for the good of mankind so that individuals can keep their
- personal data secure. It is also good to know that WEDG LTD 08824160
- Director ID: 917334076 are a not-for-profit organisation.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @jrogers31 there are no shareholders, we are a start-up.
- ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3 of 3
- 10. “Third party” at fault for not clarifying to gardening-leave
- programmer he should not work.
- 11. Backers who want functioning WEGD units should not need to wait
- longer than necessary for the functioning units.
- 12. Current delays due to “legal issues” are only of interest to the
- shareholders in WEDG Co. who are arguing about their %age of revenue
- going forward with the “third party”
- 13. A deal will have to be done at some stage
- 14. A percentage of nothing is nothing!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 3
- 5. Disputed code could have been re-written weeks ago and change the
- nature of the"third party" dispute.
- 6. 100% of nothing is nothing (see points 2 and 3 as dispute drags on).
- 7. 70 or 80 or 90% of something big in revenue terms is better than 100%
- of nothing.
- 8. WEDG and their recruitment company are at fault for not doing due
- diligence in hiring gardening-leave programmer.
- 9. Gardening-leave programmer is at fault for not declaring his
- situation if to WEDG.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 3 Answers to @ Ken Taylor reveal that it would take one month to
- rewrite disputed code.
- Here are more facts:
- 1. WEDG is a post-Snowden ?killer device with ?killer applications but
- only if brought to market very very soon or
- 2. WEDG will be overtaken by a rival unit.
- 3. Every day of delay is another nail in the coffin for the WEDG project.
- 4. Legal expenses vs. “third party” are paid for by insurance (no draw
- down on funds we are told).
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor 2/2…on a LibreOffice base; for two reasons really it can
- handle the popular .docx, .xlsx formats and it already works pretty well
- in a browser!
- An update by Shehbaz is in review with our legal team and will be posted
- as sson as its approved.
- ^Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor 1/2 thanks for support and questions;
- 1) Currently there is not but we are stressing to apply workable time
- frames to the process as quickly as possible.
- 2) It really depends on the speed of the developer and how much code we
- have to strip back; internally here though we take an educated guess at
- four weeks at most with one dedicated developer.
- 3) The Office suite is progressing at a relaxed pace as some of its
- elements tie into the disputed code. We’re currently working…
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- I have a few questions
- 1)Is there a binding time limit on the mediation Process to stop the 3rd
- party stringing it out?
- 2)How long do you think it would take to rewrite the affected code and
- get it legally signed off as IP free?
- 3)how is the development of the Office server going and has the program
- for this been chosen? open, libre, Kingston(WPS), etc.
- the hardware is all “off the shelf” except the case its the software its
- integration and GUI that make this project.
- Keep the Faith.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- I see 3 outcomes.
- 1) win and get ownership of the existing code free of IP – Best outcome.
- 2) loose and have to pay licencing fees to the 3rd party for the code –
- Totally BAD as WEDG then reliant on third party forever.
- 3) loose and have to rewrite the disputed code showing “beyond ALL
- Doubt” that the code is clean and free of IP – costly and time consuming
- so would need continued support of backers and companies who have agreed
- to stock WEDG but keeps the software open and yours.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Heiko Zeller thank you for supporting WEDG. As far as we know the third
- party wants to establish the facts of IP ownership and we can not
- speculate on other matters. ^Chris
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> almost 2 years ago
- If I decide to continue to support the Project, will I get my Wedg after
- solving the legal issue? How possible is it to solve the legal issue
- without ruining of the wedge Company? I have the feeling that the third
- Party will strangle or slighting your upcoming Company.
- Kind regards
- Heiko
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @M K I think an update is coming this week, Shehbaz has a couple of
- telephone conferences this week.
- We’re not in a position to reveal the third party as doing so will
- jeopardise our position legally. This has been explained in detail in
- pervious updates. ^Shehbaz
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Any update?
- I still cant believe that a 3rd party would claim property right on WEDG….
- Backers have a right to know which 3rd party it is….
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- I think a lot of people would feel more comfortable staying with the
- project if there was some semblance of a ship date, i.e. we could
- receive our WEDG’s by spring 2016 at the latest. It seems like the team
- could identify a new developer to reengineer the software to avoid the
- IP issues within that timeframe. But since I haven’t seen anything to
- that effect, difficult to justify the waiting game. Sorry.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @M K we are not being sued, the legal situation is a dispute over the
- intellectual property rights of the software that the developer was
- involved in coding while on the payroll of the third party. ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3 of 3 – When I made the suggestion of the poll – I was in favour of
- sticking with the project. However, the complete lack of transparency in
- updates and the delayed lame responses since that time give me a sense
- that there are other issues, which we are not being told about. It is
- for that reason that I now want out. Why can’t Team WEDG instruct its
- legal team to write a P&C statement of the facts of the case to the
- backers is beyond my comprehension. The backers have a right to see the
- facts.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 3 If there were only a few that wanted out it would make sense to
- fully refund them (a sign of good faith) and continue with the full
- support of the remaining backers who were content to wait. If a large
- number of backers wanted out then Team WEDG would have no option other
- than to make an urgent deal with the “third party” to get them out of
- the way so that the units could be built.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 3 – 18 days ago I put forward a suggestion of a poll which would
- get some clarity for backers and put urgent pressure on Team WEDG to
- move the project on by solving the “third party” issue, which we are
- told is the only reason why we do not have our WEDG units. At the time
- some backers wanted out as indicated in the comments.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- My problem is that the legal issue became apparent so late in the
- timeline of the project. Okay, these things happen. But I am still
- surprised that there were no repeat no parts made, no tools to make
- those parts and no discussions around that. There was no way a tool can
- be made in a week, is there. There’ll need to be injection moulded cases
- made to fit the chassis into and we saw a rough prototype that could
- have been 3D printed by the looks of it! For those reasons I think I’m out!
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- @M K – I don’t believe anyone is suing anyone! There is a dispute over
- some code that the third party states contractually belongs to them,
- only because the developer was still under contract to them whilst on
- garden leave. I think if Wedg had been able to discuss who the third
- party were they would have disclosed by now. This is the world of legal
- wrangles and nothing is ever likely to be disclosed even IF an agreement
- can be made.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz,
- I am currently making up my mind regarding refund or not.
- Can you share the name of the 3rd party that is involved?
- I am quite curious about which company would sue WEDG because of hiring
- a programmer that is on gardening leave. In normal situations the 3rd
- party would sue the programmer himself instead of WEDG.
- The 3rd party is basically destroying the development and creation of a
- good idea & product AND wasting time/money of WEDG and all the backers!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @snhs06 @Team WEDG: Please provide the exact “additional expenses” that
- are mentioned. We require exact amounts not just estimates. Just because
- delays are common does not make it something to be complacent. If Team
- WEDG stands to be a “good will” firm then they should in turn show it
- with actions. Funders requiring refunds “should” be a minority, if not
- Team WEDG has a bigger issue to attend. They don’t need to have a legal
- battle on two fronts.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- FYI everyone, Chris won’t be available for the rest of the evening and I
- have some personal commitments myself. I will endeavour to respond to
- your comments here as quickly as possible; please excuse the lateness.
- Thank you Chris for your commitment and being awesome this weekend (y).
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @snhs06 Your points are accurate, the short answer to your question
- right now is simply we have and see what percentage of backers request a
- refund to fully understand the potential deficit.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @David Aldred ditto. From our part we are ready to go into manufacturing
- the moment the legal dispute is resolved lifting the numerous restrictions.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @hjalteworm we are committed to delivering WEDG, as soon as the legal
- dispute is resolved we’re ready to get going, we’ve come a long way and
- made numerous personal sacrifices to give up now.
- ^Shehbaz
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- So any full refunds issued will eat into the remaining capital, and
- potentially compromise the success of the project at the expense of it
- and backers who stick with you. If this is correct then I would suggest
- refunds ought to be issued at a reduced rate reflecting expenses. This
- would be in line with the facts that all contributors made the same
- commitment at the outset, such delays are common in crowd funding and
- you are not under any obligation to provide refunds at this stage.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- Team WEDG,
- Glad that there seems to be progress recently. I wonder if you may be
- able to clarify a point in relation to the possibility of refunds being
- offered.
- As I understand the terms of indiegogo there is a charge for their
- services levied as a percentage of contributions received, along with
- other costs prior to the legal problems arising. As a result at least
- some portion of the initial funding has been spent.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- Such a shame it’s come to this point, seemingly through no fault of your
- own.
- I don’t particularly want to pull out – been a keen supporter from your
- original kickstarter campaign.
- What would help though is a more general update on the state of the
- project – what is there left to do and what the possible outcomes are. A
- more informed decision can then be made.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Marc-André Runcie-Unger of course, we will continue to post legal issue
- updates as normal.
- At this point I’d like to remind everyone, the costs of the legal
- dispute are handled by our business insurance policy and not by us.
- ^Chris
- Hjalte Osborn Frandsen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6086866> almost 2 years ago
- Dear WEDG,
- If we do not take back our contribution – how likely are we to receive
- our WEDGs?
- Best,
- Hjalte
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- Will we get an update on the legal issue prior to the end of the survey?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- Big thanks @MyWorks Design! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @astron thanks for the questions; frankly right now we just don’t know,
- results from the survey will shed more light on WEDG future and how we
- deal with the impact. Demands from contributors have been for a means of
- refund without cause for what this will mean for the overall project. We
- don’t intend to give up on WEDG and are committed to bringing it market.
- The legal issue is our highest priority right now. ^Chris
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Just finished the survey too, heck yea we want our Wedg!
- astron
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5182113> almost 2 years ago
- I hope you guys can shed some more light in this. I’m holding back my
- survey until then…
- astron
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5182113> almost 2 years ago
- As much as I would like to stay faithful to WEDG I fail to see a clear
- comminucation in this matter. To me as a backer, in order to make this
- decision, there are questions that haven’t been sufficiently answered.
- What are the possible outcomes of this situation? Will the work progress
- in a regular and timely fashion if a favorable agreement can be reached?
- What if they fail to reach an agreement in favor of WEDG? Would this put
- the whole project to an end? Would this cause financial issues?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- You rock @Tiger Bus thank you!
- As @Tiger Bus said the survey has been sent. Please check your PayPal
- attached email addresses including the Junk folder.
- Please allow at least 24 hours to inform us if you have not received the
- survey. After 24 hours if you still haven’t received the survey please
- email us at info@wedg.co no other form of communication regarding this
- matter will be responded to.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- Survey done, staying on board! Want my intel-raid-double-bla-super-butt
- SOON! ;)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- To Chris @Team WEDG – presumably the UPDATE notifications go to the
- PayPal associated email addresses?
- However, if you are in any doubt about ensuring that all backers receive
- the email with the link to the poll – in addition to reconciling email
- addresses you should also send an UPDATE to confirm the email with the
- poll link has been sent AND post a message in the comments section.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- The survey is complete, since the last survey many backers have changed
- their PayPal email address and we are reconciling email addresses to
- ensure nobody is missed and there are zero administrative anomalies. ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- From the delay in sending out the poll to the backers one assumes that
- the poll when it does come will consist of an extensive number of
- complex questions. I would have thought that the poll could be
- simplified to: -
- 1. Do you believe in WEDG and are you prepared to wait for the “legal”
- issues to be settled?
- 2. Do you no longer believe in WEDG and would you like your money back?
- My answer to 1. is NO.
- My answer to 2. is YES
- If the poll does not come soon then responses will appear under comments
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz: This weekend is almost over (for some of us) and you mentioned
- the following: “As explained in our last update; this weekend Chris will
- be sending out a survey for you tell us if you want a refund to your
- contribution”. Where is the survey? and please don’t wait two weeks to
- provide the results, there is no need for further delays. Thank you.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- We have some news on the legal discussions. Good news! But if we will
- only have two weeks to decide if we want a refund, will there be more
- news from the mediation team as well? If I am forced to decide based on
- the current glacial pace the negotiations, I may well I might have to
- make the “wrong” choice. I still believe in the dream you all had @ Team
- WEDG. But do I still believe you can free the project from it’s legal
- shackles in a timely manner? That is the question …
- paul.kulhavy
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709012> almost 2 years ago
- I’ve backed this project from the start (kickstarter), but its been a
- long story of lengthy delays and excuses – and now it seems unlikely to
- me that the WEDG will ever get done – legal costs may sink the project.
- If the WEDG ever comes out as a retail item or finished product online
- then I will happily buy it and pay the bigger retail price and
- congratulate you – but 16 months is a year too long.
- I want a refund – so send that poll out. Return my pledge.
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> almost 2 years ago
- This is not how mediation works. Sounds very strange to me
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- It’s not in the interest of the legal team to set deadlines for an
- agreement to be reached. I would think that a London firm would bill
- around £350.00 – £500.00 per hour – plus VAT. I don’t understand why the
- “American software company” cannot be named and shamed if it is true
- that they have no interest in this technology other than to profit from
- the happenstance of an employee who was on gardening leave who wrote a
- few lines of code for a company who failed in its due diligence in
- hiring him.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @MyWorks Design not at this stage, we have pressed for deadlines along
- milestones and hope that they will be implemented. ^Shehbaz
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Is there a deadline any legal team has set on the mediation?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 Because of the delay in doing a deal with the “third party”, I
- have a sense that the “third-party” issue may be conveniently disguising
- more fundamental problems with the project – hardware, software, supply
- contractors or another issue. I do not accept that legal reasons exists
- for the total lack of transparency in the updates. Please poll the
- backers without any further delay
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 A poll of the backers as suggested 15 days ago is essential – if
- there are only a small number of backers that want a refund – then
- refund them promptly. If there are a large number of backers that want a
- refund – then team WEDG will have no choice other that do a deal with
- the third party and get the project moving again. I do not understand
- why that has not been done already – after all WEDG failed in their due
- diligence hiring the programmer as he failed to be honest with WEDG.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2 (Cont.) ,,,daily updates just a paragraph long, outlining the most
- current progress. I bet 99% of us don’t care about T-Shirts, we just
- want to see the latest legal or product progress – both are equally
- important. While we understand you have to run it by your legal team, I
- don’t see it in any way damaging to either side if you give us mediation
- status.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Nikolai,
- You have valid concerns, and I understand where you’re coming from –
- it’s only fair that some backers get a refund, it’s not like it will
- kill the project if it’s only a few.
- However, I’m sure they’re busy – plus there’s a legal team that I’m sure
- is standing between them and their updates to us. Just a guess though,
- but I agree that’s a weak point of theirs.
- @Wedge – we just want to see progress. I bet you’ll squash all refund
- requests by posting (cont.)
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Please provide a choice to the funders in order to receive a full refund
- if they wish. If not, make it clear to all here. This way it provides a
- clear indication on how some funders may resolve this situation.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- I knew that my funds were to provide support for this project but there
- are other issues at hand that require close attention if they wish to
- succeed. Refunds should be a no issue if there are only “a vocal
- minority that makes a lot of noise” as mentioned previously. I want to
- “believe” in the WEDG but each update makes it a step closer not to.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design, Philipp Stäheli: Understood, since that was the main
- reason I even funded the project to begin with. The issue is at the end
- of the day they are a company (or trying to be). Here is a nice example,
- two days ago Shehbaz posts the following “shortly we will be sending out
- a survey” and two days have passed with no such survey. They also post
- about “positive outcomes from a meeting yesterday will also be included
- in this update” which there is no such update as of this post.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Guys, relax! Like Phillip said, it’s not like there’s something else
- like this even as an idea yet out there! Sure, Transporter, but that’s
- such a far comparison. In a lot of our opinion, it’s worth the wait.
- Hopefully a shorter wait, nevertheless – with frequent updates ;)
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 2 years ago
- Common backers, do not dispair! It’s not like there is another wedg-kind
- of thing waiting around the corner. Forget about this campain for a
- while and it might be over sooner than you think and all will be good.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Peter Dalmaris thank you very much for your support! : ) ^Chris
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- I’m sticking with you Team WEDG, thank you for the frequent updates.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor thank you for your everlasting supper and understanding in
- this matter. ^Chris
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- Wedg have not believe breached any of the T&C, YES there’s a delay
- caused by the legal case but i dont believe WEDG are “unable to fulfill
- any of its commitments to Contributors (including delivering any Perks)”
- lm funding an idea not “buying” a product. IMHO Certain backers here
- need to close their crowd funding accounts and wait for products to
- arrive in Best Buy, PC World, ETC,
- Would i like to already have my WEDG – Yes! but I will wait
- Unfortunately a vocal minority make a lot of noise.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @nikolai we’re preparing things to survey backers on this matter and an
- update will be sent out later this evening. Some positive outcomes from
- a meeting yesterday will also be included in this update. ^Chris
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: Thank you for providing the much awaited notice. Sadly it
- still does not provide a timeline or an educated estimate of when this
- legal issue may be resolved. Since this information has not been
- provided I still demand a refund, otherwise I will need to seek counsel
- on how to resolve this very matter.
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> 2 years ago
- @Wedg – I will wait, but I confess my patience is running thin. I have
- been through legal battles and mediation so I understand the process,
- but that also means that I understand how the third party can easily
- mess with you. You have continued to report they are empathetic but tied
- by policy, and I find no support for that. They can not empathetically
- watch your project die on the vine… They are a business and can find a
- business solution to let you move forward. Or not.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 Refund them promptly and move on at the pace dictated by the
- legal team and mediation. Only the ‘believers’ will remain waiting and
- only the ‘believers’ will be taking the risk.
- I do not think it is for anyone to judge whether contributors made
- significant or insignificant contribution – for me it is a matter of
- trust and a matter of principle.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 @Dermot Loughnane neatly takes us back to the suggestion I made 8
- days ago.
- Make available a full refund all the contributors to the campaign who
- have decided that they no longer wish to endure any further delays in
- light of the fact that the promise of fully functioning units by March
- 2015 has not been fulfilled.
- Dermot Loughnane
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1839484> 2 years ago
- Thanks for the update, given the small amounts of money individually at
- stake here I’m not sure why people are so cranky about this. Shit
- happens but you seem to be doing your best to resolve unfortunate
- circumstances and I’m happy to wait till you can crank out my WEDG. Good
- luck with the mediation and look forward to hearing how it went.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- Thank you for the update, which I read with interest. From my point of
- view it does not add any significant detail to what I thought I already
- knew from previous messages and updates.
- Blazon PR who arranged your crowd funding on Indiegogo state on their
- website that “We believe in open, honest and transparent
- communications.” I find your responses inconsistent with that statement.
- I would be grateful if you would kindly arrange for a full refund of the
- £624.00 I contributed to the campaign.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, sadly I am in the same camp as the latest posts. I am
- requesting the option for a full refund. Your idea and push to provide
- the Wedg was tremendous but these legal issues has given me a lost in
- confidence with this project.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 +1 :-(
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 7-days has passed since a comprehensive update was promised regarding
- issues highlighted in the messages below. One wonders when the lawyers
- will approve the release of the update – how much time do they need? Is
- this update a multipage document requiring hours of their professional
- time or is this a thinly veiled attempt by the WEDG to continue
- stalling. From my point of view trust in WEDG is rapidly evaporating and
- as a result I am now with Ron Ko and would like to be fully refunded please.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor yes I believe mediation was agreed upon is legally binding.
- Something that Shehbaz’s pending update includes is how we’re looking at
- ways to allow the case run its course and allow us to segue way and
- recode efficiently. Thank you for support Ken. ^Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ron Ko my to you has disappeared as well. No need to apologise,
- we’re all frustrated and hoping things a resolved soon. Thanks for
- clarifying all the same. ^Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Hi Guys
- I posted a comment here yesterday but it seems to have disappeared. I’ve
- only noticed upon seeing @Ken Taylor’s message come through.
- My comment was to say that Shehbaz is waiting for the legal team to
- approve his update, its comprehensive and covers a great deal and so
- there is a delay as a result. Apologies for the delay ^Chris
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 2 years ago
- Hi WEDG Team,
- Is the mediation decision legally binding for both parties?
- I hope that the mediation reaches an amicable solution.
- If Not then the Developer has loads to answer for due to false
- representation. The insurance company may wish to go after him for costs.
- Then more lawyers will be needed to make sure a rewrite of the
- compromised code is provable beyond a reasonable doubt to be completely
- fresh, not influenced or tainted in any way. “clean” so no IP can be
- claimed over it.
- Good Luck
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> 2 years ago
- Hi Chris, thanks for your response. Frankly speaking, I have lost
- patience to the products perked via IGG. “Disappointed” is the only word
- to comment. Please accept my apology and wish WEDG with great success in
- future. Please advise me the refund channel, thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton my pending update will provide more answers – but as you
- know I have to ensure its content doesn’t infringe on the various
- agreements between WEDG and other parties. Once approved it’ll be
- online. ^Shehbaz
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 – I agree with all your comments about the pace of change in
- the tech. sector. I’ve been backing WEDG since early Kickstarter days.
- We all want to know what’s happening, that’s why I see a problem with
- polling now, we don’t yet know how long we might have to wait. Would you
- vote for a refund this month if WEDG was shipped to everyone else a week
- later? But other devices are now available, even from major suppliers,
- that provide the core functionality. We need more input from team WEDG
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ron Ko Shehbaz is preparing an update for all discussed issues below
- and will post as soon as possible, ^Chris
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> 2 years ago
- Hello, any channel for refund?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 @Justin Watson -Things move quickly in the tech sector. Is WEDG a
- pipe dream or is it deliverable? If it is deliverable and if it is a
- game changer, which backers thought it was going to be when they made
- their contributions then the “third party hold up” is a trivial matter
- with a deal to be done to move the project on. If the hardware or
- software can’t be made to deliver the objectives reliably – then it’s a
- dead duck. If you want to find out where this project is going–poll the
- backers
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 @Justin Watson – as things stand we only know what we have been
- told, which is very little. Development of the device is on hold, a
- nameless third party has an interest because of the prior contractual
- obligations of an employee hired -?in good faith with -?failure of due
- diligence. Is it possible there are other reasons? When backers pitched
- in some 9 months or so ago the device and stretch goals were relevant
- and desirable within the time frame of a Spring delivery.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 – I see one small problem with polling the backers, while
- some may want a refund now, others will be prepared to wait a bit
- longer. Perhaps a few may wait indefinitely. I’m not in the last
- category, so would need an idea of how long it would take to resolve the
- legal issues. As you rightly point out, lawyers aren’t in any rush! So
- how long is the piece of string? When might everything be resolved? I
- doubt anyone could even give an estimate. My choices in such a poll seem
- limited.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 thanks for your comments. I will respond to you and the
- general debate fully in an update as I have been discussing these
- comments with our advisory team (made up of legal, insurance and
- business mentors) this afternoon. Since we are in a sensitive position
- the update as usual will be approved by our legal team first. I will
- stress the point though the purpose of taking on mediation is to break
- free from the pace of the third party and to move the case along
- quickly. Regards, Shehbaz
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 3 of 3
- If the WEDG team find that only a small proportion of the contributors
- would wish to be fully refunded – then refund them promptly and move on
- at the pace dictated by the legal team (it is in their pecuniary
- interest to move slowly). Only the ‘believers’ will remain waiting.
- If the WEDG team find that a large proportion of the contributors would
- wish to be fully refunded – then this will add the urgency and focus
- that I believe is required to get the project back on track.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 2 of 3
- 1. Make available a full refund all the contributors to the campaign who
- have decided that they no longer wish to endure any further delays in
- light of the fact that the promise of fully functioning units by March
- 2015 has not been fulfilled.
- 2. Poll all the contributors to see how many would wish to opt for a
- full refund of the funds they contributed.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 1 of 3
- I have read the recent exchanges and while I have some sympathy for the
- WEDG team and the current “legal” predicament I believe Nikolai Tesla
- has a very valid point and I support his position. As a result I suggest
- the following, which may focus the WEDG team on arriving at a solution
- with the unnamed “third party”.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- smadyk please send us your new address along with your PayPal email
- address to infowedg.co and I’ll update our records, I’ll contact you
- before we print the post labels to double check. ^Chris
- smadyk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7989688> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG I’m going to move house in the next month, will you ask for
- the addresses before to send it (when it’d be ready)?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla personally I do not want to endure this experience a
- moment longer than I have to. The dream remains to fulfil IGG orders and
- bring WEDG to market, if this seems unlikely post mediation we will seek
- ‘Plan A, Plan B etc’. But I have to stress that we are hopeful with the
- involvement of mediation a successful outcome is highly likely – the
- third party accepting mediation without resistance is a very positive
- sign indeed. Best regards Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla I don’t believe a conspiracy is at play here. Having
- heard the developer’s testimony we here believe his rationale for taking
- on employment elsewhere and keeping his garden leave a secret; we do not
- justify it and he recognises the harm he has caused and is regretful of
- his actions. But that doesn’t change anything.
- For the foreseeable future we must commit to the procedure as we are
- under contract with various parties now. We and more cont…1/2
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: Sadly the burden is on you, Team WEDG, to provide your
- Funders with a satisfying solution and not just leave it to the legal
- team. It is hard and it is not fair after all the hard work you have
- done as of this date to bring up this superb idea just to have a single
- person bring it to a complete halt. What options are there? Shirts and
- stickers is not the main reason we successfully funded this project, it
- is for the WEDG (your device)!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG 2 fo 2: The third party legal team could easily drag this
- issue for eternity (unless I am ignorant to some British law) if they so
- wished. It is reasonable to assume that many, if not all, of the Funders
- will not wait indefinitely for this issue to sort out. Team WEDG needs
- to provide a plan A, B or even a C if this legal issue drags out for
- another month.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG 1 fo 2: My faith for the WEDG project is demonstrated with my
- already provided funds and as agreed the WEDG Team agreed on providing
- the corresponding perk early 2015. It could have been bad timing or an
- intentional sabotage (conspiracy mind here) that the contracted
- developer worked on WEDG code during his “garden leave” which in turn
- completely legally halted this great project.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ton Sonneveldt i.e. to show we are willing and co-operative and to
- prevent any further charges against us. ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ton Sonneveldt i.e. the third party. It is this which is in dispute.
- For many of us it seems clear that WEDG is not at fault – however the
- third party simply don’t see it this way and after deliberating with
- them directly we have chosen the route of mediation to which they have
- agreed. They have refuted clean builds claiming that we must prove the
- developer’s influence won’t in the new build.
- The entire situation is disappointing and frustrating but we must follow
- the due process to cont.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ton Sonneveldt I understand your frustration. Indeed we do have a
- contract with the developer and the agency through whom we hired him had
- references and performed due diligence before bringing him to our
- attention as any professional recruitment agency would. He chose not to
- disclose his employment at the third party where he is on garden leave.
- His contract of employment states that any work related to his
- employment during or outside of working hours is the IP of his employer
- cont…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design as we understand it the mediation team are gathering
- facts and information about the case and reading through meeting
- minutes. Our first meeting/review with the mediation team is scheduled
- for Tuesday 23rd June and Shehbaz will be attending that with our legal
- team. ^Chris
- Ton Sonneveldt
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/631163> 2 years ago
- part 2:
- As it is taking so many months now to solve that problem it seems that
- you had no good contract with the person you hired for the coding. I am
- getting skeptical about the whole project as there seems to be no
- developments in this case and certainly no new date for producing the
- hardware, solving the software problem (by hiring someone else to recode
- the disputed part) or delivering. How much time you think you still need
- to deliver? Hope to hear from you.
- Ton Sonneveldt
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/631163> 2 years ago
- part 1:
- I am one of those funders expecting a good piece of hardware and
- software based on your information during the Indiegogo campaign; to be
- delivered early 2015. By that time it became clear that you could not
- deliver the hardware – there was still only a prototype – but you
- explained that lack of realization by bringing up a problem with a third
- party concerning a software developer who worked for you but also for them.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- Hey guys,
- Any update? How’s the mediation?
- Thanks!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton haha! that brought a smile to our faces : ) love to see
- the Mediators sporting WEDG Tshirts in meetings with complete
- nonchalance! I think Tubthumping will be our theme song after all this
- is behind us. Thanks for your support Justin and everyone, looking
- forward to getting the Tees out to you soon! ^Shehbaz
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- Tee shirts and stickers! Hurrah! Something to quieten all the doubters
- out there who thought they’d get nothing after the legal issues became
- apparent. One more thing crossed off the long ‘to do’ list on the road
- to success. Have you ordered a few some extra for the mediation team to
- wear in negotiations? Let’s hope those discussions do only take a short
- time. I feel the need to play Tubthumping by Chumbawamba and thumb my
- nose at all lawyers in general. Keep up the good work Team WEDG.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for your support Justin. We have amazing
- support from our legal team; I know Shehbaz is in talks with them often
- during and outside of normal business hours and yes this was a course of
- action suggested by them. Thanks again : ) ^Chris
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Thank-you for the update, it’s good to have
- these more regular posts from you guys. Whatever you are able to tell us
- is always gratefully received. I am encouraged that the legal team have
- suggested this course of action, and that the insurers are supporting
- it. I hope your selected mediator has a big stick! I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Just a quick note to say I have been in intense talks with the third
- party this week, details of which I will share with you as soon as
- approved by our legal support. I suspect however this maybe early next
- week with it being the end of the working week.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla 2/2 while I can’t discuss working terms and agreements in
- place with the individual team members, I will say that none of us,
- including myself have drawn a salary from WEDG, not until we fulfil IGG
- orders and get to market thereafter.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla the medium to long term plan for the project if these
- issues continues is something I am personally restless about and seeking
- seeking counsel from experts who can advise contingency and
- strategically. Furthermore points you raise are stressed to the third
- party on a regular basis so we one way or another we may proceed with
- bringing the project to market.
- The team are committed to WEDG, some are working on other projects
- alongside WEDG till we are able pick up ground again 1/2
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 @Team WEDG: This is not even considering your WEDG team (14 as of
- today) is either working for free or not. It is almost two months since
- this product should have shipped. What are your contingency plans if the
- legal issue drags for another four months? There is a limit.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 @Team WEDG, Pierre Lang has a very valid point which brings up
- the following question: how long are you willing this legal issue?
- Definitely you can not do so indefinitely since your technology and
- ideal will be surpassed by someone else making it irrelevant in due
- time. Also, as I have mentioned on an earlier posted comment, your
- manufacturing partners will no longer able to honour your agreed prices
- from almost a year ago which in turn dig into your raised funds.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Pierre Lang the legal procedure hasn’t cost us a penny fortunately as
- we have business insurance which is paying for a great legal team.
- Ditching his work and starting again isn’t possible yet as we’d have to
- prove a number of factors regarding the authenticity of the ’new’code –
- that in actual fact would be a legal procedure within itself. ^Chris
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> 2 years ago
- Sorry to add to the (maybe) useless comments, but considering your
- statement here: http://wedg.co/news/statement-12-04-15.pdf the developer
- worked for you from late january to end of march.
- This is, more or less, 2 months worth of work.
- Of course, I’m not aware of what the legal issue exactly is, but did you
- consider simply ditching his work, and have someone else recode
- independently what is in dispute? Anyway, the legal proc.probably did
- cost you more than these 2 months of work already…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @George Baily unfortunately we don’t, the updates are the most
- comprehensive details on the issue. ^Chris
- George Baily
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5420941> 2 years ago
- As someone who (sorry) is not up to date with your legal issue, do you
- have a blog post or status page where someone can catch up to what that
- is all about, without having to read back through each fragmentary
- status update?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem as @Marc-André Runcie-Unger (thanks for chipping in) said.
- Furthermore, we have promised to deliver a single complete solution to
- IGG backers and retail partners; it would be commercially impossible to
- only produce a handful of units without the WEDG OS. Also, the WEDG OS
- is designed to be flashed on to the hardware, your suggestion is
- untested ground.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> 2 years ago
- @veehem I am guessing the wedg needs an operating system like anything
- else. If the legal dispute is related to that part of the software there
- is no way to use the hardware without it. So while add on apps may be
- open source unfortunately we will have to wait until the legal case is
- resolved. Fingers crossed they won’t be held up much longer. I still
- believe in them and the project!
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- @ Chris (Team WEDG) I don’t understand why. You always says that the
- software would be opensource. Could you be more explicit about the
- reasons why it’s not feasible for you. Thanks
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem you understand correctly, however your suggestion would not be
- feasible for us. ^Chris
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- If I understand correctly, the dispute is about the software. So why
- don’t you send us the hardware? Meanwhile, we may install something like
- Yunohost. And later, the Wedg software
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you Steven, those are encouraging words. Your
- support and confidence means a great deal to me and the team here. ^Shehbaz
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- We believe. Stay strong.
- “Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all
- sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care
- how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there
- permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as
- life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can
- get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving
- forward. That’s how winning is done!”
- ― Rocky Balboa
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @rabeaumont happy to have the discussion but please don’t let the legal
- situation be a cause for concern regarding money in the project. That’s
- all in hand with insurance. .
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thanks for the invite Justin, a couple of sample freebies
- were sent in the post today, but if I am ever local I’ll certainly be in
- touch : ) #TeamLewisHamilton (Y) ^Shehbaz
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> 2 years ago
- I don’t know about others but I couldn’t give a monkeys about the
- t-shirt. If it meant more money to the project I’d happily forgo mine.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Another update. I could get used to these. It
- looks like slow and steady progress on the legal front. Not much more
- could be expected when lawyers charge by the hour. Perhaps better news
- on the tee shirt front. As it happens, I live in Leicester, If you’re
- coming over to collect samples Shehbaz, drop me a line, we could meet up
- for a chat about F1 and WEDG! I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp I believe Shehbaz is working with another tshirt distributor
- as the original company wouldn’t honour the agreement since the time
- frames had changed. There will be an update on the Ts this week I have
- been told just now.
- We’ll make Friday the update day from this point onwards unless there is
- significant news to report during the week. ^Chris
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> 2 years ago
- Part 2:
- I believe the last request was about 2 weeks ago. Having arranged custom
- T-Shirts and Hoodies before I would be surprised if you didn’t have some
- update to give us regarding these. Also you said your guys were gonna
- spend the time to work on the chat app any progress with that? Yet again
- there may be no substantial news but it would be nice to even just see
- no news…
- Can I suggest maybe picking one day a week and say every friday just
- give us a state of play even if it just says no news
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> 2 years ago
- Hi Guys,
- Part 1:
- While I appreciate there maybe no news on the legal front and you do
- have my support I was just wondering a few things. Now I check the
- comments most days for updates so there are a few things I’ve noticed.
- First of all T-Shirts have been mentioned while I am a bit indifferent
- over the T-Shirt personally however a number of backers have requested
- updates on these items over the last couple of and we have been told you
- will contact the suppliers and find out.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey…the case hypothetically. So we will only report what we
- know and are consented to share as soon as we know it.
- I know this a frustrating and testing time for you; our backers and
- partners, but rest-assured we are doing all that we can come to a prompt
- and amicable outcome and get the WEDG out everyone.
- Best regards
- Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey Hi Gaston, it is our objective to keep our backers and
- partners updated on a regular basis. Sometimes there isn’t anything to
- report as we are waiting to hear news ourselves. Last week is a primary
- example of this; the third party arranged to interview the developer
- last week, we have asked for an update but haven’t heard back yet. I
- know Shehbaz has conf call tomorrow with our legal team and might have
- some feedback then. We are under strict instructions not to discuss cont…
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 2 years ago
- Part 2:
- We’re waiting that this huge legal problem solves urgently. And I think
- many of us require this solved in a urgent basis since the distribution
- date has paseed 1 month ago.
- Please help us to end this proyect with the confidence of backing new ones.
- I think we all back you in this I do, but we need more of you. You can
- say that is confidential. Ok. But we’re stuck in this “confidential”
- argument.
- Hope you understand.
- Regards,
- Gastón Cardey
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 2 years ago
- Part 1:
- Hi,
- 1 week has passed from the last message from WEDG and I’m thinking that
- I need a status update every week. I wouldn’t ask you this in a normal
- situation, but we passed that 1 mont ago. There are news every week in
- everything.
- Right now, there are some other manufacturers offering products that
- “looks like” the WEDG. Some has a few extra functionalities and some
- lack of many that the WEDG includes. But are available right now at a
- store. (continue …)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for the support and your enthusiasm Justin (Y).
- ^Chris
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @ Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Thank-you for the update, this seems like
- positive news.
- @ Chris. The production times are also good news.
- I’m sure I’m not the only one who sees these two points as positive.
- Well done everyone at Team WEDG, please keep up the good work
- (especially the frequent updates, however sparse they have to be for
- legal reasons). In fact, I’m so happy about all of this, I won’t even
- ask about tee shirts. I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 our manufacturing and supply partners have offered lead times
- of up to 72 hours in a business week to start a production run. So we
- envisage within 7 days we would be in a position to begin shipping
- orders. ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- I think that it would be helpful for the backers to know how long it
- would take you to produce and supply the fully functioning units with
- associated software if the legal issues were to evapourate tomorrow?
- Thomas Grundberg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5396919> 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli: +1
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- I appreciate the irony of the campains title.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @db unfortunately we can’t disclose privately over emails, we are
- sharing all the information that we can and that is deemed relevant to
- backers and other partners involved. Your support and powers ;) are very
- much appreciated! ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton indeed and fortunately we’re in good and very experienced
- hands.
- The t-shirts is on my list of priorities – I haven’t forgotten, I will
- catch up with distributors and get back to everyone. ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you and the respect is mutual. We are aware of the
- environment and pressures against us and are doing all that we can to
- proceed with the project. ^Shehbaz
- db
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706846> 2 years ago
- It would be also awesome if we can get detailed Information on out Email
- Adresses
- which you should have. Informations only for Backers about the exact
- detailed Status.
- (i think that nobody who backed you will get you in trouble with these
- informations – it will us belive that somthing goes behind the lines :-) )
- Still beliving on WEDG and send you super power to solve the issues.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- It seems the legal issue is more complex than it needs to be (no real
- surprise when lawyers get involved!) as there are other parties
- involved. I fear this could take quite a while. I’m rooting for you Team
- WEDG! Wish I could wear my tee shirt to show my support. Which sort of
- reminds me, whatever happened to those?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 2/2
- @Shehbaz
- We all need a road map/timeline of when we could expect this product and
- services otherwise there is no tangible pressure to have this legal
- issue resolved in a prompt manner. In the meantime the funds will dry
- out and this ideal dream will just evaporate in due time. I wish you the
- utmost strength and spirit to see this through to the end successfully
- but with a tangible timeline.
- Kindest regards,
- Nikolai.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 1/2
- @Shehbaz, Keep in mind that I have respect for you and your great idea
- to provide the power of privacy and security to those who could afford
- it. Be aware that many of your founders are unable to wait indefinitely
- for many reasons. Also keep in mind that technology moves forward a fast
- pace and that each passing month the technology you offered back in 2014
- will become irrelevant and/or outdated to new standards.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- 2/2
- @MyWorks Design I deeply regret the delay and the inconvenience this is
- causing to you, Alex and all other backers. ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- 1/2
- @MyWorks Design it’s a combination of discussions and investigations on
- their side which lead to more questions and answer sessions with us. We
- are one of many legal cases the third party legal division are engaged with.
- We i.e. myself and our legal legal support have and will continue to
- respond quickly, truthfully and with complete transparency in all
- communications – that for now is all we can do. Anything we can disclose
- will be disclosed publicly for the benefit of all backers.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- 2/2
- What are the issues standing in your way? Just negotiations with this
- company? Many of us, like Alex, are patching together old systems in
- preparation for Wedg, so we’re fairly dependent on the timing of the
- launch.
- Anything you can share privately?
- Thanks!
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- 1/2
- Hey guys,
- Any latest updates? I can definitely realize the restrictions of what
- information you can share with the public, but any specific details
- would help!
- What portion of legal proceedings has been conducted so far? Have
- initial negotiations been completed yet?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp sorry to hear your current system is dying. Right now we
- can’t say because we don’t know ourselves. I know Shehbaz is push our
- legal team and the third party for a roadmap but nothing has been
- forthcoming yet. ^Chris
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I know you probably can’t give an accurate time estimate but the system
- I’m currently using is dying and I was wondering if it worth attempting
- to prop it back up. Are we looking at weeks or months worth of delay.
- Just a guesstimate would do :)
- Thanks
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you Steven, I sincerely appreciate your support and
- confidence in us.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for your on going support Justin, it means a
- great deal to me and the team.
- ^Shehbaz
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- I am proud to have supported your efforts from Kickstarter on over to
- Indiegogo. I believe in you and your team and will keep the faith.
- Hang in there!
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Thank-you for the update. As you say, little
- news that you can talk openly about. Legal disputes are often lengthy,
- as well as soul destroying. Here’s hoping it’s all resolved
- satisfactorily, quickly. Wish I could wear my tee shirt to show my
- support. I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Marc-André Runcie-Unger thank you ^Shehbaz
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> 2 years ago
- Thank you Shebaz! I can imagine it’s a very stressful time for you all
- and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it can all be worked out quickly.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Marc-André Runcie-Unger I have drafted an update and sent it on to the
- legal advisers to review, after their feedback/approval I will post an
- update to the project.
- Thank you everyone for your patience and co-operation.
- ^Shehbaz
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> 2 years ago
- Not wanting to sound pushy but are there any updates from the
- conference? I hope it is good news. :(
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design Shehbaz has a telephone conf tonight so will update you
- guys on the outcome thereafter. ^Chris
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- Team, any updates? :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @rabeaumont thank you for your confidence and support. Its an
- overwhelming experience with a steep learning curve. The lack of control
- and minimal influence over the whole siltation only makes things more
- intense and stressful.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Franco we ran behind on the production schedule as our manufacturing
- partners were delayed, furthermore some of our components were held by
- customs at the time too. However, as per the terms of our agreement our
- manufacturing partners would have ramped up output to meet agreed
- deadlines as the delay was on their part and not ours.
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> 2 years ago
- Just wanted to say that I have complete faith in Team Wedg. Working in
- software myself, and knowing a bit about intellectual property rights in
- contracts, I know how difficult these issues can be, and how long it can
- take to resolve them.
- I believe you are doing all you can to get my Wedg to me, and am
- prepared to be patient.
- Franco
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707014> 2 years ago
- Shehbaz, the letter was received 30 March so can you clear up your
- update from a month ago, “…the WEDG shell will go into production on 26
- March for a full day to produce 2200 units. On Monday 30 March assembly
- of WEDG will commence! Boards will be flashed during assembly before
- they go into the WEDG. Assembly will run for four days. Each completed
- WEDG will be packaged and addressed as it runs off the production line
- and stored until all units are complete and ready for shipment.”
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys I hope the update just posted to the project will rest your
- concerns.
- ^Shehbaz
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 2 years ago
- I also find the timing of ‘The Statement’ rather ominous. It all comes
- out of the woodwork after the Idiegogo campaign is closed.
- I also feel the legal team would have read ‘The Statement’ and corrected
- the errors in grammar and content before release. It was poorly written
- and not proof read in any way which surprised me with regard to the
- gravity of the issue.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 2 years ago
- I find this situation quiet worrying. I know the legal stuff isn’t
- something you’ll be discussing, but to hear there isn’t even any casings
- produced is shocking! Delivery should have been last month. and the IP
- issue is way after this. You could show shots of the tooling you must
- have paid for. Would a test of the tool produced any case parts? Have
- you tested if they fit together? Do the internals fit?
- This just gets worse and worse.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG. Could you clarify where we got to on production please? Your
- comment about ordering a one off has me confused. The initial production
- run was due to be finished by now. I know you said you had some delays.
- Did these coincide with the software dispute to the extent you held off
- on production? I would have thought just getting a finished unit out of
- the box to photograph would be easier than ordering a ‘special’. Any
- news on the tee shirts and stickers? I still want to believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla this week we ordered a single aluminium back part of the
- WEDG at great cost as it’s an unscheduled one-off production. This
- should help ease concerns over the legitimacy of the production plan.
- The unit will be produced on 23/04 and Shehbaz or I will send photos the
- moment it’s received. Our hands are tied as to how detail about the
- legal dispute can be disclosed without making matters worse for
- ourselves. We are committed to resolving the dispute as quickly as possible.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, @Chris, @Shehbaz, It has been over two days. Where are the
- photos? Video? Proof? Your team should provide means for its funders to
- receive a full refund if you are bound by the legal implication of
- providing any further proof of such product. It is a sad state of
- affairs if your team is unable to shed any light into this ideal project
- to the people that have provided the funds.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem its just not that clear cut unfortunately, we/our legal
- representation pushed that point. But the issues here are the legal
- right to the works undertaken by the developer in question as per his
- contract of employment with third party.
- ^Chris
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- I’ve make a long comment & question. You don’t anwser anything, just
- “thank you for your support”. :/
- All this stuff is supposed to be opensource. Why it is still not? Don’t
- you think it would avoid the problems?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk I understand that the apps and WEDGNET are also within the
- disputed remit of the claims until satisfactorily released. And I also
- understand there to be some promotional reasoning to satisfy retail
- partner Rider agreements.
- ^Chris
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- @Chis,
- Thank you. Looking forward to head from you about their decision. In the
- meantime, could you please tell us why apps were not pushed to stores yet?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk I’ll take your suggestion to the legal team before taking
- photos or screen shots just in case.
- ^Chris
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- Team WEDG,
- If you really want to convince us why not provide
- screenshots/screencasts/videos of something that should be already in
- place so WEDGNET web interface, apps (why apps are not yet in
- stores?!?!)? As I understand the legal issue, it is related to linux
- development so wedg internal software but wedgnet and ios/android apps
- are different story and should be already feature complete.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli we don’t have a workshop setup here, we work from an
- incubator shared with many other small/startup businesses; however
- Shehbaz has requested some hardware ‘evidence’ from our manufacturing
- partners, He’s waiting for a quote and ETA as he only managed to speak
- to them on late Thursday afternoon.
- ^Chris
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- Nobody minds the delay, that’s how crowdfunding always is.
- We have two problems: The legal, and the updates.
- There has not been a single update, which was not exclusively text. It
- has been 4 days since we asked for more proof. How hard can it be to
- walk around the office and snap a few pictures or browse through what
- suppliers have sent you. I can not believe that you are not doing this.
- All you need to take is 30 minutes and you make all concerns shut up.
- That is, if they are not justified.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor thanks for your support
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 2 years ago
- Hi WEDG Team
- Its Friday, Get the Team to Grab a Pizza and beer at the end of the day
- take a Photo and post it
- This will hopefully keep some people wanting photos happy others wont be
- happy whatever you do
- we have had an update about every month which is better than some
- projects I have supported, more would be good though ;-)
- enjoy the weekend and come back refreshed on Monday and work on what you
- do have control over like the Office app etc.
- Show Support the delays are not their Fault !!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Hi guys
- I’m Chris, I’m taking over from Shehbaz to respond to comments in a
- timely fashion while he focuses the legal disputes.
- @Franco Shehbaz is working on getting some pics to share with everyone
- of the tooling stuff so will share those when we have them.
- @MyWorks Design yep we’ll share something soon, we’re a bare-bones
- operation here where every penny had to be justified so we don’t much to
- share.
- @Justin Walton good question will get back to you on that.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- “T-shirts and stickers will be sent from a different fulfilment partner
- so expect two shipments from us” … How are we doing on those? Yes, I
- know the WEDG team are all busy trying to sort out the legal issues with
- the software, but these are factored out separately. Do we have an ETA?
- Please? Something positive? We want to believe!
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- I agree with Franco. Surely there’s something (app, website, packaging,
- ports, extension cords, anything) that you can snap a picture of and post.
- We support you 100% but you don’t want 2 battlefields to deal with when
- you only need one. :)
- Franco
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707014> 2 years ago
- I understand and agree with the points made by both @Philipp Stäheli
- @Nikolai Tesla. After receiving the last update, I’ll admit I was
- skeptical. This was the 1st of 13 projects I’ve backed (1st on
- indiegogo) that has gotten away with virtually no legitimate updates,
- and no one complained. I came from the failed kickstarter and went on to
- pay for 3 WEDGs so @Team WEDG certainly at this point something as
- trivial as box art/packaging has been made, why not share those pics?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli @Nikolai Tesla I understand your concerns, we don’t
- have any pictures because I guess just haven’t taken any. All of our
- prep work was done before the crowd funding stage with a regimented
- process to follow which was supposed to be fool proof and that’s how
- we’ve been working – with a lot of work offloaded to partners/suppliers.
- We are at the very start of dispute and still getting our heads around
- much of this situation, still I will aim to gather some resources asap.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, My apologies if I am being a pest to you, but I am posting
- obvious and common concerns. You have not responded to the following:
- “Providing updated information to your “funders” on a regular basis and
- current pictures, videos of the product would calm down nerves in the
- time being. Also, my professional recommendation, is to provide a way to
- receive a refund if the legal issue drags out longer than anticipated
- for those funders that need this option.” Your response is appreciated.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- 2/2 employees having a pizza together. In all the 39 updates you have
- never given any proof on whats going on. Why are you so secretive?
- Obviously you do not want to reveal any secrets but a little proof of
- existence here and there is not too much to ask for is it? I already had
- to a couple of times before you released your business adress… there is
- a little voice in my head growing louder that asks:
- “Where’s the poop Robin?”
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- 1/2 Hey Team Wedg, I love this project and want it very much to succeed.
- But this time I am the devil’s advocate: I want an update where I
- actually see something of the Wedg. Since the beginning of the campain I
- have not seen any new pictures of anything. From the multiple campains I
- have backed mostly on Kickstarter I am used from the updates to see all
- kinds of things: People working in their offices, a pile of parts that
- just arrived, a 3D or a picture of an injection mould or even just the
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for your support and compassion, yes it is a
- very testing time personally and professionally too. All parties
- involved are sympathetic to our situation and want to come to an
- amicable resolution as quickly as possible. The business insurance
- support was a huge relief as you can appreciate.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk @Nikolai Tesla thank you for your ongoing support; yes this is
- a software issue, we were facing minor delays with shipments anyway but
- knew we could overcome this in production. But when news broke of the
- severity of the claim against us all focus turned towards that and we
- held back on shipments of hardware to avoid warehousing costs.
- Fulfilment is our top priority and we have the co-operation of our
- manufacturing and shipping partners for when we start things off again.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @fia thanks for your support its really appreciated here
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- I do agree with the comments made by both aaddiikk and Justin Walton.
- Providing updated information to your “funders” on a regular basis and
- current pictures, videos of the product would calm down nerves in the
- time being. Also, my professional recommendation, is to provide a way to
- receive a refund if the legal issue drags out longer than anticipated
- for those funders that need this option. I am a huge supporter of this
- project and you have my backing as long as things are kept transparent.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team Wedg. Thank-you for taking time to update us so
- quickly following the disappointing news about the legal position on the
- software. I for one am extremely relieved to hear the legal costs will
- be covered by your business insurance. I think this issue has been
- eating in to your time more than you’re letting on, but hope you will be
- able to continue to provide frequent updates as matters develop. It will
- help stop our nerves fraying!
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- Team,
- I’m really sorry about issues that you described in last update and you
- have my full support on that but if I understand the issue correctly the
- showstopper is related to software part. Based on the previously
- published schedule, hardware should be packed and ready to be shipped
- just after the legal issues are resolved. Therefore, could you please
- share some shots from production to ensure us that in fact the product
- is indeed ready and finished?
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> 2 years ago
- Just want to give you my support and think it will all end happily for you.
- These things are a pain in the but, and I hope the big company will see
- how absurd this claim of theirs is. Garden leave is a problem. They
- should have sent him/her to some nice tropical island for the time
- suspended…
- But I guess we all can wait for this to solve amicably since we wait for
- something great!
- group hug
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Many of you have suggested that we start a campaign to cover the legal
- costs of this dispute and that you would support us financially there too.
- This is a most generous and kind offer and I thank you all very dearly
- for this immense show of solidarity. Fortunately, we have business
- insurance and on Friday 10th April the insurance company agreed to
- accept our claim and so we don’t have to worry about the legal and
- sundry costs involved.
- A huge thank you again.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @M K not right now we can’t, but we hope that when the matter is
- amicably resolved we will be able to say the parties involved are.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman yes this is a very stressful time for me and my
- colleagues right now. Your and everyone else’s support is very much
- appreciated, I can’t thank you all enough.
- PS. I’ve been called worse, don’t worry ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker yes completely agree, and this is also evidence that we
- have presented to the third party to vindicate our actions. Absolutely,
- I can’t say much, but what I want to say and do say will for the time
- being will be vetted by our legal advisers who by the way are fight
- tooth and nail for WEDG.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 thanks for your comments. I can tell you our legal
- representation has made contact with the agency from an investigatory
- aspect and other reasons.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor thank you for your support, much of the code is for WEDG
- core and some of it extends to WEDGNET. I can’t really discuss what we
- can do regarding the developer however re-engineering the project is
- something we have put forward to the third party as a suggested
- resolution to move forward.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem the build is complex and my hands are tied to some extent as to
- what I can say regarding the dispute. Nevertheless we all appreciate
- your ongoing support here.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton for the time being we’re going to wait and see what the
- outcome is and consider our position thereafter. From yesterday’s
- meeting and discussions it was plain to see the third party are
- sympathetic to our cause and are working to free us from obligation as
- soon as possible – without contradicting company policy at the same time.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Dear all
- I’ve just got back online after a day of travelling to London and back
- by car to meet regarding the legal dispute we have. I’m going to review
- the comments, respond to emails from backers and post an update shortly
- after that.
- Thank you for your patience.
- Shehbaz
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> 2 years ago
- Hi,
- Can you disclose the name of company that is giving you (and many more)
- headaches?
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Of course, the moment I click POST I realize I’ve misspelled your name.
- My apologies. :)
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Shebaz, I can’t imagine the feeling in the pit of your stomach that you
- all must be feeling right now, on the verge of jumping off with the new
- product.
- I’ve read the comments by Bryan Walker, jrogers31, and Ken Taylor below
- and agree with each of them. I’m sure you’ve considered all of these
- things as well.
- I just want you to know that you have my support. I believe in you and
- your team. I’ll be praying for a speedy resolution that is favorable for
- you guys. Hang in there!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- The agency that provided this individual must come under scrutiny also
- as it appears that there was a failure of due diligence in the checks
- carried out by the agency and your company before hiring this individual.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- I hope you get the matter resolved with no on going issues. Having read
- your statement it occurred to me that the ‘gardening leave’ may have
- been a convenient means by which the other company could take the
- opportunity to deliberately plant this individual into your company at a
- critical time in the development of the product for the purpose of
- disrupting your plans, getting access to your IP and access to other
- confidential information.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz and Team
- Sorry to hear about the legal issues. I hope they can be quickly resolved
- If you cant resolve this I hope you can recover any costs from the
- developer (false representation ?)
- In the worst case. If they wont agree to a deal can you get a new
- developer to recode this section with no reference to the disputed code
- (using clean room reverse engineering) or cant it be re engineered
- is the disputed code on the WEDG or on WEDGnet
- Good Luck, please keep us updated
- Thanks Ken
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART 4 Now, I hope you will quickly overtake the legal problem, and on a
- opensource base could build a big community (users & contributors)
- around this beautiful product. (End of comment)
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART 3 Have a look e.g. the join venture between LaBriqueInter.net [FR]
- (http://labriqueinter.net/) a hardware and Yunohost [EN]
- (https://yunohost.org/#/docs_en) a simple self hosting platform. On this
- project, everyone may buy the whole thing or build it by himself
- (hardware, software are opensource). You probably know some other
- project like that.
- (…)
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART 2 (on two ways:
- ) 1/ Many people are concern about privacy and don’t have the time or
- the competences for this purpose. They are ready to pay for a “out of
- the box” hardware & software AND regular updates. Only big commercial
- company can offer that BUT
- 2/ Some people are already able to build this kind of system AND are
- also ready to give a hand to a hardware & software which could attend a
- general public audience. They are already doing that in many opensource
- project
- (…)
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART1/ Sorry to hear about the legal issue. But as I said in previous
- comments, the code should be opensource from the firsts days. This would
- probably avoid the legal problem.
- And for the future I insist how it’s important.
- I’m supporting Wedg, not because I need it but because I think this kind
- of product is very important and need to be distributed on two ways:
- (…)
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- I’m sorry to hear about the IP issues you’re having with the software.
- Will you be re-flashing the stock of WEDG units to a pre-production
- version unaffected by this dispute and shipping them? Or are you waiting
- to see if the dispute can be quickly resolved?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- rpolan01 please drop us an email at infowedg.co with your PayPal email
- address and we’ll get them out to you.
- rpolan01
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4475929> 2 years ago
- I also did not receive a survey either…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Haitham Gad and @Heiko Zeller please drop us an email at infowedg.co
- with your PayPal email address and we’ll fire the surveys out to you.
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> 2 years ago
- Hi Wedg Team, I did not Receiver the Survey also.
- Haitham Gad
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8733244> 2 years ago
- Hi @TeamWEDGE, I didn’t receive the survey either.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design sorry for the delay, Shehbaz is drafting an update right
- now and will post shortly. Thank you for your patience.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Johan Wijngaard apologies you haven't received the survey, you're not
- alone. The survey will come from surveymonkey.com with the sender's
- address as infowedg.co.
- Please send us your PayPal email address at info@wedg.co and we’ll get
- the surveys out to you.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Francisco Alvarez don’t worry about that for now, you’re not alone and
- we will be contacting backers in the same situation in time.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @db thanks db, think its because the fund raising has ended, so links to
- the perks are broken. Will fix it.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- Any update, guys? We’re getting excited!
- Johan Wijngaard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2469755> 2 years ago
- Hi Team off the Wedge,
- I have also not yet received a survey!
- Please try to work on it if you published it in a update. We are all
- waiting on the WEDG so we can install it on the network at home. And can
- use it to storage, mail, backup ect.
- I still believe this the solution for me as home worker ect.
- But you must inform us as we are the people how has believe and trust in
- your story and have made a “Perk” to get a ready product.
- Regards
- Johan
- Francisco Alvarez
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8814221> 2 years ago
- I forgot the shipping payment! Sorry! How could I pay it?
- Thank you,
- db
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706846> 2 years ago
- Just 4 your Information – the Links for Preorder on wedg.co does not
- work anymore.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk we’re just in the process of putting some details together.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- Hi team,
- Could you please update us, the backers about where we are? According to
- the schedule youve published a month ago, today shipping of wedg should
- start where actually I dont even see the app in stores (which also takes
- some time). Tease us a bit with some photos/screenshots, updated
- schedule etc.
- Cant wait for my wedg! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @1sgmgn April 2015!
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 2 years ago
- When does it Ship?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Philipp Stäheli, @ZHUO YANG please email us at infowedg.co quoting your
- PayPal email address and we’ll send the survey out to you again.
- ZHUO YANG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8355345> 2 years ago
- Haven’t received a survey either..
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- Haven’t received a survey either..
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> 2 years ago
- Hello,
- I have not received the survey yet, is there a problem?
- Thanks and Happy Easter?
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> 2 years ago
- Just got (and returned) the survey – thank you! I did not understand the
- “put your email address in the comments section” on the hard
- drive/T-shirt survey (there is no comments section, just a place to say
- what to do with the second shirt, for us literal types…). I tried to
- modify it, but I can’t (“you’ve already taken this survey.”). So here is
- the repeat: I said “chose a hard drive for me” and "I want both shirts
- blue, XL, and “His”). Address is j c t at m a c dot c o m.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you Steven! Have a good Easter break!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Happy Easter, guys! So thrilled we are so close to seeing your vision
- made real!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Hey guys
- Just an FYI we have a public holiday starting Friday 3rd April in the UK
- and until Tuesday 7th. During this time we’ll be operating on skeleton
- staff at varied times and so responses to emails and comments may be
- subject to delay in .
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman good question. We currently have a 3 bad passwords and 15
- minute lock out from that IP address, followed by 2-step auth attempts.
- But all quantities are variable, so you can set for example 3 bad
- password attempts or 10 followed by 15 minute lockout or no lockout.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @db shortly after we go in to production next week we’ll have a better
- idea of exact date. PR team are hard at work for this working with
- retailers that we’ll be announcing partnerships with.
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Hey, a question just came to mind. I am currently using a Synology
- device to handle my mail. One of the security features I like is that I
- can set how many bad password attempts in a given time frame from an IP
- address will get the IP locked out for a period of time.
- So three bad passwords in fifteen minutes from a given IP get it
- blacklisted for 30 days. Or what have you.
- Will WEDG have anything similar?
- Thanks!
- Steven
- db
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706846> 2 years ago
- hi, could you tell us when the feature presentation is planned for your
- launch?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- George G please email us at infowedg.co confirming your PayPal email address
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @David Aldred yep that’s cool
- George G
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5941051> 2 years ago
- Hi, i have also not received a survey
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 2 years ago
- I got the emails, but didn’t complete the form, as I’ve got the diskless
- version – assume that’s ok?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys no issue with emails our side, coming in thick and fast
- every minute. Please try again, maybe from another account if you have
- one? We just need you to confirm your PayPal email address as thats
- where we send surveys.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 2 years ago
- email at infowedg.co doesn’t seem to be working. Just got bounced twice!
- I’ve not got my survey yet either. Wondered why it had gone quiet!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- M K please drop us an email at infowedg.co verifying your PayPal email
- address and we’ll get it out to you asap.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> 2 years ago
- Hi, i have also not received a survey.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker thanks Brian, have just replied to your email this minute.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- smadyk think we have an email from you and have sent the survey. If not
- please email us at infowedg.co
- smadyk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7989688> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I don’t know if I wrote this before. So only to be sure.
- I didn’t receive the survey, could you send me, please?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor, @mark saunders apologies you haven’t received the survey. I
- will send you a link by email.
- everyone else - if you haven't received the survey please email your
- PayPal email address (this is the email address we collect via
- Indiegogo) to infowedg.co and I will send you the survey on Sunday morning.
- The survey will be sent from info@wedg.co and will contain
- Surveymonkey.com URLs.
- mark saunders
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8466324> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz and WEDG team,
- I have checked my emails & my junk folder also I have not received any
- emails about surveys. I believe I found the reason why and i sent an
- email to: info@wedg.co with my PayPal email addresses. As far as I know
- I have not received any surveys but maybe my fault with that, and sent
- email should explain. Can wait to get my WEDG !!!
- Thanks again
- Mark
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz,
- I have checked my emails & my junk folder & then to double check I went
- and checked the server & I have not received any emails about surveys.
- the last email I got was the email saying that you were sending a survey
- later in the week so it looks like I have missed 2 surveys the one that
- closed today & the one that closes on Sunday
- As previously discussed I need to know the HDD choices. & I definitely
- want to choose the colour & anything else that was on the form
- Regards
- Ken
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gatto Fontainäou the thought hadn’t even crossed my mind. Thank you all
- the same : ) Will get back to you over email.
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz, thank for you comment, I sent you an email.
- And btw – as the written text can always be misinterpreted – my last
- comment was meant to be a joke (and by no means a reproach). Cheers
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gatto Fontainäou the survey was sent to the email address connected to
- your PayPal account. Can you double check you haven’t received it, if
- you haven’t I’ll send you a link again.
- Please email us at info@wedg.co with your PayPal email address.
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz, did I miss something important? 3 days ago (update 38) you
- said: " we’ll be sending out the survey this week" and now you say it
- closed 1.5 hours ago?
- I was waiting impatiently and never received any link to the survey.
- Shall I go to search for an ophthalmologist already?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Hey guys!
- Just a heads up, because we set the survey out a little late, you have
- till 6PM UK today to complete and submit your HDD choices.
- After which time, you will be sent a WEDG with the most popular hard
- drive and blue, medium his t-shirt where applicable.
- The WEDG colour choices survey is open until Sunday 29 March 9PM.
- Thanks!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gatto Fontainäou just an FYI the survey closes at 6PM UK time, so if
- you haven’t decided yet you still have just over 1 hour to submit your
- choices.
- Yes, two separate hdd models can be used to RAID – even two separate
- capacities but the lowest capacity is volume limit.
- Hope that helps!
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> over 2 years ago
- So, we will be able to configure RAID1 or not use RAID at all – that’s
- awesome, but after reading some statistics about HDD failures I wonder
- if it would be possible to use two different HDDs in the RAID1
- configuration? I mean same capacity, but from different manufacturers?
- If yes, will we be able to choose that in the survey? (sorry, if it’s
- been answered earlier).
- I’m still hesitating to upgrade for 2tb, but wouldn’t like to use RAID
- mirroring if the benefits are statistically negligible ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Brian, Hi! Yes that Amazon would be fine location to send your backup
- archives to, as the archive is encrypted – its a password protected .zip
- file.
- With regards to selective backup, yes it is possible as the backup
- solution allows you to select files and folders to capture in the back,
- but that selection is not made by encrypted/not encrypted I’m afraid.
- Brian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4535871> over 2 years ago
- https://www.amazon.com/buttdrive/home/
- With Amazon offering unlimited butt storage, is that a viable way to
- backup the WEDG? Can we set it up to only backup “public” information on
- the server to my butt, and leave the encrypted, private things local only?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- fia yes you can, you'll need to pay the difference between your chosen
- Perk and WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB +£56. Please drop us an email at
- infowedg.co when you have done this so we can make a note on our side
- for the change to your order.
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- I selected a wedg withour HDD since I wanted 2TB, now that you can offer
- that, can I add it now? Is it an option in the upcoming survety?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @David Aldred watch this space! ;)
- RE HDD, there is enough space to stack two 15mm HDDs with approx. 2.5mm
- amount of space between them after the guides/rails.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Sorry, another HDD question.
- Will it take 15mm HDD, 9mm or either?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- What might be a really good way to showcase the hardware & software, is
- a bit of a dropbox v OneDrive v Google Drive v OwnButt v Wedg
- comparison, pointing out cost / storage / security as well as specific
- features (apps, auto-upload, offline etc).
- Would really help those who are hooked to dropbox et al make the plunge
- if they knew they’d get the same functionality, plus other stuff on top.
- ps – getting excited now!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @spencer robinson sorry for the late . I went away for the weekend
- and I’m catching up on public and private comments. I’d love to show you
- something right now but we have a feature presentation planned for our
- launch so coincide with social media and PR activities and really want
- to make an impact with that.
- The wait is worth it I assure you and we appreciate your patience and
- excitement :)
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> over 2 years ago
- Show me some eye candy!! (No im not posting on the wrong site)
- I know the actual release date will soon be here but i cant wait!
- Can you not give us some screen shots of the software as it stands (it
- most be nearly there, though i do understand not 100% finalized)
- Come on tease us all a bit
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- excellent, thanks – best get myself some drives then!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @David Aldred yes there is an ‘offline’ mode as such as described, we’re
- actually reviewing our user manual document and on that very topic right
- now! Spooky!
- HDDs are 2.5" not 3.5" and are standard SATA drives. Yes even with the
- RAID component installed you can operate two independent drives of
- different storage capability.
- Hope that helps!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Can you remind me… is there an offline-files mode? ie, a folder or flag
- I can assign to files that I want to be saved locally and synced as
- required? Will come in handy for larger spreadsheets etc than having to
- pull from the the network each time. (Similar to OwnButt if you’re
- familiar?)
- And I know I keep asking about HDD’s – but they’re standard 3.5" right?
- And for those getting the raid option, I can configure in raid 0 or no
- raid at all, with different disk capacities?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor 5400rpm drives are not included in our discussions with
- suppliers, so rest assured no on will get a 5400rpm drive. If when the
- survey is sent funding has ended, we could always take payment via
- alternative means – but lets see what drives we bring to the table ;)
- Thank you for your support Ken (Y)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @Team Wedg
- Thanks that helps I hope the survey comes out before funding finishes as
- depending on drive specs i may need to up funding to 2x 2TB drives (but
- not for Toshiba MQ @5400rpm drives)
- Great to know the office suite will make it , (My pref Libra office)
- I hope “Active sync” will also make it at some point (revisit option).
- As i guess we cant just app get install Z-push / O-Push / Syncroton on
- the server
- Great Project cant wait to get my hand on my WEDG .. Next month
- Thanks Ken
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor we are currently negotiating hard drive brands and models so
- that you the backers can pick the drives you want in your WEDG, This
- applies for 1TB and 2TB drives. We plan to send out a survey which will
- collect this information from you as well as identify which hard drive
- brands and models we have access to. Hope that helps!
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz,
- In a to @David Aldred you recommend drives over 72000rpm but in
- the update “2TERABYTE TO BE OR NOT 2TERABYTE TO BE” you say the drives
- available for 2TB are Toshiba MQ series @5400RPM can you let us know
- which drives will be used for the 2TB raid version as this may make a
- difference to my funding level,
- Thanks Ken
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor continued funding does count towards the stretch goals and
- that’s why we left the graphic on the project. But it doesn’t look like
- it’ll happen as we’ll be closing the project here on the day we start
- manufacturing.
- The good news is we are committed to producing the Office suite and so
- will take this on after Indiegogo fulfilment (and a short break!).
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- £4,957 to go until the Office suite stretch goal is unlocked if the
- continued funding counts towards the stretch goals?
- If this does not count or is not reached is it still something that will
- be developed for the Wedg as time permits after launch?
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hey Guys,
- Looking forward to getting my Wedg, just a thought for the feature
- wishlist. Onedrive currently allows you to use “smart files” on windows
- 8.1. This just allows you to designate certain files and folders in the
- onedrive folder as online only, so it just pulls those files across when
- you want them. I appreciate it wouldn’t be at launch and probably fairly
- difficult to implement period but it would be a cool feature to have as
- a possibility for the future.
- Thanks,
- Alex
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Bryan Walker apologies for the late , I didn’t receive an alert to
- the new comments. Do you mind me asking what the similar device was? :)
- In response to your question, we collected shipping addresses at
- checkout but if you've moved since then pretty much as @Pierre Lang said
- - just drop us an email at infowedg.co and we’ll confirm or update your
- address.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @David Aldred apologies for the late , I didn’t receive an alert to
- the new comments. To answer your question; those with drive-less WEDG we
- would recommend drives over 72,000RPM – we didn’t find any advantages
- between cache sizes.
- Those with referral commissions will be contacted directly by email
- post-shipping.
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker: see update from 25 days ago:
- “Going somewhere?
- Many of you have contacted us to say you’ve relocated and need to change
- your shipping address. If you are relocating or when you do, please
- email us at info@wedg.co with your PayPal email address, new shipping
- address and current or the shipping address you had when you first
- Contributed and we’ll make the changes our side."
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Great update – shipping early April is a great result vs target of March.
- couple of questions…
- - Sure it’s been covered in the past, but what are the recommended specs
- for HDD’s for those of us buying diskless?
- - Again, this may have been discussed, but what happens to our referrals
- commission (from the 1st affiliate program that was ran)?
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Thank you for the detailed update!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Great to hear the project is still on target.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson love your excitement! I have an update all drafted out
- and ready post, it just needs the specifics from suppliers and others
- partners regarding dates for example so I can share those with everyone.
- I haven’t had all the details through yet but have been promised results
- for the weekend.
- I assure you’re not behind on schedule, things might be occurring in a
- different order compared to how originally planned but nevertheless we
- are on target.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- I’m another Scott looking for an update! :) Based on the past one, it
- appears things are running about 2-3 months behind schedule. Hopefully
- the update promised for the end of this week (today or tomorrow) shines
- a better light on the progress.
- January to Early February
- Mass Production
- Flash Firmware to Boards with QA
- February to Early March
- Assembly and Packaging
- Ship to WEDG
- A supporter simply excited and busting at the seams to get a hold of his
- two WEDGgies. :P
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen hi Scott, I’m waiting back from others so I have
- something worthwhile to report back on updates with rather than ’we’re
- hard at work’ responses. Having said that though we are hard at work! I
- hope to have an update mid-end of this week.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Any more updates due, it’s been a bit quiet in here lately ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K yep you can add a signature in the web interface and via your mail
- client
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- I’m interested in stickers!
- Are you planning to add a WEDG email signature for users?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Gaston Cardey drop us an email at infowedg.co with details of your
- contribution and we can look into that for you ;)
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 2 years ago
- Hi!
- I think that the T shirts are no included in my pledge. Is it possible
- to include a couple at some cost?
- Hope you get well in no time!
- Wishing that time go faster so I can get the WEDG.
- Thanks!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk thank you :)
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for almost instant and I wish you a speedy recovery!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk yes I am in the process of compiling an update with feedback
- from the team. I’ve been very ill since late last year with a virus but
- well on the road to recovery now so comms will be more frequent from now on.
- The team have been hard at work according to the plan nevertheless.
- Hope to post a complete update tomorrow!
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- WEDG,
- Don’t you think that it would be a good idea to post an update to all
- backers about what is happening behind the stage? Just to ensure us that
- you are still alive and ‘on track’ with the schedule? I’m really curious
- whats happening there… :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @slimchan thank you for your support! We are hard at work and committed
- to the late March/early April shipping date. We will have a more
- accurate idea of dates closer to manufacture.
- If anything changes, of course we will alert and update our backers
- accordingly.
- CHAN SZE LIM
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6990832> over 2 years ago
- Sorry WEDG,
- I pledged both your KS and indiegogo campigns. Do you have any update
- regarding the shipping date? Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philip Stäheli of course WEDGNET will be free while we’re campaigning
- on Indiegogo. And yes to regarding forwarding messages to one another,
- you can set this up in the WEDGNET control panel :)
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Hello Team Wedg,
- I got a friend of mine very interested in the Wedg.
- I he pledges now, will he still profit from lifelong WEDGNET
- for free, eventhough funding is technically over?
- Can two WEDG forward each other’s emails when one wedg is down?
- Similar as to how WEDGNET would do, but basicly over selected WEDG?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K got it thanks. Interesting read
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- This link works for sure with me:
- http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dime-secure-email-defcon,news-19296.html
- On IOS in Safari.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K the link you sent leads to a 404 page. However, there are no plans
- to support DIME until launch. Post launch we can certainly consider
- other support for other protocols.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: are you planning to include support for DIME secure email
- protocol?
- (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dime-secure-email-defcon,news-19296.html)
- It was featured at the CCC in Berlin last december.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @John Raffin happy new year! Apologies for the late . Thank you for
- your feedback, we are looking at TOR possibilities for WEDG and will
- update everyone on any progress when we have something to report.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Jacob Ovard happy new year! Apologies for the late , Currently you
- can’t, but I believe Indiegogo are looking at changing the site to
- reflect the FF amount.
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> over 2 years ago
- The TOR capability interests me.
- Currently on Indiegogo there is a campaign for a TOR hardware device.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/anonabox-the-tor-hardware-router/x/4406292
- This sits between router and computer. One of the things it mentions is
- that latency increases so you wouldn’t use it for speed-critical
- applications like gaming.
- Is the proposal for WEDG similar in concept? And could you turn TOR
- off-and-on?
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> over 2 years ago
- The Campaign no longer shows how much has been raised past the funded
- date amount. Where can I see the current amount of how much has been
- raised along so I can see where we are in comparison to our stretch goals?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Alex Stamp yes you can! Drop us a note when you have at infowedg.co :)
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- Just wondering even though all the perks are now labeled for the pro
- wedge can i still buy the 2tb upgrade for my ARM wedge (I’ve already
- bought it for my PRO wedge)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @1sgmgn around mid to late March or early April. We know for sure by
- early February ;)
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> over 2 years ago
- Shipping when?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor, @William Grouch correct!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @AVN6293 my pleasure and thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your
- thoughts.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor i don’t know :( but I have reported this concern to the
- Indiegogo support team and I think they’re going to change it to reflect
- the increasing contributions.
- As of yet we haven’t received a great deal of more funding, if nothing
- changes as we progress over the coming weeks then we will keep a manual
- record of new contributions on the top of the project page.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @William Groh no need to apologise, we love to hear from our supports
- and backers. We appreciate you feedback and input ;)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @William Grouch. If you have a WEDG Pro pay the £40 for Raid upgrade you
- will then have a Raid capable WEDG (with HDD config your pledge had).
- With a standard WEDG Pro you are limited to 1 HDD as there is additional
- hardware in the Raid version, so for future user upgrade options + £40
- Raid upgrade now. I believe the Hardware is essentially as it will be
- launched no big changes. just software work still being done for stretch
- goals & new features.
- Andrea V.
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9040474> over 2 years ago
- @WEDG Thank you for the about my concern! I greatly appreciate it.
- I’m just terrified that the overall saturation of T0R by conservative
- groups could have had the potential to turn the service into a honeypot.
- Now of course this is all hypothetical but if even the slightest chance
- remains i would want more research to be done on possible “sinkholes” in
- the service, where they could be+how we could use T0R to the best of our
- abilities so that the fundamentals are a help + not a hinder
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- How do we know what the current pledged amount is with regards to
- getting to the stretch goals. the indiegogo page i am looking at no
- longer shows the infinity sign to signify forever funding it just says
- “This campaign has ended, and is still offering perks.” and does not
- show the amount raised increasing. even though there have been recent
- pledges.
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, I will wait for them launch all they said they will then I
- will buy which one suits best my needs hence my initial question about
- future upgrades because I don’t want buy perks and more perks as things
- progress, I rather wait for your final notice on what is going to be
- launched and when and how then I will do a top purchase you can count on
- me for that. Sorry for the long messages and all the best going forward!
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, make it real, so as you guys get more and more orders
- allowing you guys to deliver more and more, it’s fair to say you have to
- ask more for the early birds but it’s also fair to say that a reasonable
- amount could be take into the consideration.
- Anyway, all this speech was to say congrats for the hard work and please
- consider “One of Fee Upgrade” for those who initially got one perk but
- now want to get the most of, in the way I can see you guys launching all
- I keep thinking is ..
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, for those who want the max of the product without have to
- pay such a premium price if you add every single perk upgrade, in other
- words, doesn’t feel the early birds would get real discounts at the end
- of the project comparing to the ones that bought after you guys are
- fully funded, not sure if I’m being so sentimental here but you guys are
- here for second time as I reckon so I’m sure initially you guys had the
- concern of might not go through again and people like me helped … cont.
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, is does answer as well it does confirm what I was afraid,
- have to keep paying single upgrades prices, so here a suggestion, why
- don’t you guys work perks to ugprade from whatever you are to whatever
- you want to go ? Not sure if this would end up making you guys have to
- create ton’s of perks but I think it’s a good idea to simple offer a one
- off fee for all the upgrade the customer want so as much upgrades you
- want in once a small incentive would work perfect as a nudge … cont…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @AVN6293 thanks for your input. If/when we do enable TOR support for
- WEDG it will be very much a user choice to install and use. Naturally
- closer to the time a debate may very well be required amongst this
- community.
- Andrea V.
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9040474> over 2 years ago
- @Devs @All and @Wedg staff
- After two major p-2-p markets overtaken by poIitics, both using T0R im
- deathIy concerned about the use of T0R “baked into” the wedg by default.
- I think this is a issue that at the very least needs painstaking discussion!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @William Groh 2/2 …
- Perk 1 will take you to RAID1 with a 1TB HDD so you now have 2 × 1TB
- HDD, Perk 2 will then upgrade your 1TB HDDs to 2TB HDDs totalling 2 ×
- 2TB HDDs.
- I hope that helps!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @William Groh thanks for reaching out. For now we don’t have any further
- upgrade options unless you want the Carbon Fibre WEDG :D
- In order for you to max out your options you’ll need the following Perks:
- 1.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/contributions/new?perk_amt=90&perk_id=2359747
- 2.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/contributions/new?perk_amt=112&perk_id=2491609
- Cont…
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- Also, will more updates coming requiring me to buy new perks ? I mean,
- once I already invested £225 I will invest as much as I can afford to
- have your top spec device at the launch time, I don’t want be an early
- contributor and not have the latest device just because I sponsor at the
- time you guys needed the fund so any guidance and early indication of
- future perks will be much appreciated.
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I cannot wait to play with my WEDG but I’ve a concern.
- I appreciate the effort in make available as many things as you can
- specially when they’re ready but now I’m feeling a bit confused to what
- I can do to upgrade my perk.
- I have initially bought WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB for £225 and now I
- would like to have RAID + 2TB storage, so I would assume I need a perk
- that gives me 3x 1TB storage or 2 × 2TB and replace my 1TB originally
- bought ? I can’t see this as a perk so how should I do ?
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> over 2 years ago
- Hi i can’t complete
- http://email.indiegogo.com/wf/click?upn=fQzVZ7ERXduzUTS-2FtYMbUfK2N2xQlUNbtMKfszn4SLjZWRIBWJBGAMCmT0-2FV-2BG0r_apDWgKE-2FO-2Fs1Dr9mDAF-2FnjKALX8rOt3sjyt12voND7L9FEs8ujgOsUi8jcsq3wXnTUP7RwVWYVbRBKtPzHhCOzB-2FxXgJIyB-2FKPdFmBPv5wTxd-2FcJIFD0MxP30MMhP7yw5TYdcSPP0imgAJdFKMvbgiuZ9fLnkWLFYU4Tar5DUCeQQitOnw5THLyFcOzsqG5h4oEET5aSG1xm5UJ-2F2xHiUmG2PWH7w3iYzqtK1-2FOcMVzN9u6zc-2FL2lkPji52KYku0
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor welcome back! That’s a good idea, yes we’ll publish those
- details with the survey results. Thank you for completing the survey, we
- appreciate your feedback and time :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shebaz, Congratulations, I go away for a few weeks and everything
- changes, from other campaigns i know there is lots of info that you get
- from Indiegogo, Any chance on letting us know where geographically the
- funding came from, how may ARM how many INTEL and how many upgrades to
- Raid there were. ETC. Good luck on Forever funding, I hope the team can
- keep the campaign in the media to get to the 135k stretch goal and
- further yet to be announced Goals. Active Sync? I have completed the survey
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker thanks for your feedback. I think the closest we can do is
- give the user the option to set the app to sit idle when not in the
- foreground. I’ll relay back to the dev guys anyway.
- Thank you for your support enthusiasm! :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K I think some of your suggestions could make it through gradual updates.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #33: support for S/MIME in the mail client. It’s a
- complimentary to PGP.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #32: support for a 3G USB dongle.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #30: TOR support
- Stretchgoal idea #31: support for VMware
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K loving it MK…some great suggestions! Hoping to launch the survey
- tomorrow so we can collect some suggestions from everyone.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred thanks for letting me know, we have a small but great
- group of testers here. Right now the software is optimised for for our
- chosen hardware but in time we will expand that range.
- Yes absolutely, we will launch the forum after FF mostly likely if not
- sooner, we want to be able to engage with discussions by both
- communities and right now we’re not in a position to do that effectively
- either.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #29: a jumbo WEDG with multiple 3.5 inch HDD’s and raid
- 5 support.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #25: reiserFS or BTRFS filesystem for ultimate snapshotting
- Stretchgoal idea #26: app suggestion: SABNZBd
- Stretchgoal idea #27: app suggestion: itunes server
- Stretchgoal idea #28: support for SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS)
- @Shehbaz: i’m still figuring out more stretchgoals!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for the latest updates – been a great campaign.
- I know you’ve stated your preference for keeping discussion on here vs
- forum, esp in light of forever funding, but dont discount a forum,
- worked really well for a very similar campaign im backing.
- Seperate question… Will the software run on other platforms? Just in
- case you need a few software beta testers before the hardware is really
- – I have a pi lying around and happy to do some uat, if you need it, of
- course :-)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K thanks for the feedback MK! :)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: cctv centric solution would be a real killer app on the WEDG
- IMHO!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus hahaha!! that was a good night!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K we don’t know too much ourselves at this point, but one of
- developers who has expressed an interest in developing apps for WEDG has
- an idea for CCTV centric solution. We will be contacting developers in
- the coming weeks and hope to be able to bring some of their ideas for
- WEDG to you guys.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Shebaz: Remember, you lost yours that one night somewhere… ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: could you elaborate on the independent dev?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus invitation only, or you can have mine ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K that’s on its way as an independent dev is building this feature.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- MK: We definitely need WEDG string tangas, don’t you think? :P
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal suggestion:
- -surveillance camera storage mode, so it can store IP camera streams on
- the WEDG (killer app)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: at 140k every contributer gets a NTHSTP sticker set.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen for the time being we’d like to keep the conversation
- going here until we’ve planned our strategy on how to maximise the
- Forever Funding opportunity – as this was unexpected for us. It helps us
- keep on top of the conversation too while we’re full throttle with WEDG
- Phase 2 as well.
- I’ll be in touch very shortly regarding VAT invoices.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, are you considering setting up a forum on your web site? I’m
- pretty sure a load of good ideas would come out of it and it would also
- give you a chance to set up a FAQ/User Manual section to save you
- answering questions over and over again. Also now this has gone through
- Indiegogo, where can I get a VAT invoice from?
- Scott
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Shebaz: Remember, you lost yours that one night somewhere… ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: could you elaborate on the independent dev?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus invitation only, or you can have mine ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K that’s on its way as an independent dev is building this feature.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- MK: We definitely need WEDG string tangas, don’t you think? :P
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal suggestion:
- -surveillance camera storage mode, so it can store IP camera streams on
- the WEDG (killer app)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: at 140k every contributer gets a NTHSTP sticker set.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen for the time being we’d like to keep the conversation
- going here until we’ve planned our strategy on how to maximise the
- Forever Funding opportunity – as this was unexpected for us. It helps us
- keep on top of the conversation too while we’re full throttle with WEDG
- Phase 2 as well.
- I’ll be in touch very shortly regarding VAT invoices.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, are you considering setting up a forum on your web site? I’m
- pretty sure a load of good ideas would come out of it and it would also
- give you a chance to set up a FAQ/User Manual section to save you
- answering questions over and over again. Also now this has gone through
- Indiegogo, where can I get a VAT invoice from?
- Scott
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Mikhail Granin I’m sorry you didnt receive a , we don’t actually
- see a message from you. Nevertheless to upgrade to the Driveless WEDG
- Pro is £50 for early supporters and £40 for RAID, so £90 please. You
- select RAID Perk and manually increase the amount to enter the amount on
- the right and we’ll do the rest our side.
- Mikhail Granin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8719646> over 2 years ago
- I already asked in private comment and didn’t find a , please
- soon. I was backer on kickstarted and one of 1st backers here for ARM
- driveless, how much to pay for upgrade to intel driverless with raid?
- Hope for discount for 1st backers :)
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- ports should be freely configurable, the name for the wedgenet subdomain
- aswell i guess… plus the option to quickly find out the IP where it is
- pointing to, in case everything *.WEDG get’s blocked – which is very likely.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- As I understand right now you basically habe payload encryption, maybe
- SSL for the rest. That doesn’t help much for accessing data in
- firewalled countries, as you first problem is: gaining open access to
- the internet at all. since this should be pretty easy software solution
- on the WEDG, it could be easy to add – especially given the fact, that
- you have wedgenet dynDNS service.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K yes but we could make the interface a little easier some what for
- novice users
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Dont the remote apps already use encryption to get access to the WEDG
- butt device?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tiger bus good idea and an easy one piggybacking on the back of WEDGNET.
- Appreciate all the ideas guys!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- stretchgoal idea: EASYly configurable VPN server for local and remote
- use. Wouldn’t want to access my data over some crazy chinese internet
- café network plus I might need to circumnavigate local firewalls and
- gain full internet access via my own line at home. #china #iran #whatnot
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @richard alter the difference between a 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM and 24
- HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL is £70. You can make a manual contribution on
- the right and send us a private message to infowedg.co if you prefer.
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> over 2 years ago
- I will try for an answer again. I purchased the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG
- ARM and wanted to take you up on the offer to upgrade to the intel. As
- best as I can figure, the price difference is 20 pounds but I cannot
- contribute that amount and write a comment about what it is for. Please
- advise on how to pay for the upgrade and make sure it is credited
- properly. The previous answers were vague and gave me no confidence that
- anyone on your end would know what the payment was for.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: Dual ethernet
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @spencer robinson we’re getting that a lot on emails too
- We plan to send out a survey early next week so we can collect real data
- and opinions from you guys.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> over 2 years ago
- Definitely +1 for a Tor router feature.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp no, we are committed to fulfilling our Q1 shipping date. FF
- will allow us to raise more funding so we can increase component
- qualities and reduce overall costs by buying in bulk.
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi can i just double check this forever funding wont push back the
- expected arrival time of our devices will it?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K hmm…i’ll add that to the list to consider
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Pierre Lang two good ideas, the VOIP is on our list here for sure but I
- also know there are developers also looking to create VOIP solutions for
- WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- WEDG as a internet proxy for outgoing internet traffic?
- WEDG as a reverse proxy for incoming internet traffic?
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- VOIP between two wedges maybe too?
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Stretch goal idea: WEDG as a Tor Proxy
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K yes a little. Keep scratching! ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: WEDG mesh networking: group several WEDG’s in a group
- (mesh) and distribute encrypted parity backups over the mesh.
- Sounds complex?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred thats sort of already available in different forms. But
- we’re not ruling it out here.
- I think we’ll invite everyone to a survey soon asking our loyal backers
- and supports for ideas which we can then review and pick the hot ones!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @team wedg -what about a remote control add-on for those wishing to use
- the xbmc feature?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K plenty of head scratching here – let us know if you have any ideas
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Andrew Cook by no means is the WEDG with ARM obsolete. We’ve decided to
- streamline our Perks here as one of the complaints from many was that
- the range of perks was confusing.
- The WEDG with ARM will still be available directly from our online store
- (coming soon) during this current campaign and post Indiegogo order
- fulfilment.
- Andrew Cook
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706115> over 2 years ago
- So the ARM WEDG is obsolete before delivery… I would not be happy if
- that were the model I’d bought. I must admit though that the dropping of
- ARM this quickly makes me concerned about the likely support I can
- expect in future on the device I paid for.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Forever funding means new stretchgoals IMHO.
- ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu thank you so much for your kindness :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- what a wonderful surprise to discover the forever funding! Completely
- deserved in my opinion !
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @michiel pauwels thank you, we really really hope so!
- michiel pauwels
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3426891> over 2 years ago
- congrats on the forever funding, does this also mean that the last
- stretch goal will be realized as well?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Pierre Lang thank you!!
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Congrats! This is a great success!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Antoine C thank you! Same here! :D
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Congrats for the ∞ funding ! Can’t wait to receive my WEDG :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus thank you! Its non stop for us now we’re powering ahead!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Well…. done! Now 4 months to turn everything into reality! ;) Congrats…
- mark saunders
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8466324> over 2 years ago
- Hello TEAM WEDG.
- I had to place 2 different orders for the options i wanted. £249GBP WEDG
- Pro with Intel + 1TB in first order. Second order £90GBP WEDG Pro RAID
- +1TB Upgrade #2;
- £112GBP 1TB to 2TB HDD Upgrade both drives to 2TB; and £6GBP Worldwide
- Shipping. Hope its not a problem ,,, Thanks again keep up the great work.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Neil Campbell thats awesome! thank you very much and thank you for the
- compliments :)
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> over 2 years ago
- Just added a second WEDG Pro with RAID. Hope my multiple pledges all
- make sense and congratulations on the successful campaign!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @fia10 ;)
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- I could use a time machine ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @fia10 thank you! Its been a lot of fun with you guys, we’ve made some
- friends a long the way which is ace :)
- Did you wish for online privacy and all the conveniences of my butt?
- because we have a surprise for you ;)
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- Congrats to you all! It’s been really fun following you for these past
- months. So happy to see how many got it and supported the startup.
- 4 month left til’ my birthday, guess what I wish for? ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu woohoo! that’s awesome! Thank you for bringing it to our
- attention!
- Thank you to every for the support and voting for WEDG! YOU GUYS ROCK!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/102207824
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu :-O how do you know?!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- We won the CNBC contest !
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K ahh!! you’ll just have to wait and see MK ;) as and when that time
- comes, our Indiegogo backers will be the first to know.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- OK. Was interested in finding out what your plans are after the release
- of WEDG? Are you planning hardware upgrades or other types of WEDG-es
- after 2015 and beyond?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K could you elaborate on that MK?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: was curious about whether you a development roadmap for the
- WEDG (hardware, software etc.).
- Can you share us that information (if any)?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk LDAP support is something we are working along with SSO. It’s
- not something we expect to include in our initial launch, but we do plan
- to include it in future software updates, maybe 2nd or 3rd major
- software update.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG As some of us are going to use WEDG in our business
- environments, I’m wondering if WEDG is going to support external
- authentication databases like LDAP or Active Directory? If yes, do you
- plan to include single-sign-on (SSO) also?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K yes Advanced Format drives are compatible with WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: does WEDG support advanced format drives?
- (http://www.hgst.com/hard-drives/advanced-format-drives)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K we haven’t tested hybrid SSDs but we see no reason for them not to
- be compatible with WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: does WEDG support hybrid SSD harddisks like the seaget SSHD?:
- http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/solid-state-hybrid/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Gordon Keys please drop us an email at infowedg.co so we can find your
- contributions and double check for you.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- I added a new contribution the other day. Did it make sence that I
- wanted a complete upgrade of the ARM perk and not just 1 x perk and a
- contribution?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K as david.j.aldred and we are enabling the USB port on WEDG for
- wireless keyboards so that third party remotes can be used to control
- media and search for titles and use the features XBMC offers.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @M K – on the remote control, you can use a remote control, but you’d
- need an IR receiver for this to work, and unsure if WEDG will be
- compatible with this. All else fails, you plug in a keyboard (I have a
- small wireless keyboard I use in emergencies to control XBMC, but do
- most of it from my phone)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @M K – yes – there are some great apps for XBMC!
- For iOS, the official XBMC / Kodi (as it’s now to be called) is very
- good. For android, the official app is functional, but pretty basic. I
- use an app called ’ XBMC Music Pump’. Been using it since it was first
- released a couple of years ago, and is years ahead of the official app –
- looks amazing, both on phone and tablet.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG:
- another question: how do I use the XBMC player, can I control it via an
- app? (or maybe a remote control?)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K yes, it’ll be a multi platform app which includes desktop OSs too
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: will the IM app run on IOS?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen thank you Scott. I know exactly how you feel, I have
- clients from my previous job who used Lotus Notes and its built-in
- messaging function…still gives me nightmares!
- Privacy is key for WEDG and users and so that focus will be reflected in
- the IM app, along with other cool features of course ;)
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Great News and well done Team WEDG. Looking forward to the IM app to
- replace the ageing corporate icq (loved by many here but definitely not
- me) we still use, especially if it has an independent user db to the
- email side and the ability to broadcast to groups and ‘all’.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @James Taylor I don’t think we know how to do anything else any more :-| ;p
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> over 2 years ago
- Congrats!
- (Now get back to work! I want my Wedg…. ;) )
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Haitham Gad thank you! The feeling is the same here :)
- Haitham Gad
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8733244> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations for unlocking the third stretch goal! Now I can’t wait
- to get it :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @adrenalineslut thank you! Yes it does, its a user level option ;)
- adrenalineslut
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1998190> over 2 years ago
- Congrats on the success of the campaign!
- I was wondering if the Exif data will be removed from files when stored
- in the WEDG? Hope so!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thank you and thank you for your support too! haha! he
- doesn’t mind ;) we’re trying to figure out right now where to cram all
- this info in! He’s pretty awesome though, I’m sure we’ll figure it out.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations Team WEDG and supporters. I feel for the poor soul
- having to update the Stretch Goal graphics every couple of days! :)
- Can’t wait to see Multiplatform IM App UNLOCKED a new splash on the
- video launch graphic!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu fingers crossed!…after the performance this week, I am
- quietly confident ;)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- if we win the poll and with the project being among firsts in the
- “Ending soon” category, we could indeed…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred ditto! dare i say it, 2 days to go…£135,000 lets do it!!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Wow! What a few days – a week ago we were all fingers crossed we’d just
- manage to get WiFi, and a few days later we’re hitting the next stretch
- after it – awesome!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K BINGO! Thank you for your contribution!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu we’re proud of you guys who have made this happen! The best
- backers EVER!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus I know! :-o
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @loesljrg thank you! High5!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred will respond to you on a private threat shortly.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @M K haha! youuu! Thank you! :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- O.M.G!!!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG:
- I pledged for an WEDG intel pro + raid + shipping.
- Did I had to do 3 separate pledges (179+6+40)?
- I pledged 225GBP at once, so hope that is going to get OK?
- Shehbaz. can you help me out?
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- congrats @teamwedg, you can be proud!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- un-be-lie-va-ble
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> over 2 years ago
- Well done!! 117K+ !!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @Team Wedg- could you remind me what it would cost to upgrade from the
- early special pro to the aluminium version? Will I be able to put my
- referrals credit towards this? (Does that all take place
- post-campaign?). Not 100% decided- I always liked the grey backlighting
- of the aluminium, just can’t decide if it’ll fit in. Tell a lie- I know
- it won’t, trying to decide if I care ;-)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- YEAH!
- I just pushed it through 117k barrier! (been holding my pledge for weeks
- to do just that)….
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I don’t even know what I pledged for anymore, time for the campaign to
- end!! ;))
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- We’re one Aluminium WEDG away from Stretch Goal THREE!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu you’re a WEDGster now nothing else matters! Thank you for
- your vote! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus glad we made it, thanks for the effort!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Yeah… adblock wasn’t the key, though, had to disable this to vote:
- https://disconnect.me/ So I voted and turned it back on… incredible how
- much $hit this page is trying to load…. Thanx a bunch ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus how odd…oh wait. Are you running an add blocker? I can see
- ads are missing in places where I have ads so maybe its related?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I’m obviously too stupid….. http://up.picr.de/20165061tz.jpg
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Antoine C thank you! high5!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus scroll down a touch its defo there!
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/102194832
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Voted. Let’s go for the next stretch goal!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I actually don’t see where on the CNBC page I could vote?! I see a video…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys ah! well let me clarify all the same. £50 difference for
- the driveless WEDG Pro with Intel and £70 for the 24 Hour WEDG Pro with
- Intel +1TB ;)
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- My question wasn’t rhetorical BTW ;)
- “I didn’t think the difference between the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM and
- INTEL was £70. Wasn’t it £50?”
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred that’s why you rock David! Thank you!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Voted – did look at mooltipass the other day – interesting project!
- (not sure if it was intentional, but mooltipass just reminds me of the
- film The Fifth Element – ‘Lilu Dallas Multipass’)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Hey guys we’re featured on CNBC News this week. This is a huge profile
- boost for us and we can make it go further!
- Please vote for WEDG on their online poll
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/102194832 and show the world how much we all love
- WEDG!
- Thank you! :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred great minds ;) I was just putting an update together
- about the possibility of hitting the next stretch goal!
- We’re also whipping up a flow chart here! :)
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- I didn’t think the difference between the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM and
- INTEL was £70. Wasn’t it £50?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Anyone else thinking next stretch goal is a real possibility?
- @Team Wedg – there have been quite a few people asking / getting
- confused about upgrades paths – worth knocking together a quick ‘flow
- chart’ or similar showing what people can upgrade to, what it would cost
- / how they should do it?
- (but like the ‘pro v arm’ one you did on the main page, I guess)
- Might get a few more people upgrading who are unsure of their options
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys RAID came along due to consumer demand! a little later on.
- Thank you for your support at the start of our campaign. For you to
- upgrade to WEDG Pro with Intel +RAID is £70 + RAID £40 or £90 depending
- on your RAID Upgrade and £6 for shipping please and we’ll do the rest on
- our side :)
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- Hi, clearly I missed the fact I owe £6 too! Thought that was for
- overseas delivery charge.
- I would also lile to know how much it’ll be for me to upgrade to Intel +
- Raid + 1TB (+ delivery)? I’ve got the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM. Had I
- known RAID was an option on the INTEL version that would have tipped the
- balance with me!
- Good work guys!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Paul Nichols sure, we had two 24 hour perks back then, the WEDG with
- ARM and the WEDG Pro with Intel. Both came with 1 × 1TB HDD. So pretty
- much all of the upgrades are available to you…lucky you! ;)
- Paul Nichols
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5748211> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I backed the 24hr special (kickstarter) at the start of the
- campaign, but I can’t remember what was included. Could you please
- remind me so I can purchase suitable upgrades. Cheers, Paul.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alexander Blaauwgeers OK, lets go back to the beginning just so I fully
- understand.
- I can see that you have backed WEDG with ARM @£129 + £6 for the
- pre-launch ‘24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM’.
- Are you looking to upgrade to the WEDG Pro with Intel?
- If you find it easier to email us please feel free to do so info@wedg.co
- where there is no character limit.
- Alexander Blaauwgeers
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8674531> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG @scott.henderson1 Relates how this related to the upgrade of
- @Antoine C at the same time just between my question and answer with
- just 90£ and I have to pay almost double £160
- Team WEDG
- @Antoine C yep! we’ll handle the rest on our side :)
- Antoine C
- Hi all. Just to be sure : i’ve pledged for an ARM version (129£+6£
- shipping). I want to change this for the Intel Version + RAID solution
- (179+40+6£ shipping). So I do just need to pay 90£ and you’ll know what
- I want, that’s it ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alexander Blaauwgeers, @scott.henderson1 is correct. Does that help you
- make your decision? Happy to help you further either way.
- @@scott.henderson1 thanks for chipping in there, had a conf call with
- suppliers and partners this morning that went waaay over!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- @ Alexander Blaauwgeers, I believe if you were a Kickstarter backer and
- purchased WEDG with ARM + 1TB @ £129 prelaunch, then you’d first have to
- upgrade to the Intel version which was £70 more during that period, then
- add the £90 for the WEDG Pro Raid + 1TB Upgrade #2.
- So you’d need to contribute an additional £160 to get WEDG Pro with
- Intel + 1TB plus WEDG Pro Raid + 1 TB Upgrade #2, from your current WEDG
- with ARM + 1TB. You would owe nothing more for shipping.
- Alexander Blaauwgeers
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8674531> over 2 years ago
- Hi , 3 days ago you replied on my comment
- " @Alexander Blaauwgeers Sure you can upgrade, ju … rest. "
- I am not quite sure about the amount of money. Before I am making a
- decision need to know the right price. I pledged £129 (+ £6 ) for " 24
- HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM ( Kickstarter) "
- Below I see the message " @Antoine C 16 hours ago " ;
- So if I add the upgrade perk £40 with an additional Gift of £50 = £90
- Then you’ll change my perk to WEDG INTEL with RAID ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus on the rear? No no, the BNC connector this goes on the front
- for pride of place! :D
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 200000 GBP: BNC connector in the rear! yay ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus please see stretch goal :P
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- How do I connect my Koax network to this?! :P
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus yep, and with the WEDG Pro with Intel that’s gigabit ethernet ;)
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- If I wanted to hardwire the WEDG behind a firewall with just a few
- dedicated ports forwarded to it, I could always completely disable the
- WiFi, right? ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred thanks David :)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Great to see the impact the WiFi stretch has had. Been a great few days
- for the campaign – great work @team wedg!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp for sure.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Pif loads! You can upgrade to RAID support with or with out a 1TB HDD,
- you can also upgrade your 1TB HDDs for 2TB HDDs. If you really feel like
- pushing the boat out why upgrade to an Aluminium WEDG…or go nuts like
- one of our valuable backers and go for a Carbon Fibre WEDG!
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Shipping should now be correct, seems that wifi has pulled in a few
- people already
- Pif
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709078> over 2 years ago
- I have pledged the perk 24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL for £199+6
- (shipping) = £205 back in September. What upgrade options do I have? I
- cannot find the original perk and I am sure about the specs I signed
- for. Thanks in advance.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @temp32 correct and thank you! :) woohoo WiFi!! :D
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations to reaching the WiFi goal and thus allowing me to
- contribute :)
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Contributed for WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB + Radi Upgrade 1TB + Shipping
- in one payment. I hope it’s ok
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp if you paid the Perk listed price then you will need to add
- shipping please. Thats £6 per WEDG.
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi can I just double check I have got both the 24hr arm and 24 hr wedge
- pro did these include UK shipping or do I need to add it?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Antoine C awesome thank you! Just to make sure there is no confusion,
- could you email us your old and new email address please infowedg.co.
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Thanks ! It’s done (by the way, i’ve change my email address, I hope
- there will not be any problem)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Antoine C yep! we’ll handle the rest on our side :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Heiko Zeller thank you! hi5!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred I did!! Wake up!!
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> over 2 years ago
- Congrat’s guys to reach the wifi goal
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Hi all. Just to be sure : i’ve pledged for an ARM version (129£+6£
- shipping). I want to change this for the Intel Version + RAID solution
- (179+40+6£ shipping). So I do just need to pay 90£ and you’ll know what
- I want, that’s it ?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Will I be waking up to WiFi?! Exciting!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @paul.kulhavy yes you have paid for shipping. Thank you for your
- contribution and early support.
- paul.kulhavy
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709012> over 2 years ago
- Also receiving your prompts for postage – and frankly I’ve got no idea
- what I’ve paid for now. You have so many options – yet the “perk” title
- I have is not there.
- Perk: 24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL – Contribution Amount: £205
- Have I paid for shipping charges? No idea – as I can’t find the
- perk/price listed here at all.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus :D hahaha!!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I can almost SMELL those wifi giga-hertz frequencies…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Paul Targett thank you for your support at the early stages of our
- campaign, it means a lot to us Sure, to upgrade the WEDG Pro with Intel
- +1TB Early Bird price (£219) and RAID (£40/£90)…
- £90 + £40 or £90 depending on the RAID upgrade you prefer plus shipping
- if you haven’t already please. Just hit the CONTRIBUTE NOW button on the
- right and we’ll handle the rest our side.
- Thanks Paul :)
- Paul Targett
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706793> over 2 years ago
- I put £129 for the early bird ARM version (coming from Kickstarter). At
- the time if I could have afforded it, I would have paid for the Intel
- version. To help towards £110k, could I pay extra to upgrade to the
- early bird Intel version price and also include raid? If so, how much
- should I put.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @moelliott the shipping charges are for UK and International. The
- shipping fees were originally £6 for UK and ~£20 for International but
- with support from business advisers we managed to negotiate a flat fee
- for worldwide shipping and it stuck at £6.
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> over 2 years ago
- Hello, just to echo Andrews’ comment regarding the shipping, is the
- £6.00 shipping charge also applicable for UK orders? Or just international?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Andrew Cook we wanted to show a clear distinction between unit price
- and shipping as well as show that prices from our campaign attempt on
- Kickstarter hadn’t changed.
- Andrew Cook
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706115> over 2 years ago
- I’m a little confused about continual reminders to pay for shipping.
- Is that a flat rate of £6 that needs to be paid for anywhere in the
- world, including the UK? and if so why wasn’t it included in the base price?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp you can add the additional drive later and the RAID
- management will start the replication process. Thanks, we’re really
- excited and relieved too :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @john34754 hi5 fellow Manc! Absolutely just contribute the difference
- and leave the rest to us! Sure we can arrange local pick up closer the
- time :)
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Another little question guys, if we start off with one drive then add
- our raid drive at a later date will the system just ask if we want to
- set up raid and start copying files or will it wipe everything and have
- to start from scratch? So glad this has came to fruition been a long
- time waiting since kickstarter haha.
- john34754
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707691> over 2 years ago
- Hello
- I backed the 24hr special ARM. Can I upgrade to 2TB by clicking the
- relevant perk? Also I live in Manchester, can I pick up? I’ll buy the beer!
- Cheers
- John
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey yes, default build is stored in ROM for first boot and
- system recovery purposes and then OS is stored on a MicroSD card.
- Getting there slowly but surely! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey yes, default build is stored in ROM for first boot and
- system recovery purposes and then OS is stored on a MicroSD card.
- Getting there slowly but surely! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Patrick Jones yeh! We’re edging closer every few mins right now. Come
- on WiFi!!
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 2 years ago
- Hi!
- I wonder where it will be saved the WEDG software, since we can replace
- both HDD. Is it in a non volatile flash memory or a ROM?
- Almos there! Only £ 1.701 to go!!!!
- Thanks!
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> over 2 years ago
- Looks like lots of us forgot to add postage!
- Good luck with getting to £110K…and beyond…we all want Wi-Fi…!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tiger bus haha! you should get it check out :p I’ll dig it out and send
- again.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Oops you did?! Never received anything so I’ve been coughing quite a lot
- lately! ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tiger bus I replied to your email with the revised calca weeks ago. You
- should get that cough looked at :p
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Ah spreadsheets… I think it got lost together with the power consumption
- calculations cough ;))
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred of course, you’re right… I was so happy with myself :(.
- I should have known, i have a t-shirt who says: “Dear math, solve your
- own problem.”
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred we did have a spreadsheet that did some sums for us to
- compare our forecasts against real results up until £43,000ish – it
- wasn’t accurate and we failed to keep it up to date due to other tasks
- taking priority. The with various update options we didn’t consider
- reviving it. Could fire it up again may take a day two to get the
- formula right.
- Shipping nudge goes out tomorrow.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- … although does show that just a little last push will get us wiFi, so
- the delivery reminder should be a big help!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu – just because it’s Friday and I’ve not got anything better
- to do… but I’m not sure that’s necessarily correct ;o)
- I might be wrong, but believe the ‘backers’ count is actually the sum of
- single contributions, not unique backers – so, I did £1 to start (to ask
- couple of questions), my Wedg, RAID upgrade, + £5 as I realised I’d not
- done shipping – but it counts that as 4 funders.
- Wonder if @Team Wedg know how many unique backers there are – or how
- many WEDG have now been funded?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetarbkeu haha! thanks! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- If everyone who contributed so far was adding £4 we could make it. Just
- saying :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @wj.van.duin we’ll be posting a Polite Reminder update shortly for those
- backers who might not have selected the shipping perk. Thanks for caring :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @richard alter simply hit the ‘CONTRIBUTE NOW’ button on the right and
- enter a ‘custom’ amount to the Perk difference value.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @sbensley2 we can’t confirm which HDD we’ll be installing in the WEDG at
- this moment, however drives engineered for NAS use are our preferred
- from our suppliers.
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> over 2 years ago
- I would like to upgrade from Arm to Intel Pro and I believe that would
- be a 20 pound difference. How do I make that payment? There is no
- contribution choice for that amount. Please advise
- Richard Alter at richardalter@yahoo.com
- wj.van.duin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8267955> over 2 years ago
- Hope these additional contributions will be rightfully understood as for
- the additonal upgrade to 2 × 2 Tb and for the worldwide shipping fee
- that has not been contributed before.
- Wouter J.
- sbensley2
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7967712> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I have ordered the Wedg driveless with Raid upgrade and I assume that it
- might be better to use Nas hard drives with this device. Can you please
- confirm?
- Thanks,
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alexander Blaauwgeers Wi-Fi will be supported on BOTH models of WEDG :-)
- Sure you can upgrade, just hit the ‘CONTRIBUTE NOW’ button on the right
- and manually enter the difference between your current Perk and the one
- you want – and we’ll do the rest.
- Alexander Blaauwgeers
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8674531> over 2 years ago
- 1. I really hope that my WEDGE also gets Wi-Fi support and that it is
- not only for the Intel version like RAID
- 2. At the moment of backing I didn’t know about the RAID future… is
- there any possibility to upgrade from ARM to Intel ?
- ( because it might push the project over the 110.000 line )
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you for your valuable words of encouragement and
- support Nikolai and for contributing again. I’ll looking into ‘Print the
- Legend’, we’re always open to learn from others’ experiences.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz (2 of 2), Stay focused, don’t lose sight on what makes WEDG
- important to your contributors. Continue with your enthusiasm, it is
- contagious. Thank you.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz (1 of 2), I have contributed again to support your
- project/philosophy in order to get back control of our data. Either way,
- I recommend that you and your team take the time to study the “recent”
- documentary called “Print the Legend”. It is about the home 3D printing
- movement and the obstacles that “start-ups” (similar to WEDG) went thru
- in order to develop a technology that works, a brand name that can sell
- and create an effective company.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Veehem we hear you and all supports who want to know more about how and
- when we will be releasing our code. You must understand this is
- something that needs to be done properly. We have no experience in
- managing an open community and we don’t want to get it wrong. We have
- started working with an advisor who will help us plan a strategy for the
- process to ensure its don’t competently and that a support structure is
- in place. This isn’t something we are prepared to rush into.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- I agree with Veehem.
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> over 2 years ago
- Hardware, hardware again. 2 TB? 10TB ? Carbon fire ?Aluminium ? A gold
- special serie? A underwear? A string? For secure actions, a carbon fire
- condom with Wedg logo ?
- Please stop all those gadgets. Now it’s necessary to talk about the
- software.
- Not any update information about the software.
- Please explain how and when, you’re going to liberate the software? How
- it looks like? How do you intend to build a real community?
- Yes, you promise to do so “in due course” Don’t you think its time now?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 awesome! Thank YOU!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for the update – I have doubled up – I hope you make all the
- stretch goals. JR
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 complete oversight on our part, will resolve that
- asap. Thanks for the heads-up!
- And thanks for the feedback too ;)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG,
- With ENDING SOON upon us, you may want to reinstate, modify or remove
- all of the BUY NOW – £179 LIMITED TIME ONLY! links listed under the
- Story page, as they currently take people to a WHERE DID IT GO? page,
- which is kind of off-putting.
- If there is anyway to bring back the Driver-less WEDG Pro with Intel,
- I’m sure that would help in reaching the next Stretch Goal.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 Well, Team Wedg was very convincing!
- @ david.j.aldred and @Team Wedg Maybe someone from IG can change the
- count manually (Not for me, it doesn’t matter and i trust you but for
- other people to give them the necessary impulse)?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred i know :-s we’re actually thinking of creating a banner
- to add to the top of the campaign page to mark the occasion and give
- kudos to @ tetardbleu
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Shame you can’t ‘count’ the CB model from @tetardbleu – it’s a massive
- vote of confidence in the product for anyone new / undecided!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- @ tetardbleu, congrats on purchasing the Carbon Fibre WEDG!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu done! A Carbon Fibre WEDG has your name all over it! (but we
- can’t change the count on the back end)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- don’t forget to reserve me one of the five precious! :) Go wifi!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor that’s a good question, there were a few reasons but one of
- the main reasons we decided to dump ActiveSync was due to its
- instability and it was also very resource hungry. But we do have
- ActiveSync under the ‘Revisit’ column on our feature list so ‘never say
- never’ right?
- PS. Thank you for the accurate calculations for the next Stretchgoal I
- think we might do it you know!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor your calculations are correct £162 will take you up to 2 ×
- 2TB drives capability.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Team WEDG,
- is there a reason that Active sync (or freeware alternative) is not
- supported.
- I know caldav, and carddav are supported as well as IMAP and POP3.
- for user setup with sync of mail. contacts and other features Active
- sync with the one server settings for a user its the easiest rather than
- configuring each protocol.
- Is Active sync support a possibility or are there technical reasons that
- this cannot be supported?
- thanks
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG, are my calculations right,
- I have a WEDG pro + 1TB plus shipping + Upgrade to Raid (£40)
- so to get 2×2TB…..
- I would need to pay £50 to make the raid 2×1TB then pay £112 to upgrade
- the drives to 2×2TB drives so….. £162.00 total? is this correct.
- need 154.92958% funding to reach £110,00 and the next stretch goal. Good
- Luck.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- i juste emailed you via your website’s mail, because i didn’t receive
- anything…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu i just sent it
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- ok, just tell me here when you did, just in case, as it seems that pm
- sometimes does not work well…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu welcome to the darkside! I’ll message you privately as I
- need some details from you.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Thank you, thank you thank you!I now have to ask if it would be possible
- to have my config (2* 2TB HDDs) And the carbon fibre. I would completely
- understand if it wasn’t, but if You can make this happen (ssds replaced
- by hdds) and tell me how much it would cost me, as i imagine standard
- hard drives are less expensive, my crazy side is ready! Again i know
- it’s a lot to ask and i would completely understand a no.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @James Cowell yes, that’s correct
- James Cowell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4283722> over 2 years ago
- My contribution was for the “24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL” but as it’s
- not listed anymore as a perk I can’t find the specifics of what it was.
- I believe it is equivalent specs to the “WEDG Pro with Intel + 1Tb”. Is
- that correct?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Seth Barribeau you can upgrade your drive in your WEDG as and when you
- like. The WEDG takes a standard 2.5" SATA hard drive.
- Seth Barribeau
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723584> over 2 years ago
- Regarding the 2Tb upgrade. Is this something where we could replace the
- HDs ourselves to improve space as needed, or do you need to upgrade
- additional hardware first?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 I understand and have taken your feedback on-board ;-)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Law Cheung spot on, that is the correct way to do it, thank you for
- your support and contribution!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @wj.van.duin you may certainly postpone your decision up until the end
- of the campaign only I’m afraid as the prices we have negotiated are
- only available to us until the end of 21st November. I’m sorry if this
- applies undue pressure upon you right now.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- Sorry to repeat my suggestion to help reach the stretch goals but I
- would like the option to “double up” on my current perks at the same
- rate as my first contribution, which was WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB
- (£219) plus WEDG Pro RAID + 1TB (£90). This may get you closer to the
- stretch goal targets – particularly if existing contributors want to
- double or treble up. JR
- Law Cheung
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2929772> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz,
- That’s a good idea of you to allow an upgrade to a 2TB drive. I have
- added an extra £56 to make £112 to have two of them for a raid setup. I
- hope this is the correct way of doing it.
- Kind Regards,
- Law Cheung (Mr)
- wj.van.duin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8267955> over 2 years ago
- I would like you to let me know if it will be possible to postpone the
- decision for the change of configuration from 1 × 1 Tb to 1 × 2 Tb or
- even 2 × 2Tb until a later moment just prior to production and delivery.
- Wouter J. van Duin
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen I think I follow you now. WEDG does support POP3 and so
- you could add any POP3 accounts to your WEDG collecting mail on the fly.
- Aliases is also fully supported and you can setup a one-to-many email
- account like ’salesexample.com’ for example where the messages are
- forwarded on to designated users.
- Thank you for the compliments and of course your ongoing support! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Veehem thank you for your feedback, we have every intention on
- providing more information in due course. Currently we have a tight
- schedule we’ve planned for and are working hard to commit to that.
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> over 2 years ago
- An update message explaining how and when you’re going to liberate the
- code is necessary. Wedg is going to be a long time success if there is a
- real community. Without an open source code, people will go to Ownbutt,
- Yunohost, …
- Please, be more clear about that
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG – Sorry was not clearer, By scheduled pop3 collection I mean,
- use pop3 to collect mail from a third party account, strip of everything
- after the ‘at symbol’ and distribute to the users of the mailserver
- every say ten minutes. This way I can include an existing pop3 mail
- address. Also will the WEDG support aliases and group forwarding?
- BTW Congrats on the 100K, well done to all involved!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu thanks for feedback! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- I’ll probably succumb if the offer stays the same… Still, if your
- meeting monday works out, i must say i prefer bigger hdds than faster
- ssds. particularly for mid-long term storage. SSDs are great but in case
- of failure it’s pretty definitive and unannounced, when HDDs can show
- preventive warnings and let us recover some data. Well its just a
- personal opinion of course. Good night and good luck today!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu agghh! dashed are my hopes of a Carbon Fibre WEDG backer
- today! ;-)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Ok so i’ll wait your monday’s report before letting go out my crazy side :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor this is a discussion we need to have again with our
- suppliers on Monday morning, as you stated cost is a factor and having
- discussed this topic previous with our suppliers 2TB disks weren’t cheap
- and didn’t even come under any price breaks at that time. But time has
- passed so worth revisiting. Either way I will report back on Monday.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- if you can meet minimum purchase requirements for 1tb and 2tb drives to
- keep prices good. i also vote for @ aaddiikk’s suggestion and it has
- been suggested before. as i will just be looking at possibly putting 2Tb
- drives in mine. but cost is a factor. also now featuring the 3k option
- puts the Wedg pro way down the list for funding choices. make the
- funding option look very expensive for someone new looking at the project.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Congratulations you guys we’ve hit a major milestone at £100,000! A
- little overwhelmed if I’m honest and very grateful to everyone for their
- everlasting and so valuable support. THANK YOU!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu listen to your crazy side ;-) yes @aaddiikk’s suggestion is
- pulling weight this side too.
- If you do decide to upgrade to the Carbon Fibre WEDG then please
- contribute the difference only and we’ll do the rest. The Carbon Fibre
- sample material is of a high standard to ensure its rigidity and the
- WEDG will be hand assembled start to finish. I should also emphasise
- that Carbon Fibre WEDG is only available on Indiegogo and won’t be
- available after the campaign ends.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- As you can guess by my previous comments here, i strongly support
- @aaddiikk suggestion.I’m also considering the carbon fibre perk. A bit
- pricey but seems to be a really cool design. Which perk should i choose
- if i want an upgrade? Just an arbitrary payment with the difference? Not
- sure i’ll do it but sometimes i have crazy expensive ideas!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 thank you for your suggestion, certainly worth considering
- along with other ideas too. Will report back.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk thanks for your feedback, we’ll certainly consider your
- suggestion and report back.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- I think one option you may consider to enable you to reach your stretch
- goal targets is to release a further time limited perk for the WEDG Pro
- with Intel + 1TB at £219 like you did for Tech Crunch – after all the
- campaign ends on 21 Nov 2014.
- Alternatively allow existing contributors to double up (or treble up) on
- their orginial contribution and perks at the same discounted rate. JR
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- Guys,
- How about extending storage options and allow people to pay extra for
- it? I mean extra options to double the storage (so from 1TB to 2TB in
- case of ARM, from 1TB to 2TB in case of Intel and from 1TB to 2TB so
- 2×2TB drives in case of Intel/RAID)? I’m pretty sure that many backers
- would go this way and get us closer to WiFi… What do you think?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 that’s a good idea. I’ll ask all registered developers
- to share their potential ideas.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Hey Team!
- Any chance of having the 7 campaign backing Developers mention what they
- are hoping to develop for the WEDG? Their potential ideas and solutions
- might help expand interest.
- Cheers!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor thanks for the precise maths :) we’re working on a couple of
- promos – can’t say too much now but we have high hopes for those
- alongside some press pushing too.
- Yes, a good few backers have missed the shipping perk but ultimately not
- enough to push us very far, nevertheless we will politely remind them.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thanks for the support, it means a great deal to us
- all here. Regarding perks…watch this space! :-o I’ve said too much!
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- I think there are LOTS of people who have not paid the £6 postage just
- looking through the Funders page but Shebaz should be able to see more
- so maybe a nudge to get them to pay but dont think it will get us any
- where near £110k but it all helps. we need 2.671 Wedg Pro’s to be funded
- per day with postage to make the next stretch goal by the end of the
- campaign.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- 2/2
- Are there any last minute perks that could be added to the project that
- would add £15-20 value to end product?
- While only needing just £10,500 to achieve Wi-Fi, if every existing
- funder paid an additional £16 / $25US towards the project right now,
- we’d meet it.
- Good luck on the home stretch! I hope we can hit that mark, once the
- “Ending Soon” promotion begins.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- 1/2
- With the initial Goal met and surpassed, is there any chance of making
- more Drive-less WEDG with Intel perks available again for the last two
- weeks of the campaign? It might help out.
- I somehow totally mis-read the Wi-Fi stretch goal at the beginning of
- the campaign, thinking it was an upgrade to an existing Wi-Fi feature,
- not an addition of Wi-Fi to the board. Wi-Fi is definitely a must have
- capability. I agree that not having this might actually be holding some
- people back.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen WEDG Pro with Intel can support ~68 users while WEDG with
- ARM can support ~38 users. Yes Spam filter and attachment rules can be
- configured as you prefer. POP3 is support by WEDG, can you elaborate on
- ’ scheduled collection from another server’?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- How many users will the mailserver side of it support on the device,
- will it have sorting, spam and attachment rules and will it be capable
- of pop3 scheduled collection from another server?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu (y) Like! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Well, if i want to enjoy HDMI and network access, i will need wifi… Or
- to rewire my entire appartment to bring an ethernet cable next to my tv
- screen! I’ll keep praying for wifi :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred we imagine the same, as the campaign enters the ‘Ending
- Soon’ category on Indiegogo that might be enough to push us through the
- £110,000 mark. We’re working hard on our side try and hit some of the
- major publications and news channels too which might help increase
- exposure. Fingers crossed!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- ref WiFi stetch goal – it’ll be tight, but it can still be done – we’ve
- been on pretty much the same trajectory for a couple of weeks now, which
- should just about see us hit it. If there is the ‘ending soon rush’ that
- should certainly tip it in favour.
- Personally, not too fussed, but can certainly see its appeal to people.
- Slightly frustratingly, there are probably a good few holding off until
- WiFi is unlocked – I think the same was true with HDMI – but hey, that’s
- the nature of it all!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu :) we’d love to! But right now its just not feasible. If
- anything changes prior to shipping we’ll let our backers know.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Any hope to obtain wifi embedded under 110 k’ :) ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp No, see the WiFi stretch goal enables us to build a Wireless
- Connection and Network Management interface for WEDG. So we must hit the
- £110,000!!
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- In the event we don’t get to the wifi stretch goal will a usb wifi
- dongle work with the wedge?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Danilo Montesi yes, we don’t have a road map to detail this yet, but
- sometime soon after shipping WEDG we aim to release the s/w.
- Danilo Montesi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2102128> over 2 years ago
- will the software running on WEDG be available freely to be used on a
- linux box?
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Not a pb for me (I’ve several HDD copy if necessary, I’ll C/C all this).
- Thanks anyway :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Antoine C great! welcome on-board! Unfortunately RAID support isn’t
- physically possible for WEDG with ARM :s
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- That’s a WEDG ARM for me, cleary enough for what I need (NAS/Mail).
- Can’t wait, I’ve been using a Synology for years so I’ll see what WEDG
- can do for me. Any possibility for a RAID with the ARM version ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli ;) as many as you want but we expect users to respect a
- fair usage policy to prevent email address hogging.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Yes it does, and very fast as always too. :)
- So how many WEDGMail email adresses are included?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 2/2, The cost associated with WEDGNET at that point
- with be in the region of £2 a month and will allow 2 x WEDG devices but
- this is not for anyone who has backed WEDG on Indiegogo.
- We/WEDGNET is not a domain registrar so you’ll have to buy a domain from
- another party like GoDaddy, One&One, FastHosts, etc and then point your
- DNS to your WEDG.
- Does that clear things up?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 1/2 Sure, with WEDG there are no monthly fees for using
- the our WEDGMail (our domains), your own domain on you own WEDG, WEDGNET
- or any other service WEDG is capable of providing – no monthly fees at
- all. This is strictly true for Indiegogo backers.
- Post Indiegogo, a WEDG bought from a shop or online store will again
- have no monthly fees, except for WEDGNET only for those customers who
- buy a WEDG from a store.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- In ‘Story’ it says:
- “Alternatively, you can use the WEDG Mail web interface (webmail),
- compatible across all browsers and is mobile friendly too.”
- Can you clarify what services fall under the monthly fee and mark them
- in the discription?
- Can you also elaborate on the lifetime wedgenet membership? What does it
- give me, and how is it connected to the monthly fee?
- If I want to run my own email on WEDG I will have to get my own domain
- as well? Or do I use wedgnet and then pay monthly?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @john34754 thanks for your support at the start of our campaign! Yes!!
- The 24 Hour Perks included a 1TB drive – how awesome is that?!
- john34754
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707691> over 2 years ago
- Hi guys, I backed the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM in the first few hours
- of your launch from the email you sent to Kickstarter backers. Does that
- include a drive?
- Thanks
- John
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker love your enthusiasm! We’re focused on Sync and that’s
- what we intend on delivering :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @m562522 thanks for the feedback! I’ll add both suggestions to our
- wishlist and discuss them the dev team. If we are able to include such
- features they’ll either be available in our first release or in software
- updates post shipping.
- Mikhail Granin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8719646> over 2 years ago
- Suggestions on couple of killer features\apps:
- 1 Will WEDG allow comments to photos and common albums? This way you are
- getting a great value for all those who are ready to pay for butt
- storage to Google+, Apple iButt photos (just released) and Dropbox
- Carousel users a much better option.
- 2 Will WEDG have it’s own web\mobile media player with
- 1) playlists\smart playlists
- 2) play counts
- 3) rating
- to replace iTunes Match, (I use it but I store mostly my own audio that
- is not matched)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey unfortunately implementing a Kensington lock is not
- something we can currently build into the WEDG due to the cost of
- tooling and components. However, we realise how valuable this feature
- would be and if its something we can strategically implement without
- compromise during the manufacturing process we will certainly try.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 2 years ago
- Hi!
- I wonder if you plan to add some sort of kensington lock so we can
- secure the unit to a desk or some.
- Thanks and keep up with the good work!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @smadyk by upgrading to the ’WEDG Pro RAID +1TB Upgrade #2 perk you will
- receive another 1TB HDD giving you potentially 2 × 1TB drives, not 1 ×
- 2TB drive.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Rich Willars awesome! Thanks! :D
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG Incredible, thanks! Going to share the news with the Lima
- investors over on Kickstarter, this looks like a viable alternative
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Rich Willars loving your enthusiasm! Yes, you can plug in an external
- unencrypted USB drive and access the files and watch the movies on it
- via XMBC!
- The backup process can capture external USB drives as well and…WEDG is a
- full sync and share solution, you can access your files via a desktop
- client, mobile app and web browser which is responsive for mobile
- devices too! There you go full marks 10/10!
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 2 years ago
- 2/2
- What’d be really nice if the WEDG could then backup those external
- drives onto the NAS server as well. It’d be acting as a full backup
- solution for encrypted and unencrypted data, with potentially unlimited
- storage limits.
- Other question is surrounding file access. How sophisticated is the
- solution for accessing files remotely (from say mobile phones over the
- internet). Does this work similar to Lima on Kickstarter in that it
- syncs files or is it just a simple file browser app?
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 2 years ago
- 1/2
- Can’t wait for this.. March seems so far away!
- I’m planning to run the 1TB internal drive and then use the backup
- features on the WEDG to back everything up to a NAS drive. However, I
- don’t want to eat into that precious 1TB with media such as films, which
- don’t really need to be encrypted anyway. Does it support plugging
- external USB drives into the WEDG and being as fully featured as
- accessing files on the internal drive? For example, using an unencrypted
- external drive for XBMC.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Seth Barribeau yes we did this just before we launched on Indiegogo and
- ran GIT (sudo apt-get install git-core) on WEDG with ARM and WEDG Pro
- with Intel. But we didn’t build it into the WEDG as we want to allow
- independent developers build solutions like this for WEDG – or allow
- owners to install their own existing solution.
- Seth Barribeau
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723584> over 2 years ago
- Have you tried to set up a private Git repository on the wedg?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @jrodgers31 apologies *jrodgers31
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @jridger31 that’s all we’re thinking about and are internally preparing
- for the manufacturing phase of the project.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- All these stretch goals are great and when you have reached them can you
- get on and build the thing to exacting standards, make sure it works
- properly and supply it please. Many thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred WOOHOO!! Thank you David, and THANK YOU EVERYONE who has
- helped us reached this stage.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- 90k guys – congrats on hitting a significant milestone :o)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp, apologies *Alex
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Alan Stamp multiple! We’ve managed to test up to 6, there restriction
- would be at the WEDGNET side of things and we haven’t set a limit.
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi quick question how many wedg’s can you have in a master slave config?
- Is it just one master and one slave or can you have 1 master and
- multiple slaves?
- smadyk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7989688> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I contributed to get a “Wedg Pro with Intel + 1TB”.
- Now, I would like to contribute to get “Wedg PRO RAID”. However, I’m not
- really sure if I can contribute to get “Wedg PRO RAID + 1TB” getting 2TB
- to the end.
- Thank you!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Nickolas Not right now, but just had a quick word of confirmation of
- from the developers and yes its something we can and will implement for
- shipping target. Thanks for the tip! ;)
- Nickolas
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8474340> over 2 years ago
- Will WEDG include an option to be able to limit the number of times a
- shared link can be used? Like Dropbox?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Dan USB 3.0 hub yes RAID’d no as performance all round is severely
- hindered.
- Dan
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707396> over 2 years ago
- Not sure if it’s been answered, but will Wedg allow a USB 3.0 hub and
- multiple external drives to be RAID’ed?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Michael Right-Lawson :D thank you for the support! Means a lot to us here.
- Michael Right-Lawson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8741582> over 2 years ago
- ps. good luck at #TCDISRUPT see you on BBClick or something!
- Michael Right-Lawson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8741582> over 2 years ago
- Love what you guys are doing here. Frankly I can’t understand why you
- werent funded at kickstarter but every butt huh…and now you are back
- better which is awesome! Shows you have determination and courage and we
- respect you hugely for that. Its so important in today’s connected world
- to have a product like this, the giants can’t and wont relent on our
- privacy its what their business models are based on. keep it up we’re
- right behind you and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli the website guys are actually waiting for me to provide
- company and contact details I just haven’t had a moment to respond.
- Anyway, here is our company number 08824160, search for that number here
- http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo and
- you’ll get these results http://wedg.co/company-details.jpg
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- On all your websites there is no company listed, no adress. Unless I
- have not seen it. What is the name of your company? Companies House has
- no search result for ‘Wedg’. Can you post the link to your company?
- It is not that I don’t trust you, but since we are all about security I
- though I’d ask.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 2/2 have over 300 happy supporters. Sure some will have
- their doubts and we respect that; but if and when they do decide WEDG is
- for them, we’ll be here to warmly welcome them into our community.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 1/2 Hi! So we simply can’t see your data, your data is
- encrypted and you retain the encryption keys not us. Your WEDG is in
- your home/office not our data centre (we don’t have one). We have no
- interest in your data. We are in Manchester UK, our company was
- incorporated 23/12/2013 and you can search for us on Companies House
- http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- Ultimately, I guess it boils down to trust, we have done what we can
- express our product is secure and private and
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Dear Wedg,
- I know that my google email is red and analysed by a robot and
- potentially visible on demand by governments. But the chance this would
- effect me is minimal. That google themselves will be criminally active
- on my account is near impossible.
- With Wedg I have no risk of being analysed, but who tells me your team
- is not after my data? Can you see my data? Who watches over you? Who are
- you? Where’s your company located? Is there a company?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @loesljrg Thanks! Really want that £90k, so many of you voted for it in
- the Post Kickstarter survey and we want to deliver it to you!
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> over 2 years ago
- We’re creeping up on that 90K goal … and Wedg have just reinstated some
- of the better perks!! [Smart move, guys!] Come on, folks …
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Nickolas
- 1. Post Indiegogo WEDGNET will be offered to customers at a monthly fee
- of around £2 a month for up to 2 WEDG connections
- 2. Unlimited yes, however each WEDG will able to pair with another WEDG
- – like to 2 for the price of 1.
- 3. Yes, we can put something together, won’t be immediate as we are
- attending an even next week and will be showing casing WEDG
- there…details soon!
- Nickolas
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8474340> over 2 years ago
- I just have a few questions.
- 1. How much do you plan on making your WEDGNET service available for
- after the campaign?
- 2. Will a WEDGNET membership cover an unlimited number of WEDG’s?
- 3. Can you make a video demonstration on how easy it actually is to
- setup a WEDG for the first time?
- 4. Can you make a video showing off the WEDG control panel and WEDG apps?
- Thanks
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @bensonlow78 just sent you a direct message for company details. Thanks
- for the compliments!! :)
- Benson Low
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5581723> over 2 years ago
- hi, i need an invoice for my company claims. Can i have one? thanks!
- By the way, it is a great product especially recent news on Dropbox
- security on stolen pasword. Keep up the good work!!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Igi Lama I recall reaching out to them some months back when we were on
- Kickstarter. I’ll reach out again. Thanks for feedback.
- Igi Lama
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5887739> over 2 years ago
- Also a suggestion – have you tried to cooperate with FreedomBox
- Foundation? They have exactly something like this in mind, maybe there
- is some common ground you could work with them on. They’re also very
- focused on open-source and well known in Free Software world so if
- you’re going the open-source way, cooperation with them could raise your
- profile in those circles and maybe provide some guidance…
- Igi Lama
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5887739> over 2 years ago
- “Soon after the campaign ends we will plan our road map for releasing
- the code and providing support to the community too.” – Well, I hope for
- the best but after the campaign is a little too late, I’d like to know
- what exactly I’d be pledging for – finding out after I pledged is really
- not acceptable for such a critical issue affecting security of the whole
- product, wouldn’t you say? Guess I’ll just wait and see … Thanks
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Stevan Newman: 1 ;) Been using Dyndns.org for 10 years until they
- pricing got ridiculous.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman Like! :)
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 2 years ago
- @Marek459 – DynDNS prices have continued to climb dramatically over the
- last few years. WEDGNET being FREE FOR LIFE definitely helped bring me
- into the fold. :) Well, that an the security conscious, fantastic
- approach that these guys are taking.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @marek459 my pleasure. Have fun! :)
- marek
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8728643> over 2 years ago
- Excellent (and interesting – I hadn’t come across DynDNS before). Thanks!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @marek459 WEDGNET is nothing like bitsync or wuala. Its more like
- DynDNS. WEDGNET provides a dynamic DNS service so your WEDG can be
- located on the internet. It also provides a Relay Server for SMTP.
- Encrypted data from other WEDG devices would only appear on your WEDG if
- you have agreed with a friend to act as their remote backup and vice versa.
- WEDGNET is an optional service, so you could chose other Dynamic DNS and
- Relay providers. WEDGNET is also FREE FOR LIFE for Indiegogo backers :)
- marek
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8728643> over 2 years ago
- Could you provide a little bit more detail on the technology behind
- WEDGNet? It seems to share some features with services like btsync or
- Wuala, is it at all similar in the way it operates? (And would this
- mean, for instance, that some encrypted information from other WEDGs
- would spend some time on my WEDG?)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Steve Ng good questions;
- 1. Yes, scheduled replication to secondary drive is possible
- 2. This is something we are looking at as its on our wishlist, with
- particular attention on separating media such a movie and music file.
- 3. Yes, you can add a new HDD for RAID1 any time without the primary
- drive having to do anything
- Yes, the built in recovery tool asks you to authorise the backup archive
- with password or by uploading the encryption key.
- Thank you!
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> over 2 years ago
- With dual-drive support, would it be possible to
- 1. configure a scheduled replication from master drive to secondary drive?
- 2. Separate different content (doc, email, media) onto separate drives?
- 3. upgrade single-drive (with data) to RAID-1 later without data loss?
- Also, for backup to local USB, would it be possible to configure both
- encrypted and unencrypted backup? If encrypted, how can the data on the
- USB drive be restored with a WEDG?
- Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Igi Lama 2/2 Soon after the campaign ends we will plan our road map for
- releasing the code and providing support to the community too. This has
- to be done properly and that’s how we want to do it.
- Personally, we’ve all used open source software in our personal and
- professional lives and collectively we’re excited about the opportunity
- to give something back to the open community.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Igi Lama 1/2 glad you love our project :) there is no intentional
- obscurity and we have every intention to release our code. Since 06/13
- we have been focused on building the solution, soon after we focused on
- getting our crowd-funding campaign up and ready, the first attempt
- failed so we tried again. Now our focus as part of the plan on is
- pushing and promoting the campaign as well responding backer queries.
- We want to do things properly; fail to prepare, prepare to fail right?
- Igi Lama
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5887739> over 2 years ago
- I love this project but there is no security through obscurity – unless
- it’s completely open-source, it can not be considered secure. You’re
- very vague about open-sourcing it … AGPLv3 would be ideal for this kind
- of project, I hope you’ll make clear your intentions as if there would
- end up being closed blobs, that would be very disapointing …
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus thanks for your input as always. I guess the choice is there
- for individuals, if/when the IM app is developed and made available. We
- see our future in privacy and security.
- Ultimately its you guys to tell us what you want by voting with your
- fingers on the survey; so if you haven’t already please compete the
- survey today – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QK36QSR – you have till
- Friday midnight GMT.
- We’ve had 158 responses so far!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you for your feedback and of course we very much
- value your and everyone’s ‘hard earned funds’ very much.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Oh yes, security all the way! But a messenger?! I Do you seriously want
- YET ANOTHER messenger on your phone? I have only two, one of them being
- fully encrypted, and I already have the problem with different friend
- groups using different services. Awful! Maybe we can find a different
- goal in the security/privacy ecosystem? I completely agree on all the
- media streaming blabla stuff. No need to build a mini dreambox here ;)
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 2 years ago
- I agree completely with contributor Steven Newman remarks about Wedg
- being a security centric product and everything else should take a back
- seat. That is what attracted me to this idea and product while providing
- my hard earned funds to see it into a fully functional device. All other
- options are bells & whistles since I rather have the security and
- privacy aspects of Wedg. My advice to Team WEDG is to FOCUS on security
- and privacy in order to create an ironclad device.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you for your input Steven :)
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 2 years ago
- I disagree regarding the Messenger feature. It’s expanding your goal of
- security. Because it wasn’t HDMI or streaming video that brought us to
- your product. There are oodles of devices out there that do that, and do
- it well. What brought us here was a company taking security seriously
- for a change, and offering that to folks.
- So for me? I’d rather have the secure Messenger feature before either
- the Wi-Fi or the HDMI goal. I know that’s just me, but please keep
- focused on the security.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli the bandwidth monitor allows you to see how much data
- is passing through your WEDG. You can limit the bandwidth if you wish to
- yes.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- In the features list it says: Bandwith and Data transfer monitor.
- Does that mean I also have control over it, can I limit bandwith?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I’d fully support Philipp’s view in terms of features, stretch goals and
- the IM ;) Just keep it real and make the key features perfect for now…
- will be hard enough ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Staheli :) thank you so much we’re touched by your compliment!
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Team Wedg, it is nice to see how professionally you keep doing this.
- Ever since I started following this campain on KS it’s become my
- standart in terms of PR/user contact and now I am frequently
- dissapointed by other campains not being as professional about it as you
- are. :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli thanks for your feedback.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- the answers are too limited for me to take the survey.
- the question should be which other strech goal should move forward.
- This LED is just kids stuff and you want to burn money on it. This
- messanger is an idea, but it is too far off your concept of secure data
- storage and transmission. Stay true to your concept and expand as you
- go. Don’t overload WEDG with things you do not know if there is a demand
- for it. People want HDMI, they want WIFI, why suddenly introduce this
- messanger thing?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @fia10 great minds! ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Steve Ng no, the Upgrade RAID perks enables the standard WEDG Pro with
- Intel to support RAID1 or two independent drives.
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor, that’s understandable, let me rephrase it. (English is not
- my native language…)
- I would prefer to bump up the development of the office suit , so the
- strechgoals would be something like
- HDMI
- wi-fi
- web-based office suit
- led/IM (don’t care what order)
- That’s my opinion and wish, I can see it might not be possible, but I
- rather have the office suit up and running before IM or the possibility
- to change the led.
- @wedge, glad you chose a suit I use already :)
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> over 2 years ago
- The Storage page states “Due to popular demand WEDG Pro with Intel now
- supports RAID1 or two independent drives. To enable RAID support for
- your WEDG Pro with Intel please select an Upgrade Perk on the right.”
- Does this imply that the standard WEDG Pro with Intel supports two
- independent drives and does not need the Upgrade Perk?
- Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @fia10 @Ken Taylor we have short listed LibreOffice and OpenOffice as
- the suites we will consider for development to make our own web based
- office suite with WPS Office as a possibility to consider too.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @fia10 – any mega corp butt solution be it google docs or web office
- docs is what the WEDG is going to replace so we can have total control
- over our own email and files, changing from one mega corp to another is
- not the goal
- We don’t know yet what office suite the WEDG will use yet but
- LibreOffice can be made to work as a web app, Its still in beta and
- under development. It would be easier to use an existing suite that
- users already know than learning and creating yet another office suite
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- or jump right to the web office docs apps? a perfect replacement for
- google docs
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- I haven’t decided yet if I’m keeping the first device for myself or
- installing it in the main office (Will probably end up with four of
- them). For home use the hdmi, xbmc, plex etc I could use quite easily
- alongside the secure features of the device but for work these are not
- needed, The secure IM, emails, and data storage are of much greater use.
- We use an old version of ICQcorp IM still to this day but a version
- integrated into the WEDG would be very useful alongside the WEDG’s other
- features
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> over 2 years ago
- I agree with the IM naysayers, I’m sorry to say. I’d rather have
- something like Crashplan support or richer functionality within the
- planned apps please.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- Thanks for the feedback guys. The point really is to expand on the
- privacy factor; email is a form of communication as is IM so why not
- secure them both off; was our thinking. Indeed it would be handled as a
- project in itself and introduced overtime – not at the same time as
- shipping the WEDG.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Mikko Värri if I understood you correctly; if you wanted to ‘format’
- your WEDG and install your own software you may do so its your hardware;
- however by doing so none of the WEDG offerings will be available to you.
- If you wanted to run WEDG and other software side by side – we couldn’t
- be sure that other software won’t introduce performance and reliability
- issues so you’d need to aware of these possibilities.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Just to promote a discussion what are we looking for next after we reach
- the stretch goals – RAID5 ? – (only joking) ;-)
- HDMI, XBMC, WIFI, LEDs, WEB Office suite, are already on the list. so
- what else do we want from WEDG or external developers
- 2TB HDDs (upgrade perk?), USB Hub, Card Reader, messenger, SABNZB,
- BTorrent, Crashplan, VLC, antivirus, Airtame compatible, password
- manager (keepass?), OPTware, Asterisk
- what does everyone else want to see? is there a list of most requested APPs?
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Dont think the messenger is a priority, think lots more coding required
- for the messenger over coloured LEDs, Getting people using yet another
- messenger is a Hard. OK for internal office but not home user,
- Interested in more INFO about the office App and getting to this stretch
- goal (Modifying something like Libra Office online would be good), Put
- messenger after existing stretch goals or let an external Dev create it.
- there are LOADS of good uses for the WEDG. but have them optional Apps.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @Mikko Varri, looks pretty open the board for the Pro can run Debian
- GNU/Linux, Windows 8.1, Yocto Project Compatible, Android 4.4 System and
- seen posts of other Linux versions and BSD being installed.
- http://www.elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMax#Layout_2 details of the board
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- A messenger built onto the WEDG platform doesn’t really sound like a
- neccessity to me, especially the connection to the WEDG is rather “weak”
- if not… useless? Starting a secure messaging system is a whole new
- project, whether that’d be in times of numerous other working messengers
- (e.g. Threema…) a good idea, is not clear to me. If you can clearly
- define the selling point how the WEDG itself as a system would benefit
- from having a messenger…. why not ;) “Hey Fred, I have a file for you.”?
- Mikko Värri
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8212665> over 2 years ago
- Thanks team wedg. On many mobile phones the telephony side is running
- its own sw that isn’t as open as the app side (hw specs aren’t
- released). Another example: on many Linux PCs the BIOS is still closed
- source. On WEDG, will it be possible to replace all the software with
- Free Software, or will there be some hardware for which proprietary
- software is required?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Mikko Värri
- As individuals we consciously want give back to the open community by
- releasing our software so we are very serious; we just don’t have a road
- map yet.
- Could you elaborate on the hardware question?
- Mikko Värri
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8212665> over 2 years ago
- Hi, how serious are you guys about open sourcing the software? How about
- the hardware, will it be “Free Software friendly” or will there always
- be some closed source components? Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred good question. It would be invitation based. So Person A
- would invite Person B to click on a link (download the app if needed)
- and join a list of contacts and start conversing.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Interesting update guys. On the face of it – I think it’s a fab idea.
- How would it work with regards to who can/can’t contact you via the system?
- Would it be only other WEDG owners, or is anyone you ‘give access to’ –
- like running your own whatsapp server, so to speak?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus let me catch up with our electronics guy and get back you and
- response to your emails too.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 3/3
- The amperage on the 5V side would of course be much higher, like 1.275A
- – which fits into reality given that you will probably need to supply a
- 2.5A@5V DC supply just like a raspi.
- As expected, the maximum ratings for borad and processor are in no way
- close to real life usage in THIS case. In fact, we’ll probably end up as
- less than half. Yay.
- Thanx!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 2/3
- So If I calculate back “in time” for the Intel variant I take 918whrs
- divided by 144 (?) hours and get am average wattage of 6.375W of board
- AND a single HD. Which is really ok, especially given the fact, that no
- power saving has been used. You state about 0.051A, which is most
- certainly AC side @110volts (not 5V!), as 6.375W/110V=0.057A indicates.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 1/3
- Hmm….. I don’t understand the power consumption
- calculation/measurements. Over a time period, you measured WHAT? kWh I
- guess? Then on the other hand you multiply amperage (this is what?
- average over the time period?) that is most certainly AC with the 5V DC
- side to show wattage……. which is most certainly wrong.
- I guess you did not manually integrate over time, so you probably had
- some devoce to measure kWh on the AC side, right?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred yes it does and at the same time thanks to you and
- everyone who has supported us on Indiegogo we look forward to a new
- phase in the WEDG journey one we can embark on together.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Inching closer towards the 90k mark – which I’m sure holds physiological
- significance for the team as well as unlocking that first stretch goal!
- The Wedg message is spreading!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- @Philipp: I think you can limit mobile data to wifi-only in Android…
- with specials apps you can probably to that even per-app, but I haven’t
- tried personally… dig through Google and the Playstore, there is so much
- out there…….
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Philipp Staheli it’s not something we’ve built into our app. But it’s a
- good suggestion, and I’ll add it to our features wish list :)
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- With the wedg app on my adroid phone, can I set it so it only
- synchronizes when connected to a wifi to save on my data limitations?
- (or is that something I need to set in adroid?)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 hmm…thanks for the heads up, I changed it to ‘WEDG Pro
- with Intel @ £249’ almost immediately when the last Perk sold out. I’ve
- removed it and re-added it just in case – cleared my cache and its
- definitely set now.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Hey Team WEDG!
- With the £219 WEDG Pro with Intel + 1 TB now sold out, you may want to
- Feature the £249 version or the £149 WEDG with ARM + 1TB, as new
- supporters need to scroll down quite a ways to get to the actual hardware.
- Cheers!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus agreed.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Nice, that all of the recent press coverage seems to emphasize the
- privacy aspect. Good call these days!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Peter Dalmaris no need to apologise, we’re here to help :) Yes, file
- versioning is available per user on WEDG.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 2 years ago
- Hi Team Wedg, sorry if this is mentioned before. Will it be possible to
- restore a previous version of a file, like it is possible to do on
- Dropbox? If not now, maybe in the future?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor thanks for chipping in there Ken, @jon.gagne exactly as @Ken
- Taylor said :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @jon,gagne : @loesljrg asked a similar question 3 days ago.
- Backups can be made To a USB drive or a NAS so if you have backups on a
- remote Drive then the standalone mini version of the WEDG Backup
- Recovery tool under development will facilitate this process allowing
- you to gain access to files which might not already be in your WEDG Sync
- folder. This should sort your problems out and allow you to access your
- files without a second WEDG
- jon.gagne
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7870344> over 2 years ago
- Hey Guys! Product looks great!
- Quick question. In a similar scenario as James Taylor below. In a
- situation where I do not have a WEDG device at a separate location that
- would be connected to my WEDG. What would happen if a natural disaster
- would destroy my WEDG? Is there a way to get those files/backups back?
- In other words, is a secondary WEDG necessary to ensure that I can
- reclaim my files if ever an unfortunate scenario were to happen to my WEDG.
- Thanks!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Cheers, missed that one completely :s
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Scott McQueen @david.j.aldred pretty much covered it, thanks for
- chipping there ;)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Here is the vid….
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8470844#designanddev
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @Scott – Yes, all the LED’s can be turned off! There is a video about 2
- thirds of the way down showing the different LED options available.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- I know the WedG is designed to be ‘pretty’ but is there an option to
- disable all led’s/warnings as I intend to store my device somewhere out
- of sight and secure. Not much point to me having secure storage and
- leaving it in plain sight ;)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Brian sure you can, just click the Contribute Now button and manually
- enter £40 or £90 and we’ll do the rest here.
- Brian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4535871> over 2 years ago
- Can we add the RAID ready perk to the driveless Intel WEDG? How do we
- update our contribution to add it?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @vasvi.cakir :)
- vasvi.cakir
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8713392> over 2 years ago
- Great!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Anders Stangeland yes that was my typing error, apologies. I mean to
- type 35mm
- Anders Stangeland
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8673957> over 2 years ago
- Standard 2,5" HDD size is 9,5mm, so 3,5mm look wrong.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor the current bay is 3.5mm tall as it was designed to house
- the operating and spare HDD. We may adjust the bay dimensions when
- building in additional support racks for RAID supported WEDG devices and
- and this will take the 15mm thick HDDs into consideration too.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- How big will the bays for the HDDs be as many of the 2TB drives are up
- to 15mm thick? will we be able to fit this thickness of drive.
- thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @James Taylor sorry to hear about your house fire. As @david.j.aldred
- (thank you!) kindly pointed out, yes you can off-set backups between two
- or more WEDG devices and that’s just one of the backup types WEDG is
- able to provide.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @James
- Yes absolutely you can!
- Take a look at the ‘Backups’ section..
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8470844#backups
- 2 of the (several) options include: ‘Master & Slave’ config which I
- think keeps your WEDG fully sync’d (probably not quite what you’re after
- in this case) and ‘Backup to Another WEDG’, which sends periodic
- encrypted backups to someone else’s WEDG (assuming they’ve allowed it,
- of course).
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> over 2 years ago
- If I have a WEDG and my parents have one as well, can we both use our
- own WEDG’s but also back up each others? That is, we would both be an
- offsite backup for each other.
- We lost a house years ago, and it was amazing (in a bad way) to realize
- just how much you lose when the house goes up in flames. We had backups
- of many things, but nearly all of them where in the same house together.
- This would be a great incentive for them to buy one (and be my back up…).
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- tetardbleu sorry I didn't get your message, I have reported it to
- supportindiegogo.com. Well just to say, you could still use 2×2TB, we
- currently aren’t in a position to offer it.
- PING! Your Upgrade just came through! Thank you for your on going
- support, good night!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Just to say after the @tigerbus comment, that i had sent you a private
- message via indiegogo too. i figured that you would answer when you
- could, but maybe you didn’t receive it after all? Anyway, it was about
- the 2TB or more drive, before the raid option was suggested. I’m happy
- with this option. except in my dream, it would have been : 2X 2TB drive.
- (I have a lot of multimedia files :) ). Good night and good luck for the
- stretch goals. I’m going for the updated perk right now.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor sl-eeep? :-| Thank you for the support and best wishes!
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @Tiger bus: Shehbas is normally right on top of emails, I dont think he
- leaves the office or sleeps
- I think there shouldn’t be more driveless WEDG (devices, appliances,
- servers?) offered but when the team have sufficient volume to Exceed
- MOQ’s they could offer another upgrade perk for 2TB drives but would
- need to calculate (may be by a survey?) if they will still meet MOQ’s or
- not. I have +1.5TB on USB HDD so need at least this space.
- Congratulations WEDG team roll on Easter.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @loesljrg Yes! We have a standalone mini version of the WEDG Backup
- Recovery tool under development which will facilitate this process
- allowing you to gain access to files which might not already be in your
- WEDG Sync folder.
- Thank you for the awesome support! :)
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> over 2 years ago
- Suppose I’ve been uploading encrypted .zip archives to a butt service
- such as Dropbox. Then, my Wedg fails or needs repair. Is there a
- disaster recovery tool for unencrypting the .zips stored at my butt
- service, when the Wedg is down?
- Congrats on meeting the 71K goal!! Press on.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus I do get messages from others via Indiegogo but I haven’t
- received any from you :( We are busy here yes but I’m keeping one and
- half eyes on the comments too, anything I can help you with?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- @shebaz: I tried contacting you via indiegogo, but it seems you either
- don’t receive these messages or are too busy? comment section seems to
- get updates frequently, so I’m trying to find the error in the system
- here ;))
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @fia10 uncross those fingers, you’ll need them to setup your WEDG!
- Stretch goal targets are unaffected and remain at the specified targets.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 hi-5! Yes agree with all you said!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Peter Dalmaris thank you Peter, means a lot!
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- Congrats to you all, keep up the good work!
- just one question (for now…)
- Since the HDMI perk in my MOST WANTED to, is the £40 for the RAID
- upgrade included in the goals/stretchgoals or not? Guess it shouldn’t,
- but will the figures shown here be with or without?
- so I know when to stop crossing my fingers, hopefully before the need of
- medical attention ;)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Congrats WEDG team and supporters!
- Now on to my MOST WANTED perk @ £90,000, HDMI connection on the back
- with built-in media player (XBMC).
- I also hope you reach your necessary target to release more Drive-less
- WEDG Pro with Intel models, as those sold really well and could
- definitely help with getting to further Stretch Goals.
- Cheers and Hi-5!
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations Team WEDG, very happy for you!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk thank you! No time to drink much hard work yet to do, some
- dancing and hi5’ing very likely though :)
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- Hope the drives will be HGST as they are lasting ages comparing to other
- brands…
- P.S. We’ve done it guys! Congrats! (don’t drink too much today!)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred yes your plural example is perfectly accurate.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @stefan.woessner yes we’ll figure it out! Thank you for you support! :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred without getting into the complexities of MOQs,
- manufacturing contracts, guaranteed factory time, etc. we aren’t in a
- position quit yet to release more Drive-less WEDG Pro with Intel models.
- Thanks for caring so much about our brand values :) The plural for
- ’WEDG’s’ is WEDG or WEDG devices…we tend to say “the WEDG LEDs look
- stunning” or “if Tom has 3 WEDG devices how will he carry them?”
- :)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @stefan – I wondered that, the Wedg is the brand, not the shape, so not
- sure you can really ‘es’ it? (But I make no claim to be an expert on
- English Language!).
- I thought Wedg’s, but wondered if simlpy keeping it an irregular noun –
- so Wedg as the plural – like fish, sheep
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred we haven’t finalised which brand of HDD we’ll be
- shipping yet as things can change over the course of 60 days but minimum
- specification will be SATA3 @7200RPM.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @t.munari we plan to run a decibel test with two internal hard drives
- later this week so I’ll report back the results.
- At this stage we aren’t concerned that heat will be an issue or a show
- stopper as during development we found the entire enclosure reached an
- average of 24.3 degrees Celsius with CPU and HDD under a great amount of
- load.
- stefan.woessner
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6518395> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I made two perks now, one for the Pro w drive plus one for the Raid
- upgrade w drive. I’m sure you guys will figure it out that these two
- belong together!?
- @ david.j.aldred I guess it should be Wedges ;-)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Just a thought – presumably you still need a few more orders to hit your
- original MOQ’s with your manufacturers. Given the RAID solution should
- now have given your HDD order a good boost, perhaps releasing some more
- drive-less Wedg’s is again an option – these seemed very popular and
- sold out fast.
- *Side note – what is the correct plural for Wedg? ;o)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thanks for chipping in there :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Steve Ng no the standard WEDG Pro with Intel supports one HDD, the
- upgrade then enables two HDD over SATA.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Well done guys, nice to know this is finally going to happen!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Guys, quick question – what drives are you planning to put in these?
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> over 2 years ago
- Congrats guys!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- What a wonderful surprise to wake up to! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! I’ll get
- back to all of your comments individually shortly. :D :D :D
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- 71k!!
- Congrats guys – now let’s smash it!
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I ma quite bothered by noise level,
- If it’s an appliance going to be always on, in a home environment, I
- would really like it to be as silent as possible,
- What are the plans?
- Could you assure passive cooling (also in the intel version) will be enough?
- Even with 2nd hard drive in raid?
- Thank you
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 2 years ago
- Hey guys, quick question regarding features. I know we’ve discussed
- shared calendars but what about a shared Task list(s)?
- Thanks,
- Steven
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- @ Steve Ng, you’ll need to UPGRADE the standard WEDG Pro with Intel in
- order to gain the RAID1 or RAID1 + 1TB.
- So if you’ve already contributed to the campaign and chosen a WEDG Pro
- with Intel perk, you’ll simply need to select your desired RAID1 or
- RAID1 + 1TB perk in order to have out of the box RAID-1 support when you
- receive the WEDG.
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> over 2 years ago
- Really happy to see the option of RAID-1 support!
- Quote “Due to popular demand WEDG Pro with Intel now supports RAID1 or
- two independent drives.” – Does the standard WDGE Pro with Intel plaform
- supports two independent drives by default or need to UPGRADE to get the
- 2nd drive support (can be configured for RAID1 or two independent drives)?
- Thanks!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Avidan Perry thanks for the support!
- Avidan Perry
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8759384> over 2 years ago
- HI,
- I’m very excited with WEDG solution. I beleive this is the face of the
- future where privacy is respected and users consume competative online
- services.
- Good Luck t’ya all!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus thanks for the support…not long now!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @Dan sorry for the late , we don’t know but will find out for you
- as a soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Damn, seems like I will need to upgrade even though I’m broke already!!
- ;) Let’s wait for the good news to actually happen……. This campaign has
- already been won, congrats!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred we’ll figure it out ;p
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Hmm, the below didn’t quite come out as planned – but you get the jist
- I’m sure ;o)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for update guys – look forward to hearing the results today/tomorrow!
- <Voice tone=soft volume=Low>Upgrade Perk. Upgrade Perk
- </fingers crossed>
- Dan
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707396> over 2 years ago
- Can a USB 3.0 hub and multiple external drives be set up in a RAID
- configuration?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- There is not mich processing power involved in simple RAID1 logics, so
- there shouldn’t be huge power draw on this board. Main power draw will
- be in the second drive itself, which will most certainly not need active
- cooling…
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Mark Ragowski 2/2 load and all LEDs on for 24 hours. The HDD reported
- ~33 degrees (SMART) well within its recommended operating temperature
- and the board showed ~32 degrees using an infrared thermometer.
- We can reengineer the enclosure and or add a fan if we need to without
- having to pass the costs on to backers but we’re confident in the design
- and that heat is able to escape through the vents on the top back of the
- WEDG enclosure.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Mark Ragowski 1/2 we haven’t performed any thermal tests yet – we
- wanted to try and get RAID working first. Our meeting scheduled for
- Monday will cover this and other issues we need to be potentially aware
- of and our manufacturing partners are best placed to advise us of this.
- At this stage we aren’t concerned that heat will be an issue or a show
- stopper as during development we found the entire enclosure reached an
- average of 24.3 degrees Celsius with CPU and HDD under a great amount of
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- @Wedg – I’m curious if you’ve done the thermals with extra XOR RAID
- processor and 2nd drive. Seems like a lot of extra heat to dissipate
- with (I’m assuming) no cooling fan. Thanks.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- likey, likey
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus :) Yep! Same enclosure but we need to make some modifications
- to accommodate two drives, two sets of cables and fixtures to keep the
- drives securely positioned in the WEDG.
- I have a meeting planned with the manufacturing partners and tooling
- designer for Monday morning to discuss these requirements and I will
- report when I get back to base.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- So IF raid1, the two drives will fit in the same enclosure? Now THAT
- would be cool. “Native” system backup would be an argument to upgrade
- for sure, as I have experienced drive failures before ;)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 and @david.j.aldred thank you for your feedback. We
- have a preferred method too which we feel is fair for everyone, but will
- we keep mum until the results are in.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Agree with every point Scott made.
- Hopefully the survey results will match that – I think those who are
- interested in this will be more than happy to pay (if the price is right
- of course)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- WEDG Team thank you for allowing the community to choose which way to
- offer the RAID option within the campaign. I’ve voted for the Upgrade
- Perk options (RAID and RAID + 1TB) for a number of reasons.
- 1. A mid-level Stretch Goal makes it a possibility, but not a certainty,
- 2. The money raised with these perks gets us closer to the existing
- Stretch Goals.
- 3. More drives sold, might mean more Drive-less with Intel perks could
- be made available, which means even more money towards the Goal.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Chris Horsfield yes, you can pay the difference and upgrade to a WEDG
- Pro with Inte. Simply hit the Contribute Now button and manually enter
- the difference – and we’ll do the rest on our side :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred and Philipp Stäheli a dedicated media drive and or data
- only drive was supported via USB anyway and is now with SATA too.
- Chris Horsfield
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4115733> almost 3 years ago
- If the RAID add on goes ahead will there be a pathway for those who
- chose ARM to pay the extra £70 and upgrade to an Intel board? My initial
- judgement was that the extra expense of the Intel board was not
- warranted but twin drives and RAID would be a significant enhancement.
- Chris
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Indeed @David.j.aldred, that is a great idea. If there were according
- options in the software (strong seperation), it would be awesome if one
- drive could serve as NAS storage and the other as my butt drive. I would
- feel much more comfortable storing public and private data.
- Me personally, I’d choose mirroring though.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Awesome – drive for private, drive for public (media) – just awesome.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thank you! :) YES! You can also run two drives
- independently as well!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli yes printer sharing is possible, but we haven’t
- implemented it. Like you said we would prefer for a developer to take
- this on. If however no one does shortly after shipping, we will make
- this available in the system as part of an OS update.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Great news on raid guys, well done.
- Would this extend to running two drives without raid?
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Hey Wedg, have you looked in the printer share option again from KS still?
- Is this something a developer could add later if you do not?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @psalois yes sure I’ll add it to the list, we’re currently testing Opera
- Mail too!
- psalois
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8721127> almost 3 years ago
- This is a great project !
- You write that WEDG mail will support Outlook, AppleMail and
- Thunderbird. What about KDE Kmail and Kontact ? If not presently
- supported, can you think about adding it ?
- Thanks.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @loesljrg you’re very welcome :) and thanks for confirming the link!
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> almost 3 years ago
- @Shehbaz
- The alternative URL works here (after enabling Javascript).
- Regardless of the final implementation decision, thanks much for
- listening, and for finding a way to offer RAID. Awesome!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- Hi Steve Ng
- Sorry I don’t know why that is, looks like the link is pointing to
- another survey on our account, try this one –
- https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M5CRLKK
- Thanks
- Shehbaz
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> almost 3 years ago
- The Surveymonkey link does not work. Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred its agonising for us here! C’mooooon!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- £5k to go! Going to be a long 50+ day wait!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- @ Ken Taylor – Thanks for digging through the list of contributors.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- 2/2
- The WEDGNET part is quite hard to judge, I still don’t fully grasp
- what’s this all about, mainly, because I personally don’t care for much
- more than dynamic dns service. All the rest will be done using standards
- I have in productive operation already. Maybe I just don’t understand it
- properly, but i will most certainly not have @wedgnet email aliases or
- alike to communicate securely ;) I’ll see once this tower of power
- actually ships ;)) To sum it up: I’m quite confident they’ll make it.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- 1/2
- @Mark Ragowski: These are “just” quite a few (open-source) software
- packages that need to be tailored and stripped down into proper
- symbiosis with some custom glue. Basis functionality should be pretty
- easy and is probably already there, advanced detailing to actually morph
- the whole thing into THE WEDG will most certainly take more time than
- they have – but a few updates after delivery will be highly appreciated,
- as long as key functionality is relaiable and secure.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- The more this campaign is “over-funded” the more funds can go into
- software quality. No need to deliver banana software like many other’s
- do, just because they anounced some ridiculous stretch goals wasting
- precious funds for crap ;)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- @scott.henderson1
- looking at contributions from mark “I love the vision and am genuinely
- interested in how they do (hence the reason I contributed)”
- To the tune of £1 looking through the funders list
- I may be wrong but looks like he only contributed just enough to comment.
- I hope the Wedg team smash the funding so they don’t need the additional
- support of family and friends to make this project fly.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- @Mark Ragowski – Thanks for pointing out your occupation and thus
- providing some context for your preceding comments. If you look back, I
- hope you see how they could be taken negatively.
- For those of us who backed the project initially in KS, we have a bit
- more context with regards to the 70K goal this time out. Needless to say
- the team is supported by a great bunch of friends and family members,
- who believe in them.
- Glad you are on board and interested in the end result. Cheers!
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- @scott.henderson1
- I’m a butt architect by day, so I know how difficult it is to pull this
- off. I have backed similar projects on KS (Transporter, Lima, Space
- Monkey) and some of the other backers asked me what I thought about Wedg.
- I love the vision and am genuinely interested in how they do (hence the
- reason I contributed). I just know how hard this is to do even with
- years of development and millions of dollars. I have no idea how they
- plan to get this done with only 70K quid.
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> almost 3 years ago
- I find it actually very entertaining to follow the comments here (thanks
- scott.henderson1). As always in crowdfunding and data security in
- general) there is the question of trust.
- I trust these guys here, too. More than some competitors who are
- seemingly getting down to dubious marketing practise at least.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- I have two great HP MediaSmart Windows Home Servers and a D-Link DNS-345
- Sharecenter working fine right now here at home. However I’m still
- supporting the WEDG as I believe in the campaign, product and the team
- behind it. I don’t see the “kitchen sink” approach, I see a team that
- was unsuccessful raising funds initially, surveyed their supporters to
- see what they wanted in the product and went back to the drawing board
- to come up with a new campaign and products.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- @ Mark Ragowski – I find it odd that you’d contribute to campaign that
- you obviously do not support, just so that you could post comments to
- promote another product and talk down about others. Is Connected Data
- that scared of innovation and competition from another company? It is
- also interesting that this is the first campaign that you’ve contributed
- to and commented on within Indiegogo.
- @ Steve Newman – Well said!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> almost 3 years ago
- We all make a decision to support or not. I’ve followed these chaps from
- the KS campaign. I believe in them and their vision. I believe enough to
- divert funds from other things to help this product see the light of day.
- I would much rather support a visionary team who are taking security and
- privacy concerns seriously, and making them available to home and small
- business users than a product that sort of meets my needs. I am 110% in
- their camp. I am a believer.
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- @Ken Taylor
- Exactly my point. The Wedg guys are promising more than Transporter or
- even Dropbox does today & they both have $M in VC backing, loads of
- really smart engineers & 5+ year head start. The Lima folks @ KS did the
- same “kitchen sink” approach, raised 10X Wedg’s goal & are almost a YEAR
- past their promised delivery date with no product in sight.
- @david.j.aldred
- Are you sure it’s existing hardware? I saw a guy soldering in the video
- and it’s clearly not off-the-shelf I.D.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu no worries, your support here is what counts and what we
- appreciate the most.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- Thats indeed exactly why i didn’t participated to the thunderclap… Sorry.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla point well made.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 3 years ago
- @WEDG UK, I am not surprised that Thunderclap is only at 53% since a
- chunk of your contributors are privacy and security conscious group of
- people and Thunderclap requires Facebook, Twitter and Tumbler, which
- collect data, to propagate this campaign.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- Just a reminder, we’re running a Thunderclap for October 7th and we’re
- 53%… clapped(?) If you haven’t already please join in today, its FREE
- and will give our campaign a boost of awareness on social media! Here’s
- the link – https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16458-wedg-on-indiegogo
- Thank you all! :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- @Mark Ragowski
- The Wedg is not like the transporter, they share some of the same
- features but so does my NAS The Wedg is an email server with Groupware
- features + media server if stretch goal is reached + additional apps
- from developers
- I don’t see the Lima as a failure, OK its currently running 10+ months
- late but it will eventually arrive
- if you want a product NOW with a guaranteed next day delivery wait & buy
- it at Amazon Ill continue to give patronage to ideas I believe are worth
- the risk
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Haha – Indiegogo projects, of course ;o)
- (spend waaay too much time on both sites!)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @Mark All KS projects have an element of risk – and it is of course down
- to the user (us) to balance risk v reward – and of course for the
- creators to be upfront with any risks and challenges, where they
- currently are with progress etc
- It’s worth noting that what the guys are doing is taking existing
- hardware elements, and building their own software platform on top of
- it. This takes away much of the challenge around building hardware from
- scratch, so the biggest risk is around the s/ware dev
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- Interesting concept, but it has been done before and can be purchased
- today. I backed a similar product called Transporter
- (www.filetransporter.com) on KS over a year ago. It works great and they
- keep improving it all the time with free updates.
- The WEDG guys have promised the moon just like the failed Lima project
- on KS. Their backers are out over $1.2M US and are screaming for
- refunds. I hope these guys can deliver, but have serious doubts with the
- promises they are making. Good luck lads.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eliasz 2/2 If a vulnerability that affects WEDG is discovered we will
- commit to finding a fix as a matter of priority. Each situation is
- different and so I can’t commit to a time frame at this moment, rest
- assured the issue will be dealt with urgently and we will keep all lines
- of communication open to support and guide users.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eliasz 1/2 so, we have two methods of updating the WEDG OS, you can
- download the update manually from our website and flash the WEDG. Or you
- can use the built-in automatic update function. The automatic update
- function will download the patch and advise the Admin its ready for install.
- Eliasz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695051> almost 3 years ago
- Hi Guys,
- I’m curious about how you plan to release patches/system updates for the
- WEDG? If there is another vulnerability like the current issues in Bash
- or the recent heartbleed, how long could it be before we could expect a
- patch from your team? Will patches be manually applied, or will there be
- a way for the WEDG to pull system updates automatically? Will it based
- on something like apt or yum, or will you be creating your own custom
- update systems?
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli and @Ken Taylor correct! Bulk buying helps keep cost of
- production low and also helps us keep strong relationships with
- suppliers over the long term.
- We are working hard to get to the bottom of the RAID issue, I can
- apologise for the delay and thank you for your support and patience but
- we must get this right, first time, one way or another.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- @Philip Staheli
- In July they answered this as “economies of scale” they have to purchase
- a minimum number of HDD for a discount and if they do lots of diskless
- Wedg they would not be able to achieve this
- I would like a raid system myself £$ dependant
- I looked at possibility to mod Intel board with a seacat lure for mSATA
- & mPCIe for 802.11ac. but performance is the question?
- Hope Shehbaz can sort something out. he has emailed and posted an update
- so lets give them a chance to look in to it
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- @David Christian: I don’t think they can judge every USB device out
- there without having access to one. There are thousands of USB storage
- solutions with hundreds of special implementations of soft-raids and
- what not… No way they can support all of them or even know which devices
- use which specialties………….
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Hello Wedg,
- thank you for your quick and professional answer (as always) about RAID.
- It is looking very well for your campain. Have you considered
- re-prioritising
- the strechgoals in favour of a RAID? I like to play around with LED
- colours as much as anyone,.. but RAID trumps LED or maybe other things
- in the strechgoallist..
- A different question:
- Why do you limit the drive-less intel option? It seems a lot of people
- prefer this option.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eric Reddoch we see both contributions, thanks for the support :)
- Eris Reddoch
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4761761> almost 3 years ago
- I didn’t see a way to add the International Shipping when I made the
- first contribution, so I added the 6 pound one.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 SNAP! We love it here too and it will be a feature in
- the WEDG shipping for March! :)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- Thanks for the Raid update team!
- I also like Alex Stamps idea if it is not already part of the basic
- controls for the LED display on the unit.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp that’s a really good idea, its not currently a feature we
- have in mind but I’ll add it to the feature wish list so it is available
- when the app is developed or even just part of the WEDG system anyway :)
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> almost 3 years ago
- I don’t know if it would be covered by the LED App stretch goal but
- would it be possible to look at having the LED profile set by time of
- day? For example show all during the day but notifications only at
- night. This would be useful say if it was kept in a room where someone
- sleeps so you wouldn’t have to go into the dash to turn of the LED’s
- every night.
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- There are only two left of the one I’m interested in.
- If your unable to provide a by then, I’ll have to pass.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- Here’s an update on the WEDG RAID support topic that many of you have
- expressed an interest in.
- We’ve had a lengthy discussion together and as a result we have a plan
- to action to determine if RAID is possible and if it is what’s involved
- in achieving it. We are going to action this work as a matter of top
- priority and aim to have a definitive answer for you as soon as possible.
- Thank you for your patience :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu noted!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian please bear with us, we think yes it will work but
- we’re waiting for a response from a contact who might have one…I want to
- give you a 100% accurate answer.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- I Also vote for the eventual stretch goal of 2X 2TB drive instead of an
- imaginary 4TB 2.5 inches drive!
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Wedge, Any to my USB Drobo question?
- The Pro driveless option is filling up fast…
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @ZHUO YANG the ‘drive-less’ WEDG does not come pre-installed with storage.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli thank you for your passion and support for WEDG. This
- is a request made by many people which is obviously something that is in
- demand. I’m going to arranging an urgent meeting after this post with
- the developers and we’re going to find a solution to this one way or
- another. I will get back to you and everyone else when we have a
- definitive answer.
- Thank you for your patience.
- ZHUO YANG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8355345> almost 3 years ago
- Hi, does the drive-less (INTEL) has storage pre-installed? It seems to
- me that it doesn’t include the 1TB.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Stefan Berger there is no VPN offering as such from us, however we do
- provide a Dynamic DNS service free for all Indiegogo backers for life
- called WEDGNET –
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8453832#wedgnet
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Hello Wedg,
- I hoped you would add a second drive in the wedg. All Wedg is about is
- security and design. But then when it comes to the most essential, most
- important piece you ignore it and make me do weird backup solutions that
- go against your design and concept:
- - connect a USB drive kills the design
- - upload to gmail? try uploading 1 TB
- - get a second wedg? “all in one solution?”
- - upload to NAS? i want wedg as my NAS
- - seriously, how much is a raid controller?
- Stefan Berger
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4274586> almost 3 years ago
- Will there be VPN support?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Anders Stangeland there is no support ActiveSync, however our mobile
- app manages all sync elements and can even push calendar and contacts to
- your device calendar and address book if you’d prefer.
- Anders Stangeland
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8673957> almost 3 years ago
- I wonder if you are planning support for ActiveSync for mobile devices.
- ActiveSync is the easiest way for mail, calendar and contact sync on
- mobile. Or how will this work with iOS, Windows Phone and Android?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred yep! :)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- ok, thanks – so we have the option of a connected USB drive can being
- fully encrypted in much the same way as the existing internal drive?
- Perfect, thanks – gives a degree of flexibility in the setup!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- *…encrypt folders and files on the FLY or the entire drive.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred well let me clear that one up for you then. Yes,
- external drives can be encrypted as well, you can choose to encrypt
- folders and files on the file or the entire drive.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @Neil – didn’t mean to hijack your question, but yes, confirmation that
- the USB drive can be used as active storage.
- Where I’m not 100% sure – @Wedg … can Wedg manage encryption of an
- externally plugged USB drive? Or does it just manage the interfacing /
- accessing of the (unencrypted) data on it?
- Latter is still useful, as I can then use it to hold media content, but
- keep personal content encrypted within Wedg
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred correct, and thats how additional storage can be added.
- YES! Get those claps in only 13 days left!
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> almost 3 years ago
- My question was about USB drives, not internal 2.5" drives. So, can they
- be used for active storage, rather than just for backup?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- It’s also good to see the thunderclap gaining support too – 47%
- For those not yet done so – do back it here…
- https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16458-wedg-on-indiegogo?locale=en
- Helps spread the message in one big bang!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Thanks – so out of curiosity, why is it a connected usb drive works ok
- with it? Does it have its own controller?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred not at the moment as read/write performance degrades
- dramatically
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- “yes 2.5” drives but there is enough room for you to stack two drives
- (one on top of the other) easily"
- Very interesting – can both be connected / used at the same time?
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> almost 3 years ago
- Can we add storage (rather than just a backup device) via the USB port?
- If so, can it be a RAID device?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @jdifour yes 2.5" drives but there is enough room for you to stack two
- drives (one on top of the other) easily. We’ve done this so there is a
- secure location to store a spare hard drive during potential upgrade
- procedure.
- We can’t make recommendations/endorsements unfortunately, but a simple
- search will show results on good hardware options and public
- recommendations. :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @brad6936 we intend to release our source code but don’t have a road map
- as of yet.
- For WEDG Pro with Intel around 60 users
- For WEDG with ARM around 38 users
- As you’ve said performance issues, so WEDG can handle more but it just
- depends on their individual usage.
- James Ireland IV
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4111941> almost 3 years ago
- Just to confirm, because I didn’t see a spec listed, if we’re supplying
- our own drive, it must be a 2.5"? And is there a restriction on drive
- height, or will 15mm fit? What’s the best/most reliable/enterprise-level
- drive that you guys recommend?
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> almost 3 years ago
- Also, how many users (email and file storage) will the Wedge Pro be able
- to support without having any performance issues.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> almost 3 years ago
- Hi There,
- will your OS be available to install on more power hardware going forward?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Rainer Stober keep your fingers crossed like us! :)
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Wedge, Thanks.
- Rainer, That seems a forgone conclusion!
- Rainer Stober
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7857754> almost 3 years ago
- Hope this time you got hit your aims…
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian interesting, we’ll take a closer look at the Drobo D5
- and confirm your original question one way or another. Thanks for your
- patience :)
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- The Drobo uses a Type B connection for USB 3.0 and it also has the newer
- Intel Thunderbolt.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian
- We don’t have a Drobo D5 to hand, however we understand it has USB Type
- A connections, like WEDG as such a connection cannot be formed. If the
- Drobo D5 has a Type B connection then its certainly worth investigating.
- Can you advise and or confirm?
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Wedge,
- You replied to my earlier question:
- 1. No you can’t connect the Drobo 5D to WEDG, you can however send
- encrypted backup archives to the Drobo or any NAS for that matter.
- So if the Drobo can’t be connected via USB 3.0 then the only option is a
- NAS.
- What is the reason the Drobo cannot be connected to the USB port on the
- Wedge?
- Is it strictly for single drives/USB sticks?
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- My hope was the Wedge would solve this shortcoming with VLC by allowing
- access to the content beyond the local network. To stream movies for the
- kids to view on IOS devices.
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Tiger, thanks…I use VLC currently. It works by installing the client
- side to a computer with the file to be viewed. The app on the IOS device
- then streams the content.
- If content was on the Wedge drive, without an OS on the Wedge (VLC
- supported) there wouldn’t be a client for the app to connect to. Plus
- VLC only works on a local network.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus thanks!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian the USB ports can be used read AND write during normal
- use and during backup stages :)
- That’s a really an iOS question which we can’t answer in that regard,
- however we can confirm that our mobile app can play the MKV format.
- Hope that helps!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- @David Christian: This is an iOS specific problem completely unrelated
- to the WEDG, but here you go:
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html ;)
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- A few follow up questions & a confirmation.
- The USB is then strictly for writing to a external source? It cannot be
- read from except to restore a backup? presumably to the internal Wedge
- drive?
- The IOS video player does not play MKV files, so in instances of those
- formats, is there an alternative?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus good idea. We’ll get something drawn up soon!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- But hey let’s face it: Even the ARM board will do more or less NOTHING
- most of the day, once the OS is loaded. The services are mostly
- scheduled in large intervals (compared to how quickly they COULD be run)
- and are not even very CPU intensive. Unless, of course, you are
- encrypting some large files or watching some HD stream and alike. But
- those rare occasions will probably not influence the yearly average
- thaaaat much ;)
- Looking forward to your own measurements, maybe categorize them by use?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- I found that you are advised to buy a 1.2amps 5V power supply for your
- RasPi to have enough power in all situations – that’s 6W on the DC side.
- Let’s consider this an “absolute maxium rating”. Then I found a thread
- by people who use batteries to power their RasPi and have great interest
- in actual power consumption. They did many measurements, most if them
- running a linux clone of some sort, even X. Result: 2W is most common,
- even starting X, maxium on shutdown at round 3W.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi side
- and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi side
- and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi side
- and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi side
- and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- As I say… even the 2.5amps are absolute maximum ratings for the board
- itself. That means 100% CPU all the time. NO WAY ;) So again, I suspect
- the actual average to be way below that… I’ll try finding specs and user
- feedback from the raspi community, that should help judging the specs….
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus 2/2
- Assume 24 hours usage and 30 days average in a month;
- 24 × 30 = 5040 hours per month
- 5040 × 0.014 = 50.4 watts
- 10p = £0.1
- 50.4 × 0.1 = £5.04
- To run WEDG constantly costs £5.04 /month, £60.48 /year. But this will
- change as the drive spins down during inactivity.
- Hope this helps?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus 1/2
- Here’s what I have from our electronics guy:
- 5V * 2.5A = 12.5W
- 12.5W + 1.5W is 14W total.
- 14W is the total power consumption per second.
- 1000W = 10p rough guess
- 14 / 1000 = 0.014 kilowatts per hour
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- s/so/no/
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- About wattage etc: These are ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM ratings… so way this thing
- is going to burn 130W 24/7! A standard desktop PC has a 600+W power
- supply, but this is definately not constant power draw during average
- use. I suspect the actual average over a year to be rather in the range
- for 20% of the absolute maximum ratings….
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian
- Glad to know you’re think of backing the WEDG Pro with Intel.
- 1. No you can’t connect the Drobo 5D to WEDG, you can however send
- encrypted backup archives to the Drobo or any NAS for that matter.
- 2. Yes, your iPhone can play media on the WEDG and you dont have to use
- the app, Safari alone is fine as it will launch the video within the iOS
- video player.
- 3. The 4TB limit is implied by the CPU, we can’t say if an update will
- allow the CPU to see past 4TB.
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- I am considering backing this with the Pro version. I do have a few
- questions though.
- 1) The USB port, can I connect a Drobo 5D and have access to its files
- and data through the Wedge? a. If it can, does it also encrypt the Drobo
- data? & if so, can you explain how.
- 2) Can the Wedge stream content to an iPhone through the LAN connection?
- This would then also need an iPhone app to work with.
- 3) Will the Wedge be able to accept firmware updates to install drives
- larger than 4TB?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Chris Thyssen well you could pick the perk where you’d be a our VIP
- guest? Otherwise we aim to ship for late March, closer the time if you
- are in Manchester we could arrange local pick up yes.
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> almost 3 years ago
- when does it ship! Can I go to Britain and pick it up from your head office?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @vasvi.cakir we’ll be working super hard to get the WEDG out to by March!!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- I totally agree with @sattler’s comment below, if the HD exists of course!
- vasvi.cakir
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8713392> almost 3 years ago
- Great Product-Idea “WEDG”.
- I’m still waiting for March 2015 (Delivery) ;-)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @sattler – could be wrong, but think 2tb is currently max size for a
- 2.5" drive – sure it won’t be long before it’s 3+tb though
- Personally, I foresee SSD’s out-sizing HDDs in the 2.5" arena
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @jane vassar lol! not sure we could afford the royalties! Thank you for
- your support and encouragement!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @sattler thanks for your support! We’ll add it to the list of possible
- stretchgoals :)
- jennifer jane
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8711702> almost 3 years ago
- how many times have people asked you if you will use, “Get Off of My
- Butt” as a theme song? How many times has Mick Jagger asked you that?
- anyway, brilliant, brilliant, and well done, you. or as we say in
- brooklyn, youse.
- cheers,
- jane vassar
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> almost 3 years ago
- Great to see you guys back. BTW, I guess a 2 or even maybe 4 TB upgrade
- perk would be much appreciated. At least by me it would ;-)
- I’m pretty sure this time WEDG will be funded! Keep going!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred correct its 5V, the maths looks right to me but i’ve
- asked the electronics guy to double check so will get back to you shortly.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Assuming it is 5v, my ‘back of a fag packet’ maths says it has a rating
- of 15w, or about 130kwh p/a
- I pay 10.1p per kwh, giving running cost of about £13 p/a
- But feel free to picks holes in my calculations (and assumes running at
- full power 24/7/365 – I assume the disk spins down when not in use?)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- You’ve mentioned a basic setup would run on ~3amp, but on what voltage
- does it run (so I can calc wattage—>kwh—>cost!). The Minnowmax wiki
- suggests 5v – is this correct?
- thanks!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor the £6 is for UK and International shipping.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- Hi,
- Is the extra £6 for shipping for outside the UK or do we need to add it
- for shipping to the UK as well,
- Just went through the contribute now and saw no option to add it. but am
- in the UK.
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus yes, CalDAV and CardDAV are fully supported on WEDG.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred echo echo echosystem has been replaced with ‘ecosystem’
- :) thanks for the heads up!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @James Taylor thanks James!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- Btw, do you support standard CalDAV and CardDAV syncs or can I run a
- calendar server on the WEDG without internet connection? I don’t want to
- rely on anything but a private infrastructure, not even on wedgnet –
- possible?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Spotted another type guys…
- Our platform is built on Open Source software and as such we intend to
- honour the license agreements and respect the echosystem of free software.
- Unless it’s a new feature I’m unfamiliar with ;)
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> almost 3 years ago
- Great to see you guys at it again! Hopefully, this time I’ll get the
- terrific product you have designed…. Can’t believe it didn’t fly the
- first time, but here’s hoping you get it this time.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred today was just for you, the Kickstarter supports,
- tomorrow we ‘officially’ launch and get messages out to many more
- channels including social media and press contacts.
- Correct, this campaign is for the maximum 60 days allowed, while the
- Kickstarter campaign ran for 45.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Charles Verghese thank you so much for your support and for backing us
- again :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Steven Newman thats a problem we look forward to having, although since
- your comment came through we’ve been head scratching and making a list
- of potential contenders.
- We appreciate your support Steven and value you as a backer very much.
- Yes, the process requires the WEDG app to access your mobile address
- book, import them into the app and then on to WEDG Mail address book.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Chris Horsfield thanks for the support! :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu thanks for your feedback. We’ll do something to address this
- and get back to you asap and then if we need to adjust the contribution
- amount we’ll help you through that.
- Charles Verghese
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3250887> almost 3 years ago
- One of the old Kickstarter backers!
- Glad you’re on round 2…though I wish it was a little bit later….running
- short on funds…but funded anyways!!
- All the best to Shehbaz & the rest of team WEDG !
- 2nd time’s a charm, eh?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @Steven
- It’s a great achievement – and testament to the great product the guys
- have come up with – but don’t forget 20k is ‘only’ a third of what had
- previously been raised, and all backers are those ported from the
- previous campaign.
- But it’s a great start, and sounds like the team have really taken on
- board all the previous feedback and built it into the revised product.
- Am I also right in thinking this is a much longer campaign at 60 days?
- What was KS – 30?
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> almost 3 years ago
- 27% in under 5 hours. If we keep this up, you’ll need to come up with
- some new stretch goals! What an awesome problem to have!!
- As I’ve said before, I’m totally excited by your product and your team.
- Is there a way to sync email contacts between WEDG email and either iOS
- or Android systems?
- Thanks!
- Chris Horsfield
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4115733> almost 3 years ago
- The Wedg Arm looks too good a bargain to not pick.It’s the original Wedg
- but cheaper. From a household with 3 Raspberry Pi’s it looks powerful
- enough for the job.
- Good luck second time around.
- Chris
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- @teamwedg I was wondering why this time, the aluminum edition didn’t
- come with a 2TB drive? Actually i was a little sad about it, even if i’m
- sure you had your reasons.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred i see how that’s misleading, its actually because the
- Minnowboard Max has USB 3.0 so 802.11AC is capable, while the
- Cubieboard2 has USB 2.0 and is limited to 802.11N.
- We will clarify this though!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Wicked, thanks for clarifying – it read as though WiFi was Pro only
- “But the Minnowboard Max living up to its name also offers us the
- ability to add real 802.11AC Wi-Fi – see stretchgoals.
- "
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred whoops! we’ll get those corrected asap!
- No, the stretch goals are not model specific, they apply to both models.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Sorry – another question!
- Are the stretch goals device specific – eg, does HDMI & Wifi Stretches
- relate only to Pro? Not clear if it is, but if so, may be worth
- clarifying on the page
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- ps – typo on your page…
- “Does the WEDG come with a warrantee?
- Yes, we offer a one-year replacement warrantee”
- Warrant-ee refers to the recipient of a warrant-y ;p
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thank you for your support and best wishes Scott! :D
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- You’re at 20% and the campaign doesn’t officially kick off until
- tomorrow! :)
- Can’t wait for my 2 Wedg Pros to arrive next March/April!
- Good luck Shehbaz and the rest of the WEDG team!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thanks for your best wishes. We’ll have a think about
- your comments for sure and see what we can do to help. Yes, photo backup
- is now standard with our mobile app for all mobile platforms; Android,
- iOS, Windows and BlackBerry – we are also including Firefox OS on our
- wishlist for post funding success.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- 3/3
- Did I read the description right that auto-photo-backup to wedg from
- android phone is now a standard feature? I use this feature within
- ownButt and works superb – better than the built-in Google Plus auto backup.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- 2/3
- Incidentally, I’ve backed a similar project on Kickstarter (Slice, hence
- not fussed re XBMC stretch) that gave 2tb drive as a stretch goal (paid)
- upgrade, and was very popular – worth thinking about :o) (in fact, the
- diskless options were extremely popular there too – worth thinking
- about, as I think you’ve limited diskless options here)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- 1/3 (silly 500 char limit!)
- Tricky choices guys.
- Like the sound of the pro – though don’t really need the extra power
- (though 4tb ability helps).
- I would go diskless, as I want a 2tb drive, but it’s only a little extra
- for the 1tb option. Shame the 24hr special Pro isn’t as heavily
- discounted as the 24hr ARM
- I’ll likely go pro, but need to figure out if it’s worth the extra £70
- first. But either way – glad you’re back & hope it succeeds this time.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eliasz Zurawka we’ve seen your email and have replied regarding
- adjusting your perk.
- For shipping, we now have a new perk just for shipping so you can also
- select that or hit the Contribute Now button and manually enter £6.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- What aaddiikk said or you can now add the ‘Worldwide Shipping’ Perk if
- you forget. :)
- Thanks aaddiikk!
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 3 years ago
- Guys, just click on ‘contribute now’ and put shipping cost there if you
- forgot to add it before.
- Eliasz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695051> almost 3 years ago
- Also, i forgot to add 6$(pounds) to the order i want for shipping. How
- can i adjust the pledge amount?
- Eliasz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695051> almost 3 years ago
- Sorry im new to Indiegogo.
- I picked the 129 level frist, and realized i want the intel box instead.
- So i re-pledge at 199, however it looks like now i have ordered both??
- I thought it would just update my pledge. How can i remove the one i no
- longer want?
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Franco the WEDG Pro with Intel is actually capable of seeing drives
- with up to 4TB, while the WEDG with ARM is capable of seeing drives with
- up to 2TB of storage.
- Franco
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707014> almost 3 years ago
- For the Intel WEDG it lists max storage 4TB and ARM is 2TB. I understand
- the internal storage for both must be 2TB so what is 4TB referring to?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Steven Newman welcome back and thank you for your support. Yes, anyone
- your send an email to is automatically whitelisted on the Spam Filter,
- unless you manually tag them as ‘Spam’ or ‘Block’ – for no future messages.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Jacob Ovard no worries, just add another contribution £6.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @aaddiikk thank you so much! You’re keeping our fingers crossed tightly too!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu thank you for your support! Fingers crossed!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> almost 3 years ago
- Hey, guys – just a question on the spam protection. Will you offer white
- listing so that automatically whomever we send an email to will always
- get through unless we manually add them to a spam block?
- Thanks and good luck! I completely believe in your product and team and
- am so excited to be a part of it!
- Steven
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> almost 3 years ago
- Whoops! I forgot to add $6 for shipping. I can’t figure out how to edit
- the pledge.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 3 years ago
- Taken both Intel and ARM (for main and backup site). Good luck guys and
- I will keep my fingers crossed till the end of the campaign! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- Done! I hope this time it will work for you (and us) guys. Good luck!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @aaddiikk :D you’re pretty awesome too! Please kindly add £12, but if
- you choose the multiple Perk then its just £6 Thanks for you support!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Brian Somes thanks for you support! Yes, shipping must be added
- manually to the total. You can simply click the big pink ‘CONTRIBUTE
- NOW’ button and pay £6, and we’ll know its for your shipping charges :)
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 3 years ago
- if I buy two, and would like a shipping to Poland, should I add 6 or 12
- pounds? BTW. you guys roooock! :)
- Brian Somes
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8705869> almost 3 years ago
- So I noticed this did not add the shipping. How to add?
- I’m in for the Wedge Pro Intel special !
- Good luck guys – very happy to see this going again!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @MyWorks Design thank you so much! Glad you like the WEDG Pro! :D
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you very much and thank you for your support!
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 3 years ago
- Yay, #3 – with the Intel Pro version!
- Looking forward to seeing your progress, and I have no doubt this
- campaign will be successful!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 3 years ago
- Hope you success and looking forward to the Intel based solution.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus
- :) WOOHOO! Thank you for your support!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- #1! yay ;)
- Perks
- £249
- GBP
- WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB
- WEDG Pro powered by Intel! It has 2GB of RAM, USB 3.0 and Gigabit
- Ethernet! Available in black or white with a 1TB drive, t-shirt of your
- choice and size and a pack of stickers. Worldwide Shipping please add £6
- 1 x WEDG 1 x T-Shirt 1 x Sticker pack
- 12 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £6
- GBP
- Worldwide Shipping
- Add this perk if you forget to add shipping at the time of backing us.
- 144 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £40
- GBP
- WEDG Pro RAID Upgrade #1
- Upgrade your WEDG Pro with Intel to support RAID1. We will install an
- additional component and cables and ship your WEDG out of the box ready.
- Please Note: this Perk is only available for WEDG Pro with Intel.
- 108 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £56
- GBP
- 2TB HDD Upgrade
- Double your WEDG storage from 1TB to 2TBs! For WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB
- only. Please do not select this Perk if you have a Drive-less WEDG, you
- will need to upgrade to a WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB first. See Updates
- tab for more information.
- 1 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £90
- GBP
- WEDG Pro RAID +1TB Upgrade #2
- Upgrade your WEDG Pro with Intel to support RAID1 with an additional 1TB
- HDD. We will install an additional component, cables and another 1TB HDD
- (totalling 2 disks) and ship your WEDG out of the box ready. Please
- Note: this Perk is only available for WEDG Pro with Intel.
- 108 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £112
- GBP
- RAID 1TB to 2TB HDD Upgrade
- Double your WEDG RAID storage from 2 x 1TB to 2 x 2TB hard drives! For
- WEDG Pro with Intel and RAID only. See Updates tab for more information.
- 8 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £199
- GBP
- Driveless WEDG with Intel
- Just add storage! A driveless WEDG Pro with Intel in black. Back with
- popular demand! 1 x WEDG Worldwide Shipping, please add £6
- 4 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £289
- GBP
- Premium Aluminium INTEL
- WEDG with Intel in Premium Anodised Aluminium with a 1TB drive, t-shirt
- of your choice and size and a pack of stickers. 1 x WEDG 1 x T-Shirt 1 x
- Sticker Pack Worldwide Shipping, please add £6
- 12 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £299
- GBP
- Developer Pack Pro
- For the developers; a WEDG Pro with Intel with ‘developer mode’ access
- in any finish with a 1TB drive. Download our API & SDK (when it’s
- available), beta software releases and Lifetime access to our developer
- portal. Contact our in-house development team. Be the first to know
- about news at WEDG and join our video Skype brainstorming sessions. Plus
- a t-shirt of your choice and size and a pack of stickers. 1 x WEDG 1 x
- Developer Privileges 1 x T-Shirt 1 x Sticker Pack FREE Worldwide Shipping
- 13 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £448
- GBP
- DUAL WEDG Pro with Intel
- The Dual Pack is perfect for you and a friend or for remote redundancy.
- You’ll receive 2 x WEDG with Intel in black or white with a 1TB drive.
- Plus 2 x t-shirt of your choice and size and 2 x pack of stickers.
- Saving £50 as multipack! 2 x WEDG 2 x T-Shirt 2 x Sticker Pack FREE
- Worldwide Shipping
- 7 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £3000
- GBP
- WEDG Pro in Carbon Fibre
- 1 GONE ONLY 4 REMAIN! A limited edition WEDG exclusively for Indiegogo -
- WEDG Pro with Intel hand finished in Carbon Fibre. This WEDG model comes
- ready with RAID1 support and 2 x 1TB solid state drives (SSDs) with FREE
- worldwide shipping. This Perk includes a T-shirt of your choice and size
- and a pack of stickers. 1 x WEDG RAID ready and finished in Carbon Fibre
- 1 x T-Shirt 1 x Sticker Pack
- 0 out of 4 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £5000
- GBP
- Mega Backer Pack
- For this generous boost in funding you’ll receive 2 x WEDG Pro with
- Intel in black, white or Aluminium with a 1TB SSD or 2TB standard hard
- drive. Plus 2 x t-shirts of your choice and size and 2 x pack of
- stickers. 2 x WEDG 2 x T-Shirt 2 x Sticker Pack FREE Worldwide Shipping
- 0 out of 5 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £10000
- GBP
- Be our VIP guests 2 Nights
- Be our guest in Manchester for two nights. VIP treatment for you and a
- friend from the airport, 2 nights in a luxury hotel of your choice, meal
- with the team, flash your own WEDG Pro with Intel in any finish with a
- 1TB SSD or 2TB standard hard drive and not forgetting 2 x t-shirts of
- your choice and size and 2 x pack of stickers. 2 x Nights in Manchester
- 2 x WEDG 2 x T-Shirt 2 x Sticker Pack FREE Worldwide Shipping
- 0 out of 1 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- Read the Story
- Perks
- £249
- GBP
- WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB
- WEDG Pro powered by Intel! It has 2GB of RAM, USB 3.0 and Gigabit
- Ethernet! Available in black or white with a 1TB drive, t-shirt of your
- choice and size and a pack of stickers. Worldwide Shipping please add £6
- 1 x WEDG 1 x T-Shirt 1 x Sticker pack
- 12 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £6
- GBP
- Worldwide Shipping
- Add this perk if you forget to add shipping at the time of backing us.
- 144 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £40
- GBP
- WEDG Pro RAID Upgrade #1
- Upgrade your WEDG Pro with Intel to support RAID1. We will install an
- additional component and cables and ship your WEDG out of the box ready.
- Please Note: this Perk is only available for WEDG Pro with Intel.
- 108 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £56
- GBP
- 2TB HDD Upgrade
- Double your WEDG storage from 1TB to 2TBs! For WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB
- only. Please do not select this Perk if you have a Drive-less WEDG, you
- will need to upgrade to a WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB first. See Updates
- tab for more information.
- 1 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £90
- GBP
- WEDG Pro RAID +1TB Upgrade #2
- Upgrade your WEDG Pro with Intel to support RAID1 with an additional 1TB
- HDD. We will install an additional component, cables and another 1TB HDD
- (totalling 2 disks) and ship your WEDG out of the box ready. Please
- Note: this Perk is only available for WEDG Pro with Intel.
- 108 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £112
- GBP
- RAID 1TB to 2TB HDD Upgrade
- Double your WEDG RAID storage from 2 x 1TB to 2 x 2TB hard drives! For
- WEDG Pro with Intel and RAID only. See Updates tab for more information.
- 8 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £199
- GBP
- Driveless WEDG with Intel
- Just add storage! A driveless WEDG Pro with Intel in black. Back with
- popular demand! 1 x WEDG Worldwide Shipping, please add £6
- 4 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £289
- GBP
- Premium Aluminium INTEL
- WEDG with Intel in Premium Anodised Aluminium with a 1TB drive, t-shirt
- of your choice and size and a pack of stickers. 1 x WEDG 1 x T-Shirt 1 x
- Sticker Pack Worldwide Shipping, please add £6
- 12 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £299
- GBP
- Developer Pack Pro
- For the developers; a WEDG Pro with Intel with ‘developer mode’ access
- in any finish with a 1TB drive. Download our API & SDK (when it’s
- available), beta software releases and Lifetime access to our developer
- portal. Contact our in-house development team. Be the first to know
- about news at WEDG and join our video Skype brainstorming sessions. Plus
- a t-shirt of your choice and size and a pack of stickers. 1 x WEDG 1 x
- Developer Privileges 1 x T-Shirt 1 x Sticker Pack FREE Worldwide Shipping
- 13 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £448
- GBP
- DUAL WEDG Pro with Intel
- The Dual Pack is perfect for you and a friend or for remote redundancy.
- You’ll receive 2 x WEDG with Intel in black or white with a 1TB drive.
- Plus 2 x t-shirt of your choice and size and 2 x pack of stickers.
- Saving £50 as multipack! 2 x WEDG 2 x T-Shirt 2 x Sticker Pack FREE
- Worldwide Shipping
- 7 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £3000
- GBP
- WEDG Pro in Carbon Fibre
- 1 GONE ONLY 4 REMAIN! A limited edition WEDG exclusively for Indiegogo -
- WEDG Pro with Intel hand finished in Carbon Fibre. This WEDG model comes
- ready with RAID1 support and 2 x 1TB solid state drives (SSDs) with FREE
- worldwide shipping. This Perk includes a T-shirt of your choice and size
- and a pack of stickers. 1 x WEDG RAID ready and finished in Carbon Fibre
- 1 x T-Shirt 1 x Sticker Pack
- 0 out of 4 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £5000
- GBP
- Mega Backer Pack
- For this generous boost in funding you’ll receive 2 x WEDG Pro with
- Intel in black, white or Aluminium with a 1TB SSD or 2TB standard hard
- drive. Plus 2 x t-shirts of your choice and size and 2 x pack of
- stickers. 2 x WEDG 2 x T-Shirt 2 x Sticker Pack FREE Worldwide Shipping
- 0 out of 5 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
- £10000
- GBP
- Be our VIP guests 2 Nights
- Be our guest in Manchester for two nights. VIP treatment for you and a
- friend from the airport, 2 nights in a luxury hotel of your choice, meal
- with the team, flash your own WEDG Pro with Intel in any finish with a
- 1TB SSD or 2TB standard hard drive and not forgetting 2 x t-shirts of
- your choice and size and 2 x pack of stickers. 2 x Nights in Manchester
- 2 x WEDG 2 x T-Shirt 2 x Sticker Pack FREE Worldwide Shipping
- 0 out of 1 claimed
- Ships Worldwide
- Estimated March 2015
- Estimated March 2015
- Get this perk
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- <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-cloud-you-ve-been-waiting-for>
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 7 days ago
- IGG doesn’t care about this. They received their cut of the money.
- If they had any integrity they would at least refund us their share
- of the profit. It’s only a small percentage for each of us but it
- would go a long way as a gesture of good faith.
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 7 days ago
- 5 months since the last bogus update. No news is not good news.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 15 days ago
- @Scott McQueen – nothing new except the domain wedg.co and twitter
- account wearewedg were dropped. I have both now. This project is
- dead, dead, dead.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 15 days ago
- Still here… I pop by now and again to see how the project is getting
- along LOL
- What a total joke!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Ian Cockburn, I received the same canned response about a year ago.
- Indienono is totally useless when it comes to making the campaign
- creator talk – it would surprise me if they had a valid email
- address at this point.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 month ago
- Obviously, they wash theirs hands. “Start a campaign and get away
- with the money!”
- IGG: YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS.
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 1 month ago
- @Bryan Walker
- "
- However, our minimum expectation is that a campaign owner is
- transparent to contributors about the status of their project by
- posting updates to their campaign. We will be reaching out to them
- directly to urge them to post an update. While we can’t force them
- to post an update, if they continue to remain unresponsive, you can
- use our Terms of Use to take legal action against the campaigner. "
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 1 month ago
- @Bryan Walker they did the same with mine. I have reopened it and it
- was escalated to Trust and Safety.
- “As with any early-stage project, crowdfunding campaigns may take
- unexpected turns, which can include changes, delays or unforeseen
- challenges. While your contribution helps to bring something new
- closer to reality, there is always the risk that a project may end
- up falling through, and that the campaign owner may not be able to
- deliver the perks they’d originally offered.”
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- I see Indiegogo has marked my message detailing Wedg’s lack of web
- presence as “solved” without even a . I guess this scam project
- truly is dead.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey, I don’t know of anyone close to that area. From what
- I could tell, there are some UK backers here, but I don’t know
- anyone specifically.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 month ago
- @Bryan Walker, I was about to build a page plenty of “scam” in the
- background and was to tell the history of this notorious scam.
- I’m sure that there are some really good and respectful
- entrepreneurs in IGG, but how can we trust?
- I’d like to go to UK to confront this guys (like I have a chance to
- do that). Do you know if there are some backers living in UK or near
- Manchester?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey But, having said that, if you have a better use for
- the website please let me know – I’m more than happy to point it
- towards a new page.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey, It became painfully apparent to me some time ago
- that Indiegogo has no (by their own rules) desire to do anything
- more than provide a platform to collect money. They don’t have to
- care because there is no accountability. They have their money. The
- fact that the campaign fleeced us of funds – by bad intentions or
- bad luck, we’ll never truly know – is nothing that they are ever
- going to care about. At least, not until the money stops because of
- said bad press!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Gaston Cardey, It is kind of disturbing to see both the domain and
- twitter cancelled, that seems to indicate that Wedg considers itself
- to be a dead project. The domain, maybe – that costs money, but the
- twitter account is free. I guess they don’t want any evidence laying
- around?
- It is amusing to see all of the links and whatnot now pointing to
- the twitter rant.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 month ago
- @bryan walker, You’re my hero! I was about to buy that domain, but
- you won the race!
- These guys really are amazing. And IGG can’t support this kind of
- theft in their platform. But they do.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- 3 of the 4 projects that Blazon PR helped on kickstarter didn’t
- deliver – the fourth seems to have delivered for the most part, but
- still has a lot of no-shows and complaints about short product life.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/partners/BlazonPR
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- I love how all wedg.co and @wearewedg now direct to the rant page.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- Actually, I sent it to the twitter page. Better for today’s audience.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- wedg.co is registered and now points here.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- Check out our new twitter page! https://twitter.com/wearewedg
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- The twitter account, @wearewedg, appears to be dead too. That’s now
- mine as well.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- All,
- I now own WEDG.CO – which tells me this project has no intention of
- completing.
- I believe I can force a simple redirect on the name through the
- host, so if someone wanted to create a webpage that I could point it
- to – let’s talk.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 month ago
- @Rémi
- It does now. I just bought it.
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> 2 months ago
- The domain name wedge.co does not exists anymore.
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- I do, however, see that I can create a fictional product, and skip
- away with £100,000 of cash fleeced from trusting backers. I’ll
- remember that if I’m ever in dire need of a cash injection, knowing
- full well that any fraud perpetuated won’t be acted upon. (6)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- The fact that Indiegogo has shrugged off legitimate complaints,
- pacified by clear subterfuge on behalf of Wedg and it’s vague,
- anonymous, and ghostly staff via empty and infrequent updates. From
- what I gather from the rest of my fellow disappointed backers, you
- have been pathetic.
- So guess what? There’s no reason for me to visit Indiegogo, as there
- is no protection, support, or accountability enforced in your
- platform. (5)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- I backed the WEDG
- (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8707340#/)
- project along with many other people. Like many other people we have
- been ripped off. Now, I understand that this is part and parcel of
- the platform, and that backing projects is not risk free.
- However, read through the comments section of that project, I
- implore you. The fact that we’ve all been ripped off is annoying,
- yes, and those feelings are made clear. (4)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- real use, warning anyone that stumbles upon this page as a ‘Here be
- dragons’ missive, but to add my tuppence to the mix, here’s my
- message to IG in full:
- Hi,
- I received an email from you this morning, cheerfully informing me
- that “It’s been a while since you’ve visited Indiegogo” and asking
- the – “Would You Like to Start Raising Money?” The inference of
- course, that Indiegogo is a wonderful platform for doing so. (3)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- Must admit though, it did push my buttons somewhat. So I fired back
- a missive through their customer support service – as pointless a
- task as I can imagine – and vented my frustrations over this
- project. It made me feel better at least; I’ve long since been
- resigned to having lost £250 on this piece of vapourware, but that
- casual email enquiring as to why I’ve not a happy regular user of
- IG’s platform caused me the need to have my say. As a cautionary
- tale, it’s way too late to be of any (2)
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> 2 months ago
- Hello all, long term backer (all the way back to the failed
- Kickstarter) and long term lurker here, and I’ve stayed quiet,
- knowing that I might as well be screaming into a cave to register my
- dissatisfaction. However, I received an email from Indiegogo this
- morning, entitled ‘Start raising money with Indiegogo’ Some of you
- may have received the same. The email itself was a cheerful reminder
- that I hadn’t visited in a while, the usual vacuous platitudes
- served up in any advertising copy. (1)
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Indiegogo and Wedg Suck.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Yep. Marked “Solved” with no input at all, about 2 hours ago (about
- 2100UTC).
- Indiegogo simply doesn’t care once the money changes hands, and it’s
- pretty obvious that they’re not going to do anything to help.
- So, Ladies and Gentlemen, I consider my money to be stolen.
- Unfortunately, authorities aren’t going to open an international
- case for US$300. Guess it sucks to be me (and you.)
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Dropped another note to Indiegogo about Wedg. Got this in my email:
- “Please note, we’ve recently received an increased number of
- requests, and as a result, it may take us a little longer than
- normal to respond. We apologize in advance for the inconvenience.”
- Really. People getting pissed at not even getting so much as a “Fuck
- You” from campaigns, perhaps?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- Over 3 months since the last update. Indiegogo has written this
- project off, as they close tickets without even ing. Where
- should we hold the funeral for this project?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 2 months ago
- @dbrissenden, I reached out to a number of UK entities some time
- ago. The only thing they could tell me is that since I wasn’t a UK
- resident, all they could do was note my query.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 2 months ago
- I’ve had enough of this deceit so I have reported to ActionFraud for
- them to decide whether there is a case to answer to.
- I would urge anyone who believes this is a fraud to do the same at
- http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report-a-fraud-including-online-crime
- I provided them with as much information as I was able to regarding
- when the money was taken, lack of communication, refusal to engage
- with backers along with the new companies which have cropped up,
- mysterious name changing etc….
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 3 months ago
- @Ian Cockburn -as mentioned 4 months ago -Carol Bohm-Scott is a
- ghost/fictional character (allegedly) in a game being played to
- obfuscate matters relating to WEDG and the whereabouts of OUR MONEY.
- A company has been created with an address at a hot desk office – I
- bet if you turned up at the address you would not find any evidence
- of the company ever having been there other than having paid one
- months rent. Unfortunately, we need a backer with friends in low
- places to sort this out. (allegedly)
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 3 months ago
- And looking up the details of his new company, it seems to be in
- exactly the same place as Wedg was.. at the Innospace MMU Business
- Incubator. Has anyone managed to find out anything about Montrose
- Innovations and Carol Bohm-Scott ?
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 3 months ago
- Based on this, I do wonder how much work/legal meetings were
- actually carried out on Wedg, or were we just fed lies and have been
- scammed? Given that it’s been now 2 months since the last communication…
- Ian Cockburn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1720386> 3 months ago
- It seems that Mr. Afzal is not longer with Wedg (having left Nov
- 2016). Currently running Indiefalcon Limited a mobile app developer
- (since July 2016). This is according to his
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shehbazafzal/. On further searching, it
- seems that Indiefalcon was something that he has had on the
- backburner for a while – marketing reported posted Feb 4, 2016 –
- https://www.slideshare.net/JakeStainton/indiefalcon-project-report.
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> 3 months ago
- :(
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 3 months ago
- Well, since the goons@gogo have abandoned us, and Wedg has fed us
- nothing but fluff for four months – is this project dead? Can we
- call it a scam for reals now?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 3 months ago
- My request is marked “solved” as well. No explanation or .
- Seems that our friends and Indienono have washed their hands of us
- and this bad project. I guess this means that everyone who backed
- the project lost their hard-earned cash.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 3 months ago
- *at Indienono, that is. It's quite late and words aren't working at
- the moment.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 3 months ago
- Interesting enough. I opened up my request four days ago and
- recently Indiegogo decided to set it to a “SOLVED” status without
- any explanation. I have opened a new request for them to explain
- this “new” way of handling requests from backers. My suggestion to
- others whom have submitted recent requests to Indiegogo is to check
- the status.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 4 months ago
- Interesting article from BBC but Bryan is right on his conclusion.
- The best bet is to continue to pressure them as we are doing. I have
- submitted my complaint Email to the ignorant Indie-no-no staff.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 4 months ago
- @rickyfew The spectrum campaign was still being funded, which is why
- IGG could shut it down.
- Our money has floated away into the void of bad venture capital.
- It sounds like its time for everyone to write another complaint
- email to the goons at gogo. If we do this every month, maybe they
- will get the hint…
- rickyfews
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9005627> 4 months ago
- Could there be hope?
- http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39191064
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 4 months ago
- @Nikolai, I know my wallet certainly came out of the wash clean.
- What’s really sad is I’m already considering what to purchase to
- replace the device that took the place of Wedg…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 4 months ago
- The same wash cycle. Cleanse, fold and manipulate Indiegogo to shut
- us up! This needs to stop.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 4 months ago
- As we come upon another month, one wonders if Wedg will supply us
- with another basket of dryer fluff…
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- @Philipp Stäheli, whatever they had at the start of the campaign has
- already reached that point. I do feel really bad for the one backer
- that dropped £3000 on this dead turkey.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 5 months ago
- By the time they pull through with the project the hardware will be
- so outdated it can go right in a museeum. (also filed under scam /
- bullshit / please fuck me over)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 5 months ago
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE a possible Wedg sing
- along video just change the p to c in the word spam. Funny how the
- shape of the Wedg unit resembles the Viking helmet without the
- horns. Any backers with video skills who can create a parody video
- to the sound track using multiple images of the Wedg unit with horns
- attached and upload it to Youtube? It may get some much needed
- publicity to highlight the disgrace that is Team Wedg.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 5 months ago
- Seriously, could these updates be any more vague?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- @rickyfews, your best bet would be contact paypal directly. Point
- them towards the comments, explain the mess that’s happened here. If
- you go back far enough someone (sorry forget the name) posted a PDF
- copy of their “We’re in legal trouble letter.”
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 5 months ago
- Latest update – more unverifiable tripe. “While many of you feel the
- project is a scam…” nothing can be closer to the truth would be more
- apt. If this is not a scam the writer of the update should properly
- Identify themselves and provide verifiable evidence to support what
- is being said. If the writer, aka Team Wedg does not then logic
- would dictate that it is a scam.
- guillaume
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6772792> 5 months ago
- I’ve joined the troops to find out the truth about all this. I’ve
- just sent an email to IGG. I think if more and more backers do the
- same we might be able to speed things up.
- Next step for me will probably be reporting the fraud to UK gov
- (suggested by @Nikolai Tesla
- https://www.sfo.gov.uk/contact-us/reporting-serious-fraud-bribery-corruption/
- and @Cosmarchy in his open email to WEDG http://pastebin.com/JQR0FD1N)
- Keep you posted about any IGG answer…
- guillaume
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6772792> 5 months ago
- Here is the IGG (automated) answer: “Thanks for reaching out. While
- perk offers are made and managed by campaign owners, we at Indiegogo
- expect campaign owners to communicate regularly with their
- contributors. I am sorry to see that this has not been the case with
- this campaign. We will send a message to the campaign owner to
- remind them of their responsibilities to keep you and backers
- updated on the status of their project. In addition, I encourage you
- to get in touch with them directly. …”
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> 5 months ago
- Although I don’t really believe this is a scam, I do think someone
- screwed up big time. Really frustrating to bury that much money.
- Actually I really needed such a device two years ago. Now I don’t
- anymore as I had to find other solutions. Most expesive paperweight
- of my life.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 5 months ago
- Another update that tells us nothing!
- rickyfews
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9005627> 5 months ago
- Hi, does anyone know what the chances are of getting a refund if the
- payment was made through PayPal?
- Thanks,
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 5 months ago
- I added my drop into the bucket against this scam. I have also found
- this valuable option to report this scam to the UK Serious Fraud Office:
- https://www.sfo.gov.uk/contact-us/reporting-serious-fraud-bribery-corruption/
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- Yet another email to Indiegogo went a few minutes ago. I suggest
- everyone do the same.
- If you’re in the UK, you may be eligible for a refund under Section
- 75 of the Consumer Credit Act, if you paid for any portion of the
- funding with a credit (not debit) card.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- @dbrissenden The biggest problem with this whole mess is: no
- accountability once the money has been paid.
- Indiegogo just says “LOL” and Wedg doesn’t exist…
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 5 months ago
- Looks like we aren’t the only ones who are trying to find out info….
- http://pastebin.com/JQR0FD1N
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 5 months ago
- As long as we still put pressure against Indiegogo and WEDG/SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL something will have to give. Definitely without a doubt this
- is a scam and I will not rest until the authorities bring to justice
- the responsible party.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 5 months ago
- And another month begins to slip by…silence on the radio…a desperate
- cry on the airwaves, faint, and without power: “Wedg! Where are you?”
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Gaston Cardey, at this point I can’t believe the update from Wedg
- was more than hush money paid to keep Indiegogo from cancelling the
- campaign.
- There is absolutely no reason why more frequent updates can’t be
- given – it’s not like said director has to report to an office in
- some far off city to submit it.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- @Bryan Walker. I was thinking exactly the same. And will go an go an
- go untill every one of us give up and never come back here.
- At least, send me the HDD and will try to use them in any way (2 HDD
- of 1 Tb each).
- There should be a way for these platforms offer some warranty or
- settlement to the poor basterds that fall into a scam like this.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Oh! The HDD should be NEW, ok? NEW means not refurbished or used. OK?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- We taking bets on how long before another update? I’m guessing it’s
- going to be exactly the amount of time it takes for us to start
- yelling at Indiegogo again.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 6 months ago
- @Team Wedg: Thank you for the update but can you go into the a few
- more details. We would like to know about the new MD, their
- interest, background etc and also about the new team members. Surely
- a new website update would be in order and/or a forum where we, the
- investors could input our ideas.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 6 months ago
- @john34754 – as indicated in the comments thread below research
- suggests that the new director of the company is a fictional
- character / ghost / figment of someones imagination / not real.
- Smoke and mirrors to obfuscate the gullible.
- john34754
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707691> 6 months ago
- A change of director for me is welcomed and overdue. Rather than
- bashing the new director and company I’m going to be positive and
- hope that Montrose Innovations can rescue the situation. Carol,
- please introduce yourself and the team and what roles you all will
- play. How do you intend to move forward? Regular updates are
- essential to backers preferably once a week. An update which has
- very little information or maybe includes setbacks must still be
- posted. We need to be kept in the loop.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- They don’t tell you in an open way, but if you read between lines,
- it’s perfectly clear: “We can’t do anything, sorry. The campaign
- owner is another failure of this crownfunding way. We have another
- guy who scam the backers (another and the total goes up to…).
- We let that this things happen so others can deliver.”
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- I’ve got a super-ultra-fantastic answer from IGG!
- “In looking at your contribution to the campaign “WEDG: the personal
- butt you’ve been waiting for,” I see that your contribution has
- already been sent to the campaigner. This means that a refund can no
- longer be issued by Indiegogo."
- Really? Are you sure about this? Really-really sure?
- jjajjaejjajjejajejjejeja
- See 1 more ...
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-cloud-you-ve-been-waiting-for>
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- And... "Indiegogo is not able to guarantee that perks will be
- delivered or deemed satisfactory. The nature of crowdfunding is such
- that campaigns on Indiegogo are raising funds for work-in-progress
- projects, ideas, or causes. Contributing to a campaign and claiming
- a perk on Indiegogo is not the same as buying something online.
- Because projects may still be in their early stages, many things can
- happen between the time the project is raising funds and the
- expected project release date."
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- ... "While your contribution brings the campaign idea closer to
- becoming reality, there's always the chance that a project may end
- up falling through, and the campaign owner may not be able to offer
- their contributors the perks they'd originally promised. If you’re
- still interested in receiving a refund, we recommend you get in
- touch with the campaign owner directly. Campaign Owner's: Carol
- Bohm-Scott, carol.bs@wedg.co" = You're all dumbs and you're scammed.
- But we (IGG) have our money.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @jrogers31
- >> I believe that this update has been sent to satisfy Indiegogo only
- You think? Awfully suspicious that as soon as Indiegogo starts
- making a little bit of effort to be more than a fat, lazy slug that
- does nothing more than collect money, our beloved WEDG & CO shits
- out an update with more fluff than a laundromat dryer…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- @ SHEHBAZ AFZAL/WEDG/“CAROL BOHM-SCOTT”: Provide details, in the
- next 24 hrs, of such “progress” with names of who is on board to the
- “new team”, address of your “new” London office, pictures & videos
- of your prototypes and work environment, time schedules of
- deliverables, current budget to make this project work, etc. Without
- these you and this “project” are still considered a scam, as such I
- and many others will continue to push Indiegogo, UK authorities and
- credit card companies against you.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 6 months ago
- Yet another unverifiable update from WEDG. This has always been the
- problem – nothing said in their updates can be confirmed
- independently. I believe that this update has been sent to satisfy
- Indiegogo only (allegedly). No names given of who is in the team.
- Relocation to London – yeah right. Nothing said to address concerns
- of backers as detailed in the comments below. No proof of anything.
- WEDG are in a hole and they still keep digging – still it adds to
- the evidence when Plod starts knocking.
- Johan Wijngaard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2469755> 6 months ago
- Team of “The Wedg”
- At the first have did you have a few happy day’s, if so the good
- wishes for the end off the year.
- But after four month’s it ios time for a new update.
- Please take a moment off your free time to compose a status update.
- A lot off people thing that we lose the money.
- This is one off my bad perk’s/back’s I made, but I still believe in
- you as team that you can make it :)
- I still believe in the product you want to made (host your own
- storrage at home).
- Johan
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Gaston,
- It took them 4 days to to me. I’m assuming that with the
- Christmas and year-end holidays, you may not get a until early
- next year.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- If you are in the UK and have paid for any of this item with a
- credit card (not debit) you may be eligible for a refund under
- Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act of 1974.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Hi, everyone,
- I’ve payed my money on time. It has passed more that two years
- (oct-2014) and still nothing. If (by any miracle) I receive this
- device, I’m probably dissasemble because I won’t trust in any
- software that this scammers produce. Hey guys, have you thought
- about this?
- The only way for me is my money back.
- I’m so tired of this… I think that we’ll find ourselves in 1 year at
- the same position. Oh! And IndieGogo will respond the same bullshit.
- Two years had gone. £315.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- And, of course, to my email sended on december 23rd, no one
- answered. Maybe they're all drunk and naked somewhere. Thank you
- IndieGoGo for erasing the little faith in your service and
- responsibility. (sorry if I mispell some word, I speak in spanish).
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Other than a few responses indicating “Yeah, I wish I’d never seen
- this thing,” I had one angry idiot whom got somewhat pissy with me,
- asking me exactly who did I think I was?
- I told him I was a guy that lost a lot of money on a project that
- didn’t bother to tell me why, and he shut up.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- I see a few others have replied, one of which seems to be another
- backer... Jaypaul, where are you? Why won't you duck us and update?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Nikolai
- Indiegogo is responsible in that they do not have ANY requirements
- once the project has closed. They say that the creator is
- responsible for communicating with backers, but to me it sounds like
- that extends to a “please talk to your backers” email to what’s
- probably a dead address.
- I’ve also been going down through their twitter and looking for
- messages that had other @handles attached to the message, and
- tweeting things indicating that WEDG & Co has fallen off the earth.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- I made sure that Indiegogo is aware that they are the “middleman” to
- this scam. They providing a safe haven and breeding ground for
- scammers to run their “business” without any guarantees to provide
- anything except taking money from good will contributors. I am
- holding Indiegogo partially responsible for allowing this practice.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- @Bryan Walker: In my case, I have only received a generic response
- from Indiegogo that they “will send a message to the campaign owner
- of WEDG to remind them of their responsibilities to keep you and
- backers updated on the status of their project” but they encourage
- me to contact the make believe campaign owner “Carol Bohm-Scott” at
- the following:
- carol.bs@wedg.co / info@wedg.co
- http://www.wedg.co
- http://www.twitter.com/wearewedg
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Gaston Cardey
- I find it interesting that Carol is listed as “Male” on that
- profile. Probably an oversight, but it simply adds more WTF to the pot.
- I’d also like everyone to note that the ad agency that Wedg had
- partnered with seems to have vanished from these pages as well.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- I posted a copy of the email I received regarding the project being
- under review here.
- http://imgur.com/a/q6vRW
- Thank you all for taking the time to let Indiegogo have a piece of
- your mind.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Well, following the Bryan’s advice I have write again. After that, I
- started a Google search and found:
- https://www.datocapital.com/uk/ejecutivos/Carol-Bohm_Scott-(1985_1).html
- It’s in spanish, but you can translate easily. It says that we’re
- f***ed. She’s 75% partner and has £ 748, so…
- Anybody near this? 17 Grosvenor Gardens, London, England, SW1W 0BD
- (Correspondence address of Montrose Innovations). The company is
- listed at Companies House under company no. 10344848.
- Tired of all this.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas (the ones you believe). And a
- Very Very Happy New Year.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- @Nikolai Tesla
- Awesome. Hopefully more people screaming will do something – anything!
- Just as a note, it took about 4 days to get the initial .
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- And even then, I had to respond with the fact that I've tried every
- method of communication I could find relating to Wedg, and all of
- them are closed, empty, or stale. I pointed out the recent principal
- change, the lack of information on this change, and the fact that I
- contacted reviewers and related agencies in Manchester. I pointed
- out that I got nothing other than "Hmmm...." back from some of the
- reviewers. Nothing else...
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 6 months ago
- @Bryan Walker: Provided my .02 to them. Pending a response with action.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Indiegogo emailed me back and stated that this campaign is under
- review. What you need to do:
- Log in to your Indiegogo account and go to the contact us section.
- Pick whatever you want, but make sure you let Indiegogo know that
- Wedg isn’t talking, if and when you’ve tried to contact them, and
- how much money you lost on this project. Let them have it, don’t be
- kind or worry about hurting feelings. Bitch, moan, complain, scream,
- and yell.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Indiegogo emailed me back and stated that this campaign is under
- review. What you need to do:
- Log in to your Indiegogo account and go to the contact us section.
- Pick whatever you want, but make sure you let Indiegogo know that
- Wedg isn’t talking, if and when you’ve tried to contact them, and
- how much money you lost on this project. Let them have it, don’t be
- kind or worry about hurting feelings. Bitch, moan, complain, scream,
- and yell.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Surprise. The minute I get pissy here on Indiemoneystealer, I get a
- in my email. “Oh, there’s nothing we can do, contact them
- directly.” Yeah, well I’ve tried. What the fuck do you think we’ve
- been doing all this time, jerking off?
- And AGAIN. As a reminder, if you are in the UK please please please
- see if you can get this refunded under Section 75 of the Consumer
- Credit Act. Let Wedg know we don’t appreciate this bullshit.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Just as I suspected, neither Indiegogo or the artificially created
- Carol Bohm-Scott (which I sincerely do not believe is a real person)
- have responded to my requests for more information.
- Both of you are fucking bastards. Go to hell and burn.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- I just checked their twitter page. Last comment is a spam comment as
- if the account got hacked.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- (4 of 4, and end)
- While I doubt this will do anything (in fact, I know it won’t do
- anything other than get me a “we can’t do anything” answer,) well,
- I’m not sure what I’m expecting at this point. Nothing would be the
- easiest thing, and I think just writing this off as a bad investment
- and not backing any more tech devices would be my best bet.
- Indiegogo doesn’t want to do anything, and I don’t understand that.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- (3 of many)
- Can you:
- Force Wedg to talk. Anything, even a “Ha ha, you’re suckers and
- we’re never delivering!” would be preferable to wondering what the
- **** happened to our money.
- Force Wedg, to continue the campaign or refund our money or DO
- SOMETHING!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- (2 of many)
- By the comments, some people lost money they could not afford to
- lose in a project that won’t even respond to queries from it’s
- investors.
- Wedg hasn’t updated their twitter in ages. Their website is a
- placeholder. email to various agencies involved with the project go
- unanswered.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 6 months ago
- Yet another email to Indiegogo support, although I doubt it’s going
- to do anything. (1 of many)
- Hi. I backed the Wedg project here almost two years ago. Since then,
- Wedg has claimed legal troubles, and has changed the responsible
- individual’s name on the project, as well as apparently removing the
- partner agency they dealt with. We the backers have received no
- communication from Wedg for 4 months. The project is so old that
- things it claims to support (iOS8 and BlackBerry) are no longer things.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 6 months ago
- Hi everyone,
- As I have mentioned before, we’ve lost our money. But I’d like to
- say a few words to this “Afzal” guy: I live in Colombia, South
- America and we have to multiply x COP 3,761 every British Pound.
- I’ve lost almost 2 minimum salary in this.
- It was really hard to earn this money and all I can think is “shame
- on you”. I trust you receive you punishment in this life by some
- force (jail, flat tire in a heavy rain without spare, flood in your
- home, rats, unfaithful couple, etc.).
- Bye, guys.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 7 months ago
- @Howard Celnik: Yes, you are correct. Wedg has been eclipsed by many
- NAS providers, dedicated appliances and other startups providing
- reliable services with an actual product. The goal to receive a
- working “Wedg” device expired a long time ago. The issue has been on
- how to bring justice against Mr. Afzal and get a full refund as well.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> 7 months ago
- A NEW SCAM AT INDIEGOGO
- I VE LOST MY MONEY?
- Howard Celnik
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4274214> 7 months ago
- If they were to deliver today, wouldn’t this already be old
- technology? Would it be selling for less?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @jrogers31
- The statement I made was more in jest than overlaid with any real
- hope of hearing news. As there has been silence for so long, I doubt
- there’s going to be any news to hear in the coming months.
- Those in the UK can still try to claim a section 75 refund. For the
- rest of us, I think we were playing the fool. I’m not sure if that
- was the intent from the beginning, or if legal troubles erased any
- possibility of this project completing, but it’s dead. Stick a fork
- in it.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @Bryan Walker – admire your optimism. Your guess is as good as
- anyone’s as to which of the team members (if there were more than
- one) was the last one out of the door. My guess is that Mr Afzal was
- the last (and ?first) out the door. The profile overwrite to Carol
- Bohm-Scott was allegedly intended to mislead. If CB-S exists one
- would think an update would have been forthcoming by now,
- particularly in light of the concerns expressed below. The words
- Walter Mitty smoke and mirrors come to mind.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- There were supposedly some other people on this “team” – would any
- of them like to speak up?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @Heiko Zeller – It occurred to me that we are looking for a
- ghost/fictional character (allegedly) in a game being played to
- obfuscate matters relating to WEDG and the whereabouts of OUR MONEY.
- It would surprise me if £500 per month was being paid to the
- ‘hot-desk’ offices at the address below. If it can be shown that C
- B-S is not a real person then I wonder whether a company set up with
- an allegedly fictional director constitutes a crime in English Law
- or are ‘doing-business-as’ names allowed?
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> 7 months ago
- 17 Grosvenor Gardens, London, England, SW1W 0BD company exist since
- August 2016. As far as I used Google in the right way this company
- is a one man show. And the Address is connected to a huge number of
- companies. I think shebaz rid of the annoying customers by placing
- in a new postbox company.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- The link you provided does not work. I get an access denied error……
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- For information: http://tinyurl.com/zgjtyg4
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Has anyone managed to find a contact number for Montrose Innovations
- yet?
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- “…penning an update for all backers this afternoon and will push it
- this week…”
- They’ve failed again. Sounds like a fob off to me to keep you quiet.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- It is very unusual in this day and age for a real person’s name not
- to come up with multiple hits on an internet search. For an
- individual age 31 years in the software business with an uncommon
- surname one might expect a linked-in entry, facebook, twitter, skype
- etc. The only address that comes up is a hot desk address @£500.00
- per month. I wonder how many months Montrose innovations will be
- paid-up at this address. No update – no response to a request for an
- update. We need the ghostbusters.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @dbrissenden
- One other “person” communicated on this project back when I started
- doing daily updates of what I was doing.
- Jaypaul Barrow
- 8 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- If this is indeed true they had better pull their finger out and
- communicate. I don’t believe there are many here who either believe
- the cock and bull stories or even have much sympathy any longer.
- This is not the way to go about treating the very people who funded
- what ever it is that they ended up funding!!
- As for the profile overwrite, well…. what can I say?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Another thing I find strange is that when you click on the
- ‘individual’ link for Shehbaz (
- https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053/a2e2) it takes you to…
- YES! you guessed it folks – Carol Bohm-Scott. So it’s not a new
- player but a profile overwrite!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- (3of3) and its typically a little bureaucratic.
- We are penning an update for all backers this afternoon and will
- push it this week.
- I’d like to thank you for your patience and co-operation on behalf
- of the entire WEDG team and hope that you’ll take a compassionate
- view of situation.
- Kind regards
- Lisa
- Team WEDG
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- (2of3)Fortunately, a local and well experienced group of
- entrepreneurs have taken an interest in our situation and have
- defined an accelerated road map for us to move ahead with the
- project. As well as their knowledge and expertise they’re also
- bringing funding which will help us move forward with leaps and
- bounds. Contracts and various other documentation is making its way
- around the system so that the investors can reclaim their tax-its
- known as SEIS investment
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- (1of3)
- @dbrissenden I have also had a from a ‘Lisa’ at ‘Team Wedg’
- (24th MAY)Hi Scott Apologies for the late , we are working
- through emails from backers as fast as we can. Rest assured Scott
- the project is still alive and well. As you know we are battling
- with a fierce and unruly third party hell-bent on making claims to
- our source code that doesn’t belong to them. Our every move is
- criticized and we’re doing all we can to defend our reputation and
- our intellectual property.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (2 of 2)
- Indeed there doesn’t appear to be any website for this company
- either which is also very strange for investment / tech companies.
- All in all this is very fishy if you also consider the utter
- contempt and lack of communication shown by Shehbaz.
- As to whether there is enough evidence for the authorities, I would
- think there is enough but since there appears to be a lack of
- interest from the other 968 backers, it is unlikely to get to their
- attention.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (1 of 2)
- @jrogers31 – The only ‘other’ person who has communicated on this
- project is Chris. But, Chris who? There is no mention of any of the
- team who started out developing Wedg or what contribution they made
- so it could look there might have only been one person….
- I can find no mention of anyone called Carol Bohm-Scott prior to the
- creation of Montrose Innovations which I find very strange
- considering these are supposedly international investors.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @dbrissenden – interesting research – so are you saying that there
- is evidence that Mr Afzal et al are trying to create a smoke screen
- to distance themselves from their responsibilities. Is there enough
- evidence for an investigation by appropriate authorities with
- statutory powers? If so it is well overdue. Interestingly, I have
- not received a to my request for an update from the new owner
- Carol Bohm-Scott, which rather fits in with the results of your
- research – I think.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (2 of 2)
- Back in April 2016, Shehbaz’s communication detailed “…introduced us
- to a group of tech entrepreneurs and investors from the UK and US
- who operate an international scale business…”. So much so that it
- took them until August 2016 to register the company…. Come on pull
- the other one.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 7 months ago
- (1 of 2)
- Well, looks like 08 Nov 2016 Mohammad Shehbaz Afzal resigned as
- director of Wedg and on the same date Montrose Innovations Limited
- was appointed as a director. The same day the registered address was
- moved from The Shed Innospace Chester Street Manchester to 17
- Grosvenor Gardens Grosvenor Gardens London and Mrs Carol Bohm-Scott
- (or Mr Carol Bohm-Scott as it appears on the certificate of
- incorporation or is it Chris AKA Mohammad Shehbaz Afzal???).
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- @Andrea V. Did they take your money? Was it literally the $2.00 you
- mentioned (as a token gesture) or substantially more than that? –
- and did you get a thank you note and update in response? I would be
- happy to sell you my WEDG devices order for its original value if
- you are interested. I need a helping hand – to get my money back.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 7 months ago
- @Andrea V. I hope the WEDG comes to fruition. I have avoided posting
- for years as i don’t have a pitch fork. After 2 years hardware,
- software and people have moved on. many will have found other
- solutions, for me a WEDG would NOW just be an expensive raided Kodi
- box as i would not trust it with my Email.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @Andrea V.
- It would be easier to be supportive if Wedg would at least talk to us.
- Silence does nothing to quell the pitchsporks.
- Andrea V.
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9040474> 7 months ago
- I have to say I still support this project.
- I know by now many of you have already banned together & picked up
- your pitch forks. But i really want to see WEDG come to fruition.
- It’s very easy to knock a outfit down when they are already down.
- But its very hard to help them get back up. So i’m going to do
- something rather crazy & send them a couple extra bucks. It is not
- much but i think what every1 needs right now is a helping hand.
- sometimes ppl are so far down they need help gettin back up
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @Scott McQueen
- I guess some startup-centric office is better than the TaxAct
- Accountants location that they claimed was their “office” after they
- were kicked out of the university digs.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @Ken Taylor
- I asked for one of the pre-release units (black and blue) because I
- wanted to wash my hands of it. I actually tried to use it, and I
- think I was the first to report they hadn’t actually changed their
- codebase language.
- I got fed up with it when I noticed it was duplicating everything,
- and I had to delete my setup when a new version came out. Tried to
- reflash it with new firmware, messed it up, Lima said F-U! and I
- threw it in the recycle box here at work. No more Lima for me.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- @Ken Taylor Looks like the UBER office is just another startup base
- like Wedg had in Manchester and not a proper company hq which is a
- real shame.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Message sent to Carol Bohm-Scott: We have noticed your name has
- replaced Shehbaz Afzal’s as the CEO of WEDG. Does this mean the
- project will finally come into fruition and the many Indiegogo
- backers will finally get either a product or a refund. Or will you
- also choose to bury your head in the sand and choose to ignore the
- fact that a lot of people have spent their own hard earned money and
- have been left out of pocket?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- Im moving house in January, who do I inform so they no where to send
- my new WEDG device when it’s built ? :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 7 months ago
- @Bryan Walker. So you will not be buying the Lima Ultra then… ;-) My
- lima still in its box unused. I didnt like the idea of linking to
- their server for what would be for me a local system and as you say
- does not do what it promised. the WEDG I wanted for mail server and
- network file backups and server based Libreoffice. but now can do 2
- of 3 on my NAS. getting a refund from CC would be hard now the
- original company no longer exists. :-(
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- (3 of 2)
- In addition, so many of these “butt” devices still need some remote
- backend to work. In Lima’s case, they have a negotiation server that
- does unknown things. Makes me wonder that Wedg was going to need,
- and what the “Daplie: My Butt” device is going to require since they
- talk about name access and stuff.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- (2 of 2)
- These “personal butt” devices all seem to want to be a complete
- management system instead of simply giving you a secure portal to
- stash data remotely. Every single one of them attempts to re-invent
- features already present in most devices. I have no idea why.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- >> Sound familar?
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/daplie-the-butt-system-to-take-back-the-internet/x/8764397#/
- There was another project, called Lima (nee Plug) that promised to
- do the same thing. I invested in it as well. While the group
- eventually shipped it, it was nothing like what they promised and is
- just now (years after the “we just need last mile funding”) gaining
- a subset of the features promised during the campaign. (1 of 2)
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75
- refund, if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not
- debit) and the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 7 months ago
- @jrogers31
- “…you gain the ability to take the form of a wolf?”
- Hmm, I’m guessing that isn’t the ending you had in mind.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- Test – complete the following “once bitten …”
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- Sound familar?
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/daplie-the-butt-system-to-take-back-the-internet/x/8764397#/
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 7 months ago
- jrogers31 Yes I would like to know what happened to him as well!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 7 months ago
- Interesting – so when are we going to receive the “Hello I am Carol
- Bohm-Scott” update? Good to know that the office is in London it
- will be easy to pop in and pick up the full refund or the devices I
- ordered, which ever becomes available first. I hope the update
- includes “a summary of events which lead to the departure of Mr Afzal”
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 8 months ago
- Carol, is director of Montrose, setup in August 2016, based in UBER
- offices in London, looks like they now own WEDG. Shehbaz resigned as
- a director on 08 Nov. (on companies house website). will be
- interesting if we get an update by the 22Nov which will be 2 years
- from the end of the campaign.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- @Scott,
- That is quite interesting. Shebaz did make some noise about
- reorganization as the legal trouble wrapped up, this could be
- related in some way. Evidence suggests otherwise…
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 8 months ago
- Hmmm, Shebaz has disappeared from the up there on the right, it now
- says Carol Bohm-Scott. Has he gone into hiding so we forget about
- him or is something happening… Intrigued!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- I have to say, I don’t expect to see anything at this point. :(
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- Remember when?
- Jaypaul Barrow
- 8 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- Quack.
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> 8 months ago
- Hey WEDG, give us an update and give us back our money.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75
- refund, if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not
- debit) and the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- With only £350 in the bank, it certainly doesn’t look good, does it?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 8 months ago
- Every now and again I get really annoyed at myself for falling for
- this and not seeing through the bullshit earlier, lets face it the
- money has gone ( http://www.endole.co.uk/company/08824160/wedg-ltd )
- but I still can’t help coming back for that glimmer of what I
- thought was a great idea.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 8 months ago
- You know one of the most frustrating things about this is I have
- been taking in twice by this scam, once on kickstarter and then on
- here. I’ve had a couple of responses from ‘team wedg’ when I’ve
- tweeted local Manchester news about running a follow up story.
- Spookily enough the timing of those responses is about an hour or
- two after I’ve tweeted so I can only assume they are still
- working/living in the Manchester area and are worried by the bad press.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- @1sgmgn
- That’s the way most of us feel, along with WTF, :(, Hello?, and “Say
- Something Dammit!”
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- My weekend project was to clean up the power supplies that feed the
- wireless sensors and leak detectors in my home (yeah, it’s wired…)
- Was pretty pleased with how it turned out. Designed a few of my own
- boards and did a nice layout. Hard part was finding power
- transformers – with RatShack being gone, they are hard to find
- unless you want to spend lots of cash. Still cleaning up the wiring,
- so don’t hate on the layout. http://imgur.com/a/lgkjD
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 8 months ago
- ????
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 8 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75
- refund, if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not
- debit) and the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 8 months ago
- @Magri-Olson and 1sgmgn: I very much recommend that you do not waste
- your efforts with Indiegogo and/or Mr. Afzal. Report your concerns
- to the authorities as described multiple times, for over a year now,
- on this backer comments section.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> 8 months ago
- So when do we get our refunds we requested?
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 9 months ago
- WHEN DO I GET WHAT I PAID FOR?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- The Nextbutt box, a private remote storage unit (Butt) should be
- shipping within the next few weeks. You’ll need to provide your own
- Raspberry Pi, but it’s powerful enough you could also run Prosody
- for IM and other things on it.
- https://nextbutt.com/box/
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- Just a reminder, UK residents may be eligible for a Section 75
- refund, if you paid for any part of the item with a credit card (not
- debit) and the item cost more than £100.
- http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/section-75-of-the-consumer-credit-act
- For the rest of us, we’re pretty much SOL.
- I’d really like to see this deliver, but I really don’t need it
- anymore. Replaced everything with a couple of Raspberry Pi units.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- @Nikolai,
- Let’s assume they really did have some legal troubles that
- prohibited them from speaking freely about what was going on. I only
- remember this being implied in some communications, but nothing
- concrete. I DO however, remember them saying they were now no longer
- under that duress (“New arrangements for public announcements
- without being vetted”) so there’s no reason that Wedg & Co. can’t be
- more chatty with us.
- Without more information, that’s the biggest failure I see at this
- point.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 9 months ago
- Hi, I’m still here… are you Wedg?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 9 months ago
- My suggestion, to any bakers that is interested, is to still pursue
- legal means to have Mr. Afzal accountable to this project,
- investment or whatever you wish to call it.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 9 months ago
- At this point in time, two years and counting, logically it does not
- make sense that this project is a scam. I came to reason this since
- there is no purpose for a scammer to still provide any feedback,
- even non-sense muck, to anyone after they have received all the
- funds. This leads me to believe that it is a totally anemically
- managed project by a novice (Mr. Afzal) that attempted to create his
- university term project into a real world product. At the end, it
- appears to have hugely failed.
- martijn.koolhoven
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708990> 9 months ago
- the personal butt you’ve been waiting for… I now get the point….
- wtf …
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- @Philipp Stäheli, They do not check on projects, that is.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 9 months ago
- @Philipp Stäheli – No, they do not. Once a project is funded,
- Indiegogo goes strictly hands-off, almost as if the project never
- existed. I’ve contacted them a few times about this and they state
- all they can do is message the project creator and ask that they be
- more forthcoming.
- There’s vague language in the TOS that says it’s the creator’s duty
- to report progress and issues, but that’s about as enforceable as
- telling the Sun to be less hot today.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 9 months ago
- I was just wondering, how does Indiegogo not check on their so
- called “office” and whether there is an alive project or not? That
- would be fairly easy to do, but nothing like that ever happened.. I
- know I am an investor and not a buyer in a store. Still I feel very
- let down by Indiegogo, it seems to not bother them at all that
- project founders just stall their projects.
- Benson Low
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5581723> 9 months ago
- I want a refund now
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- Wedg, Francisco is right – you need to start singing like a canary.
- Francisco Alvarez
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8814221> 10 months ago
- I don’t know what you are doing. This seems a never ending story,
- almost 2 YEARS of DELAY, this SUCKS! Be CLEAR and provide us with a
- stimated date of shipping!!!!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- I’d like an update with more meat than fluff.
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> 10 months ago
- Where is my order? Where is my money?
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 10 months ago
- Sep 2014
- Where is my order?
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 10 months ago
- This is the second big scam crowdfunding item out of the UK. Well
- done WEDG.
- Your updates have been nothing but pure rhetoric since the campaign
- ended. When you actually have something substantive I will take you
- seriously otherwise I’ll continue to believe you are full of it.
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> 10 months ago
- 2 – Luckily I’ve backed many successful projects on Indiegogo and
- Kickstarter and this hasn’t put me off investing in others in the
- future. But it’s not just the reputation of Wedg that has been
- damaged here, it’s the reputation of many that use crowdfunding as a
- source of investment. However you plan on delivering/returning the
- investment of the 968 backers, I would suggest, as an investor, not
- pursuing this dream any further.
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> 10 months ago
- 1 – To quote ‘we will revisit and initiate refunds to all who want
- one’. Who’s going to pay for that? I’m guessing the seed money is
- long gone and I find it difficult to believe you have found an
- investor to put in £131,537 just to refund 968 backers, where would
- their return be? Like many others on this thread, technology has
- moved on. I wouldn’t find this product relevant any more. Yes I want
- a refund but equally I’ve written this off as a ‘bad choice’.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- I too have replicated pretty much everything with other services.
- I’ve set up my own chat server and file-share server, so I don’t
- know how much of a gap this product would fill for me at this point.
- I’d like to see Wedg provide us with some timeline guidance and some
- detail on how the various services provided by this device will work.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 10 months ago
- A few more months and it will be the 2nd anniversary of nothing.
- Technology has caught up to WEDG and even have surpassed it. I
- bought an off the shelf solution for about the same price of the
- fake dream that is called WEDG.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 10 months ago
- I was confused with the recent comments but I now understand and
- appreciate the passive aggressive jokes. Sadly for Mr. Afzal he has
- his face plastered all over the web and can not hide forever.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 10 months ago
- @Gordon,
- I don’t know if I’d call CrowdFUNding™ a project such as this a
- nightmare, but it certainly would be the end of the long night if
- Wedg ever did ship to backers.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 10 months ago
- Wow! I cannot believe it. I just received my Wedg in the post. Oh…
- then I woke up. All a nightmare… sorry.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- 15 days of silence on the wall, 15 days of silence, if one of the
- updates should happen to fall, 16 days of silence on the wall!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Tired of companies ignoring you on Twitter? Check out Gnu Social,
- the open source, federated social network that doesn’t ask for your
- driver’s license!
- http://skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_GNU_social_Instances
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Seeing as how 1N34A diodes seem to be getting rare these days, I
- ordered a bunch of Soviet-era D9D diodes from eBay. Even if 1/3 of
- them are defective, that still leaves me with enough for a lifetime
- of projects.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Everyone should check out Gnu Social. You can run it yourself (
- http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/revisiting-open-source-social-networking-installing-gnu-social—cms-22456
- ) or join one of the many instances. quitter.is and quitter.no are
- two well know hosts.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- So, the local Micro Center was closing out the Papyrus e-ink HATs
- for the Raspberry Pi. I bought one for $25, found out it had all
- three sizes of screen in it, and decided to go back and buy the
- other two they had left. While it cost me $75, it’s something I have
- in my hand right now.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- Today I although it’s been very warm, I decided to cut the grass and
- as I had my motivational head on, with a stanley knife I edged the
- front lawn. I would have used the lawn edger I bought from Tesco
- last year but after a bout a minute of edging, the head fell of it.
- Boy did I laugh, I invested that money in it so long ago that when I
- finally got to use it, it didn’t work. Good job it was only £5 and
- not £300 aye!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- oh and at least I got a minutes use out of it I suppose.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- You’re all welcome, lololololol
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- SO, I recently picked up some of those tiny OLED screens, the blue
- and yellow ones you used to see on things like Sandisk MP3 players.
- It’s amazing how small they are, but of a high enough resolution to
- actually have rudimentary graphics displayed on them. I plan on
- using a few of them to display vital stats from my Pi stack. Who
- knows where the rest will end up?
- That’s my update for today, how about one from you WEDG?
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- I hate to say it – I don’t think this was a scam at the start, but I
- don’t have any confidence the project will come to completion at
- this point.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- Seems like the only time anyone “working” on this project spoke
- recently in the comments was Jaypaul “Duck me” Barrow, and only
- after I started writing daily updates. Perhaps I should keep doing that.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- The personal scam you’ve been waiting for!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 11 months ago
- tbh I’ve forgotten how I paid for it…
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- I just wanted to remind everyone, that if you are in the UK and you
- paid any portion your funding with a credit card (not debit or
- charge,) you could be eligible for a refund under Section 75 of the
- Consumer Credit Act.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 11 months ago
- @John Raffin,
- I think it’s more “We’re getting a wedgie.”
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> 11 months ago
- WEDG: the personal butt you’ve been waiting (forever) for
- Does that mean us dudded backers can be called “Wedgies”???
- Thomas Grundberg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5396919> 11 months ago
- WEDG: the personal butt we still are waiting for.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- @Scott McQueen,
- If the number of stragglers in another tech project I backed is any
- indication, there are a lot of people who have written this off, or
- have simply forgotten about it. In light of the lack of updates, I’d
- say the latter is the case.
- Remember when?
- Jaypaul Barrow 4 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- Quack.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 12 months ago
- Have 968 backers really just forgotten about this? I find that a
- little strange to be honest, I would like a refund!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 12 months ago
- @shehbaz_afzal – Still waiting or have you really just done a bunk
- with the WEDG indigogo fund ???
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 12 months ago
- MCR seems to be registered to a private house in Manchester:
- http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/company/07635344/MCR-ENTERPRISES-LTD
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> 12 months ago
- Very sad to realise I’ve lost a lot of hard earned money :(
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- Ah ok – the reason the signature matches is because he signed as the
- CURRENT director of MCR. So perhaps (!?) there was indeed another
- Mohammed Afzal born in the same year at the same company (relative?)
- At v least, Shehbaz Afzal appears to be linked to min 3x companies
- MCR:
- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07635344/filing-history
- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07635344/officers
- iLoup
- https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08278329/filing-history
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 2/2
- It wasn’t clear if it was the same person though. The dates of birth
- are different, though same year.
- However – there are scans of the signature for both MCR and iloup
- (and we already linked Wedg to iloup) – the signatures are exactly
- the same (and both begin with an S)
- So not only do we have him switching names around, but using
- different DOBs – and ultimately being treated as 2x different people
- by companies house. Sounding more and more like fraud to me.
- I’ll do another post with links
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 1/2
- Whoa! Not looking good guys… (read my previous 2x posts first)
- So I did a new search under the alter-ego Mohammed Afzal. Many hits
- came up, but another Mohammed Afzal in Manchester born in 1979 was
- linked to a company called MCR ENTERPRISES (07635344)
- So, I had a look, and it had a director named Mohammed Afzal up
- until 2011 when it was terminated…
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 2/2
- Wedg was incorporated in 2013. He registered himself as director
- under Shehbaz Afzal – this was already after he changed his name on
- the other company (and was whilst that company still existed)
- Then, in 2014 he again changed is name to Mohammed Shehbaz Afzal.
- If nothing else, he seems to be suffering from a but of an identity
- crisis!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 12 months ago
- 1/2
- I tried doing some more digging. Nothing all that useful, but a
- couple of bits I found…
- Shehbaz had another company called iloup Ltd. Formed in 2012, then
- had a Compulsory Strike Off in 2014. Doesn’t state the reason, but
- probably due to no accounts being filed.
- There was one interesting bit though…
- In November 2012, he changed his name with companies house from
- Shehbaz Afzal to Mohammed Shehbaz Afzal. Nothing all that odd there,
- until you go back to Wedg…
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- I honestly don’t think there is anyone left to answer…
- Craig Temporini
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8966008> 12 months ago
- Awaiting a refund.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 12 months ago
- F.A.O. Mr S Afzal – it is now 2 months since your last update. From
- the comments below – the terms of service oblige you to find a
- satisfactory resolution with backers in light of your failure to
- provide the perks promised to the backers. A satisfactory solution
- for me would be a full refund of my contributions, as I requested
- many months ago. I presume other backers may require a similar
- resolution. Please issue an urgent update and plan on how you intend
- to meet your obligation to the backers.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 12 months ago
- Interesting post found here:
- http://kickscammed.com/project/wedg/#.V3abglJ1ZVk
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> 12 months ago
- No response to my email to info@wedg.co very disappointing. I should
- have just bought a Synology NAS, would have cost less that what I
- pledged – Stupid me!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- And again, in the TOS:
- Campaign Owners are legally bound to perform on any promise and/or
- commitment to Contributors (including delivering any Perks). If a
- Campaign Owner is unable to perform on any promise and/or commitment
- to Contributors, the Campaign Owner will work with the Contributors
- to reach a mutually satisfactory resolution, which may include the
- issuance of a refund of Contributions by the Campaign Owner.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 12 months ago
- @jrogers31,
- The TOS mentions:
- Campaign Owners will respond promptly and truthfully to all
- questions posed to them by Indiegogo or any Contributor. If any
- Campaign Owner is unable to fulfill any of its commitments to
- Contributors (including delivering any Perks), the Campaign Owner
- will work with the Contributors to reach a mutually satisfactory
- resolution, which may include refunding their Contributions.
- …
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 12 months ago
- @dbrissenden It is good to know that you have been looking at
- potential legal options open to individual backers or all the
- backers as a whole group. However, if in light of the large some of
- money involved should there be any evidence available, which would
- lead to allegegations of wrong doing, then the matter should and
- could be dealt with by the UK authorities. It would be helpfu,l if
- out of the 968 backers, there were a few with legal backgrounds who
- can point us in the right direction.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @dbrissenden,
- My correspondence with agencies, while promising at first, has gone
- nowhere. I’ve basically tried to contact every party involved with
- this project – everyone from the original school location to the
- sites that reviewed the product (as listed on the “Story” section.)
- Other than some initial “Hmm…” I have nothing. I even went as far as
- sending WEDG a WTF on the original kickstarter page.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker
- I’ve not forgotten but rather have been looking at the legal aspects
- about going after Shehbaz in the courts.
- Unfortunately unless everyone gets together, it is rather a case of
- individuals which will have to bring claims. If targeted personally
- at the creator and legally responsible person, I’m sure this would
- have the desired effect.
- Knowing the contents of your correspondence with agencies is useful
- as others can collectively target without individual agendas
- becoming the norm.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31,
- I’m guessing a lot of people have forgotten about this project. It’s
- a year past the funds collection point, and the updates have been so
- few that it would be easy for them to get lost in a stack of emails.
- Looking back at posts, there seems to be only a handful of people
- posting on a regular basis. As much as I hate to say it, this
- project is probably dead.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Glen – I agree with you – but unless >90% of the 968 backers decide
- to start sending emails to the appropriate agencies, details of
- which were given in the comments section many moons ago, very little
- is going to happen. Indiegogo did nothing when this matter was
- highlighted over 18 months ago. Unfortunately, this is a situation
- which will only be progressed when ‘the many’ act and not just ‘the
- few’. I applaud the efforts of ‘the few’ and I am grateful to them.
- Glen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/635969> 1 year ago
- IndieGoGo have a duty of care to report fraud to the UK Police when
- they have reasonable suspicion that it has occurred. If they don’t
- take reasonable action, then they open themselves to being sued for
- breach of duty of care.
- Even dating websites have been sued for allowing rapists to use
- their sites. IndieGoGo’s policy is not to vet creators. That is the
- cause of the problem here.
- It’s a lot of money. It had to go somewhere. We have a right to know
- where.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- I once thought that WEDG updates, when they appear, were written by
- means of a gobbledygook generator but having followed a recently
- televised parliamentary investigation it occurred to me that they
- may have been written with the help of a mythomaniac. Furthermore, I
- wonder whether the initial project may have been devised or helped
- by the same person who provides the updates.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- (2/2)
- If you have other information, like some of the other releases where
- they posted (and revoked) a PDF, a more complete timeline, or
- email/communication you’ve personally had, they may appreciate that
- as well.
- I’m not going to post email addresses in this forum b/c this is an
- easy target for scrapers, and I don’t wish to anger the people who
- may help.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- (1/2)
- @Nikolai,
- The best response so far has been from Technutty – I don’t have the
- exact link but you can find the article easily enough, and the
- author’s name and contact details are easy to locate in the story.
- I sent the author copies of the original letter from April 2015, as
- well as copies of some of the email conversations I’ve had with
- Indiegogo. I also pointed him to this forum, as well as FB, Twitter,
- and WEDG’s web page.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker: Could you provide their contacts? Website? This way I
- can assist on writing to them as well. Mr. Afzal/WEDG is not getting
- out of this without repercussions..
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- All: There is large list of sites in the “Story” section that
- reviewed WEDG in some way. A good number of them are still online. I
- suggest you contact each one of them in turn. I’ve started to do
- this and received some promising results.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- 4 updates (and a “pls don’t call our folks”) message in the last 6
- months…c’mon! Throw us a bone!
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31,
- I still get a few lines of the article and a “Want the full article
- and instant website access?” message with a subscribe ad.
- If there’s no “contact this authority to do the same for your shady
- kickstarter” in the story, it doesn’t really matter if I can’t see
- the rest of it.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – no the link worked for me just now – its is an
- article written by James Hurley, Enterprise Editor, June 7 2016,
- 12:01am, The Times.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- Remember when?
- Jaypaul Barrow
- 3 months ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- Quack.
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31 – were there any links or contact information in the
- article? The full article is locked out unless you are a subscriber.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Glen – I understand your view and that is one possible avenue.
- However, it is clear from the article in TheTimes that the
- appropriate UK authorities will undertake a criminal prosecution,
- when their investigation uncovers evidence of fraud. Unfortunately,
- the UK authorities will only look into allegations of fraud if they
- receive complaints. A complaint from one or two backers out of 968
- may be insufficient to initiate an investigation. We need all
- backers to make complaints via all avenues.
- Glen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/635969> 1 year ago
- The creator is a fraud. He never intended to create the product. He
- should be criminally prosecuted for fraud and go to jail. It’s not a
- failure to deliver by the creator as Indiegogo claim. It is a
- failure of Indiegogo to vet real creators from frauds. We should
- take a class action against the creator and or Indiegogo.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- I wonder whether backers of WEDG will read an article like this
- about WEDG in the future. It appears that on occasions scampaign
- owners on crowdfunding sites are successfully prosecuted in the UK
- “The boss of a vodka business defrauded crowdfunding investors out
- of thousands of pounds in a case that raises fresh questions about
- standards of due diligence in the industry.”
- http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fraudster-abused-crowdfund-investors-38p02zptn
- Bryan Walker
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/14264443> 1 year ago
- I’ve sent notes off to TechCrunch, MMU (again,) WEDG (again,) and
- Indiegogo (again.)
- Only was the canned “We’re sorry, but sometimes projects don’t
- deliver as promised” BS from IGG. Interestingly, however, IGG states
- that “While we can’t force them to post an update, if they continue
- to remain unresponsive, you can use our Terms of Use to take legal
- action against the campaigner.”
- Yah, right. Imma gon go laugh some more, brb.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Scott McQueen -a good effort on your part. If more backers bring
- the matter to the attention of the media it may help progress
- matters. As for WEDG’s saying the “project is still alive” –
- it must be in the sense of medical acronyms such as FUBAR BUNDY. I
- am surprised the update is late they can use
- http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/gobbledygook-generator.html – One
- click got “We need a more contemporary reimagining of our
- facilitating organisational resources.” very WEDG like don’t you think!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- I actually sent out quite a few all with @shehbaz_afzal in the title
- along with the twitter address of the mag/website that did a initial
- review of WEDG. Shortly after this I received an email from wedg
- apologising for their late to my last email and informing me
- that the project is still alive and they will be sending were going
- to write and an update on Tuesday and would be releasing it this
- week. Well it’s now Friday and still no update, yet!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Scott McQueen – good news if TechCrunch are going to do a follow up
- story – they will find rich pickings in the comment section if they
- choose to look. The last update appears to suggest that emails to
- MMU are making Mr Afzal a little uncomfortable and more emails may
- make him feel even more uncomfortable to the point when he comes
- clean and tells the backers the truth about what is going on and
- backs it up with hard independently verifiable evidence. More emails
- to MMU please backers.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- Just because @shehbaz_afzal has made his twitter account private
- doesn’t mean you cannot include it in tweets along with a few news
- articles, colleges uni’s etc. I don’t know about you guys but we
- need answers or refunds!
- See 1 more ...
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-cloud-you-ve-been-waiting-for>
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- In fact I will post everyone I do here as well starting with:
- @ManMetUni how about doing a follow up story @shehbaz_afzal and Wedg
- Questions about where has all the crowdfunding cash gone need answers?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- @TechCrunch how about doing a follow up story @shehbaz_afzal and
- Wedg Questions about where has all the crowdfunding cash gone need
- answers?
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> 1 year ago
- On the 4th of may I wrote an email to the address published in the
- update asking for some clarifications and…. surprise!
- No answer.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> 1 year ago
- Come on Wedg… you’re having a laugh now, and at our expense might I
- add. No information, no sign of Shehbaz. WTF is happening with this
- project and more so our investment. If the only way we can get a
- rise out of you is to contact the office space vendors then that
- seems the way to go.
- We just want information as it just seems these updates are just to
- string us along to make it more difficult to claim back our
- investment or maybe you’re hoping we get bored and just forget about
- it ?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 1 year ago
- The problem with all of this is whether the new partners/investors
- will actually honour the past backers. I for one have utterly lost
- faith in the project and don’t expect to see a product delivered nor
- my £300 ever again.
- I shall be putting this down to experience and shall probably never
- use Indiegogo again.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> 1 year ago
- Thanks for the update.
- We all look forward to getting some detailed updates once everything
- is signed and finalized with the new investor and mentors.
- We need to actually SEE that the project is moving forward again.
- That will hopefully alleviate some of this wasted time and energy
- being spend by some backers in trying to get a refund from a
- crowdfunding campaign. Everyone spent hard earned money to support
- Wedg, but they should have done so knowing the risks involved in
- these ventures.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 1 year ago
- Given your new partnership, I think it’s time to restore some
- credibility with your backers and provide more details (like the
- name!) of this elusive ‘3rd party’ company which is being blamed
- (along with the developer) for the project being in the current
- position.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 1 year ago
- If anyone wants to try to get their money back they could try the
- small claims court???
- Interesting wording under the Indiegogo T&Cs:
- https://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms
- under the arbitration section.
- Article here about small claims court:
- http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/why-this-jilted-kickstarter-backer-decided-to-sue-why-he-was-right/
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- Nikolai Tesla - apologies for some reason the naff Indiegogo website
- shows 'the at sign' on my computer when I type '’ but not when you
- read the comments VC-PA@mmu.ac.uk (now its working!)
- I guess it is screened by his PA but please check on his link here
- http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/about/governance/vice-chancellor/
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- jrogers31: Is MMU Professor Press EMail address VC-Pmmu.ac.uk
- correct? Thank you in advance.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- Nikolai Tesla and @ALL Vice chancellor of MMU Professor Malcolm
- Press: VC-PAmmu.ac.uk
- Louise Kenworthy-Taylor is an Incubation Services Manager at
- Innospace: innospace@mmu.ac.uk
- Manchester evening news: helen.johnson@menmedia.co.uk
- BBC watchdog: watchdog@bbc.co.uk Use “watchdog army” in title of
- email to BBC Watchdog
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31: I do agree, we need all backers to Email these
- institutions in order to set pressure to Mr. Afzal/WEDG. Please
- provide, again, the Email addresses of each institution that we all
- need to write in order to submit our
- complaints/concerns/disappointments about Mr. Afzal/WEDG. Thank you.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – nice research – presumably because on kickstarter
- WEDG failed to reach its funding target of £90,000.00. Solution? –
- go to Indiegogo with a lower funding target (£71,000.00) and then
- get MMU and MEN to publicise the “achievment” of reaching the target
- to draw in even more backers by associating the project with a
- university. MMU and MEN were effectively acting as “shills” to
- attract more funding from backers. They have to be in the frame. The
- truth will out eventually.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Marc Solondz and @ALL – yes it may go the way of Zano but Mr
- Afzal’s reputation and location is intimately tied to MMU who are in
- part responsible http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/ – this
- gave confidence to all backers. If any backer has the time to write
- a comment here about their concens then they have the time to email
- – the VC of MMU, – BBC watchdog, the Manchester Evening News, etc.
- 968 individual complaints have a chance of getting the matter
- properly investigated.
- Marc Solondz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8716841> 1 year ago
- This is the same cock and bull story we were told about the previous
- backers. All I see is zero progress and empty promises. This is just
- like the Zano debacle that occurred on Kickstarter.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – exactly – if only @ALL would each email their
- concerns to the VC of MMU – about Mr Afzal that would help Team WEDG
- get real.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- @jrogers31: That is a great website. It is not too far off from what
- WEDG updates are like.
- @ALL: I do agree with the recent comments. Most if not all of the
- WEDG updates are providing us with no tangible facts. WEDG needs to
- provide specifics (i.e. names, dates, schedules, quantities,
- designs, pictures, videos, budgets, etc.). Until then it is all just
- fluff. What intrigues me is why does WEDG post at all? Are they
- trying to reach a statute of limitations with UK and/or Indiegogo law?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- When I look at this and other updates it occurred to me that they
- may have been written with the help of this robot
- http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/gobbledygook-generator.html – the
- similarities are quite striking.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> 1 year ago
- Whilst I value the update, it really told us nothing.
- Who are the new backers? I trust they are maintaining all the perks
- everyone signed up to?
- Importantly, what is the new timescale? Given the amount of time
- lapse, are there any impacts on hardware?
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> 1 year ago
- Thank you for the brief update today!
- This is the type of information this group of supporters needs on a
- regular basis. Short and to the point on what’s been going on. 5
- minutes out of your busy schedules each week just to let us know the
- project is creeping forward.
- Looking forward to hearing everything is signed off and development
- work is beginning anew.
- Jeremy Lai
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8879281> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – looks like it’s going to be a tough one… if you do
- make any grounds with them… you have a supporter here.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – I note the part in their where they say “we
- don’t intestinally observe radio silence…” did you cut and paste
- their or was it a typo on your part? If the former then
- intestinal seams appropriate when the is taken in the round –
- their is a product of the intestines.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – yes – no is what I received when I brought it
- to their attention. If one wants to stimulate the interest of
- journalists or a TV consumer program such as BBC watchdog – then
- many hundreds of emails from disgruntled consumers need to be
- received – as said before emails from 968 backers would fill an
- inbox and may stimulate interest.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 1 year ago
- Is there anyone local to Manchester, UK that could pay a visit to
- Mr. Afzal in order to provide a face to face update? At the worst a
- private investigator could provide more information about his
- whereabouts in regards to WEDG.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – and don’t forget this one either
- http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382
- Isn’t it amazing how poor journalism is in the UK and in Manchester
- in particular as the newspaper have not done a follow up story! It
- would make a good headline when one considers that ‘Wedge" is slang
- for “cash”. Manchester Evening News investigates: “What happend to
- your WEDG?” or "Afzal’s WEDG" Works on lots of levels. ?Try to bring
- to their attention?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- @bryan walker – if you go back far enough you will find a copy of
- their response to my enquiries – it definitely touched a nerve. I
- also copied my email enquiries to the VC of MMU. The problem is that
- batting away one or two disappointed backers sending an email is not
- a problem but its harder when there are in the region of 968 to fend
- off. I mean this http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/ gave
- confidence to all backers. I printed a copy so if they take it down
- they are still in the frame.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 1 year ago
- If Mr Afzal still has any “currency” and by that I mean a reputation
- worth maintaining (not our cash – he certainly has all of that!) it
- will be how he is viewed at his Alma Mater, which helped promote and
- give authority to his campaign. Backers may wish to express their
- feelings on the matter to the vice-chancellor of MMU as they may be
- able to bring some pressure to bear as their reputation is tarnished
- by association. There are 968 backers – more than enough to fill an
- Inbox!
- Jason Myatt
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1967690> 1 year ago
- I’d like to agree with @Bryan… Please WEDG; just talk to us ! Simple :)
- Jeremy Lai
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8879281> 1 year ago
- @bryan any luck with getting the money back?
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 year ago
- Hi, Bryan,
- I’ve uploaded the file to:
- https://www.docdroid.net/Fp4dgYo/statement-12-04-15.pdf.html
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 1 year ago
- I don’t support you and don’t send you encouraging words. I don’t
- want the product (like this will ever exist). I want my money
- back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I don’t know why you need “some investors”. We all give you money
- for this proyect and “theorically”, was enough.
- Give me my money. You’re helding me against my will in this “thing”.
- Cut me loose. Give me my money.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> 1 year ago
- well, well… strange update has not been posted april 1st.
- why not try to build, first, confidence in your creditors?
- Lex Drury
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3907235> 1 year ago
- The weekend and start of the week have past and moving into the
- following weekend. Where is that update you mentioned?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 1 year ago
- “Please accept our sincerest apologies for the radio silence…”
- We shall not accept your apology, as it is to be expected, the norm,
- how things are with all things Wedg like. It is mostly silence……
- then a bit of white noise……. then some fluff…… and……. phzzzt…….
- silence! Carry on. Now where do I buy my DJ216? Or maybe the DJ215?
- Or a TS-212P? Any ideas?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- Wish I could add a picture to this site!
- http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/Gordon_Keys/media/wedg%20pic_zpszjjry1vu.jpg.html
- :D
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- Ooh, ooh, there’s an update? Oh no, wait. It was an update to tell
- us there will be an update about an update. Cool. Glad to hear it. I
- love a Wedgy update!
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- @Brian Walker
- Please try again ;)
- Funs
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707331> over 1 year ago
- Just a thought. As many of us have been disappointed in many
- campaigns on IGG an KS as well, I would fund a campaign that tracks
- these kind of crooks. Anybody else? At least funding a campaign that
- tracks these guys is more satisfying than reading these updates…
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- I almost forgot this campaign but was awaken by that silly update.
- The update is no update.
- Anyway, the 6 months you asked for is over. Keep this campaign as
- lesson learnt for your next success but please return money to us.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- Probably someone has been abducted by aliens wanting to steal their
- NAS technology?
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Seriously? Did you just post an update telling us that the update
- will be coming shortly? What a joke… How about you just refund us
- all… Absolutely pathetic, how can anybody trust you to deliver the
- product you promised, which is now extremely outdated.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 1 year ago
- The suspense is killing me! I can’t wait for the new dramatic news!
- Maybe we’ll get an update in the next six months.
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> over 1 year ago
- Wow, I’ve had many Indiegogo / Kickstarter updates before but none
- as unintentionally hilarious as this one! Very Monty Python.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- @Brian Walker
- http://pastebin.com/rQWAZq7c as requested.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- I have been in contact with Manchester trading standards and they
- have indicated that there is a case of breach of contract and that
- it is possible to pursue for the item or damages. Quite a long
- detailed response from them.
- You can lodge a complaint here via CAB:
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Hi, @Rich Willars,
- I’ve bought a QNAP NAS (TS453 PRO) that works great. Even lets me
- install a program called ownButt that works exactly like Dropbox
- (has an app that can be installed on Windows, iOS, MacOS and
- Android). It also came with a LOT of software bundled and at no
- cost. It even can work as an iTunes server.
- Has 4 HDD bays, but there’s other model (TS253 PRO) that came with 2
- bays and it’s cheaper. It also can create RAID 0 and 1.
- The initial start up is really simple.
- Hope it helps.
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 1 year ago
- Seeing as it looks like this isn’t going to happen, has anyone had
- any thoughts about alternative off the shelf products, or already
- invested in one?
- Danilo Montesi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2102128> over 1 year ago
- I agree
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Hi everyone,
- It’s terrible to say, but I really think that there will be no more
- updates. Of course, “hasta la vista, money”. I’m convinced that this
- was a scam from the beginning. And no one will convince me
- otherwise. Team WEDG alone is giving me all the arguments so I can
- say this (almost a year has gone from the delivery date).
- For me was a very bad experience. This money (315 pounds) is a lot
- in my country.
- Never again will contribute in IndieGoGo and will sure to spread.
- Good luck to all.
- Joerg Erdmann
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4151450> over 1 year ago
- just let me know if t’s worth spending my time on waitin’!!!
- Jaypaul Barrow
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4145374> over 1 year ago
- Update! Update! Update! Duck me it’s not hard to say. Still working
- guys. Bear with us.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- So what’s happened to the promised ongoing updates???
- Come on guys tell us what’s happening! :(
- snaug9
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3216651> over 1 year ago
- any news?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 1 year ago
- For all those UK based, I believe we can take this to the ‘Small
- Claims’ court in order to get a refund, I’ve been patient but I
- think Mr Afzal has cut and run… with our cash!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @dbrissenden 1 to 5 all good points. One avenue which should also be
- considered is for all dissatisfied backers to individually bring the
- matter to the attention of vice chancellor of MMU – the university
- who took pride lauding Mr Afzal’s success in raising funds for WEDG
- and who provided his company with the office space. Mr Afzal’s
- behaviour should once again be brought to the attention of the
- university for at the very least “behaviour unbecoming of a
- post-graduate student of MMU”
- daves
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8713835> over 1 year ago
- Come on guys, give us an update! You are pushing even the most
- patient of backers to frustration.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 5/5
- It is a regrettable situation to be in and I know I’m not along in
- being put off backing future projects here or anywhere else and this
- kind of behaviour is ultimately damaging to crowd funding
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 4/5
- In order to try and recover finds, it might be more useful for
- people to try Group Litigation from someone such as
- http://www.edwincoe.com/collapse-of-crowdfunder-torquing-group-draws-backers-to-class-action-specialist-lawyers-edwin-coe/
- It appears they have experience in this field with this kind of
- thing and they are based in the UK. Further information can be found
- here:
- http://www.edwincoe.com/our-expertise/group-action-litigation/
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 3/5
- Whilst I agree it is the right thing to alert trading standards and
- the Serious Fraud Office, I doubt whether this will get any funds
- back the backers. It might however prevent Wedg or any of its
- employees, the only one appears to be Shebaz anyway, cropping up
- again and trying this with other unsuspecting people.
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 2/5
- I was willing to wait and continue backing the project but being
- cynical, I’m now even starting to wonder whether there was even a
- situation in the first place; did any of litigation with an unknown
- technology provider exist or has the fact that Wedg has disappeared
- off the face of the earth actually an indication of an elaborate scam?
- dbrissenden
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8114757> over 1 year ago
- 1/4
- The lack of updates is clearly worrying people and rightly so. There
- is nowhere I know of in Manchester where you cannot get on the
- internet and it only takes 5 minutes to send backers an email saying
- whats going on, so I’m even starting to lose sympathy on this one.
- snaug9
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3216651> over 1 year ago
- Any News?
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- What I can say:
- Website is down since forever;
- I tried to contact him here and in twitter
- (https://twitter.com/shehbaz_afzal) which has since the gone
- “private”, no .
- No apologies, no information apart some scarce and vague info
- sometimes here.
- Mr. Shehbaz Afzal, a real scumbag…. with no excuse.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- 2/2 and in the local newspaper
- http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382
- This gave the project authority and the backers confidence. I cannot
- understand what circumstances could exist to prevent Mr Afzal from
- giving backers regular and honest updates unless the intent of the
- fundraising was for a different purpose.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- 1/2 Recent comments from backers are appropriate -the need for
- regular updates and -the risks associated with such projects. My
- concern is that this start up was heavily promoted and lauded by Mr
- Afzal’s Alma Mater http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/
- Michel Castan
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8203603> over 1 year ago
- I propose instead to send regularly on any new project on Indiegogo
- the following comment (possibly add other projects on the list):
- Warning !!
- Before financing a project on Indiegogo, remember that it may be
- wasted as seems to be the case for the following projects that no
- longer gives signs of life (at least so far):
- . https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/3d-pocketcopter-the-flying-camera
- .
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @James Taylor: I understand the hardships that new business and
- “new” concepts bring. I did warn them about these perils and even
- suggested them, early on, to study a documentary on how 3-D printer
- start ups faced similar issues. The conflict here is the lack of
- transparency and more frequent detailed communication with the
- backers. Reaching out honestly and regularly to the backers does not
- cost $$$, it just costs time and dedication to those who backed MR.
- SHEHBAZ AFZAL’s idea.
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> over 1 year ago
- I am not ready to throw in the towel on this just yet. I have run a
- company before and I understand the challenges that brings –
- creating something new is unbelievably difficult. The story of the
- OS developer is crazy enough that I believe it is true. Please
- remember: you did not buy anything. You donated to a project and –
- if and when the project succeeds – you will be “given” a perk. The
- language is very clear on this. Any of these crowdfunded projects
- are inherently risky.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- WEDG = SCAM = INDIEGOGO
- Anthony Reid
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8691990> over 1 year ago
- well im asuming by now this was a scam as iv not herd anything back
- think its time to start looking into the legal avenue on this.. has
- anyone els herd anything from them…?
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- 1 month left
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> over 1 year ago
- I want my money back, anyone else? Can’t figure out if this was a
- scam from the start or just ended that way. Seriously this is
- ridiculous, last indiegogo “funding” for me. We better get a
- soon or some answers at least, people should have their credit card
- details when they want to start a project; that way they don’t just
- run away
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> over 1 year ago
- It’s probably about time for an update now…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker, sattler, Patrik Jones, Carlos Garcia Conde: My
- recommendation to you all is to report WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL, to the
- already stated authorities, if you have not done so at this moment.
- The alternative is the begging for a proper response from
- WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL in a vicious cycle of nonsense. The technology
- has been eclipsed by multiple competitors in 2015 and the only
- option is find proper answers in this matter by the local authorities.
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> over 1 year ago
- This is seriously bothering me now. I can understand the problems
- you have faced, but I would at least expect you to inform us on the
- progress, as little as that may be.
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG…please can you give us an update?
- Thank you.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund
- This scam was my last time at Indiegogo
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> over 1 year ago
- I just got an answer from Team Wedg to my email. They apparently
- wrote an update but it does not appear on the page. They are
- checking with IGG to fix this issue
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 1 year ago
- #Team Wedg: 7 month ago, you answered to my question about coding
- anew like this:“@Pierre Lang[..]. Ditching his work and starting
- again isn’t possible yet as we’d have to prove a number of factors
- regarding the authenticity of the ’new’code – that in actual fact
- would be a legal procedure within itself. ^Chris”
- So what makes recoding possible now, considering you don’t even have
- legal support anymore?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Hello Bryan Walker,
- Many of us already have gone that route with Indiegogo and at least
- they provided you with a more elaborate response with the same
- statement (Indiegogo does not care). I still much suggest that you
- report it to the UK authorities as outlined on my previous posts.
- This is one of the few options that we all have in order to bring
- this issue to an end, justice will prevail against WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL if wrong doing is found.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I’m not a fool, I reported the scam to Police yesterday
- No more games, I want my money back
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> over 1 year ago
- I want my money back, anyone else? Can’t figure out if this was a
- scam from the start or just ended that way. Seriously this is
- ridiculous, last indiegogo “funding” for me. We better get a
- soon or some answers at least, people should have their credit card
- details when they want to start a project; that way they don’t just
- run away
- tom.attree
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8491782> over 1 year ago
- It’s probably about time for an update now…
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker, sattler, Patrik Jones, Carlos Garcia Conde: My
- recommendation to you all is to report WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL, to the
- already stated authorities, if you have not done so at this moment.
- The alternative is the begging for a proper response from
- WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ AFZAL in a vicious cycle of nonsense. The technology
- has been eclipsed by multiple competitors in 2015 and the only
- option is find proper answers in this matter by the local authorities.
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> over 1 year ago
- This is seriously bothering me now. I can understand the problems
- you have faced, but I would at least expect you to inform us on the
- progress, as little as that may be.
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG…please can you give us an update?
- Thank you.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund
- This scam was my last time at Indiegogo
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> over 1 year ago
- I just got an answer from Team Wedg to my email. They apparently
- wrote an update but it does not appear on the page. They are
- checking with IGG to fix this issue
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 1 year ago
- #Team Wedg: 7 month ago, you answered to my question about coding
- anew like this:“@Pierre Lang[..]. Ditching his work and starting
- again isn’t possible yet as we’d have to prove a number of factors
- regarding the authenticity of the ’new’code – that in actual fact
- would be a legal procedure within itself. ^Chris”
- So what makes recoding possible now, considering you don’t even have
- legal support anymore?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Hello Bryan Walker,
- Many of us already have gone that route with Indiegogo and at least
- they provided you with a more elaborate response with the same
- statement (Indiegogo does not care). I still much suggest that you
- report it to the UK authorities as outlined on my previous posts.
- This is one of the few options that we all have in order to bring
- this issue to an end, justice will prevail against WEDG/MR.SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL if wrong doing is found.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I’m not a fool, I reported the scam to Police yesterday
- No more games, I want my money back
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker, niki.baev, Gordon Keys, t.munari, spencer robinson
- and any other backer that is upset with the state of affairs with
- WEDG LTD. Being a UK citizen or resident is NOT required in order to
- report this issue to UK authorities. You are all welcome to do so. I
- have already outlined (multiple times) the methods you all can use
- to bring a legal investigation against WEDG LTD and MR. SHEHBAZ
- AFZAL. Please use them, it is the few tools that you have.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> over 1 year ago
- Merry Christmas Shehbaz Afzal. I hope you get what you want, because
- none of you backers look to be getting anything.!
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- As stated 6 full months to deliver the promise, there are 2 months
- left. I don’t mind to count down that for u.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- Please,
- anyone in Uk that could try to understand what our Entrepreneur is
- doing?
- I tried do contact him through twitter but (surprise) he has not
- replied.
- I believe the only possibility we have is, someone in UK, filing a
- request for a fraud prosecution.
- nnik
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709296> over 1 year ago
- Hi. I want my money back. I want a full refund. Thanks!
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- 1 month ago! Lol
- “Dear backers
- It gives us great joy to (finally) announce some very exciting news!!
- Some months back we were approached by a small group of sympathising
- programmers looking to further understand the difficulties our
- project was experiencing and we’ve kept in touch since. At the time
- they we’re planning to launch a crowdfunded project of their own…"
- Why would other start-ups want to get involved in this atrocity?
- Another month of radio silence. Why treat us like this?
- nnik
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709296> over 1 year ago
- Hi. I want my money back. I want a full refund. Thanks!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- @Carlos, I’ll also point out that whether we like it or not, this is
- essentially venture capitalism in action and as such you have no
- standing to report anything to the police. Kickstarter and Indiegogo
- make no guarantees. You would need to prove actual malfeasance in
- court. It is certainly frustrating what has happened, I agree.
- Updates could be far more forthcoming and regular and should be.
- Even if there wasn’t much if anything new to report.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 3 of 3
- The more complaints submitted the more pressure will be introduced
- to resolve this issue.
- Company information:
- WEDG LTD (NEW)
- C/O Taxassist Accountants
- 23 Flixton Road
- Urmston
- Manchester
- M41 5AW
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Write to the Manchester Evening News (newsdesk@men-news.co.uk) who
- wrote about WEDG on 9 Oct 2014
- (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382),
- Express your concerns about WEDG.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 2 of 3
- @WEDG FUNDERS (that is you Carlos): You have the right to report
- this situation to the corresponding authorities in the UK so they
- can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- You can also submit a complaint to the Manchester Trading Standards at:
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 1 of 3
- Hello Carlos,
- There is no need to contact the police but instead do the following
- which is more effective on getting a solution to this situation with
- WEDG / MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL. I have posted the following multiple times
- but it is imperative that you do this if you require a solution this
- problem:
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- SCAM, I WANT MY MONEY BACK NOW OR I’LL GO DIRECTLY TO POLICE
- NO MORE TIME
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> over 1 year ago
- we want money no words
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- A letter on headed paper from WEDG’s insurance company stating that
- it supported WEDG’s legal team in their dispute with a third party
- and providing a letter from the lawyers stating that they were
- representing WEDG in their dispute would have been sufficient
- evidence that the updates from WEDG were truthful. These were never
- forthcoming casting doubt on the veracity of the updates which
- contain many other inconsistencies. WEDG’s updates contain no
- verifiable facts which is a major problem
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Peter Dalmaris – it was alleged months ago that the software
- engineer subsequently found to be on gardening leave from the third
- party company, which began the dispute may have been a plant but it
- appears that WEDG’s legal team were incapable of investigating or
- taking legal action in this direction. The latter casts into doubt
- whether WEDG had insurance to pay for a legal team as no proof of
- insurance or the existance of a legal team was provided to backers
- despite many requests for such proof
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 1 year ago
- I found this story on Arstechnica: “Autodesk competitor that stole
- AutoCAD source code blames rogue engineer”.
- I wonder if it is similar case to what WEDG is dealing with.
- http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/autodesk-competitor-that-stole-autocad-source-code-blames-rogue-engineer/
- Lewis Tsalis
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706426> over 1 year ago
- That is good news, Shehbaz. Keep the updates coming, no matter how
- insignificant. Hoping for more good news to come.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @TigerBus – “3 people” is not correct, last survey made by WEDG LTD,
- over 4 months ago, was 199 of concerned backers that requested a
- refund (~50% whom replied the survey). By this time I could provide
- you an educated guess that this number is beyond 199. The opinions
- of all WEDG backers need to be respected. As of this date no one
- here has lost respect to anyone; let us keep it that way.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- @TigerBus -Once again you are missing the point here. Nobody is
- undermining the efforts of a campaign. WEDG have not done the right
- thing by their backers and they deserve to be investigated. Yes,
- stuff does happen, but the communication is key and has been
- severely lacking. Their business decisions have undermined their
- backers and put their project at risk as well as putting their
- backers off side. Everybody is entitled to their opinion without
- having keyboard warriors personally abusing them.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- s/No/Not/
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- Hmm… nope. I don’t think undermining the efforts of a campaign with
- actions like this needs to be tolerated, sorry. I also invested
- money and I see stupid stuff like this as sabotage. We’re all in the
- same boat here, some seem to forget that every once on a while. 3
- people act up like little kiddies who have not understood the rules
- of the game and mess it up for 300 others. No. My. Game.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Tiger Bus – although your opinion about WEDG may differ from that
- of other contributors I do not think you have any right to make a
- disparaging comment towards @Carlos Garcia Conde or any other
- contributor who has a different opinion to yours. You do not know
- the circumstances of other contributors or the details of the
- contribution they made to WEDG, which may be to them a considerable
- sum of money – an apology to CGC would be appropriate
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- Carlos: You are making a complete fool out of yourself. Better go
- tell mommy, might be less embarrassing.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- Ok, after TEN emails and a lot of comments, and NO ANSWER I will
- denounce to Wedg to police for Scam.
- No more chances.
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- I couldn’t agree more with Scott Henderson. Crowd funding a project
- brings inherent risk and no guarantees. This is almost a form of
- venture capitalism. I appreciate that frustration that we’ve all
- felt with a product that shows so much promise, but the ongoing
- bashing isn’t going to accomplish anything. As far as we can tell,
- WEDG acted in good faith before getting punched in the mouth by a
- Giant. It’s nice to see updates starting to flow again and I’m glad
- to see things moving forward.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I agree dissatisfied backers should continue to
- report the activities of WEDG and Mr Afzal to the relevant
- authorities and media. Doing so will ensure that their activities
- will come under scrutiny in the public interest. Because we cannot
- independently verify the content of updates we should be circumspect
- about their content.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker,
- Thank you for the correction. The “new” address for WEDG LTD is:
- C/O Taxassist Accountants
- 23 Flixton Road
- Urmston
- Manchester
- M41 5AW
- I urge all concerned backers to go ahead and submit your complaints
- as outlined on previous posts in regardless to what update WEDG
- LTD/Mr. Shehbaz Afzal continues to post. Submitting a complaint will
- provide an unbiased investigation into this matter by a government
- and/or NEWS agency.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- While backers may welcome the encouraging update with
- circumspection, can we have more information – are the named
- programmers graduates or undergraduates of MMU? When due diligence
- is done can we have specific details of the objectives and
- milestones that WEDG will achieve going forward. If with the help of
- the named programmers you are confident that you will complete the
- project without using any disputed code will you name and shame the
- third party who allegedly held up the project?
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Too much time has passed for me and I now have an alternate
- solution. Once again, i politely ask for a refund.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 1 year ago
- [1 of 3] It was great to read some promising news about the WEDG
- today. I hope that everything can come together smoothly, in order
- to get this project moving in the right direction again.
- All of the loathing in the comments section has been discouraging
- I’m sure for both the WEDG Team and definitely for those of us that
- still believe in the concept. We all wholeheartedly believed at one
- point, otherwise we would not have donated our hard-earned money.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 1 year ago
- [2 of 3 ] I’ve crowdfunded anthology graphics novels and other books
- that were delayed a year and a half, so although I’m disappointed,
- I’ve held back my frustration and haven’t vented here. Doing is
- simply counter productive and a waste of time. I’ve been laid off
- work since the end of June and a refund would definitely come in
- handy over the holiday season, but I put my money towards a
- crowdfunded project I believe in, instead of going out and
- purchasing an existing solution.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 1 year ago
- [3 of 3] Crowdfunding projects have inherent setbacks and delays.
- Yes there are even some that never come to fruition. I’ve never
- heard of one coming with a refund. Will I be disappointed if I don’t
- eventually get my two WEDG Pro RAID devices, definitely. Will I be
- impressed and happy when I do receive them, most certainly.
- We seem to be on the cusp of moving forward, hopefully the worst is
- now behind us.
- Charles Collins
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1658162> over 1 year ago
- Sorry folks, but so much time elapsed from the original date that I
- have lost interest in acquiring a Wedg. It seems that while the
- “developers” dithered, technology remained in motion. The time has
- come for the refund option. Please remit.
- Jason Bayton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2720005> over 1 year ago
- Has 6 months passed yet? I’ve just popped online to see if I can get
- my refund.
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> over 1 year ago
- I have given you my time and money in exchange for an awesome
- product. You have not produced any hard evidence of this product
- even existing. I demand my money back!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – thank you for re-posting these links in the hope
- that the other backers will follow suit with the action we have
- already taken. If we are to get a satisfactory resolution then it is
- important that all dissatisfied backers take the time to file
- complaints so that the relevant authorities and media investigate Mr
- Afzal and WEDG in the public interest.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Additionally you can write to the Manchester Evening News
- (newsdesk@men-news.co.uk), who did an article about WEDG on 9 Oct
- 2014
- (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382),
- and express your concerns about WEDG and MR. AFZAL.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- You can also submit a complaint to the Manchester Trading Standards at:
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- The more complaints submitted the more pressure will be introduced
- to resolve this issue.
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- 2 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: You have the right to report this situation to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- So for those whom missed it:
- 1 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: A way you can help WEDG is by reporting them to the
- authorities in the UK. Here is how it works, if WEDG is legit the
- authorities will confirm that it so and if they are not, then they
- will be held liable for their actions. Both outcomes will bring the
- long delayed resolution to this fiasco to all of us no matter if you
- support them or not.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- Be aware that WEDG/Mr. Afzal and/or Indiegogo are not taking into
- consideration to any comments posted here. Our recourse is to
- continue to request an investigation by local authorities and/or
- news media in order to receive the facts which in turn could provide
- a solution to this ongoing non sense. We need for all of the backers
- that are not satisfied with this situation to request the
- investigation, posting here will not help.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- The problem with the recent update in common with all the updates is
- that nothing stated in the updates can be verified independently.
- Consequently, backers cannot rely on anything that is said by Mr
- Afzal or the WEDG team. Mr Afzal and WEDG need to come clean and
- tell the truth about what has been going on and whereabouts of the
- funds. They can be made to do so if dissatisfied backers make
- complaints to the agencies highlighted in previous messages. WEDG
- must be investigated by the authorities.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Why send a survey out asking who wants a refund when you have no
- intention of doing it? And why spend our money on a court case when
- we clearly paid for a product that was already meant to be
- delivered… Man up and refund the people that have asked!
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> over 1 year ago
- Consider another possibiility, Could the WEDG team actually be
- battling against a large organisation that has some incentive to
- prevent the product coming to market.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- So if you lost legal support around a month ago why did you claim a
- month ago “there will be an update in a few days once the legal team
- and shebaz approve it” this all doesn’t add up and it’s about time
- this project gets investigated by an outside body….
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- (continued)
- A) all the software mess happened when the “gardener” was working
- (updates tell us he worked from 10th of february to 30th march) on
- an almost finished system.
- B) No proof of any real hardware apart from that 3d printed awfully
- painted part (no it doesn’t look aluminium to me).
- I am convinced Mr Shehbaz was not telling the truth on the real
- advancement of the project (it was much behind schedule) and is not
- telling the truth now.
- OR
- The project was vapor from the start.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- (continues)
- 4) on the 12th of april we were told that 30th of march (when the
- hardware should have already been procured and software ready to be
- flashed) the big black hats hit base.
- 5) in april-may we are shown a marginal part of the WEDG, stating
- it’s not production grade (shouldn’t already been if not built at
- least secured form suppliers?)
- I am the only one noticing big incoherences?
- (continues)
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- Just a short recap picked up from the updates:
- 1) Head linux developer left by the end of january (family tragedy)
- 2) 9-10 February, new “gardener” programmer joined the team
- 3) late february we were told production run and flashing (therefore
- finished software) will be 30th of march and shipping will start
- following week…
- THEN…
- (continues)
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- So…
- at this point recoding the contested part is feasible but you have
- no money to pay coders?
- Six months ago, it wasn’t possible but you had money…
- I am not believing anything at all about a “beauty contest” to
- select Prince Charming to save the Wedging Beauty…
- I foresee it will just be the “theme” of the next few
- empty-as-vacuum updates…
- but don’t hold your breath for it….
- Could you guess? No patience and no words of support from me.
- Chris Horsfield
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4115733> over 1 year ago
- I suspect the money has been spent. The chance of a full refund
- seems remote. Maybe we should just divide up what is left.
- Chris
- paul.kulhavy
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709012> over 1 year ago
- Another backtrack and more delay – the head of the operation is on
- stress leave – there are now only 2 other team members FFS!
- Can’t even keep a website updated (wedg.co) it doesn’t look good for
- delivery anytime soon.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Hi,
- Four things: 1. Don’t thank me for “patience and support” because I
- don’t have them anymore and long ago I don’t read any of the “words
- of support”.
- 2: No more legal support so all this months facing the lawsuit was
- for nothing.
- 3: Start the code all over will take at least 6 months. As some of
- the backers, I’ve replaced the WEDG with another solution and I’m
- finally convinced that was an excelent idea.
- Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 4. GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK. Clear, no mistakes. I only want my money.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- You are lucky Bryan. My ticket was closed down as solved without as
- much as an answer….
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> over 1 year ago
- I’ve had no joy with indiegogo either. LIKE everyone else I have
- lost faith in this project and actually ended up building my own
- solution using a server setup. :(
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 1 year ago
- I’ve contacted Indiegogo as well, twice, same generic answer. They
- don’t seem to be doing even a curiosity check on one of their very
- successful campaigns.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 1 year ago
- 131K pounds and no sign of any activity for more than a month
- (actually for 8 months except few updates filled with empty words
- without any content)… I want a refund but I have a bad feeling that
- I will never see my money back… INDIEGOGO… PLEASE HELP YOUR USERS OR
- THEY WILL NEVER COME BACK!
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I WANT A REFUND
- NEVER AT INDIEGOGO NEVER!
- 4 PROJECTS AND 2 SCAMS!
- NEVER
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 1 year ago
- I am angry with Indiegogo. Please contact the magazine the wired
- (submit@wired.com) and pitch them how bad Indiegogo treats its users.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 1 year ago
- Look ppl, Indiegogo does not answer really. Just the usual bla bla.
- Then they mark the support ticket as “solved”, even if you have
- follow up questions and nothing is solved. I came here from
- Kickstarter, definitely will not back anymore on Indiegogo. They
- really do no care about their users.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- I think there will be no refunds, or bare metal shipping, since – by
- now – I do believe this project is a scam.
- I tried to contact the owner to have some info but, like many
- others, I had no .
- I even contacted Indiegogo asking to investigate on this project
- but, apart form a generic and patronizing , I had no
- satisfaction at all.
- 2 out of 2 projects on indiegogo I backed are crawling to death or
- are in a coma.
- I will think thrice before supporting anything more through this
- website.
- Gerrit Freise
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707250> over 1 year ago
- Refund please! I do not want to wait anymore!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 1 year ago
- We hope to post an update with more details in the NEXT FEW DAYS,
- just waiting for approval from Shehbaz and the legal team on its
- contents.
- It’s been 26 days now ??
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> over 1 year ago
- Days, weeks, months are going away. Why not sending us the hardware
- with Freedombox on it ? (http://freedomboxfoundation.org/)
- Have a look at this presentation introduced by Eben Moglen
- https://moglen.law.columbia.edu/sflc2015/04_freedombox.webm
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> over 1 year ago
- I don’t understand. If I completed the survey to say I wanted a
- refund, why can’t it be sent now? WHY?
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> over 1 year ago
- Still waiting
- Jairo
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8782016> over 1 year ago
- There is the profile of the founder, let’s annoy there!
- https://www.facebook.com/shehbaz.afzal
- Jairo
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8782016> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund too.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 1 year ago
- ‘Thank you for your on-going patience and support’
- Really? We have no choice but be patient. When will you actually
- give us an update of proper substance, instead of empty platitudes?
- Pull your finger out now and tell us what is REALLY happening.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- 4 emails
- 4 messages
- 4 post
- and NO answer
- SCAM!
- I WANT MY MONEY BACK
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 1 year ago
- Any progress on the legal issues?
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- It will be so nice to have my money back before christmas. I lost
- all my hope that you’ll deliver the WEDG. Final. The end. No more
- excuses from my side to try to believe.
- I remember that before march, you contacted us all the time pushing
- to get the next level for develop of a new feature. After april, all
- that good contact was lost. Truly shame. Don’t you feel some regret?
- Don’t you feel really bad about the people who trusted in this
- proyect? (Sorry, english is not my primary language).
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> over 1 year ago
- You seno us an email for know Who want refound the money after?i
- want the money and not only informations about the your legal office
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG team, please refund.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- WEDG Team, Shehbaz or anybody who’s reading: give the bakers who
- requested a refund their money. At least end this business
- relationship in good terms. Please.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG I want a REFUND
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> over 1 year ago
- Refund please!
- S Artes
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3807430> over 1 year ago
- There was a survey a while back asking backers if they wanted a
- refund. I’m one of those that requested my money back. Any chance
- refunds will be provided soon?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 1 year ago
- People complain about the WEDG not getting anywhere and on the other
- hand trying to find every means to keep them from actually getting
- work done by forcing stupid buerocracy onto them just because some
- egos feel like their whining is not being heard these days. Holy
- cow, how can one be so paradoxical? I hope you all stay away from
- crowd funding in the future, because this behaviour exactly what
- makes it so annoying. It even beats lack of communication.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @t.munari I would suggest that you try Manchester trading standards
- first which you can do by completing the online form here
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- then if you have time you could also report to BBC Watchdog
- https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vx18b/contact – I think it will
- help to complain as it will put pressure on WEDG to do the right thing.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- @jrogers31 Since I am not in the Uk, I have some problems
- understanding who or how (an email: which address? or some other
- way?) I should contact to pressure Mr.Afzal (as an example: why I
- should contact Manchester University?), please elaborate a bit more.
- Thank you
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG team, you begged for 6 months from us and now it’s almost the
- half of such 6 months. Are you still confident to what you planned ?
- bpicard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/946042> over 1 year ago
- I get it but I am not willing to invest more time. That’s what I
- ment with acceptance. I had a simmilar experience on kickstarter and
- there too are people who are invested in making them pay and I
- appriciate it and hope they are successful in the end. I backed over
- 20 great projects over the years and there had to be a few
- drawbacks. Crowdfunding is risky. What I really hope for is that
- crowdfunding platforms take responsibility. At least we pay them
- enough to do so through our contributions.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @t.munari and @ bpicard – you should not accept this – help increase
- the pressure and contact – The Insolvency Service, Manchester
- Trading Standards, Manchester Evening News, BBC Watchdog, Innospace
- at Manchester Metropolitan University. It is only when a large
- number of complaints are received will the matter of Mr Afzal and
- WEDG’s shabby behaviour be held to account
- bpicard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/946042> over 1 year ago
- I have to admid I’m utterly frustrated by know and lost faith. You
- can say I crossed through the denail stage (“they are just really,
- really bad at communication, but hey they are programmers”), anger
- (“how hard can it be to drop a few lines every couple of weeks”)
- bargaining (“there is no way this is a scam”) and am knee deep in
- depression (“so much money down the drain, and did you realy have to
- order the raid upgrade too?”) I hope I reach acceptance soon…
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 1 year ago
- By now it looks like a bad joke.
- With this “obscure legal affair” they are not giving us any
- information at all.
- Since the Wedg is hardware AND software, they should at least try to
- pretend they are using the delay in production updating the
- specifications for the same price we already shelled out.
- By now, if we ever see the “Wedg” delivered for real, specifications
- will be so dated that we could possibly receive something like that
- with a “happy meal”.
- Over all, pretty embarassing….
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @David Aldred – I would agree with you that a further approach to
- Blazon PR may be appropriate but as mentioned before it would have
- to come from a large number of dissatisfied backers and they would
- have to also contact – The Insolvency Service, Manchester Trading
- Standards, Manchester Evening News, BBC Watchdog, Innospace at
- Manchester Metropolitan University. It is only when a large number
- of complaints are received will the matter of Mr Afzal and WEDG’s
- shabby behaviour be held to account
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @David Aldred – Yes, I contacted Mr Michael Raven (CEO) of Blazon PR
- on 26 June 2015 pointing out that the updates from WEDG were
- inconsistent with Indiegogo’s statement on their website that “We
- believe in open, honest and transparent communications.” I asked if
- he would arrange for me to receive a full refund. He said in his
- he would try but I heard nothing more. I find todays update as
- opaque as ever. As for “working on ongoing issues” the words
- ‘tracks, cover and trying’ come to mind
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 1 year ago
- Oh, be nice people. They told you from the start. It’s “the personal
- butt you’ve been WAITING for”.
- We can’t very well complain to be kept waiting… :D
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 1 year ago
- Has anyone tried approaching Blazon PR (see ‘IN PARTNERSHIP WITH’
- section to the right)?
- Looks like they’re a tech PR firm, and list Wedg under their case
- studies. Probably don’t know much themselves, but can perhaps put
- some pressure on them?
- If there are no other takers, I’ll try dropping them a note during
- the week.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I learned yesterday that for some backers the
- contributions they have made to WEDG, which may appear modest to
- some, are large sums of money in their regions of the world. When
- one considers the behaviour and actions of WEDG and the effect it is
- having on these and other backers – all of whom acted in good faith
- – suggests to me that this matter must be pursued until the funds
- are recovered and / or until an investigation leading to punitive
- action is taken by the authorities
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I agree, all backers stand more of a chance of
- getting redress if all dissatisfied backers raise their concerns
- with Manchester Trading Standards, Manchester Evening News and the
- Insolvancy Service. In addition, I think all dissatisfied backers
- should notify BBC Watchdog
- (https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vx18b/contact) – they are a
- powerful consumer program in the UK who may consider alleged
- internet scams topical. I think the BBC would be interested in the
- links with MMU.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @jrodgers31 – Thank you for the additional information in regards to
- News Desk and the Manchester Trading Standards. I will pursue both
- in order to submit complaints against MR. SHEHBAZ AFZAL. I have
- already submitted a investigation request with The Insolvency
- Service. They have responded with acknowledgment of receiving my
- request. Moving forward in order to bring light into this issue. I
- recommend all other backers to do the same.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 1 year ago
- Carlos Garcia Conde (hope you speak spanish): Hola, he leido sus
- comentarios y estoy totalmente de acuerdo. Estoy harto de estos
- tipos que a todas luces nos están estafando. No se qué camino tomar
- con esta gente. Tienen 315 libras mías y estoy casi convencido de
- que no las voy a ver de nuevo. Le dejo mi dirección de correo por si
- quiere escribirme e intercambiar ideas gaston.cardeygmail.com.
- To the non-english speaking guys the keywords: scam-lost money-agree
- with Carlos. To WEDG: shame.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- I want a refund, BE SERIOUS
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @ Nikolai Tesla – Another avenue is to write to express your
- concerns to the news desk (newsdesk@men-news.co.uk) of the
- Manchester Evening News who did an article about WEDG on 9 Oct 2014
- (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/butt-firm-wedg-smashes-crowdfunding-7898382),
- which may have prompted people to contribute. Dissatisfied
- contributors could highlight their concerns and perhaps prompt the
- newspaper to do a follow up story and investigate matters in the
- public interest
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Nikolai Tesla – I think one contributor has already reported to
- companies house – I am not sure if they had any response. I have
- been advised that a complaint to Manchester trading standards would
- also be appropriate
- https://ssl.datamotion.com/form.aspx?co=3438&frm=citacomplainform&to=flare.fromforms
- – A number of dissatisfied contributors would each have to complete
- a form to raise the matter to a priority level with trading standards.
- Francisco Alvarez
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8814221> over 1 year ago
- Almost one month from the last update… We should be near to the end
- of the conflict, shouldn’t we? PLEASE, UPDATE!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 1 year ago
- @WEDG FUNDERS: You have the right to report this situation to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – Yes you are right an update with some facts would be
- welcome, but isn’t that part of the problem? – updates are
- infrequent and lack verifiable facts, which raise concerns about
- probity. Mr Afzal must be very busy doing something as it has been
- three weeks since the last update. I wonder what he has been doing?
- – perhaps he will tell us sometime soon.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – No, change of address was required due to a rule
- infringement at Innospace “Licensees of Innospace are entitled to
- use the Innospace address as a trading address only.” Note: that the
- new registered address is now at an accountant’s office and accounts
- recently submitted to Companies House for 2014 show: – Total current
- liabilities £61,304.00; Total Current Assets £61,611.00; Net Worth
- £1,187.00; Cash £61,610.00 – ?interesting and ?worrying in equal
- measure. What do you think?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- Registered office address changed from C/O Shehbaz Afzal 47 Chorlton
- Street Manchester M1 3FY to C/O Taxassist Accountants 281 Palatine
- Road Manchester M22 4ET on 21 September 2015
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- It appears that recent enquiries to MMU have stimulated recent
- action from Mr Afzal! There have been two changes in registered
- office address on 21 and 29 Sept 2015 and for the first time there
- appears to be evidence of company accounts having been prepared,
- although the latter gives further cause for concern. It will have to
- be examined in more detail but the words ‘tracks’, ‘cover’ and
- ‘trying’ come to mind. See more
- https://companycheck.co.uk/company/08824160/WEDG-LTD/companies-house-docs
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> over 1 year ago
- Almost three weeks since the last update, there must be something
- @Team WEDG could say it they wanted to. Even if it’s just “we’re
- still here, and still discussing the terms of rewriting the code”.
- Almost all my faith in the ability of @Team WEDG to actually produce
- this system has gone. Yes, I have some faith left, if you’ve got a
- high powered microscope, you can just make it out.
- UPDATE PLEASE – NOW
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> over 1 year ago
- You told about a refund
- I wrote you FIVE emails and I’m waiting for the refund
- I don’t want the item, I want my money back
- And PLEASE answer my emails, you are and uneducated seller…
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- As I have looked about and found magazine and news site after site
- that had interviewed WEDG, the more convinced I am that this is not
- a scam and although not communicating as often as I would like, that
- they are just doing their best to deal with the legal situation so
- they can move forward and get back to developing WEDG. I’m choosing
- to keep the faith and hope for the best.
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 1 year ago
- Communication has always been a bit sporadic with WEDG. Certainly
- there appears to be a camp forming that believe malfeasance may be
- involved. I am not of that mind, but I also don’t have anything
- beyond hope keeping me in the supporter category. I truly believe in
- their vision. There are plenty of remote storage boxes out there.
- I’ve already got a Transporter, etc. What set WEDG aside was
- WEDGnet, and the focus on actual security. I really hope this comes
- through.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 1 year ago
- @Bryan Walker – you may be right – unfortunately MMU will not
- disclose any further information and appear to be trying to distance
- themselves from the activities of WEDG. MMU asked Mr Afzal to
- contact me directly as a matter of urgency but I assume that he is
- running scared as MMU say he intends to contact me via Indiegogo!
- With no further updates or communication from WEDG I believe that
- the matter requires further investigation into the whereabouts of
- the £131,537 – these will continue.
- R Kapoor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2078088> over 1 year ago
- Like all others, I too wish we can get this and put this behind us.
- However, I don’t think this is a scam. The collection, GBP 131K, is
- not a huge amount for a professional to earn. It cannot be about
- money. A little pressure can’t hurt though. So yes, an update can help.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 5/5 I would be grateful if you can confirm that MMU’s Innospace have
- already satisfied themselves that Mr Afzal behaviour and actions to
- date as the Director of WEDG Ltd and as a licensee of Innospace are
- consistent with wording and spirit of the Innospace licence
- agreement and conditions.
- I would also be grateful if you can confirm that none of the funds
- contributed by the backers of WEDG reside in any MMU accounts –
- research or otherwise.
- Many thanks for your help.
- Kind regards
- JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4/5 Although I searched these WebPages I could not find the details
- relating to the Innospace Licence Agreement or the details of the
- Innospace Conditions, to which Mr Afzal must adhere. I would be
- grateful if you can share with me the details relating to the
- Innospace Licence Agreement and Innospace Conditions so that I can
- be better informed.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/5 With regard to the latter I note from the information on this
- link http://www.innospace.co.uk that licensees of Innospace are
- expected to “Adhere to the Innospace licence agreement” “Engage with
- MMU and support available” and “Adhere to the Innospace Conditions”.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/5 I note the contents of your email which defines the relationship
- between MMU and Mr Afzal, in particular -that WEDG Ltd is not
- affiliated with MMU, -that Mr Afzal is an MMU graduate and -that Mr
- Afzal is a licensee of your business incubator, Innospace.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/5 Email sent today -
- Dear Ms Kenworthy
- Thank you for your message. I apologise for the delay in my .
- It is one week since you sent your message and I am sorry to inform
- you that Mr Afzal has not made any attempt to contact me even though
- you asked him to do so “as a matter of urgency”.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- WEDG = SCAM
- INDIEGOGO = SCAM
- I’ve wrote a LOT of emails and no answer
- I WANT A REFUND NOW
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- taking to indiegogo doesn’t work at all either. they told me it has
- nothing to do with them and blocked me from further messaging them
- on facebook…
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- Indiegogo is definitely a crowdfunding platform without
- corresponding due diligent control. The campaign can sell pirate
- product. It’s amazing that IGG is willing to manage complaint from
- the campaign but no response for any pirate product report.
- For WEDG, I am not surprised of IGG zero response even if it’s
- reported. It’s appreciated so much for you guys effort to fight for
- what we deserve, from backers perspective.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> almost 2 years ago
- I’m actually quite disappointed that there has been no involvement
- from Indiegogo, surely they must be aware of the situation due to
- the comments made here. Maybe they just take their cut and be done
- with it!
- This was my first venture into crowdfunding, will definitely be my last!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- The complete absence of ANY from WEDG, does not feel any good.
- Are we getting scammed here?
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks jrogers31 for this amazing update.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3
- According to Companies House records, WEDG Limited’s current
- registered office address is detailed as being at the old MMU
- Innospace premises. Licensees of Innospace are entitled to use the
- Innospace address as a trading address only.
- I hope you resolve any issues you may have with WEDG Ltd as soon as
- possible.
- Thank you.
- Kind regards,
- Louise"
- I am still awaiting a direct response from Mr Afzal as outlined in
- the message above and I will update you further as enquiries
- continue. JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/3
- MMU does not endorse any of the businesses in the incubator and none
- of the businesses are affiliated with the university. They are all
- private businesses and Innospace provides a supportive space for
- pre-start and early stage businesses to help them to grow and develop.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/3 Here is the I received from MMU today 21 Sept 2015 -
- “Dear Mr Rogers,
- Further to my email on Friday, thank you for your email and for
- bringing this issue to my attention. I have contacted Mr Shehbaz
- Afzal and have asked him to contact you as a matter of urgency. WEDG
- is not affiliated to The Manchester Metropolitan University (“MMU”);
- Shehbaz Afzal is an MMU graduate and a licensee of our business
- incubator, Innospace.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 and @Nikolai Tesla, thumbs up for your efforts.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- I’m still waiting for refund and for the answer about my 5 or 6 emails…
- You’re not a serious person
- REFUND NOW!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- i’m still waiting for a full refund.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Thank you – I will share more information when I get it. If you do
- not hear from me then it will be safe for you to assume that I have
- been blocked from posting (2 times already!). In which case contact
- me at www.gordcentre.org so that the information can be shared with
- those backers that want to know what is going on.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31: Thank you for checking with management at Mr. Afzal’s
- place of “work” and/or “study”. It has been one of the best
- encouragement information we have all received for a very long time.
- Hopefully they will shed light into this nonsense.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 Good work, cant wait the hear the response
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 – Thank-you! On behalf of all the backers who have been
- wanting some concise information on where this project is going,
- thank-you.
- I look forward to reading an update with tangible detail in due
- course. It’s a shame this will probably not be from @Team WEDG
- itself, but from you.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 8/8 And here is their : -
- Dear Mr Rogers,
- Thank your email and apologies for the email sent last night, that
- was meant for a colleague.
- I am due to meet with Shehbaz Afzal today and have sent this matter
- to our Legal Team.
- I will send a more detailed response once I know more shortly.
- Thank you.
- Kind regards,
- Louise
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 7/8 I am also copying this email to your colleagues at Innospace and
- Mr Rod Humphreys Head of the Department of Marketing, Operations and
- Digital Business.
- Thank you for your help with my enquiries.
- JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 6/8 I would be grateful if you can confirm that Mr Afzal’s business
- is still active at the 47 Chorlton Street address and I would be
- further grateful if you can confirm that he still frequents the
- building.
- Some backers are concerned to learn the whereabouts of their funds
- and preparation is being made to inform the appropriate authorities
- to look into the activities of this company (WEDG) and its director
- (Mr Shehbaz Afzal).
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 5/8 If you wish to gauge the sentiments of the backers in Mr Afzal’s
- business (WEDG) to which Innospace is associated by providing office
- space then all you need to do is to click on this link
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8764397#/comments,
- which provides you with the necessary information.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4/8 Indeed there is a link on the Manchester Metropolitan University
- indicating Mr Afzal’s close association with the MMU Business &
- Information Technology department.
- http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/2946/
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/8
- I presume that Mr Afzal must have some connection with the
- Manchester Metropolitan University to be able to set up his business
- at your address, in which case I am very concerned. One would expect
- the highest standards of behaviour and probity from a member of a
- University and particularly one located in a major provincial city
- such as Manchester.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/8 The reason for my investigation is as a result of unsatisfactory
- responses to very reasonable enquiries from backers of this business
- as to the whereabouts of the funds contributed by backers totalling
- £131,537.00. Backers are also unhappy with the unsatisfactory
- updates and progress reports from Mr Afzal which are completely
- lacking in transparency.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/8 OK – here goes!
- Dear Ms Kenworthy,
- I spoke to Sandra today as part of my investigation into the
- activities of Mr Shehbaz Afzal who is running a start up business
- WEDG Ltd within your (Innospace) premises on 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester. Sandra suggested I email you for further information.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- This is a test comment – Indiegogo have been blocking me from
- sharing information with other backers.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- I still hope the WEDG is real and not like this scam:
- http://kickscammed.com/project/storm-brewing/
- The John Atherton will never get a job anywhere in the world, other
- than cleaning toilets.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2: To report a complaint in the United States -
- http://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company
- https://www.dca.ca.gov/webapps/cru/gencomplaint.php
- https://www.usa.gov/consumer-complaints#item-35997
- http://www.bbb.org/
- https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
- http://www.econsumer.gov/english/ (if your transaction was with a
- foreign retailer as WEDG LTD)
- WEDG LTD/Mr. Shehbaz Afzal need to resolve this situation promptly
- without any further delays.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2: From jrogers31 last post it surely appears that he has been
- blocked from posting once again. We are touching a nerve here and
- WEDG LTD/Mr. Shehbaz Afzal does not like it. I highly suggest to all
- WEDG backers to submit a “policy violation report” with Indiegogo,
- UK authorities (The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the
- Serious Fraud Office), and/or to the following authorities in the
- U.S.A. before I get silenced, for the second time, again:
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- I think it better for WEDG to just give most backers a refund
- immediately in order to prevent severe legal issues.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla above – Yes I have been blocked by Indiegogo – I have
- some important information to share following my investigations here
- in the UK. Indiegogo have no right to prevent me from informing the
- backers – If backers would like me to post the information here then
- please complain to Indiegogo.
- Alternatively you can find my contact details at www.gordcentre.org
- For US based backers US government is really hot on wire fraud and
- Indiegogo have exposed themselves by blocking comments JR
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/6 Email to Innospace MMU – I spoke to Sandra today as part of my
- investigation into the activities of Mr Shehbaz Afzal who is running
- a start up business WEDG Ltd within your (Innospace) premises on 47
- Chorlton Street Manchester. Sandra suggested I email you for further
- information. The reason for my investigation is as a result of
- unsatisfactory responses to very reasonable enquiries from backers
- of this business as to the whereabouts of the funds contributed by
- backers totalling £131,537.00.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4/4 There is no reason legal or otherwise why you cannot disclose
- the name of -your business insurer, -the firm of lawyers your
- business insurer has hired along with a statement from the lawyer on
- their headed paper confirming that they are dealing with the matter
- of the software contested by a third party. Your lawyers will not
- have to disclose any confidential details of the dispute. If you
- fail to do any or all of the above then the conclusion will be
- obvious to all.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/4 Unless you come clean now with a completely transparent and
- signed statement from your lawyers indicating the situation
- regarding all the questions raised about your hardware, tooling,
- software and statement of accounts regarding backers funds one can
- only conclude that you are running a scampaign and not a campaign.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/4 Lets assume for the moment that you are genuine, you see this
- project through and fulfil your obligation to deliver functioning
- units and other perks to backers. Can you not appreciate that your
- appalling communication skills, lack of insight and behaviour to
- date is going to render null and void your future chances of a
- successful business.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/4 @Team WEDG – it appears to me that your recent ‘update’ has been
- done only to satisfy Indiegogo that you are communication with the
- backers. As regards the content of the update – my response is “So
- what”. When are you going to answer the very reasonable questions
- from backers like @Gordon Keys for information about the hardware
- and tooling etc or the questions about the whereabouts of the
- backers funds and a statement of accounts?
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 Thank you for all your work – I have submitted my policy
- violation report to Indiegogo.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- Nikolai Tesla – Just submitted “policy violation report” to indiegogo
- I just logged one as well
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- The links for the state of California would be to report Indiegogo
- if they do not assist on investigating WEDG LTD against being a scam
- or not. The other links could be used to report WEDG LTD in the
- United States.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Did some research and found the following:
- http://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company
- https://www.dca.ca.gov/webapps/cru/gencomplaint.php
- https://www.usa.gov/consumer-complaints#item-35997
- http://www.bbb.org/
- https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
- http://www.econsumer.gov/english/ (if your purchase was with a
- foreign retailer.)
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Just submitted “policy violation report” to indiegogo. Does anyone
- know to whom we could report this in the United States of America?
- More pressure could be obtained if we also report it in the U.S.A.
- since Indiegogo HQ is located in San Francisco, California.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Just sent this to Indiegogo as ‘policy violation report’
- Alleged scampaign WEDG no activity from campaign owner for 10 months?
- See recent comments regarding this campaign – can you confirm that
- you are in regular contact with the campaign owner? Can you reassure
- backers that the campaign owner has not absconded with the backers
- funds? It is time for you to properly investigate and send a report
- to ALL backers.
- If any other backers support this – please repeat the reporting process.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Even more amusing is the reassurance from Indiegogo on this page
- https://www.indiegogo.com/trust
- Where you can read more about their
- Fraud Detection Algorithm
- Community Reporting
- Trust & Safety Team
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Amusing. Just took a look at Shehbaz activity page on Indiegogo and
- his last response was 10 months ago! WTF!
- Are you somewhere sunny?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys – I will be surprised if you get a sensible answer to
- all your very reasonable points and observations regarding previous
- and current information from WEDG and the inconsistencies in the so
- called facts contained in the updates. Perhaps a large number of
- dissatisfied backers need to make a direct complaint to Indiegogo
- asking for a review of this campaign as it would be sad if more
- unsuspecting backers make contributions to this campaign.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz
- I’ve emailed the below to you so that you don’t miss it, as I
- suspect you’ve stopped looking at the comments page sometime ago!
- Shame
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz 3/3
- I’ve asked this before but what has happened to the mediation? Is
- this no longer being used by team WEDG?
- Much of what you’ve updated here is just a rehash of what has gone
- before. What is the plan regarding the refunds? Will you give any?
- Why poll us if you don’t then intend to carry this thru?
- Why aren’t Chris or better still you, signing off on these updates?
- It is Just a faceless Team WEDG at the end of the messages. I find
- that disconcerting!
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz 2/3
- I realise that much of the hardware is off the shelf so we don’t
- have to worry about that. It’s just an order away.
- What items are need to be manufactured? I guess the cases would be.
- Has the tooling been manufactured? We’ve seen the picture of part of
- the case. Was this a 3D printed prototype or something produced
- using a completed tool? How long will it take to produce the cases?
- I’ve asked this a couple of times before and no-one has answered
- this BIG question.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz 1/3
- I am pleased to see a new update and it does give a me glimmer of
- hope that things may move forward. Does it answer many of the
- burning questions that have been added here on the comments page? No.
- We know about the code issue. We know you can’t be particularly
- transparent about that due to legal reasons. The section of code to
- be rewritten could take 3-6 months I would guess once a line in the
- sand has been drawn from where to rewrite from.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3 If Shehbaz and WEDG are genuine then they should be very
- concerned about the comments and sentiments expressed here by
- backers and take them seriously. The responses and updates we
- receive appear to show complete lack of concern about the backers
- and their opinions. If one had taken a sum of £131,537.00 from a
- number of people who contributed in good faith and failed to deliver
- – I imagine that the only way one could feel comfortable was if one
- was a resident outside the E.U. or U.S.A.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2 In dealing with WEDG in the UK – some or all of the UK backers
- who want a refund could act as a group and issue a statutory demand
- for the funds they contributed. It would help if the total amont of
- the demand was high – this would depend on number of backers and the
- amounts contributed. If payment was not received within 21 days then
- the company can be wound up – this and the reports to the insolvency
- service would trigger an investigation with serious consequences for
- the WEDG director(s)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1/2 I have complained on more than one occasion to Indiegogo about
- the WEDG campaign and drawn their attention to the lack of
- transparancy (one of Indiegogo’s requirements of campaign owners)
- and the alleged hallmarks of a scampaign. I have also drawn
- Indiegogo’s attention to the fact that they are at risk under US
- State and Federal laws in assisting in alleged online fraudulent
- activity. The latter would probably require the assistance of a US
- backer to report the matter to US authorities.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- has anyone contacted Indiegogo regarding the NON-delivery of the
- WEDG and the NON-delivery of real status information?
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- Does anyone else remember when @Team WEDG used to to comments
- posted? While their legal team reads the proposal (at £250/hour),
- they ought to have time to actually talk to us person to person.
- I suspect the team has shrunk, possibly to one. I think I remember a
- comment that they weren’t drawing salaries. How long would we work
- for nothing on a stalled project?
- @Bryan Walker, OpenProducts OPI Box looks like it could be a worthy
- replacement for the WEDG. Thank-you for that information!
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- I have already made a formal request for an investigation by The
- Insolvency Service. They have confirmed receipt of my request.
- I have already made a formal request to WEDG asking for a refunds.
- Radio silence on that.
- The latest update from WEDG offers a glimmer of hope that things
- will go back to normal, but nothing concrete and verifiable. That’s
- a common tactic used by fraudsters.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: Formally I am requesting my contribution to be refunded
- promptly.
- @WEDG Backers: To help out in this matter you have the option to
- have this situation formally investigated by UK authorities (The
- Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office).
- This act will clear things that Team WEDG has not been able to
- comply. There is no harm done if they are legit and it will not
- delay this project more than it actually is at this moment.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG – yet another update which gives very little further
- information and summarises what you have told us before. Please
- disclose the whereabouts of the funds that backers contributed with
- a statement of accounts. Please confirm that you have spent little
- or none of the backers funds. After all you have bought nothing,
- built nothing and stored nothing so it follows that you have spent
- nothing and your insurance pays the fees for your less than able
- lawyers. It is time to send out refunds.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- @Bryan & @David – Many thanks for your suggestions. I am swaying
- towards the Synology DiskStation DS115j 2 × 1 TB that’ll perhaps
- suit my needs. I hope i’ll the UI on the iPhone, tablet and PC is up
- to scratch and I can pool everything i need onto one location. My
- back-up requirements are mainly photos, video and a bit of music
- back up of some old CDs.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> almost 2 years ago
- Hi, everyone,
- I don’t know what was the point of creating a poll to ask backers
- whether to choose a refund or wait if WEDG won’t do anything with
- the results.
- I you ask me if I want a refund and I say “yes”, then give me my
- money, ok?
- Finish with this torture (both for you and us who want out). I see
- everyday goes by and nothing happend.
- Message to other backers: please respect my opinion as I respect
- yours and please don’t say to me “this is not Amazon”. All of us
- know that. Really.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- It appears that Shehbaz does not want to communicate with some or
- all of the backers of the WEDG project. One way to lance this
- festering carbuncle of a situation would be to issue a statutory
- demand for the refund of our contributions. If not settled within 21
- days then WEDG could be wound up with an investigation into what has
- been done with the funds of £131,537!
- It really is time for Shehbaz to fulfill his responsibilites to the
- backers, tell us the truth and refund the money.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @M K: Thank you for sharing that story but sadly Indiegogo does not
- have that particular policy that KickStarter has. If it did, we
- would have received our refund months ago. Our solution is to use
- legal options in the UK.
- @Bryan Walker: Thank you for sharing the OpenProducts OPI box, that
- is a very nice and almost complete replacement for the WEDG. Why did
- you back WEDG if OpenProducts OPI box existed? I am also looking
- into QNAP TS-453 or Synology DiskStation DS715 along with the OPI box.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Please have a look at this news:
- http://www.geekwire.com/2014/attorney-general-asylum-playing-cards-crowdfunded-project/
- http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/strange-twist-asylum-playing-cards-crowdfunding-case
- http://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/ag-makes-crowdfunded-company-pay-shady-deal
- These guys got a big penalty for failing to deliver the Kickstarter
- project.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- @Gordon,
- I’ve just bought a Synology NAS (DS414)
- You get the ‘access anywhere butt sync’, you can configure it as a
- mail server ( I don’t need this particular feature as I have a
- hosted server for this), I also have it setup as a Plex media
- server, I can share links publicly with passwords / expiry dates
- etc, and can handle encrypted volumes
- Possibly not quite as secure as Wedg is/was aiming to be, but I’m
- very pleased with how the management OS has matured in the last 12
- months.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31: No, you are not alone on this request. I do request the
- same. Sadly I no longer trust WEDG at all and IF they do pull
- through (major doubt) I would rather sell off (at the same price)
- this item to one of the supporters here. WEDG has no professional
- work ethics and much less willing to provide customer satisfaction
- now and/or in the future (if the case). I just demand a refund and
- have them carry on if they please otherwise I will continue to look
- for more legal solutions.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Own-mailbox seems to offer part of what WEDG intended but we get no
- assurance or communication from Shehbaz to suggest that WEDG is
- going to progress. Under these circumstances additions to
- Own-mailbox would be a NAS with iTwin (file access) for remote
- access encrypted personal butt storage and Surfeasy or iTwin connect
- for encrypted VPN browsing. Am I the only one who thinks that
- Shehbaz should make a clear and unambiguous statement of his
- intentions with WEDG and the whereabouts of our funds?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- @Spencer Robinson: thanks for the link to the Own-Mailbox project.
- It looks that the WEDG just became obsolete.
- When will I receive my refund?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz – please make a clear unambiguous statement to backers
- confirming that there are no fundamental hardware, software or other
- issues, which will prevent further progress in the production of
- WEDG. Give us a firm time-line for the rewritting of the disputed
- software and delivery of the finished and fully functioning units.
- Please make a detailed statement about the whereabouts of the funds.
- If you are unable to make such statements then please refund all the
- backers that requested a refund.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1547898916/own-mailbox-the-first-100-confidential-mailbox?ref=popular
- and they have actually open sourced their product, something else
- that has gone very quiet with the wedg team
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Backers should not write-off their funds – there are legal remedies
- in the UK to deal with WEDG and legal remedies (State and Federal)
- in the US to deal with Indiegogo. Indiegogo started to focus when
- this was pointed out to them
- https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/requests/757300
- The updates are evidence as are WEDG’s dealings with the “third
- party” which would have to be disclosed if backers seek a legal
- remedy. If funds have been misused then WEDG and their directors
- would be liable.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- @David Aldred: What was the more established device? I have also
- almost written off the WEDG and my money and need to find something
- else.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Per The Insolvency Service: “One possible outcome of our
- investigations, however, is that the company complained about may be
- wound up by the court on the
- petition of this department. In that event there is quite often some
- publicity surrounding the matter, particularly in the local area.”
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @MK: Per T.I.S.: “This requirement for confidentiality at all stages
- extends even to communications with complainants themselves. We
- cannot tell you
- what action, if any, we intend to take in response to your
- complaint. Nor can we provide you with updates at any point.”
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: You have the right to report this situation to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @WEDG FUNDERS: A way you can help WEDG by reporting them to the
- authorities in the UK. Here is how it works, if WEDG is legit the
- authorities will confirm that it so and if they are not, then they
- will be held liable for their actions. Both outcomes will bring the
- long delayed resolution to this fiasco to all of us no matter if you
- support them or not.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 09/09/2015: Finally I am able to post again! It is dubious as for
- the timing and specific funders that were unable to post here. It
- definitely gives a bad reputation to both Indiegogo and WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Any update on the Insolvency Office?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2
- Sadly, I’ve pretty much ‘written off’ the money I put in. With no
- end date in sight, I had to fill the requirement I had that led me
- to investing in this.
- Tech has moved on in the last 12 months, and what is on the market
- now more than completes with what Wedg was offering, and so have
- gone with a more established device.
- Of course, if Wedg materializes I’ll be giving it a go, but it’ll be
- a ‘bonus’ rather than my expectation :(
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- 1/2
- To tweak an old analogy…
- It rather sounds like this 3rd party have said ‘bend over’ and
- you’ve responded with ‘How far’
- Re-writing the code from scratch, in a process they will outline –
- whilst at least allows you to move on, is hardly cause for celebration.
- Sounds like a pretty bum deal to me.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Backers should be made aware that over the last 15+ days some of us
- were blocked from making comments in this open forum. Indiegogo said
- “our Tech Team is aware of an issue which affects commenting ability
- for a small subset of users” It appeared that the “subset of users”
- were the ones who were first to raise concerns about WEDG. @Nikolai
- Tesla said in his last message that he was being “frozen out”. This
- is a serious breach of trust and an act of bad faith on behalf of
- Indiegogo and WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks for the update, but I still prefer to receive refund a.s.a.p.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- Finally some news, and it sounds good.
- So now we need a timeline, it took 3 months to write the disputed
- software, rewriting under scrutiny will take longer.
- With a way forward open, I now expect @Team WEDG to have time to
- provide regular updates, at least weekly.
- The comments all have one thing in common, us backers want to know
- what’s happening!
- The little information we’ve received recently has all been on the
- dispute, lets hear about a timeline and the hardware (including tee
- shirts)
- Lewis Tsalis
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706426> almost 2 years ago
- With this new announcement, I’m keen to see what the timeline is now
- going to be.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- I wonder who is “Team WEDG”.
- Why not use a real name?
- In these circumstances, it would be appropriate to see Shehbaz’s
- name signing these “updates”.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Although the update of 10 mins ago sounds positive I am still
- sceptical. If the update is accurate then there should be no reason
- why Shehbaz cannot give a clear unambiguous statement and assurances
- regarding hardware etc as previously requested.
- As for their thanks to backers “for their patience and unfaltering
- support” one wonders whether Team WEDG understand the recent
- sentiments expressed by backers! Team WEDG need to improve on the
- transparency of their communications.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- http://observer.com/2014/08/indiegogos-scampaign-problem-latest-crowdfunded-smartwatch-is-total-garbage/
- I hope that we don’t find a similar article written about the WEDG
- campaign in the future
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- I agree with @Gordon Keys and other dissatisfied backers. 30+ days
- ago I asked that Shehbaz make a clear and unambiguous statement
- “confirming that there are no fundamental hardware, software or
- supply issues from other contractors, which will prevent progress
- when the third party issue is resolved.” Provided of course the
- third party issue is not a charade. If this project is on the level
- do not understand why Shehbaz cannot make such a statement and tell
- us about the whereabouts of the funds.
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- @snhs06 – just to add, what you’re talking about came after they
- announced the production schedule and told us when to expect our
- WEDGs. It seems like they a) either knew all along that the software
- issue was a show-stopper, which then questions why make the
- production announcement or b) they prematurely announced production,
- which is strange because those things have to be carefully planned.
- Either way it doesn’t look or sound right. I’d be happy to be see
- the WEDG, but we have a right to ask.
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- @snhs06 – maybe you should pay attention.
- Seven months ago – “We’re holding off from purchasing components and
- materials just yet to avoid warehousing fees.”
- Six months ago – “We will be ordering all hardware components
- including materials WC 23 March 2015. … Thus the WEDG shell will go
- into production on 26 March for a full day to produce 2200 units.”
- So according to what was written all of the hardware should have
- been done. It’s just hardware, why haven’t we seen it? Why no news?
- maskedmarauder
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8106278> almost 2 years ago
- I have asked for a refund three times already and have not even
- received a response.
- To all those who still believe this is NOT a scam – I can’t make up
- my mind if I admire or pity you. Yes, it is a trust issue by now,
- and I have none anymore.
- Any help in getting a refund would be very much appreciated.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- @Carlos They are being serious – per 27/7/2015 they are seeking
- alternative financing so those of you mistakenly thinking Indiegogo
- is Amazon can get your money back if Wedg is not ready within 6
- months i.e. just under 5 months to go – seriously.
- @Tiger Bus I can only agree with your sentiment. I suspect the
- Insolvency Service will point out that by contributing they accepted
- the T&Cs which Wedg are following. No wonder they have been so quiet
- – must be sick of repeating themselves.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- I am starting to wonder if any of those incessantly complaining have
- been paying attention.
- @Steve Box Wedg said at the time of publicly announcing the legal
- issues that they were not proceeding with manufacture at that time
- because they would then have had to pay storage fees for the
- duration of the dispute – seems reasonable to me. What did you
- expect that they would put them together round a kitchen table –
- factory manufacturing requires a certain volume to be economically
- viable.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- This is my 4th comment and my 4th email and NO RESPONSE
- I WANT A REFUND NOW
- Be a serious people
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Here, Here, @Steve Box!
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- @ Tiger Bus – all of us want to believe in WEDG. But look at the
- timeline:
- Mid March 2015 – ordering all materials March 23, going into
- production March 26.
- Early April 2015 – planning on shipping between April 8-13
- Mid April 2015 – an aluminum prototype of the back
- Please note that this has nothing to do with the software. We have
- been told that the product was going to be done in late March, yet
- have only been shown a case. Since then nothing about the hardware.
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- While I understand the issues with the software developer, it seems
- to me that the hardware should be ready to go. So why have we not
- heard anything about completed hardware? According to the timeline
- the product should have been finished.
- Which leaves me to believe that the problems with the software side
- and legality of releasing the WEDGE were known before they sent the
- announcements out about the hardware. So why lie to use about the
- shipping date in early April?
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- Ultimately, as others have mentioned, it becomes a trust issue. We
- were all excited about the WEDG, but the way things have been
- handled make supporters question the direction and the leadership.
- It seems to me that the WEDG team could have been talking about the
- hardware side throughout all of these issues, just to allay fears
- that this wasn’t a scam. But the radio silence on everything but the
- supposed negotiations makes it difficult to understand what is
- happening.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Spencer, look at Nikolai Tesla’s comment further down the list (26
- days ago), it contains the info I used.
- Tiger Bus, as I said in my previous post, Failure is No Problem.
- Crowdfunding has risks, and that’s fine. At this point, I doubt that
- there is a mysterious “third party” that is responsible for this
- mess. WEDG has given us no information we can verify independently,
- and have broken every promise they made. I hope you are right. If
- not maybe the Insolvency Service can shed some light.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Sorry… I just couldnt resist!
- pic.twitter.com/OYzHMPrhZ1
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- how do you go about reporting to the Insolvency Service?
- I feel as backers we now need bring this to an end, No one has
- contacted me with regards to a refund as requested in the survey,
- and no information has been release to confirm the truthfulness of
- the situation wedg are reporting
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- Oh Peter, thanx for having another f*cked up legal issue for them to
- fight off and delay it for all other backers yet again. This is not
- amazon and your case will result in paperwork and further mess only.
- Thanks again on behalf of everyone who actually unterstands the
- meaning of “funding a startup”. Damn.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @Peter, agree and support you!
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- With reluctance, I have reported WEDG to The Insolvency Service.
- I have received acknowledgement of my submission and will update you
- of the progress.
- I did this with reluctance because I truly believed in WEDG. I hope
- they will get through it and deliver OR come out to speak about what
- is happening with honesty and transparency.
- Failure is no problem. Treating your supporters like WEDG has for so
- long is very disturbing.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- No answer about my refund…
- PLEASE be a serious person, refund now
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Has anyone reported this to The Insolvency Service, Companies House
- or the Serious Fraud Office?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- By the time the dispute is resolved, the hardware and software are
- both rendered obsolete.
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> almost 2 years ago
- I have only ever funded few, carefully hand picked campaigns on
- indiegogo – WEDG seemed like one such campaign. However after
- reading some of the other comments below, I am seriously concerned.
- While there are some who say this is a scam, I still have hope that
- this project pulls through. My only real concern is delivery time.
- Technology is constantly evolving and advancing, and what may seem
- as a harmless few months seriously concerns me regarding WEDG tech.
- Please give us a real update!
- michiel pauwels
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3426891> almost 2 years ago
- As everyone else i’m also still waiting for my refund
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Part 2/2
- I’d like to know where we are with the tooling for the chassis for
- the WEDG. If this had been still on schedule, there should be some
- moulds made to produce the WEDG cases? We’ve seen some sort of
- picture in a dingy shed. Is that it? REALLY?
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- Part 1/2
- The last two updates tell us little as WEDG cannot tell us anything
- much regarding this legal dispute.
- I still find it hard to take you guys seriously because these
- updates are passed via your legal eagles and the typos and poor
- grammar are shocking! Surely they would have done something about
- them? What has happened regarding the mediation service you were
- using? There’s been little about them for some time. Are they still
- working on this and in what capacity?
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Hi all,
- I have emailed WEDG asking for a refund. I had ordered 2xIntel
- WEDGs. After total radio silence from WEDG for so long in this
- thread, I have little confidence that I will ever see a product. I
- also have little confidence that I will ever see my money.
- If anyone here has actually received a refund, please let me know.
- I will look at making a formal complaint at The Insolvency Service
- in the next few days. Just wish to give WEDG one more chance to get
- back to us.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #1:
- We need evidence of development of the product and proof that the
- WEDG is there directly after the legal issue is resolved.
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> almost 2 years ago
- Hi all
- If i remember they ask e refound of money with Paypal …. You rechi
- ed The money?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- We need evidence of development of the product and proof that the
- WEDG is there directly after the legal issue is resolved.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- … continuing from previous post …
- Also, reading at all the comments from other backers about WEDG
- being a scam, can you provide any information to help clear the air?
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- Hello @TeamWEDG,
- I’ve been a supporter of your project for over two years now
- (contributed at your Kickstarter campaign). I still am. I find it
- hard to believe that we have been stuck in this legal issue for so
- long. Still, my patience is not exhausted, I want you to come
- through it.
- All the updates we have received in the last few months have been
- about legal stuff.
- Has any progress been made in the technology front? Can you tell us
- how the technology is doing after years in development?
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- @ Chris – thanks’ for the update. Pity it wasn’t more positive news,
- but at least it’s news.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- Hi there,
- Could we please get a proper update on what’s going on???
- Thanks,
- Marc
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- Please refund me the money NOW or I’ll report you
- At least, anwser my emails, comments…
- You are NOT serious
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG FUNDERS: If WEDG is a scam, you can report it to the
- corresponding authorities in the UK so they can investigate:
- The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the Serious Fraud Office.
- More information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- i’m really fed up with this project…. No replies, no information,
- nothing it all.
- We’ve sent reminders out for 5 times… but still no response…. I’m
- getting the feeling we are getting scammed here.
- Just send out refund to the 199 kickstarters, so we can get on with
- our true lives.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @Gaston, I totally agree with you.
- In the beginning, this product target aimed to get around £72,000
- funding and now it’s beyond that value. There are 199 people voted
- to refund. Why the team didn’t let them go and your supporters can
- keep going with you & the product?
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> almost 2 years ago
- Hi everyone,
- “Divide and conquer”. Reading the comments, I find out that some
- backers have take a position on favor of WEDG and some others (like
- me), against.
- Guys, won’t it be great that Team WEDG respond to some of the
- questions here, instead that some backers defend their case?
- Only what I ask is respect to the next guy position.
- I really trusted in this proyect, but not anymore. I even talked to
- two of my clients into this and at last minute they had some
- emergency so the got out.
- Thanks
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- I am very disappointed by the communications we have received from
- Team WEDG. Ever since the issue with the software IP arose, we have
- heard too little, too late.
- I understand that there are details that can’t be released, due to
- the ongoing discussions, and there have been recent holidays and
- illnesses slowing things down. But what happened to the weekly
- updates? Come on, throw us a bone here. Any news would be welcome
- news. I’m so upset I can’t even bring myself to ask about tee shirts
- anymore
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- In this they seem to be following a well thought out & systematic
- approach, which is commendable especially in a new business. All
- mudslinging and repeated demands in comments do is reflect poorly on
- those making them.
- There is no one here who would not far rather it was over, but this
- is the real world – delays happen, legal matters take time and
- respecting confidentiality greases the wheels. In the meantime
- crowdfunding is not shopping, sure the SFO etc will tell you the
- same thing.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- I have to agree with Tiger Bus. As per the Indiegogo T&Cs Wedg are
- not obligated to give refunds. The delayed is due to factors outwith
- their control, they are doing their best to resolve it. Moreover
- they have consulted backers, reached a decision which has been
- communicated on how they intend to proceed and placed a clear time
- limit on when they will issue refunds to those who wish them while
- protecting the interests of other backers and the company by
- arranging alternative financing.
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- I’ve asked you for a refund and I had no answer…
- No information, no refund…
- I WANT a refund
- What are you waiting for?
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- There’s a key word missed in previous comment: I am NOT saying this
- campaign following the same route but ….
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- If the product can’t be delivered to market at the right time, why
- should I still support it?
- This is not a charity campaign. Some people who raise a scam
- campaign to resell pirate electronic stuffs which were manufactured
- from China. Should we still keep silent and let them cheat money on
- that way? I am saying this campaign following the same route but the
- campaign team has to admit – they can’t fulfil what they expected.
- “EXIT” plan is what they need to do but not talking a dream.(2/2)
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @M K, it’s you but not me asking for real info. I am one of 199
- backers who looks for refund in the survey.
- In day one, as I said, this project was good to support and the
- campaign team can rely on IGG to get funding. However, it’s not run
- properly and so even can’s deliver any stuff. As a backer, I fully
- understood the risk but it doesn’t mean that we can let the campaign
- team to free run. I supported the campaign and the only reason is
- not able to find the right product in the market. (1/2)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- @ Ron Ko and @ Tiger Bus: we only want to be informed periodically
- with real information and this has not happened in the past 3 months.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- For those who still fully support this campaign, you can consider to
- take over the order ownership from those want to refund. It would
- then eliminate negative noise in this page. Good deal?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- As I see it: there are like 5 backers needing personal comforting,
- as they only now seem to realize the difference between amazon and
- indiegogo. Sorry sight.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 – The results of the poll seem clear – this project is a dead
- duck. The only apparent reason WEDG can have to continue this
- putative charade is to try and keep some or all of the backer’s
- funds – without delivering on the product. As stated many times
- before – it is time for Shehbaz to come clean and tell us the TRUTH.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 – The comments from the backers over the last 9 days are
- interesting as it appears that more backers are now happy to express
- their concerns, in addition to the one or two original dissenting
- voices. The update from WEDG 5 days ago gives no real information
- and adds nothing to previous updates, which also gave no real
- information. I agree with the comments of others pointing out the
- inconsistencies in the updates.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG Funders:
- You can send a complain to The Insolvency Service, Companies House
- or the Serious Fraud Office so they can investigate. More
- information at:
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- Here is the required WEDG company information:
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160
- Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG team, some of your supporters have lost confidence to you
- guys…..Acknowledge to show your respect to them…..Even if you had
- excellent product, you would still get failure as you are not
- willing to have interactive communication …..
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Based on the last update, I’ve lost completely my confidence in the
- WEDG still coming into production in 2015.
- I get annoyed especially by this phrase:
- “We have on numerous occasions expressed our feelings but little has
- been done to address the concerns raised.”
- This gives me the feeling that the WEDG team is not fighting the
- battle hard enough with the (still undisclosed) 3rd party, but
- instead is preaching love and hoping the issue will be resolved in a
- peaceful matter.
- Refund please…
- Carlos Garcia Conde
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4819372> almost 2 years ago
- Dear friends, I want a refund.
- I told you for email… but not response…
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> almost 2 years ago
- I would agree with Richard Alter: this does not mesh at all with
- having an Arbitrator. If your update is true, then you have grounds
- for a lawsuit seeking compensation for damages – they have not even
- complied with their own standards and have cost you significant
- damage financially and in terms of reputation, through no fault of
- your own.
- This really should have been handled via an Arbitrator – what
- happened to them?
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> almost 2 years ago
- I was under the impression that the legal problems were being
- handled by an arbitrator. None of what you describe would be
- happening if that is the case. The definition of an arbitrated case
- is that an independent 3rd party would make the decisions on the
- course of action. None of that is happening here. I’m having a hard
- time believing the story line.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- @WEDG, I am happy with update from you and we know at least this
- campaign still alive. It’s nice that you have process improvement
- change internally. However, could you please read our comments and
- then respond us accordingly?
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- While I have been very much in support of yourselves and the project
- I am getting worried as there has been no update despite the promise
- “We will post an update as promised on Thursday or earlier if there
- are any developments.” 10 days ago?
- What’s happening? :(
- Thanks,
- Marc
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-a-limited-company
- WEDG LTD
- 47 Chorlton Street
- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- M1 3FY
- Company#08824160 Director ID: 917334076
- Director: MR SHEHBAZ AFZAL
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @WEDG Funders: It is sad and obvious that Team WEDG has major
- problems (real or not) and that there is no clear indication of a
- concrete solution even in their set six month timeline. The lack of
- any recent updates and the repetitive legal issue reporting is not
- helping the already 49%, and counting, of concerned funders. You can
- send a complain to The Insolvency Service, Companies House or the
- Serious Fraud Office so they can investigate.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> almost 2 years ago
- Hello backers! This one is for you, since I had to go many days (26)
- to find out the last response from WEDG. I’m feeling that we’ve been
- abandoned.
- Meanwile, we can use this thead to share experiences. Last night, my
- cat jumped over me at 3:30 am. Almost die from a heart atack. Her
- explanaition was that she was having an argument with the male cat
- about the food bowl.
- By the way, I’ve buyed a replacement for the WEDG (yes, more
- expensive). QNap TP-453 PRO.
- Good bye for now.
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> almost 2 years ago
- According to the survey result, why don’t let that 200 people off
- from the ship and they can still move on with the rest (those
- support or even no response)? Now, they blend all guys to move on
- but it is unlikely ready in this year…..
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> almost 2 years ago
- hi
- but who want the money back and respond at your email how many time
- we hope to see the money return at us?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- Dear WEDG team
- In an update 6 days ago you said “We will post an update as promised
- on Thursday or earlier”
- Can you give the backers an update please.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #6:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 my details of hardware are from following the project
- from Kickstarter through to Indiegogo, reading the project briefs,
- writing to Shahbaz individually and reading all the updates and
- comments here. and following the hardware specific forums and G+ page
- Yes Im taking it on trust that we are being told the truth about the
- state of the project. I supported them in the survey. otherwise i
- would just buy the hardware or a VM and run Linux, Kolab, a backup
- program & possibly Kodi (XBMC)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 – It is time for Shahbaz to make a clear and unambiguous
- statement confirming that there are no fundamental hardware,
- software or supply issues from other contractors, which will prevent
- progress when the third party issue is resolved. Assuming that is
- that the third party software issue is not a smokescreen as
- suggested by @t.munari
- Shahbaz – the truth will set you free
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 – @t.munari – you are not the only backer to suspect that
- there is something fishy going on.
- @ken taylor – in your response to @t.munari it appears that you have
- detailed knowledge about hardware, suppliers etc but is this based
- on hard facts or your interpretation of what you see in the WEDG
- pages and a belief that the backers are being told the truth?
- @ MK I admire your patience but agree with @ken Taylor if you have
- not had a response after 5 requests – you are unlikely to get one
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- @MK
- yes we get it you are frustrated and can copy and paste your comment
- to the top every day.
- its getting old already !
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- @ t.munari if you read the pages you will see the boards are
- production devices the arm is a cubieboard and intel is a minnowbord
- max so it is just a case of ordering from the suppliers. the OS is
- in dispute so they cant talk about it. the case will need
- specifically manufacturing. they have been working on office and
- messaging suites. they said they were ready for production before
- the legal issues.they have given a 9 month maximum to delivery.
- Indiegogo is not amazon with next day delivery
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #5:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> almost 2 years ago
- Please, be considerate, could you give us some real info on the
- project status?
- Like
- Hardware %:
- Product finalization,
- Expected production time,
- Software %:
- Main os,
- Primary Services,
- Plugins or whatever…
- This info have nothing to do with the legal dispute and will help
- remove the bitter taste last 30 updates deliver: They look like a
- smokescreen to cover something fishy going on.
- BTW: consider to appoint someone with basic PR skills to handle the
- campaign updates.
- Thank you
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #4:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- Rémi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9463606> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz Could we have some update on the ongoing development of the
- project. Do update on the legal issue is good, but it would be
- better with some news on the evolution of the project and it may
- help the pessimistic backers.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Take note, this is how any “Crowd Source Campaign” should be run:
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sondors-electric-bike/x/8695962#/story
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- What is your “Plan B” if you do not have WEDG ready in six (6)
- months for the other half that still support you? You still lack any
- evidence that the WEDG idea even exist! Either your team is very
- naive or massively lack the skills to run a start up. How do you
- expect anyone to continue to support this idea? less so from
- “trusted private individual investors”.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @Shehbaz: Thank you for providing a clear indicator that a
- significant amount of your backers are not pleased with the WEDG
- situation and in turn demand a refund. As Justin Walton mentioned,
- if you have been more transparent and have provided more information
- on the completed process with WEDG things would have been different.
- There are inconsistencies with your recent update. Why are you
- dealing with the “Third Party” directly? What happened with the
- mediator?
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- Oh wow, those poll results must have been devastating to everyone at
- Team WEDG. It’s nice to see a little more information in the latest
- update, and the teams determination to finish what they’ve started.
- I wonder what the poll results would have looked like if more
- information had been released prior to the poll? I suspect a lot
- fewer backers would have asked for a refund.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 5 of 5 – It is well overdue for you to be a lot tougher with regard
- to your approach to handling these matters if the remaining backers
- are to continue to have confidence in you, your team and your
- project. You also need to improve your communications with backers
- providing facts and details without further reservation. There is no
- reason why your legal team cannot provide a P&C statement to be sent
- to the private paypal email addresses of the backers.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 4 of 5 – a) the recruitment firm who found you this engineer and are
- at fault for not checking the individual’s status b) the software
- engineer who did not disclose his employment conditions and c) the
- third party who did not make it clear to their employee that he
- should not make himself available for work while on gardening leave.
- If you have told us the truth in these matters then you should be
- successful on all three counts.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3 of 5 – The first is for you to make a clear and unambiguous
- statement confirming that there are no fundamental hardware,
- software or supply issues from other contractors, which will prevent
- progress when the third party issue is resolved. The second is that
- you accept the fact that you are at fault for not carrying out
- appropriate due diligence in hiring the software engineer which
- caused the third party issue and take out legal proceedings against: -
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 5 – 1) very poor PR in communications with backers, 2) very
- poor risk management skills with regard to HR in hiring staff and 3)
- very poor quality legal advice in regard of the third party dispute.
- If you really have the capability to build the hardware and software
- into a working device as stated in the project outline for which you
- attracted backers – then it is important that you make 2 outstanding
- issues a priority.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 5 – Thank you for carrying out the poll that I suggested some
- weeks ago. Although not all backers answered the poll the sample
- size is more than adequate for interpretation. Based on the results
- it appears that around 50% are for continuing and 50% would like to
- walk away. This indicates that project WEDG is teetering on the edge
- of failure to come to fruition. If you have been totally honest with
- us as backers this is for three reasons: -
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks for the Update
- Its unfortunate that less than half of funders completed the survey.
- and that so many people want out after such a short delay
- I have been waiting since 2013 for one crowd funded item apparently
- just shipped 24/07/15 and software still at 0.91 beta
- even if you have to clean rewrite the disputed code you should be
- able to do this within 3 months after the 6 month cut off for legal
- resolution
- due to delay if hardware is upgraded and cost is same can we have an
- upgrade? ;-)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #3:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2 I asked for that many times, but the only thing weve seen so far
- is a part of plastic enclosure painted in someones garage… I want to
- believe but Im tired now reading updates that does not contain any
- details and will look for an alternative. Sorry guys…
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 2 years ago
- 1/2 I havent filled the survey neither as I was patiently waiting
- for an update regarding so called ‘plan B’… Actually, it never
- happened and it ensured me that I want my refund now! Im probably
- sceptic but there must be something else happening behind the stage,
- besides the legal thing, that prevents WEDG team from going forward
- as actually weve never seen any movie that would present working
- interface, WEDGnet and hardware itself.
- Gerrit Freise
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707250> almost 2 years ago
- I have decided to get a refund. But anybody has answered me if this
- refund now is guarenteed! I want get back my money to buy an
- alternative.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- I haven’t filled out the survey simply because there weren’t enough
- facts to base it on…
- I am happy to support WEDG BUT only if it will be delivered this
- year… As otherwise I’ll need to purchase an alternative :(
- Thanks,
- Marc
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- The updates section indicates that the deadline for the responses to
- the poll was Sunday 19 July. Can Team WEDG let us know when we can
- expect to receive the results of the poll?
- With regard to the most recent update, I am not sure that this adds
- much to what we already didn’t know. Indeed it is as opaque as ever.
- I think that it is misguided for Team WEDG to keep its backers in
- the dark. There must be something more fundamental preventing the
- progress of this project than the third party issue.
- Mark Brown
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3433405> almost 2 years ago
- My email has not been replied to. I too am happy to support WEDG but
- only if I know that WEDG will be fulfilled before end 2015.
- Otherwise I need to look for something as close to WEDG as possible
- for my requirements.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> almost 2 years ago
- So I am happy to continue to support WEDG but only on the grounds
- that this product can be fulfilled during 2015. If not I would like
- to be refunded as I will have to source an alternative. Updates are
- becoming few and far between, so any chance of regular updates ?
- 2/2
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> almost 2 years ago
- I’ve filled out the survey stating that I would like to continue to
- support WEDG but I am already beginning to think this was a bad
- idea. Unless this product can be delivered this year it’s going to
- be pretty useless to me and I’m going to have to invest in something
- else. My mailserver is on its last legs and I have already found an
- alternative home butt server for my images, files etc.
- 1/2
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- I’m tending to agree with the below commentors, WEDG. It’s hard to
- send out a survey for them to decide, with no cold hard facts. Even
- if you told us the legal action would continue for a few months, I’m
- sure you’d still retain many backers. However, you really do need to
- provide some cold hard dates, and some firm specific facts. Whether
- these are past or present, they can’t make up their minds without them.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> almost 2 years ago
- This just ridiculous
- Come on we need some real information as we are being asked to make
- a decision and with out it this is just a farce
- How do we know the value of the refund or if there is any chance the
- project will be able to continue.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #2:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the updates, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- The survey deadline is approaching, is there any news? I’d like to
- hear how the negotiations are going before making my decision. As
- Jrogers31 said, the time to market is very relevant. I still want to
- believe in Team WEDG and the project. Can you convince me I will get
- mine before man lands on Mars? Please?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- I think it would be wise for all to await the outcome of the poll –
- as some comments notably the last contain inaccuracies, that is, if
- the information given in updates and the comments section by WEDG
- are true.
- The time to market of this device is very relevant – if not very
- soon then it will be what a sony cassette walkman was to an ipod or
- smartphone.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- 2) 3 or 4 people does not come close. Trusting that the majority of
- funders are aware of crowdfunding I think they will understand the
- delay.
- If Wedg were that type of company responses would have stopped
- months ago. Legal options will abide by the T&Cs you agreed to by
- contributing. A pro rata settlement, accounting for liabilities,
- would be likely, and legal fees will take up much of that. Wedg also
- have a duty to the rest of the backers to not increase the risk for
- other funders.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @Nikolai Tesla Thank you but I think I have a good understanding of
- the facts, from reading both the updates and the T&Cs.
- 1) Any business, even on a shoestring budget, has expenses –
- utilities, insurance, hosting for their website, travel to/hosting
- meetings with suppliers etc. Further there may be commitments to a
- particular volume of orders or deposits. Plus as you should know 4%
- to indiegogo when the campaign reaches its goal.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Reminder #1:
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the update, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- One thing you may have correct, WEDG is under no obligation to
- provide refunds. But again, if they wish to start that way it will
- just create a bad reputation on a startup company. Not only that,
- most of us live in a free society and have the liberty to use legal
- options to receive a refund. If you think that the IP issue is a
- problem just imagine multi-front legal headache. I do not wish this
- and would rather just receive a refund so all of you can continue
- with the WEDG dream.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- @snhs06 – Perhaps you need to review your “facts”. Here are a few:
- 1- Per Shehbaz one month ago " I will say that none of us, including
- myself have drawn a salary from WEDG, not until we fulfil IGG orders
- and get to market thereafter." So where is the proportion that has
- been used that you mention?
- 2- The refund survey still has a week to go. Are you making
- assumptions that the funders requesting a refund are just a
- minority? or do you work for WEDG?
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- @t.munari I believe they have explained the difficulty previously.
- The code can be rewritten, but because the other company are
- involved Wedg need to be able to show work by the ‘gardening leave’
- developer is not used, which presents a further legal challenge.
- Without an agreed procedure for verification it could create as many
- problems as it solves. That does seem to be one of the options put
- forward by Wedg under the mediation approach, so hopefully it will
- bear fruit.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz Thank you for your response, makes perfect sense.
- @Nikolai Tesla Perhaps you ought to have looked in to crowdfunding a
- bit more before committing to backing the project then. The main
- reason I posted previously was to make the point that the refunds to
- the penny demanded by the vocal minority are unrealistic both
- because WEDG is under no obligation to do so while the project is
- ongoing and some proportion of the original stake will have been used.
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> almost 2 years ago
- I have some difficulty understanding why it is not possible to
- “sanitize” the code written by the contested developer and go on
- eith the project.
- I can’t believe that there is not another way to write the code….
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3
- I do hope that WEDG comes out of this “black hole” but currently
- nothing indicates the contrary at least in the short term. For those
- who still wish to stick my best wishes and please prove me wrong,
- there is no shame in it (just the contrary). Thank you.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 2/3
- IF, and that is a huge IF, they do pull out soon (less than two or
- three months) from these legal issues, able to create a fairly well
- running business along with a great product for public consumption
- then and only then I will support them. I will purchase their retail
- and proven product while spreading the word of how everyone should
- buy one. Until then, I just want my funds returned. Just pay a visit
- to their web page: http://wedg.co/ to see if it can provide you of
- any hope.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- 1/3
- @Gatto Fontainäou: Sadly or hopefully you are not alone. There are
- others, including myself, that have asked the same questions to WEDG
- and have similar concerns and have provided ideas on how to solve
- this “legal issue(s)”. Personally I did support WEDG and their great
- idea but with the current “legal issue” and plenty of gaps on how
- WEDG manages their “company” makes me pull out my funds.
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> almost 2 years ago
- 3/3
- cont:
- Instead of “we’re waiting already 3 months and counting…” I’d prefer
- a countdown: “at most 30 weeks to delivery”. And I can hardly
- imagine I’m alone to think so, or am I?
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> almost 2 years ago
- 2/3
- cont:
- whereas defining the software licence at the very beginning might
- have or might have not let you avoid the problem, today you’d need a
- plan B stating exactly when and what you do if legal issues are not
- solved or mediation is inefficient (start developing the alternative
- software for instance, choose licence, search for developers, see
- that your contract with new developers protect you against new
- claims, anything constructive). cont…
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> almost 2 years ago
- 1/3
- @M K +1
- @WEDG
- there is no suitable answer to your survey for me.
- I am still ready to wait (read: support you) if you (* I’ll refer to
- that later) will manage to send out the product to backers in the
- near future. However, if it will end up in settlement in five years
- (temporise, postpone etc. – that’s what lawyers do for living, isn’t
- it?), I want the refund already today.
- cont…
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- @Tiger Bus @WEDG – No freaking kidding! Lets give a few backers some
- refunds ASAP so they can move on and get off this comment board. Please.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- Seems like 2-3 guys on here really need to get their refund soon.
- Hope they will stop pestering once they got it…
- Hjalte Osborn Frandsen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6086866> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz: Thanks for your and for the hard work you guys put
- in – I look very much forward to a great product!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Can you please share an update with real substance in it?
- It’s good to share updates, but till now, it only has been updates
- from the process side of the issue.
- Based on all the update, I still can not make up my mind regarding
- supporting the WEDG. It’s a great product and I surely want it… but
- only if it is there in 2015…..
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- The third party wanting more details on two of your proposals sounds
- like good news, well done Team WEDG. Any idea when they might
- provide feedback? I know you’re all tired, and would prefer just to
- get on with things, but I’ve been holding off on completing my
- survey, waiting for good news!
- I still believe, but I’m worried the lawyers will kill the dream.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Any update guys?
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- Thanks Chris
- with the legal oversight required to show the new code is not
- compromised or influenced by Disputed code. Im sure this will add
- considerable time and cost to any rewrite. at least double :-(
- I know you for insurance reasons need to complete mediation. but at
- some point it must become necessary in parallel to the mediation to
- rewrite the disputed code if mediation takes too long to resolve.
- still supporting, Please keep updates coming.
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> almost 2 years ago
- I’m choosing to keep supporting WEDG.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG – Thanks Chris for the information -it is so much better
- when WEDG shares information with its backers.
- Its good to know that Shehbaz and the WEDG Team have invented the
- WEDG device for the good of mankind so that individuals can keep
- their personal data secure. It is also good to know that WEDG LTD
- 08824160 Director ID: 917334076 are a not-for-profit organisation.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @jrogers31 there are no shareholders, we are a start-up.
- ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3 of 3
- 10. “Third party” at fault for not clarifying to gardening-leave
- programmer he should not work.
- 11. Backers who want functioning WEGD units should not need to wait
- longer than necessary for the functioning units.
- 12. Current delays due to “legal issues” are only of interest to the
- shareholders in WEDG Co. who are arguing about their %age of revenue
- going forward with the “third party”
- 13. A deal will have to be done at some stage
- 14. A percentage of nothing is nothing!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 3
- 5. Disputed code could have been re-written weeks ago and change the
- nature of the"third party" dispute.
- 6. 100% of nothing is nothing (see points 2 and 3 as dispute drags on).
- 7. 70 or 80 or 90% of something big in revenue terms is better than
- 100% of nothing.
- 8. WEDG and their recruitment company are at fault for not doing due
- diligence in hiring gardening-leave programmer.
- 9. Gardening-leave programmer is at fault for not declaring his
- situation if to WEDG.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 3 Answers to @ Ken Taylor reveal that it would take one month
- to rewrite disputed code.
- Here are more facts:
- 1. WEDG is a post-Snowden ?killer device with ?killer applications
- but only if brought to market very very soon or
- 2. WEDG will be overtaken by a rival unit.
- 3. Every day of delay is another nail in the coffin for the WEDG
- project.
- 4. Legal expenses vs. “third party” are paid for by insurance (no
- draw down on funds we are told).
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor 2/2…on a LibreOffice base; for two reasons really it can
- handle the popular .docx, .xlsx formats and it already works pretty
- well in a browser!
- An update by Shehbaz is in review with our legal team and will be
- posted as sson as its approved.
- ^Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor 1/2 thanks for support and questions;
- 1) Currently there is not but we are stressing to apply workable
- time frames to the process as quickly as possible.
- 2) It really depends on the speed of the developer and how much code
- we have to strip back; internally here though we take an educated
- guess at four weeks at most with one dedicated developer.
- 3) The Office suite is progressing at a relaxed pace as some of its
- elements tie into the disputed code. We’re currently working…
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- I have a few questions
- 1)Is there a binding time limit on the mediation Process to stop the
- 3rd party stringing it out?
- 2)How long do you think it would take to rewrite the affected code
- and get it legally signed off as IP free?
- 3)how is the development of the Office server going and has the
- program for this been chosen? open, libre, Kingston(WPS), etc.
- the hardware is all “off the shelf” except the case its the software
- its integration and GUI that make this project.
- Keep the Faith.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- I see 3 outcomes.
- 1) win and get ownership of the existing code free of IP – Best outcome.
- 2) loose and have to pay licencing fees to the 3rd party for the
- code – Totally BAD as WEDG then reliant on third party forever.
- 3) loose and have to rewrite the disputed code showing “beyond ALL
- Doubt” that the code is clean and free of IP – costly and time
- consuming so would need continued support of backers and companies
- who have agreed to stock WEDG but keeps the software open and yours.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Heiko Zeller thank you for supporting WEDG. As far as we know the
- third party wants to establish the facts of IP ownership and we can
- not speculate on other matters. ^Chris
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> almost 2 years ago
- If I decide to continue to support the Project, will I get my Wedg
- after solving the legal issue? How possible is it to solve the legal
- issue without ruining of the wedge Company? I have the feeling that
- the third Party will strangle or slighting your upcoming Company.
- Kind regards
- Heiko
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @M K I think an update is coming this week, Shehbaz has a couple of
- telephone conferences this week.
- We’re not in a position to reveal the third party as doing so will
- jeopardise our position legally. This has been explained in detail
- in pervious updates. ^Shehbaz
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Any update?
- I still cant believe that a 3rd party would claim property right on
- WEDG….
- Backers have a right to know which 3rd party it is….
- Steve Box
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7734890> almost 2 years ago
- I think a lot of people would feel more comfortable staying with the
- project if there was some semblance of a ship date, i.e. we could
- receive our WEDG’s by spring 2016 at the latest. It seems like the
- team could identify a new developer to reengineer the software to
- avoid the IP issues within that timeframe. But since I haven’t seen
- anything to that effect, difficult to justify the waiting game. Sorry.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @M K we are not being sued, the legal situation is a dispute over
- the intellectual property rights of the software that the developer
- was involved in coding while on the payroll of the third party. ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 3 of 3 – When I made the suggestion of the poll – I was in favour of
- sticking with the project. However, the complete lack of
- transparency in updates and the delayed lame responses since that
- time give me a sense that there are other issues, which we are not
- being told about. It is for that reason that I now want out. Why
- can’t Team WEDG instruct its legal team to write a P&C statement of
- the facts of the case to the backers is beyond my comprehension. The
- backers have a right to see the facts.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 3 If there were only a few that wanted out it would make sense
- to fully refund them (a sign of good faith) and continue with the
- full support of the remaining backers who were content to wait. If a
- large number of backers wanted out then Team WEDG would have no
- option other than to make an urgent deal with the “third party” to
- get them out of the way so that the units could be built.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 3 – 18 days ago I put forward a suggestion of a poll which
- would get some clarity for backers and put urgent pressure on Team
- WEDG to move the project on by solving the “third party” issue,
- which we are told is the only reason why we do not have our WEDG
- units. At the time some backers wanted out as indicated in the comments.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- My problem is that the legal issue became apparent so late in the
- timeline of the project. Okay, these things happen. But I am still
- surprised that there were no repeat no parts made, no tools to make
- those parts and no discussions around that. There was no way a tool
- can be made in a week, is there. There’ll need to be injection
- moulded cases made to fit the chassis into and we saw a rough
- prototype that could have been 3D printed by the looks of it! For
- those reasons I think I’m out!
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> almost 2 years ago
- @M K – I don’t believe anyone is suing anyone! There is a dispute
- over some code that the third party states contractually belongs to
- them, only because the developer was still under contract to them
- whilst on garden leave. I think if Wedg had been able to discuss who
- the third party were they would have disclosed by now. This is the
- world of legal wrangles and nothing is ever likely to be disclosed
- even IF an agreement can be made.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> almost 2 years ago
- Shehbaz,
- I am currently making up my mind regarding refund or not.
- Can you share the name of the 3rd party that is involved?
- I am quite curious about which company would sue WEDG because of
- hiring a programmer that is on gardening leave. In normal situations
- the 3rd party would sue the programmer himself instead of WEDG.
- The 3rd party is basically destroying the development and creation
- of a good idea & product AND wasting time/money of WEDG and all the
- backers!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @snhs06 @Team WEDG: Please provide the exact “additional expenses”
- that are mentioned. We require exact amounts not just estimates.
- Just because delays are common does not make it something to be
- complacent. If Team WEDG stands to be a “good will” firm then they
- should in turn show it with actions. Funders requiring refunds
- “should” be a minority, if not Team WEDG has a bigger issue to
- attend. They don’t need to have a legal battle on two fronts.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- FYI everyone, Chris won’t be available for the rest of the evening
- and I have some personal commitments myself. I will endeavour to
- respond to your comments here as quickly as possible; please excuse
- the lateness.
- Thank you Chris for your commitment and being awesome this weekend (y).
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @snhs06 Your points are accurate, the short answer to your question
- right now is simply we have and see what percentage of backers
- request a refund to fully understand the potential deficit.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @David Aldred ditto. From our part we are ready to go into
- manufacturing the moment the legal dispute is resolved lifting the
- numerous restrictions.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @hjalteworm we are committed to delivering WEDG, as soon as the
- legal dispute is resolved we’re ready to get going, we’ve come a
- long way and made numerous personal sacrifices to give up now.
- ^Shehbaz
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2
- So any full refunds issued will eat into the remaining capital, and
- potentially compromise the success of the project at the expense of
- it and backers who stick with you. If this is correct then I would
- suggest refunds ought to be issued at a reduced rate reflecting
- expenses. This would be in line with the facts that all contributors
- made the same commitment at the outset, such delays are common in
- crowd funding and you are not under any obligation to provide
- refunds at this stage.
- snhs06
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9119033> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2
- Team WEDG,
- Glad that there seems to be progress recently. I wonder if you may
- be able to clarify a point in relation to the possibility of refunds
- being offered.
- As I understand the terms of indiegogo there is a charge for their
- services levied as a percentage of contributions received, along
- with other costs prior to the legal problems arising. As a result at
- least some portion of the initial funding has been spent.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 2 years ago
- Such a shame it’s come to this point, seemingly through no fault of
- your own.
- I don’t particularly want to pull out – been a keen supporter from
- your original kickstarter campaign.
- What would help though is a more general update on the state of the
- project – what is there left to do and what the possible outcomes
- are. A more informed decision can then be made.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Marc-André Runcie-Unger of course, we will continue to post legal
- issue updates as normal.
- At this point I’d like to remind everyone, the costs of the legal
- dispute are handled by our business insurance policy and not by us.
- ^Chris
- Hjalte Osborn Frandsen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6086866> almost 2 years ago
- Dear WEDG,
- If we do not take back our contribution – how likely are we to
- receive our WEDGs?
- Best,
- Hjalte
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> almost 2 years ago
- Will we get an update on the legal issue prior to the end of the survey?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- Big thanks @MyWorks Design! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @astron thanks for the questions; frankly right now we just don’t
- know, results from the survey will shed more light on WEDG future
- and how we deal with the impact. Demands from contributors have been
- for a means of refund without cause for what this will mean for the
- overall project. We don’t intend to give up on WEDG and are
- committed to bringing it market. The legal issue is our highest
- priority right now. ^Chris
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Just finished the survey too, heck yea we want our Wedg!
- astron
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5182113> almost 2 years ago
- I hope you guys can shed some more light in this. I’m holding back
- my survey until then…
- astron
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5182113> almost 2 years ago
- As much as I would like to stay faithful to WEDG I fail to see a
- clear comminucation in this matter. To me as a backer, in order to
- make this decision, there are questions that haven’t been
- sufficiently answered. What are the possible outcomes of this
- situation? Will the work progress in a regular and timely fashion if
- a favorable agreement can be reached? What if they fail to reach an
- agreement in favor of WEDG? Would this put the whole project to an
- end? Would this cause financial issues?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- You rock @Tiger Bus thank you!
- As @Tiger Bus said the survey has been sent. Please check your
- PayPal attached email addresses including the Junk folder.
- Please allow at least 24 hours to inform us if you have not received
- the survey. After 24 hours if you still haven’t received the survey
- please email us at info@wedg.co no other form of communication
- regarding this matter will be responded to.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 2 years ago
- Survey done, staying on board! Want my
- intel-raid-double-bla-super-butt SOON! ;)
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- To Chris @Team WEDG – presumably the UPDATE notifications go to the
- PayPal associated email addresses?
- However, if you are in any doubt about ensuring that all backers
- receive the email with the link to the poll – in addition to
- reconciling email addresses you should also send an UPDATE to
- confirm the email with the poll link has been sent AND post a
- message in the comments section.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- The survey is complete, since the last survey many backers have
- changed their PayPal email address and we are reconciling email
- addresses to ensure nobody is missed and there are zero
- administrative anomalies. ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- From the delay in sending out the poll to the backers one assumes
- that the poll when it does come will consist of an extensive number
- of complex questions. I would have thought that the poll could be
- simplified to: -
- 1. Do you believe in WEDG and are you prepared to wait for the
- “legal” issues to be settled?
- 2. Do you no longer believe in WEDG and would you like your money back?
- My answer to 1. is NO.
- My answer to 2. is YES
- If the poll does not come soon then responses will appear under comments
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz: This weekend is almost over (for some of us) and you
- mentioned the following: “As explained in our last update; this
- weekend Chris will be sending out a survey for you tell us if you
- want a refund to your contribution”. Where is the survey? and please
- don’t wait two weeks to provide the results, there is no need for
- further delays. Thank you.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> almost 2 years ago
- We have some news on the legal discussions. Good news! But if we
- will only have two weeks to decide if we want a refund, will there
- be more news from the mediation team as well? If I am forced to
- decide based on the current glacial pace the negotiations, I may
- well I might have to make the “wrong” choice. I still believe in the
- dream you all had @ Team WEDG. But do I still believe you can free
- the project from it’s legal shackles in a timely manner? That is the
- question …
- paul.kulhavy
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709012> almost 2 years ago
- I’ve backed this project from the start (kickstarter), but its been
- a long story of lengthy delays and excuses – and now it seems
- unlikely to me that the WEDG will ever get done – legal costs may
- sink the project.
- If the WEDG ever comes out as a retail item or finished product
- online then I will happily buy it and pay the bigger retail price
- and congratulate you – but 16 months is a year too long.
- I want a refund – so send that poll out. Return my pledge.
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> almost 2 years ago
- This is not how mediation works. Sounds very strange to me
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- It’s not in the interest of the legal team to set deadlines for an
- agreement to be reached. I would think that a London firm would bill
- around £350.00 – £500.00 per hour – plus VAT. I don’t understand why
- the “American software company” cannot be named and shamed if it is
- true that they have no interest in this technology other than to
- profit from the happenstance of an employee who was on gardening
- leave who wrote a few lines of code for a company who failed in its
- due diligence in hiring him.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @MyWorks Design not at this stage, we have pressed for deadlines
- along milestones and hope that they will be implemented. ^Shehbaz
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Is there a deadline any legal team has set on the mediation?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 Because of the delay in doing a deal with the “third party”,
- I have a sense that the “third-party” issue may be conveniently
- disguising more fundamental problems with the project – hardware,
- software, supply contractors or another issue. I do not accept that
- legal reasons exists for the total lack of transparency in the
- updates. Please poll the backers without any further delay
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> almost 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 A poll of the backers as suggested 15 days ago is essential –
- if there are only a small number of backers that want a refund –
- then refund them promptly. If there are a large number of backers
- that want a refund – then team WEDG will have no choice other that
- do a deal with the third party and get the project moving again. I
- do not understand why that has not been done already – after all
- WEDG failed in their due diligence hiring the programmer as he
- failed to be honest with WEDG.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- 2/2 (Cont.) ,,,daily updates just a paragraph long, outlining the
- most current progress. I bet 99% of us don’t care about T-Shirts, we
- just want to see the latest legal or product progress – both are
- equally important. While we understand you have to run it by your
- legal team, I don’t see it in any way damaging to either side if you
- give us mediation status.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Nikolai,
- You have valid concerns, and I understand where you’re coming from –
- it’s only fair that some backers get a refund, it’s not like it will
- kill the project if it’s only a few.
- However, I’m sure they’re busy – plus there’s a legal team that I’m
- sure is standing between them and their updates to us. Just a guess
- though, but I agree that’s a weak point of theirs.
- @Wedge – we just want to see progress. I bet you’ll squash all
- refund requests by posting (cont.)
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- Please provide a choice to the funders in order to receive a full
- refund if they wish. If not, make it clear to all here. This way it
- provides a clear indication on how some funders may resolve this
- situation.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- I knew that my funds were to provide support for this project but
- there are other issues at hand that require close attention if they
- wish to succeed. Refunds should be a no issue if there are only “a
- vocal minority that makes a lot of noise” as mentioned previously. I
- want to “believe” in the WEDG but each update makes it a step closer
- not to.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design, Philipp Stäheli: Understood, since that was the
- main reason I even funded the project to begin with. The issue is at
- the end of the day they are a company (or trying to be). Here is a
- nice example, two days ago Shehbaz posts the following “shortly we
- will be sending out a survey” and two days have passed with no such
- survey. They also post about “positive outcomes from a meeting
- yesterday will also be included in this update” which there is no
- such update as of this post.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 2 years ago
- Guys, relax! Like Phillip said, it’s not like there’s something else
- like this even as an idea yet out there! Sure, Transporter, but
- that’s such a far comparison. In a lot of our opinion, it’s worth
- the wait. Hopefully a shorter wait, nevertheless – with frequent
- updates ;)
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 2 years ago
- Common backers, do not dispair! It’s not like there is another
- wedg-kind of thing waiting around the corner. Forget about this
- campain for a while and it might be over sooner than you think and
- all will be good.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Peter Dalmaris thank you very much for your support! : ) ^Chris
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> almost 2 years ago
- I’m sticking with you Team WEDG, thank you for the frequent updates.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor thank you for your everlasting supper and understanding
- in this matter. ^Chris
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 2 years ago
- Wedg have not believe breached any of the T&C, YES there’s a delay
- caused by the legal case but i dont believe WEDG are “unable to
- fulfill any of its commitments to Contributors (including delivering
- any Perks)”
- lm funding an idea not “buying” a product. IMHO Certain backers here
- need to close their crowd funding accounts and wait for products to
- arrive in Best Buy, PC World, ETC,
- Would i like to already have my WEDG – Yes! but I will wait
- Unfortunately a vocal minority make a lot of noise.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner almost 2
- years ago
- @nikolai we’re preparing things to survey backers on this matter and
- an update will be sent out later this evening. Some positive
- outcomes from a meeting yesterday will also be included in this
- update. ^Chris
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: Thank you for providing the much awaited notice. Sadly
- it still does not provide a timeline or an educated estimate of when
- this legal issue may be resolved. Since this information has not
- been provided I still demand a refund, otherwise I will need to seek
- counsel on how to resolve this very matter.
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> 2 years ago
- @Wedg – I will wait, but I confess my patience is running thin. I
- have been through legal battles and mediation so I understand the
- process, but that also means that I understand how the third party
- can easily mess with you. You have continued to report they are
- empathetic but tied by policy, and I find no support for that. They
- can not empathetically watch your project die on the vine… They are
- a business and can find a business solution to let you move forward.
- Or not.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 Refund them promptly and move on at the pace dictated by the
- legal team and mediation. Only the ‘believers’ will remain waiting
- and only the ‘believers’ will be taking the risk.
- I do not think it is for anyone to judge whether contributors made
- significant or insignificant contribution – for me it is a matter of
- trust and a matter of principle.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 @Dermot Loughnane neatly takes us back to the suggestion I
- made 8 days ago.
- Make available a full refund all the contributors to the campaign
- who have decided that they no longer wish to endure any further
- delays in light of the fact that the promise of fully functioning
- units by March 2015 has not been fulfilled.
- Dermot Loughnane
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1839484> 2 years ago
- Thanks for the update, given the small amounts of money individually
- at stake here I’m not sure why people are so cranky about this. Shit
- happens but you seem to be doing your best to resolve unfortunate
- circumstances and I’m happy to wait till you can crank out my WEDG.
- Good luck with the mediation and look forward to hearing how it went.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- Thank you for the update, which I read with interest. From my point
- of view it does not add any significant detail to what I thought I
- already knew from previous messages and updates.
- Blazon PR who arranged your crowd funding on Indiegogo state on
- their website that “We believe in open, honest and transparent
- communications.” I find your responses inconsistent with that statement.
- I would be grateful if you would kindly arrange for a full refund of
- the £624.00 I contributed to the campaign.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, sadly I am in the same camp as the latest posts. I am
- requesting the option for a full refund. Your idea and push to
- provide the Wedg was tremendous but these legal issues has given me
- a lost in confidence with this project.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 +1 :-(
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 7-days has passed since a comprehensive update was promised
- regarding issues highlighted in the messages below. One wonders when
- the lawyers will approve the release of the update – how much time
- do they need? Is this update a multipage document requiring hours of
- their professional time or is this a thinly veiled attempt by the
- WEDG to continue stalling. From my point of view trust in WEDG is
- rapidly evaporating and as a result I am now with Ron Ko and would
- like to be fully refunded please.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor yes I believe mediation was agreed upon is legally
- binding. Something that Shehbaz’s pending update includes is how
- we’re looking at ways to allow the case run its course and allow us
- to segue way and recode efficiently. Thank you for support Ken. ^Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ron Ko my to you has disappeared as well. No need to
- apologise, we’re all frustrated and hoping things a resolved soon.
- Thanks for clarifying all the same. ^Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Hi Guys
- I posted a comment here yesterday but it seems to have disappeared.
- I’ve only noticed upon seeing @Ken Taylor’s message come through.
- My comment was to say that Shehbaz is waiting for the legal team to
- approve his update, its comprehensive and covers a great deal and so
- there is a delay as a result. Apologies for the delay ^Chris
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 2 years ago
- Hi WEDG Team,
- Is the mediation decision legally binding for both parties?
- I hope that the mediation reaches an amicable solution.
- If Not then the Developer has loads to answer for due to false
- representation. The insurance company may wish to go after him for
- costs.
- Then more lawyers will be needed to make sure a rewrite of the
- compromised code is provable beyond a reasonable doubt to be
- completely fresh, not influenced or tainted in any way. “clean” so
- no IP can be claimed over it.
- Good Luck
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> 2 years ago
- Hi Chris, thanks for your response. Frankly speaking, I have lost
- patience to the products perked via IGG. “Disappointed” is the only
- word to comment. Please accept my apology and wish WEDG with great
- success in future. Please advise me the refund channel, thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton my pending update will provide more answers – but as
- you know I have to ensure its content doesn’t infringe on the
- various agreements between WEDG and other parties. Once approved
- it’ll be online. ^Shehbaz
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 – I agree with all your comments about the pace of change
- in the tech. sector. I’ve been backing WEDG since early Kickstarter
- days. We all want to know what’s happening, that’s why I see a
- problem with polling now, we don’t yet know how long we might have
- to wait. Would you vote for a refund this month if WEDG was shipped
- to everyone else a week later? But other devices are now available,
- even from major suppliers, that provide the core functionality. We
- need more input from team WEDG
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ron Ko Shehbaz is preparing an update for all discussed issues
- below and will post as soon as possible, ^Chris
- Ron Ko
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8444779> 2 years ago
- Hello, any channel for refund?
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 @Justin Watson -Things move quickly in the tech sector. Is
- WEDG a pipe dream or is it deliverable? If it is deliverable and if
- it is a game changer, which backers thought it was going to be when
- they made their contributions then the “third party hold up” is a
- trivial matter with a deal to be done to move the project on. If the
- hardware or software can’t be made to deliver the objectives
- reliably – then it’s a dead duck. If you want to find out where this
- project is going–poll the backers
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 @Justin Watson – as things stand we only know what we have
- been told, which is very little. Development of the device is on
- hold, a nameless third party has an interest because of the prior
- contractual obligations of an employee hired -?in good faith with
- -?failure of due diligence. Is it possible there are other reasons?
- When backers pitched in some 9 months or so ago the device and
- stretch goals were relevant and desirable within the time frame of a
- Spring delivery.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 – I see one small problem with polling the backers, while
- some may want a refund now, others will be prepared to wait a bit
- longer. Perhaps a few may wait indefinitely. I’m not in the last
- category, so would need an idea of how long it would take to resolve
- the legal issues. As you rightly point out, lawyers aren’t in any
- rush! So how long is the piece of string? When might everything be
- resolved? I doubt anyone could even give an estimate. My choices in
- such a poll seem limited.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 thanks for your comments. I will respond to you and the
- general debate fully in an update as I have been discussing these
- comments with our advisory team (made up of legal, insurance and
- business mentors) this afternoon. Since we are in a sensitive
- position the update as usual will be approved by our legal team
- first. I will stress the point though the purpose of taking on
- mediation is to break free from the pace of the third party and to
- move the case along quickly. Regards, Shehbaz
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 3 of 3
- If the WEDG team find that only a small proportion of the
- contributors would wish to be fully refunded – then refund them
- promptly and move on at the pace dictated by the legal team (it is
- in their pecuniary interest to move slowly). Only the ‘believers’
- will remain waiting.
- If the WEDG team find that a large proportion of the contributors
- would wish to be fully refunded – then this will add the urgency and
- focus that I believe is required to get the project back on track.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 2 of 3
- 1. Make available a full refund all the contributors to the campaign
- who have decided that they no longer wish to endure any further
- delays in light of the fact that the promise of fully functioning
- units by March 2015 has not been fulfilled.
- 2. Poll all the contributors to see how many would wish to opt for a
- full refund of the funds they contributed.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- 1 of 3
- I have read the recent exchanges and while I have some sympathy for
- the WEDG team and the current “legal” predicament I believe Nikolai
- Tesla has a very valid point and I support his position. As a result
- I suggest the following, which may focus the WEDG team on arriving
- at a solution with the unnamed “third party”.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- smadyk please send us your new address along with your PayPal email
- address to infowedg.co and I’ll update our records, I’ll contact you
- before we print the post labels to double check. ^Chris
- smadyk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7989688> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG I’m going to move house in the next month, will you ask
- for the addresses before to send it (when it’d be ready)?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla personally I do not want to endure this experience a
- moment longer than I have to. The dream remains to fulfil IGG orders
- and bring WEDG to market, if this seems unlikely post mediation we
- will seek ‘Plan A, Plan B etc’. But I have to stress that we are
- hopeful with the involvement of mediation a successful outcome is
- highly likely – the third party accepting mediation without
- resistance is a very positive sign indeed. Best regards Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla I don’t believe a conspiracy is at play here. Having
- heard the developer’s testimony we here believe his rationale for
- taking on employment elsewhere and keeping his garden leave a
- secret; we do not justify it and he recognises the harm he has
- caused and is regretful of his actions. But that doesn’t change
- anything.
- For the foreseeable future we must commit to the procedure as we are
- under contract with various parties now. We and more cont…1/2
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: Sadly the burden is on you, Team WEDG, to provide your
- Funders with a satisfying solution and not just leave it to the
- legal team. It is hard and it is not fair after all the hard work
- you have done as of this date to bring up this superb idea just to
- have a single person bring it to a complete halt. What options are
- there? Shirts and stickers is not the main reason we successfully
- funded this project, it is for the WEDG (your device)!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG 2 fo 2: The third party legal team could easily drag this
- issue for eternity (unless I am ignorant to some British law) if
- they so wished. It is reasonable to assume that many, if not all, of
- the Funders will not wait indefinitely for this issue to sort out.
- Team WEDG needs to provide a plan A, B or even a C if this legal
- issue drags out for another month.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG 1 fo 2: My faith for the WEDG project is demonstrated
- with my already provided funds and as agreed the WEDG Team agreed on
- providing the corresponding perk early 2015. It could have been bad
- timing or an intentional sabotage (conspiracy mind here) that the
- contracted developer worked on WEDG code during his “garden leave”
- which in turn completely legally halted this great project.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ton Sonneveldt i.e. to show we are willing and co-operative and to
- prevent any further charges against us. ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ton Sonneveldt i.e. the third party. It is this which is in
- dispute. For many of us it seems clear that WEDG is not at fault –
- however the third party simply don’t see it this way and after
- deliberating with them directly we have chosen the route of
- mediation to which they have agreed. They have refuted clean builds
- claiming that we must prove the developer’s influence won’t in the
- new build.
- The entire situation is disappointing and frustrating but we must
- follow the due process to cont.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ton Sonneveldt I understand your frustration. Indeed we do have a
- contract with the developer and the agency through whom we hired him
- had references and performed due diligence before bringing him to
- our attention as any professional recruitment agency would. He chose
- not to disclose his employment at the third party where he is on
- garden leave. His contract of employment states that any work
- related to his employment during or outside of working hours is the
- IP of his employer cont…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design as we understand it the mediation team are gathering
- facts and information about the case and reading through meeting
- minutes. Our first meeting/review with the mediation team is
- scheduled for Tuesday 23rd June and Shehbaz will be attending that
- with our legal team. ^Chris
- Ton Sonneveldt
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/631163> 2 years ago
- part 2:
- As it is taking so many months now to solve that problem it seems
- that you had no good contract with the person you hired for the
- coding. I am getting skeptical about the whole project as there
- seems to be no developments in this case and certainly no new date
- for producing the hardware, solving the software problem (by hiring
- someone else to recode the disputed part) or delivering. How much
- time you think you still need to deliver? Hope to hear from you.
- Ton Sonneveldt
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/631163> 2 years ago
- part 1:
- I am one of those funders expecting a good piece of hardware and
- software based on your information during the Indiegogo campaign; to
- be delivered early 2015. By that time it became clear that you could
- not deliver the hardware – there was still only a prototype – but
- you explained that lack of realization by bringing up a problem with
- a third party concerning a software developer who worked for you but
- also for them.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- Hey guys,
- Any update? How’s the mediation?
- Thanks!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton haha! that brought a smile to our faces : ) love to
- see the Mediators sporting WEDG Tshirts in meetings with complete
- nonchalance! I think Tubthumping will be our theme song after all
- this is behind us. Thanks for your support Justin and everyone,
- looking forward to getting the Tees out to you soon! ^Shehbaz
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- Tee shirts and stickers! Hurrah! Something to quieten all the
- doubters out there who thought they’d get nothing after the legal
- issues became apparent. One more thing crossed off the long ‘to do’
- list on the road to success. Have you ordered a few some extra for
- the mediation team to wear in negotiations? Let’s hope those
- discussions do only take a short time. I feel the need to play
- Tubthumping by Chumbawamba and thumb my nose at all lawyers in
- general. Keep up the good work Team WEDG.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for your support Justin. We have amazing
- support from our legal team; I know Shehbaz is in talks with them
- often during and outside of normal business hours and yes this was a
- course of action suggested by them. Thanks again : ) ^Chris
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Thank-you for the update, it’s good to have
- these more regular posts from you guys. Whatever you are able to
- tell us is always gratefully received. I am encouraged that the
- legal team have suggested this course of action, and that the
- insurers are supporting it. I hope your selected mediator has a big
- stick! I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Just a quick note to say I have been in intense talks with the third
- party this week, details of which I will share with you as soon as
- approved by our legal support. I suspect however this maybe early
- next week with it being the end of the working week.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla 2/2 while I can’t discuss working terms and
- agreements in place with the individual team members, I will say
- that none of us, including myself have drawn a salary from WEDG, not
- until we fulfil IGG orders and get to market thereafter.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla the medium to long term plan for the project if these
- issues continues is something I am personally restless about and
- seeking seeking counsel from experts who can advise contingency and
- strategically. Furthermore points you raise are stressed to the
- third party on a regular basis so we one way or another we may
- proceed with bringing the project to market.
- The team are committed to WEDG, some are working on other projects
- alongside WEDG till we are able pick up ground again 1/2
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 2 of 2 @Team WEDG: This is not even considering your WEDG team (14
- as of today) is either working for free or not. It is almost two
- months since this product should have shipped. What are your
- contingency plans if the legal issue drags for another four months?
- There is a limit.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 1 of 2 @Team WEDG, Pierre Lang has a very valid point which brings
- up the following question: how long are you willing this legal
- issue? Definitely you can not do so indefinitely since your
- technology and ideal will be surpassed by someone else making it
- irrelevant in due time. Also, as I have mentioned on an earlier
- posted comment, your manufacturing partners will no longer able to
- honour your agreed prices from almost a year ago which in turn dig
- into your raised funds.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Pierre Lang the legal procedure hasn’t cost us a penny fortunately
- as we have business insurance which is paying for a great legal
- team. Ditching his work and starting again isn’t possible yet as
- we’d have to prove a number of factors regarding the authenticity of
- the ’new’code – that in actual fact would be a legal procedure
- within itself. ^Chris
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> 2 years ago
- Sorry to add to the (maybe) useless comments, but considering your
- statement here: http://wedg.co/news/statement-12-04-15.pdf the
- developer worked for you from late january to end of march.
- This is, more or less, 2 months worth of work.
- Of course, I’m not aware of what the legal issue exactly is, but did
- you consider simply ditching his work, and have someone else recode
- independently what is in dispute? Anyway, the legal proc.probably
- did cost you more than these 2 months of work already…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @George Baily unfortunately we don’t, the updates are the most
- comprehensive details on the issue. ^Chris
- George Baily
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5420941> 2 years ago
- As someone who (sorry) is not up to date with your legal issue, do
- you have a blog post or status page where someone can catch up to
- what that is all about, without having to read back through each
- fragmentary status update?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem as @Marc-André Runcie-Unger (thanks for chipping in) said.
- Furthermore, we have promised to deliver a single complete solution
- to IGG backers and retail partners; it would be commercially
- impossible to only produce a handful of units without the WEDG OS.
- Also, the WEDG OS is designed to be flashed on to the hardware, your
- suggestion is untested ground.
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> 2 years ago
- @veehem I am guessing the wedg needs an operating system like
- anything else. If the legal dispute is related to that part of the
- software there is no way to use the hardware without it. So while
- add on apps may be open source unfortunately we will have to wait
- until the legal case is resolved. Fingers crossed they won’t be held
- up much longer. I still believe in them and the project!
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- @ Chris (Team WEDG) I don’t understand why. You always says that the
- software would be opensource. Could you be more explicit about the
- reasons why it’s not feasible for you. Thanks
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem you understand correctly, however your suggestion would not
- be feasible for us. ^Chris
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- If I understand correctly, the dispute is about the software. So why
- don’t you send us the hardware? Meanwhile, we may install something
- like Yunohost. And later, the Wedg software
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you Steven, those are encouraging words. Your
- support and confidence means a great deal to me and the team here.
- ^Shehbaz
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- We believe. Stay strong.
- “Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all
- sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t
- care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you
- there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as
- hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how
- hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take
- and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”
- ― Rocky Balboa
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @rabeaumont happy to have the discussion but please don’t let the
- legal situation be a cause for concern regarding money in the
- project. That’s all in hand with insurance. .
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thanks for the invite Justin, a couple of sample
- freebies were sent in the post today, but if I am ever local I’ll
- certainly be in touch : ) #TeamLewisHamilton (Y) ^Shehbaz
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> 2 years ago
- I don’t know about others but I couldn’t give a monkeys about the
- t-shirt. If it meant more money to the project I’d happily forgo mine.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Another update. I could get used to these.
- It looks like slow and steady progress on the legal front. Not much
- more could be expected when lawyers charge by the hour. Perhaps
- better news on the tee shirt front. As it happens, I live in
- Leicester, If you’re coming over to collect samples Shehbaz, drop me
- a line, we could meet up for a chat about F1 and WEDG! I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp I believe Shehbaz is working with another tshirt
- distributor as the original company wouldn’t honour the agreement
- since the time frames had changed. There will be an update on the Ts
- this week I have been told just now.
- We’ll make Friday the update day from this point onwards unless
- there is significant news to report during the week. ^Chris
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> 2 years ago
- Part 2:
- I believe the last request was about 2 weeks ago. Having arranged
- custom T-Shirts and Hoodies before I would be surprised if you
- didn’t have some update to give us regarding these. Also you said
- your guys were gonna spend the time to work on the chat app any
- progress with that? Yet again there may be no substantial news but
- it would be nice to even just see no news…
- Can I suggest maybe picking one day a week and say every friday just
- give us a state of play even if it just says no news
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> 2 years ago
- Hi Guys,
- Part 1:
- While I appreciate there maybe no news on the legal front and you do
- have my support I was just wondering a few things. Now I check the
- comments most days for updates so there are a few things I’ve
- noticed. First of all T-Shirts have been mentioned while I am a bit
- indifferent over the T-Shirt personally however a number of backers
- have requested updates on these items over the last couple of and we
- have been told you will contact the suppliers and find out.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey…the case hypothetically. So we will only report what
- we know and are consented to share as soon as we know it.
- I know this a frustrating and testing time for you; our backers and
- partners, but rest-assured we are doing all that we can come to a
- prompt and amicable outcome and get the WEDG out everyone.
- Best regards
- Chris
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gaston Cardey Hi Gaston, it is our objective to keep our backers
- and partners updated on a regular basis. Sometimes there isn’t
- anything to report as we are waiting to hear news ourselves. Last
- week is a primary example of this; the third party arranged to
- interview the developer last week, we have asked for an update but
- haven’t heard back yet. I know Shehbaz has conf call tomorrow with
- our legal team and might have some feedback then. We are under
- strict instructions not to discuss cont…
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 2 years ago
- Part 2:
- We’re waiting that this huge legal problem solves urgently. And I
- think many of us require this solved in a urgent basis since the
- distribution date has paseed 1 month ago.
- Please help us to end this proyect with the confidence of backing
- new ones.
- I think we all back you in this I do, but we need more of you. You
- can say that is confidential. Ok. But we’re stuck in this
- “confidential” argument.
- Hope you understand.
- Regards,
- Gastón Cardey
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> 2 years ago
- Part 1:
- Hi,
- 1 week has passed from the last message from WEDG and I’m thinking
- that I need a status update every week. I wouldn’t ask you this in a
- normal situation, but we passed that 1 mont ago. There are news
- every week in everything.
- Right now, there are some other manufacturers offering products that
- “looks like” the WEDG. Some has a few extra functionalities and some
- lack of many that the WEDG includes. But are available right now at
- a store. (continue …)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for the support and your enthusiasm Justin
- (Y). ^Chris
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @ Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Thank-you for the update, this seems like
- positive news.
- @ Chris. The production times are also good news.
- I’m sure I’m not the only one who sees these two points as positive.
- Well done everyone at Team WEDG, please keep up the good work
- (especially the frequent updates, however sparse they have to be for
- legal reasons). In fact, I’m so happy about all of this, I won’t
- even ask about tee shirts. I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 our manufacturing and supply partners have offered lead
- times of up to 72 hours in a business week to start a production
- run. So we envisage within 7 days we would be in a position to begin
- shipping orders. ^Chris
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- I think that it would be helpful for the backers to know how long it
- would take you to produce and supply the fully functioning units
- with associated software if the legal issues were to evapourate
- tomorrow?
- Thomas Grundberg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5396919> 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli: +1
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- I appreciate the irony of the campains title.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @db unfortunately we can’t disclose privately over emails, we are
- sharing all the information that we can and that is deemed relevant
- to backers and other partners involved. Your support and powers ;)
- are very much appreciated! ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton indeed and fortunately we’re in good and very
- experienced hands.
- The t-shirts is on my list of priorities – I haven’t forgotten, I
- will catch up with distributors and get back to everyone. ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you and the respect is mutual. We are aware of
- the environment and pressures against us and are doing all that we
- can to proceed with the project. ^Shehbaz
- db
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706846> 2 years ago
- It would be also awesome if we can get detailed Information on out
- Email Adresses
- which you should have. Informations only for Backers about the exact
- detailed Status.
- (i think that nobody who backed you will get you in trouble with
- these informations – it will us belive that somthing goes behind the
- lines :-) )
- Still beliving on WEDG and send you super power to solve the issues.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- It seems the legal issue is more complex than it needs to be (no
- real surprise when lawyers get involved!) as there are other parties
- involved. I fear this could take quite a while. I’m rooting for you
- Team WEDG! Wish I could wear my tee shirt to show my support. Which
- sort of reminds me, whatever happened to those?
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 2/2
- @Shehbaz
- We all need a road map/timeline of when we could expect this product
- and services otherwise there is no tangible pressure to have this
- legal issue resolved in a prompt manner. In the meantime the funds
- will dry out and this ideal dream will just evaporate in due time. I
- wish you the utmost strength and spirit to see this through to the
- end successfully but with a tangible timeline.
- Kindest regards,
- Nikolai.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- 1/2
- @Shehbaz, Keep in mind that I have respect for you and your great
- idea to provide the power of privacy and security to those who could
- afford it. Be aware that many of your founders are unable to wait
- indefinitely for many reasons. Also keep in mind that technology
- moves forward a fast pace and that each passing month the technology
- you offered back in 2014 will become irrelevant and/or outdated to
- new standards.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- 2/2
- @MyWorks Design I deeply regret the delay and the inconvenience this
- is causing to you, Alex and all other backers. ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- 1/2
- @MyWorks Design it’s a combination of discussions and investigations
- on their side which lead to more questions and answer sessions with
- us. We are one of many legal cases the third party legal division
- are engaged with.
- We i.e. myself and our legal legal support have and will continue to
- respond quickly, truthfully and with complete transparency in all
- communications – that for now is all we can do. Anything we can
- disclose will be disclosed publicly for the benefit of all backers.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- 2/2
- What are the issues standing in your way? Just negotiations with
- this company? Many of us, like Alex, are patching together old
- systems in preparation for Wedg, so we’re fairly dependent on the
- timing of the launch.
- Anything you can share privately?
- Thanks!
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- 1/2
- Hey guys,
- Any latest updates? I can definitely realize the restrictions of
- what information you can share with the public, but any specific
- details would help!
- What portion of legal proceedings has been conducted so far? Have
- initial negotiations been completed yet?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Alex Stamp sorry to hear your current system is dying. Right now we
- can’t say because we don’t know ourselves. I know Shehbaz is push
- our legal team and the third party for a roadmap but nothing has
- been forthcoming yet. ^Chris
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I know you probably can’t give an accurate time estimate but the
- system I’m currently using is dying and I was wondering if it worth
- attempting to prop it back up. Are we looking at weeks or months
- worth of delay. Just a guesstimate would do :)
- Thanks
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you Steven, I sincerely appreciate your support
- and confidence in us.
- ^Shehbaz
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for your on going support Justin, it means
- a great deal to me and the team.
- ^Shehbaz
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- I am proud to have supported your efforts from Kickstarter on over
- to Indiegogo. I believe in you and your team and will keep the faith.
- Hang in there!
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team WEDG. Thank-you for the update. As you say, little
- news that you can talk openly about. Legal disputes are often
- lengthy, as well as soul destroying. Here’s hoping it’s all resolved
- satisfactorily, quickly. Wish I could wear my tee shirt to show my
- support. I still believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Marc-André Runcie-Unger thank you ^Shehbaz
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> 2 years ago
- Thank you Shebaz! I can imagine it’s a very stressful time for you
- all and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it can all be worked out
- quickly.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Marc-André Runcie-Unger I have drafted an update and sent it on to
- the legal advisers to review, after their feedback/approval I will
- post an update to the project.
- Thank you everyone for your patience and co-operation.
- ^Shehbaz
- MARC-ANDRE RUNCIE-UNGER
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5105783> 2 years ago
- Not wanting to sound pushy but are there any updates from the
- conference? I hope it is good news. :(
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design Shehbaz has a telephone conf tonight so will update
- you guys on the outcome thereafter. ^Chris
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- Team, any updates? :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @rabeaumont thank you for your confidence and support. Its an
- overwhelming experience with a steep learning curve. The lack of
- control and minimal influence over the whole siltation only makes
- things more intense and stressful.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Franco we ran behind on the production schedule as our
- manufacturing partners were delayed, furthermore some of our
- components were held by customs at the time too. However, as per the
- terms of our agreement our manufacturing partners would have ramped
- up output to meet agreed deadlines as the delay was on their part
- and not ours.
- rabeaumont
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8708749> 2 years ago
- Just wanted to say that I have complete faith in Team Wedg. Working
- in software myself, and knowing a bit about intellectual property
- rights in contracts, I know how difficult these issues can be, and
- how long it can take to resolve them.
- I believe you are doing all you can to get my Wedg to me, and am
- prepared to be patient.
- Franco
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707014> 2 years ago
- Shehbaz, the letter was received 30 March so can you clear up your
- update from a month ago, “…the WEDG shell will go into production on
- 26 March for a full day to produce 2200 units. On Monday 30 March
- assembly of WEDG will commence! Boards will be flashed during
- assembly before they go into the WEDG. Assembly will run for four
- days. Each completed WEDG will be packaged and addressed as it runs
- off the production line and stored until all units are complete and
- ready for shipment.”
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys I hope the update just posted to the project will rest
- your concerns.
- ^Shehbaz
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 2 years ago
- I also find the timing of ‘The Statement’ rather ominous. It all
- comes out of the woodwork after the Idiegogo campaign is closed.
- I also feel the legal team would have read ‘The Statement’ and
- corrected the errors in grammar and content before release. It was
- poorly written and not proof read in any way which surprised me with
- regard to the gravity of the issue.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 2 years ago
- I find this situation quiet worrying. I know the legal stuff isn’t
- something you’ll be discussing, but to hear there isn’t even any
- casings produced is shocking! Delivery should have been last month.
- and the IP issue is way after this. You could show shots of the
- tooling you must have paid for. Would a test of the tool produced
- any case parts? Have you tested if they fit together? Do the
- internals fit?
- This just gets worse and worse.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG. Could you clarify where we got to on production please?
- Your comment about ordering a one off has me confused. The initial
- production run was due to be finished by now. I know you said you
- had some delays. Did these coincide with the software dispute to the
- extent you held off on production? I would have thought just getting
- a finished unit out of the box to photograph would be easier than
- ordering a ‘special’. Any news on the tee shirts and stickers? I
- still want to believe.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla this week we ordered a single aluminium back part of
- the WEDG at great cost as it’s an unscheduled one-off production.
- This should help ease concerns over the legitimacy of the production
- plan. The unit will be produced on 23/04 and Shehbaz or I will send
- photos the moment it’s received. Our hands are tied as to how detail
- about the legal dispute can be disclosed without making matters
- worse for ourselves. We are committed to resolving the dispute as
- quickly as possible.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, @Chris, @Shehbaz, It has been over two days. Where are
- the photos? Video? Proof? Your team should provide means for its
- funders to receive a full refund if you are bound by the legal
- implication of providing any further proof of such product. It is a
- sad state of affairs if your team is unable to shed any light into
- this ideal project to the people that have provided the funds.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem its just not that clear cut unfortunately, we/our legal
- representation pushed that point. But the issues here are the legal
- right to the works undertaken by the developer in question as per
- his contract of employment with third party.
- ^Chris
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- I’ve make a long comment & question. You don’t anwser anything, just
- “thank you for your support”. :/
- All this stuff is supposed to be opensource. Why it is still not?
- Don’t you think it would avoid the problems?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk I understand that the apps and WEDGNET are also within the
- disputed remit of the claims until satisfactorily released. And I
- also understand there to be some promotional reasoning to satisfy
- retail partner Rider agreements.
- ^Chris
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- @Chis,
- Thank you. Looking forward to head from you about their decision. In
- the meantime, could you please tell us why apps were not pushed to
- stores yet?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk I’ll take your suggestion to the legal team before taking
- photos or screen shots just in case.
- ^Chris
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- Team WEDG,
- If you really want to convince us why not provide
- screenshots/screencasts/videos of something that should be already
- in place so WEDGNET web interface, apps (why apps are not yet in
- stores?!?!)? As I understand the legal issue, it is related to linux
- development so wedg internal software but wedgnet and ios/android
- apps are different story and should be already feature complete.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli we don’t have a workshop setup here, we work from
- an incubator shared with many other small/startup businesses;
- however Shehbaz has requested some hardware ‘evidence’ from our
- manufacturing partners, He’s waiting for a quote and ETA as he only
- managed to speak to them on late Thursday afternoon.
- ^Chris
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- Nobody minds the delay, that’s how crowdfunding always is.
- We have two problems: The legal, and the updates.
- There has not been a single update, which was not exclusively text.
- It has been 4 days since we asked for more proof. How hard can it be
- to walk around the office and snap a few pictures or browse through
- what suppliers have sent you. I can not believe that you are not
- doing this. All you need to take is 30 minutes and you make all
- concerns shut up. That is, if they are not justified.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor thanks for your support
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 2 years ago
- Hi WEDG Team
- Its Friday, Get the Team to Grab a Pizza and beer at the end of the
- day take a Photo and post it
- This will hopefully keep some people wanting photos happy others
- wont be happy whatever you do
- we have had an update about every month which is better than some
- projects I have supported, more would be good though ;-)
- enjoy the weekend and come back refreshed on Monday and work on what
- you do have control over like the Office app etc.
- Show Support the delays are not their Fault !!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Hi guys
- I’m Chris, I’m taking over from Shehbaz to respond to comments in a
- timely fashion while he focuses the legal disputes.
- @Franco Shehbaz is working on getting some pics to share with
- everyone of the tooling stuff so will share those when we have them.
- @MyWorks Design yep we’ll share something soon, we’re a bare-bones
- operation here where every penny had to be justified so we don’t
- much to share.
- @Justin Walton good question will get back to you on that.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- “T-shirts and stickers will be sent from a different fulfilment
- partner so expect two shipments from us” … How are we doing on
- those? Yes, I know the WEDG team are all busy trying to sort out the
- legal issues with the software, but these are factored out
- separately. Do we have an ETA? Please? Something positive? We want
- to believe!
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- I agree with Franco. Surely there’s something (app, website,
- packaging, ports, extension cords, anything) that you can snap a
- picture of and post.
- We support you 100% but you don’t want 2 battlefields to deal with
- when you only need one. :)
- Franco
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707014> 2 years ago
- I understand and agree with the points made by both @Philipp Stäheli
- @Nikolai Tesla. After receiving the last update, I’ll admit I was
- skeptical. This was the 1st of 13 projects I’ve backed (1st on
- indiegogo) that has gotten away with virtually no legitimate
- updates, and no one complained. I came from the failed kickstarter
- and went on to pay for 3 WEDGs so @Team WEDG certainly at this point
- something as trivial as box art/packaging has been made, why not
- share those pics?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli @Nikolai Tesla I understand your concerns, we don’t
- have any pictures because I guess just haven’t taken any. All of our
- prep work was done before the crowd funding stage with a regimented
- process to follow which was supposed to be fool proof and that’s how
- we’ve been working – with a lot of work offloaded to
- partners/suppliers. We are at the very start of dispute and still
- getting our heads around much of this situation, still I will aim to
- gather some resources asap.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, My apologies if I am being a pest to you, but I am
- posting obvious and common concerns. You have not responded to the
- following: “Providing updated information to your “funders” on a
- regular basis and current pictures, videos of the product would calm
- down nerves in the time being. Also, my professional recommendation,
- is to provide a way to receive a refund if the legal issue drags out
- longer than anticipated for those funders that need this option.”
- Your response is appreciated.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- 2/2 employees having a pizza together. In all the 39 updates you
- have never given any proof on whats going on. Why are you so
- secretive? Obviously you do not want to reveal any secrets but a
- little proof of existence here and there is not too much to ask for
- is it? I already had to a couple of times before you released your
- business adress… there is a little voice in my head growing louder
- that asks:
- “Where’s the poop Robin?”
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- 1/2 Hey Team Wedg, I love this project and want it very much to succeed.
- But this time I am the devil’s advocate: I want an update where I
- actually see something of the Wedg. Since the beginning of the
- campain I have not seen any new pictures of anything. From the
- multiple campains I have backed mostly on Kickstarter I am used from
- the updates to see all kinds of things: People working in their
- offices, a pile of parts that just arrived, a 3D or a picture of an
- injection mould or even just the
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton thank you for your support and compassion, yes it is
- a very testing time personally and professionally too. All parties
- involved are sympathetic to our situation and want to come to an
- amicable resolution as quickly as possible. The business insurance
- support was a huge relief as you can appreciate.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk @Nikolai Tesla thank you for your ongoing support; yes
- this is a software issue, we were facing minor delays with shipments
- anyway but knew we could overcome this in production. But when news
- broke of the severity of the claim against us all focus turned
- towards that and we held back on shipments of hardware to avoid
- warehousing costs. Fulfilment is our top priority and we have the
- co-operation of our manufacturing and shipping partners for when we
- start things off again.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @fia thanks for your support its really appreciated here
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> 2 years ago
- I do agree with the comments made by both aaddiikk and Justin
- Walton. Providing updated information to your “funders” on a regular
- basis and current pictures, videos of the product would calm down
- nerves in the time being. Also, my professional recommendation, is
- to provide a way to receive a refund if the legal issue drags out
- longer than anticipated for those funders that need this option. I
- am a huge supporter of this project and you have my backing as long
- as things are kept transparent.
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz and Team Wedg. Thank-you for taking time to update us so
- quickly following the disappointing news about the legal position on
- the software. I for one am extremely relieved to hear the legal
- costs will be covered by your business insurance. I think this issue
- has been eating in to your time more than you’re letting on, but
- hope you will be able to continue to provide frequent updates as
- matters develop. It will help stop our nerves fraying!
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- Team,
- I’m really sorry about issues that you described in last update and
- you have my full support on that but if I understand the issue
- correctly the showstopper is related to software part. Based on the
- previously published schedule, hardware should be packed and ready
- to be shipped just after the legal issues are resolved. Therefore,
- could you please share some shots from production to ensure us that
- in fact the product is indeed ready and finished?
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> 2 years ago
- Just want to give you my support and think it will all end happily
- for you.
- These things are a pain in the but, and I hope the big company will
- see how absurd this claim of theirs is. Garden leave is a problem.
- They should have sent him/her to some nice tropical island for the
- time suspended…
- But I guess we all can wait for this to solve amicably since we wait
- for something great!
- group hug
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Many of you have suggested that we start a campaign to cover the
- legal costs of this dispute and that you would support us
- financially there too.
- This is a most generous and kind offer and I thank you all very
- dearly for this immense show of solidarity. Fortunately, we have
- business insurance and on Friday 10th April the insurance company
- agreed to accept our claim and so we don’t have to worry about the
- legal and sundry costs involved.
- A huge thank you again.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @M K not right now we can’t, but we hope that when the matter is
- amicably resolved we will be able to say the parties involved are.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman yes this is a very stressful time for me and my
- colleagues right now. Your and everyone else’s support is very much
- appreciated, I can’t thank you all enough.
- PS. I’ve been called worse, don’t worry ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker yes completely agree, and this is also evidence that
- we have presented to the third party to vindicate our actions.
- Absolutely, I can’t say much, but what I want to say and do say will
- for the time being will be vetted by our legal advisers who by the
- way are fight tooth and nail for WEDG.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @jrogers31 thanks for your comments. I can tell you our legal
- representation has made contact with the agency from an
- investigatory aspect and other reasons.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor thank you for your support, much of the code is for WEDG
- core and some of it extends to WEDGNET. I can’t really discuss what
- we can do regarding the developer however re-engineering the project
- is something we have put forward to the third party as a suggested
- resolution to move forward.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Veehem the build is complex and my hands are tied to some extent as
- to what I can say regarding the dispute. Nevertheless we all
- appreciate your ongoing support here.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Justin Walton for the time being we’re going to wait and see what
- the outcome is and consider our position thereafter. From
- yesterday’s meeting and discussions it was plain to see the third
- party are sympathetic to our cause and are working to free us from
- obligation as soon as possible – without contradicting company
- policy at the same time.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Dear all
- I’ve just got back online after a day of travelling to London and
- back by car to meet regarding the legal dispute we have. I’m going
- to review the comments, respond to emails from backers and post an
- update shortly after that.
- Thank you for your patience.
- Shehbaz
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> 2 years ago
- Hi,
- Can you disclose the name of company that is giving you (and many
- more) headaches?
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Of course, the moment I click POST I realize I’ve misspelled your
- name. My apologies. :)
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Shebaz, I can’t imagine the feeling in the pit of your stomach that
- you all must be feeling right now, on the verge of jumping off with
- the new product.
- I’ve read the comments by Bryan Walker, jrogers31, and Ken Taylor
- below and agree with each of them. I’m sure you’ve considered all of
- these things as well.
- I just want you to know that you have my support. I believe in you
- and your team. I’ll be praying for a speedy resolution that is
- favorable for you guys. Hang in there!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- The agency that provided this individual must come under scrutiny
- also as it appears that there was a failure of due diligence in the
- checks carried out by the agency and your company before hiring this
- individual.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> 2 years ago
- I hope you get the matter resolved with no on going issues. Having
- read your statement it occurred to me that the ‘gardening leave’ may
- have been a convenient means by which the other company could take
- the opportunity to deliberately plant this individual into your
- company at a critical time in the development of the product for the
- purpose of disrupting your plans, getting access to your IP and
- access to other confidential information.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz and Team
- Sorry to hear about the legal issues. I hope they can be quickly
- resolved
- If you cant resolve this I hope you can recover any costs from the
- developer (false representation ?)
- In the worst case. If they wont agree to a deal can you get a new
- developer to recode this section with no reference to the disputed
- code (using clean room reverse engineering) or cant it be re engineered
- is the disputed code on the WEDG or on WEDGnet
- Good Luck, please keep us updated
- Thanks Ken
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART 4 Now, I hope you will quickly overtake the legal problem, and
- on a opensource base could build a big community (users &
- contributors) around this beautiful product. (End of comment)
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART 3 Have a look e.g. the join venture between LaBriqueInter.net
- [FR] (http://labriqueinter.net/) a hardware and Yunohost [EN]
- (https://yunohost.org/#/docs_en) a simple self hosting platform. On
- this project, everyone may buy the whole thing or build it by
- himself (hardware, software are opensource). You probably know some
- other project like that.
- (…)
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART 2 (on two ways:
- ) 1/ Many people are concern about privacy and don’t have the time
- or the competences for this purpose. They are ready to pay for a
- “out of the box” hardware & software AND regular updates. Only big
- commercial company can offer that BUT
- 2/ Some people are already able to build this kind of system AND are
- also ready to give a hand to a hardware & software which could
- attend a general public audience. They are already doing that in
- many opensource project
- (…)
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> 2 years ago
- PART1/ Sorry to hear about the legal issue. But as I said in
- previous comments, the code should be opensource from the firsts
- days. This would probably avoid the legal problem.
- And for the future I insist how it’s important.
- I’m supporting Wedg, not because I need it but because I think this
- kind of product is very important and need to be distributed on two
- ways:
- (…)
- Justin Walton
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707801> 2 years ago
- I’m sorry to hear about the IP issues you’re having with the
- software. Will you be re-flashing the stock of WEDG units to a
- pre-production version unaffected by this dispute and shipping them?
- Or are you waiting to see if the dispute can be quickly resolved?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- rpolan01 please drop us an email at infowedg.co with your PayPal
- email address and we’ll get them out to you.
- rpolan01
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4475929> 2 years ago
- I also did not receive a survey either…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Haitham Gad and @Heiko Zeller please drop us an email at infowedg.co
- with your PayPal email address and we’ll fire the surveys out to you.
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> 2 years ago
- Hi Wedg Team, I did not Receiver the Survey also.
- Haitham Gad
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8733244> 2 years ago
- Hi @TeamWEDGE, I didn’t receive the survey either.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @MyWorks Design sorry for the delay, Shehbaz is drafting an update
- right now and will post shortly. Thank you for your patience.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Johan Wijngaard apologies you haven't received the survey, you're
- not alone. The survey will come from surveymonkey.com with the
- sender's address as infowedg.co.
- Please send us your PayPal email address at info@wedg.co and we’ll
- get the surveys out to you.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Francisco Alvarez don’t worry about that for now, you’re not alone
- and we will be contacting backers in the same situation in time.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @db thanks db, think its because the fund raising has ended, so
- links to the perks are broken. Will fix it.
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> 2 years ago
- Any update, guys? We’re getting excited!
- Johan Wijngaard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2469755> 2 years ago
- Hi Team off the Wedge,
- I have also not yet received a survey!
- Please try to work on it if you published it in a update. We are all
- waiting on the WEDG so we can install it on the network at home. And
- can use it to storage, mail, backup ect.
- I still believe this the solution for me as home worker ect.
- But you must inform us as we are the people how has believe and
- trust in your story and have made a “Perk” to get a ready product.
- Regards
- Johan
- Francisco Alvarez
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8814221> 2 years ago
- I forgot the shipping payment! Sorry! How could I pay it?
- Thank you,
- db
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706846> 2 years ago
- Just 4 your Information – the Links for Preorder on wedg.co does not
- work anymore.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @aaddiikk we’re just in the process of putting some details together.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> 2 years ago
- Hi team,
- Could you please update us, the backers about where we are?
- According to the schedule youve published a month ago, today
- shipping of wedg should start where actually I dont even see the app
- in stores (which also takes some time). Tease us a bit with some
- photos/screenshots, updated schedule etc.
- Cant wait for my wedg! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @1sgmgn April 2015!
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> 2 years ago
- When does it Ship?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Philipp Stäheli, @ZHUO YANG please email us at infowedg.co quoting
- your PayPal email address and we’ll send the survey out to you again.
- ZHUO YANG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8355345> 2 years ago
- Haven’t received a survey either..
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> 2 years ago
- Haven’t received a survey either..
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> 2 years ago
- Hello,
- I have not received the survey yet, is there a problem?
- Thanks and Happy Easter?
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> 2 years ago
- Just got (and returned) the survey – thank you! I did not understand
- the “put your email address in the comments section” on the hard
- drive/T-shirt survey (there is no comments section, just a place to
- say what to do with the second shirt, for us literal types…). I
- tried to modify it, but I can’t (“you’ve already taken this
- survey.”). So here is the repeat: I said “chose a hard drive for me”
- and "I want both shirts blue, XL, and “His”). Address is j c t at m
- a c dot c o m.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you Steven! Have a good Easter break!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Happy Easter, guys! So thrilled we are so close to seeing your
- vision made real!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- Hey guys
- Just an FYI we have a public holiday starting Friday 3rd April in
- the UK and until Tuesday 7th. During this time we’ll be operating on
- skeleton staff at varied times and so responses to emails and
- comments may be subject to delay in .
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Steven Newman good question. We currently have a 3 bad passwords
- and 15 minute lock out from that IP address, followed by 2-step auth
- attempts. But all quantities are variable, so you can set for
- example 3 bad password attempts or 10 followed by 15 minute lockout
- or no lockout.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @db shortly after we go in to production next week we’ll have a
- better idea of exact date. PR team are hard at work for this working
- with retailers that we’ll be announcing partnerships with.
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> 2 years ago
- Hey, a question just came to mind. I am currently using a Synology
- device to handle my mail. One of the security features I like is
- that I can set how many bad password attempts in a given time frame
- from an IP address will get the IP locked out for a period of time.
- So three bad passwords in fifteen minutes from a given IP get it
- blacklisted for 30 days. Or what have you.
- Will WEDG have anything similar?
- Thanks!
- Steven
- db
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706846> 2 years ago
- hi, could you tell us when the feature presentation is planned for
- your launch?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- George G please email us at infowedg.co confirming your PayPal email
- address
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @David Aldred yep that’s cool
- George G
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5941051> 2 years ago
- Hi, i have also not received a survey
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> 2 years ago
- I got the emails, but didn’t complete the form, as I’ve got the
- diskless version – assume that’s ok?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- @Gordon Keys no issue with emails our side, coming in thick and fast
- every minute. Please try again, maybe from another account if you
- have one? We just need you to confirm your PayPal email address as
- thats where we send surveys.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> 2 years ago
- email at infowedg.co doesn’t seem to be working. Just got bounced
- twice! I’ve not got my survey yet either. Wondered why it had gone
- quiet!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner 2 years ago
- M K please drop us an email at infowedg.co verifying your PayPal
- email address and we’ll get it out to you asap.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> 2 years ago
- Hi, i have also not received a survey.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Bryan Walker thanks Brian, have just replied to your email this minute.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- smadyk think we have an email from you and have sent the survey. If
- not please email us at infowedg.co
- smadyk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7989688> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I don’t know if I wrote this before. So only to be sure.
- I didn’t receive the survey, could you send me, please?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor, @mark saunders apologies you haven’t received the
- survey. I will send you a link by email.
- everyone else - if you haven't received the survey please email your
- PayPal email address (this is the email address we collect via
- Indiegogo) to infowedg.co and I will send you the survey on Sunday
- morning.
- The survey will be sent from info@wedg.co and will contain
- Surveymonkey.com URLs.
- mark saunders
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8466324> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz and WEDG team,
- I have checked my emails & my junk folder also I have not received
- any emails about surveys. I believe I found the reason why and i
- sent an email to: info@wedg.co with my PayPal email addresses. As
- far as I know I have not received any surveys but maybe my fault
- with that, and sent email should explain. Can wait to get my WEDG !!!
- Thanks again
- Mark
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz,
- I have checked my emails & my junk folder & then to double check I
- went and checked the server & I have not received any emails about
- surveys.
- the last email I got was the email saying that you were sending a
- survey later in the week so it looks like I have missed 2 surveys
- the one that closed today & the one that closes on Sunday
- As previously discussed I need to know the HDD choices. & I
- definitely want to choose the colour & anything else that was on the
- form
- Regards
- Ken
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gatto Fontainäou the thought hadn’t even crossed my mind. Thank you
- all the same : ) Will get back to you over email.
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz, thank for you comment, I sent you an email.
- And btw – as the written text can always be misinterpreted – my last
- comment was meant to be a joke (and by no means a reproach). Cheers
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gatto Fontainäou the survey was sent to the email address connected
- to your PayPal account. Can you double check you haven’t received
- it, if you haven’t I’ll send you a link again.
- Please email us at info@wedg.co with your PayPal email address.
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz, did I miss something important? 3 days ago (update 38) you
- said: " we’ll be sending out the survey this week" and now you say
- it closed 1.5 hours ago?
- I was waiting impatiently and never received any link to the survey.
- Shall I go to search for an ophthalmologist already?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Hey guys!
- Just a heads up, because we set the survey out a little late, you
- have till 6PM UK today to complete and submit your HDD choices.
- After which time, you will be sent a WEDG with the most popular hard
- drive and blue, medium his t-shirt where applicable.
- The WEDG colour choices survey is open until Sunday 29 March 9PM.
- Thanks!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gatto Fontainäou just an FYI the survey closes at 6PM UK time, so
- if you haven’t decided yet you still have just over 1 hour to submit
- your choices.
- Yes, two separate hdd models can be used to RAID – even two separate
- capacities but the lowest capacity is volume limit.
- Hope that helps!
- Gatto Fontainäou
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/604966> over 2 years ago
- So, we will be able to configure RAID1 or not use RAID at all –
- that’s awesome, but after reading some statistics about HDD failures
- I wonder if it would be possible to use two different HDDs in the
- RAID1 configuration? I mean same capacity, but from different
- manufacturers? If yes, will we be able to choose that in the survey?
- (sorry, if it’s been answered earlier).
- I’m still hesitating to upgrade for 2tb, but wouldn’t like to use
- RAID mirroring if the benefits are statistically negligible ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Brian, Hi! Yes that Amazon would be fine location to send your
- backup archives to, as the archive is encrypted – its a password
- protected .zip file.
- With regards to selective backup, yes it is possible as the backup
- solution allows you to select files and folders to capture in the
- back, but that selection is not made by encrypted/not encrypted I’m
- afraid.
- Brian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4535871> over 2 years ago
- https://www.amazon.com/buttdrive/home/
- With Amazon offering unlimited butt storage, is that a viable way to
- backup the WEDG? Can we set it up to only backup “public”
- information on the server to my butt, and leave the encrypted,
- private things local only?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- fia yes you can, you'll need to pay the difference between your
- chosen Perk and WEDG Pro with Intel +1TB +£56. Please drop us an
- email at infowedg.co when you have done this so we can make a note
- on our side for the change to your order.
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- I selected a wedg withour HDD since I wanted 2TB, now that you can
- offer that, can I add it now? Is it an option in the upcoming survety?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @David Aldred watch this space! ;)
- RE HDD, there is enough space to stack two 15mm HDDs with approx.
- 2.5mm amount of space between them after the guides/rails.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Sorry, another HDD question.
- Will it take 15mm HDD, 9mm or either?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- What might be a really good way to showcase the hardware & software,
- is a bit of a dropbox v OneDrive v Google Drive v OwnButt v Wedg
- comparison, pointing out cost / storage / security as well as
- specific features (apps, auto-upload, offline etc).
- Would really help those who are hooked to dropbox et al make the
- plunge if they knew they’d get the same functionality, plus other
- stuff on top.
- ps – getting excited now!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @spencer robinson sorry for the late . I went away for the
- weekend and I’m catching up on public and private comments. I’d love
- to show you something right now but we have a feature presentation
- planned for our launch so coincide with social media and PR
- activities and really want to make an impact with that.
- The wait is worth it I assure you and we appreciate your patience
- and excitement :)
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> over 2 years ago
- Show me some eye candy!! (No im not posting on the wrong site)
- I know the actual release date will soon be here but i cant wait!
- Can you not give us some screen shots of the software as it stands
- (it most be nearly there, though i do understand not 100% finalized)
- Come on tease us all a bit
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- excellent, thanks – best get myself some drives then!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @David Aldred yes there is an ‘offline’ mode as such as described,
- we’re actually reviewing our user manual document and on that very
- topic right now! Spooky!
- HDDs are 2.5" not 3.5" and are standard SATA drives. Yes even with
- the RAID component installed you can operate two independent drives
- of different storage capability.
- Hope that helps!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Can you remind me… is there an offline-files mode? ie, a folder or
- flag I can assign to files that I want to be saved locally and
- synced as required? Will come in handy for larger spreadsheets etc
- than having to pull from the the network each time. (Similar to
- OwnButt if you’re familiar?)
- And I know I keep asking about HDD’s – but they’re standard 3.5"
- right? And for those getting the raid option, I can configure in
- raid 0 or no raid at all, with different disk capacities?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor 5400rpm drives are not included in our discussions with
- suppliers, so rest assured no on will get a 5400rpm drive. If when
- the survey is sent funding has ended, we could always take payment
- via alternative means – but lets see what drives we bring to the
- table ;)
- Thank you for your support Ken (Y)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @Team Wedg
- Thanks that helps I hope the survey comes out before funding
- finishes as depending on drive specs i may need to up funding to 2x
- 2TB drives (but not for Toshiba MQ @5400rpm drives)
- Great to know the office suite will make it , (My pref Libra office)
- I hope “Active sync” will also make it at some point (revisit
- option). As i guess we cant just app get install Z-push / O-Push /
- Syncroton on the server
- Great Project cant wait to get my hand on my WEDG .. Next month
- Thanks Ken
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor we are currently negotiating hard drive brands and
- models so that you the backers can pick the drives you want in your
- WEDG, This applies for 1TB and 2TB drives. We plan to send out a
- survey which will collect this information from you as well as
- identify which hard drive brands and models we have access to. Hope
- that helps!
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz,
- In a to @David Aldred you recommend drives over 72000rpm but
- in the update “2TERABYTE TO BE OR NOT 2TERABYTE TO BE” you say the
- drives available for 2TB are Toshiba MQ series @5400RPM can you let
- us know which drives will be used for the 2TB raid version as this
- may make a difference to my funding level,
- Thanks Ken
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor continued funding does count towards the stretch goals
- and that’s why we left the graphic on the project. But it doesn’t
- look like it’ll happen as we’ll be closing the project here on the
- day we start manufacturing.
- The good news is we are committed to producing the Office suite and
- so will take this on after Indiegogo fulfilment (and a short break!).
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- £4,957 to go until the Office suite stretch goal is unlocked if the
- continued funding counts towards the stretch goals?
- If this does not count or is not reached is it still something that
- will be developed for the Wedg as time permits after launch?
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hey Guys,
- Looking forward to getting my Wedg, just a thought for the feature
- wishlist. Onedrive currently allows you to use “smart files” on
- windows 8.1. This just allows you to designate certain files and
- folders in the onedrive folder as online only, so it just pulls
- those files across when you want them. I appreciate it wouldn’t be
- at launch and probably fairly difficult to implement period but it
- would be a cool feature to have as a possibility for the future.
- Thanks,
- Alex
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Bryan Walker apologies for the late , I didn’t receive an alert
- to the new comments. Do you mind me asking what the similar device
- was? :) In response to your question, we collected shipping
- addresses at checkout but if you've moved since then pretty much as
- @Pierre Lang said - just drop us an email at infowedg.co and we’ll
- confirm or update your address.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @David Aldred apologies for the late , I didn’t receive an
- alert to the new comments. To answer your question; those with
- drive-less WEDG we would recommend drives over 72,000RPM – we didn’t
- find any advantages between cache sizes.
- Those with referral commissions will be contacted directly by email
- post-shipping.
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- @Bryan Walker: see update from 25 days ago:
- “Going somewhere?
- Many of you have contacted us to say you’ve relocated and need to
- change your shipping address. If you are relocating or when you do,
- please email us at info@wedg.co with your PayPal email address, new
- shipping address and current or the shipping address you had when
- you first Contributed and we’ll make the changes our side."
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Great update – shipping early April is a great result vs target of
- March.
- couple of questions…
- - Sure it’s been covered in the past, but what are the recommended
- specs for HDD’s for those of us buying diskless?
- - Again, this may have been discussed, but what happens to our
- referrals commission (from the 1st affiliate program that was ran)?
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Thank you for the detailed update!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Great to hear the project is still on target.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson love your excitement! I have an update all drafted
- out and ready post, it just needs the specifics from suppliers and
- others partners regarding dates for example so I can share those
- with everyone. I haven’t had all the details through yet but have
- been promised results for the weekend.
- I assure you’re not behind on schedule, things might be occurring in
- a different order compared to how originally planned but
- nevertheless we are on target.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- I’m another Scott looking for an update! :) Based on the past one,
- it appears things are running about 2-3 months behind schedule.
- Hopefully the update promised for the end of this week (today or
- tomorrow) shines a better light on the progress.
- January to Early February
- Mass Production
- Flash Firmware to Boards with QA
- February to Early March
- Assembly and Packaging
- Ship to WEDG
- A supporter simply excited and busting at the seams to get a hold of
- his two WEDGgies. :P
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen hi Scott, I’m waiting back from others so I have
- something worthwhile to report back on updates with rather than
- ’we’re hard at work’ responses. Having said that though we are hard
- at work! I hope to have an update mid-end of this week.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Any more updates due, it’s been a bit quiet in here lately ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K yep you can add a signature in the web interface and via your
- mail client
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- I’m interested in stickers!
- Are you planning to add a WEDG email signature for users?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Gaston Cardey drop us an email at infowedg.co with details of your
- contribution and we can look into that for you ;)
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 2 years ago
- Hi!
- I think that the T shirts are no included in my pledge. Is it
- possible to include a couple at some cost?
- Hope you get well in no time!
- Wishing that time go faster so I can get the WEDG.
- Thanks!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @aaddiikk thank you :)
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for almost instant and I wish you a speedy recovery!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @aaddiikk yes I am in the process of compiling an update with
- feedback from the team. I’ve been very ill since late last year with
- a virus but well on the road to recovery now so comms will be more
- frequent from now on.
- The team have been hard at work according to the plan nevertheless.
- Hope to post a complete update tomorrow!
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- WEDG,
- Don’t you think that it would be a good idea to post an update to
- all backers about what is happening behind the stage? Just to ensure
- us that you are still alive and ‘on track’ with the schedule? I’m
- really curious whats happening there… :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @slimchan thank you for your support! We are hard at work and
- committed to the late March/early April shipping date. We will have
- a more accurate idea of dates closer to manufacture.
- If anything changes, of course we will alert and update our backers
- accordingly.
- CHAN SZE LIM
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6990832> over 2 years ago
- Sorry WEDG,
- I pledged both your KS and indiegogo campigns. Do you have any
- update regarding the shipping date? Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philip Stäheli of course WEDGNET will be free while we’re
- campaigning on Indiegogo. And yes to regarding forwarding messages
- to one another, you can set this up in the WEDGNET control panel :)
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Hello Team Wedg,
- I got a friend of mine very interested in the Wedg.
- I he pledges now, will he still profit from lifelong WEDGNET
- for free, eventhough funding is technically over?
- Can two WEDG forward each other’s emails when one wedg is down?
- Similar as to how WEDGNET would do, but basicly over selected WEDG?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K got it thanks. Interesting read
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- This link works for sure with me:
- http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dime-secure-email-defcon,news-19296.html
- On IOS in Safari.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K the link you sent leads to a 404 page. However, there are no
- plans to support DIME until launch. Post launch we can certainly
- consider other support for other protocols.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: are you planning to include support for DIME secure
- email protocol?
- (http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dime-secure-email-defcon,news-19296.html)
- It was featured at the CCC in Berlin last december.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @John Raffin happy new year! Apologies for the late . Thank you
- for your feedback, we are looking at TOR possibilities for WEDG and
- will update everyone on any progress when we have something to report.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Jacob Ovard happy new year! Apologies for the late , Currently
- you can’t, but I believe Indiegogo are looking at changing the site
- to reflect the FF amount.
- John Raffin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4406292> over 2 years ago
- The TOR capability interests me.
- Currently on Indiegogo there is a campaign for a TOR hardware device.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/anonabox-the-tor-hardware-router/x/4406292
- This sits between router and computer. One of the things it mentions
- is that latency increases so you wouldn’t use it for speed-critical
- applications like gaming.
- Is the proposal for WEDG similar in concept? And could you turn TOR
- off-and-on?
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> over 2 years ago
- The Campaign no longer shows how much has been raised past the
- funded date amount. Where can I see the current amount of how much
- has been raised along so I can see where we are in comparison to our
- stretch goals?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Alex Stamp yes you can! Drop us a note when you have at infowedg.co :)
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- Just wondering even though all the perks are now labeled for the pro
- wedge can i still buy the 2tb upgrade for my ARM wedge (I’ve already
- bought it for my PRO wedge)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @1sgmgn around mid to late March or early April. We know for sure by
- early February ;)
- 1sgmgn
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4356995> over 2 years ago
- Shipping when?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor, @William Grouch correct!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @AVN6293 my pleasure and thank you for your feedback, we appreciate
- your thoughts.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor i don’t know :( but I have reported this concern to the
- Indiegogo support team and I think they’re going to change it to
- reflect the increasing contributions.
- As of yet we haven’t received a great deal of more funding, if
- nothing changes as we progress over the coming weeks then we will
- keep a manual record of new contributions on the top of the project
- page.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @William Groh no need to apologise, we love to hear from our
- supports and backers. We appreciate you feedback and input ;)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @William Grouch. If you have a WEDG Pro pay the £40 for Raid upgrade
- you will then have a Raid capable WEDG (with HDD config your pledge
- had). With a standard WEDG Pro you are limited to 1 HDD as there is
- additional hardware in the Raid version, so for future user upgrade
- options + £40 Raid upgrade now. I believe the Hardware is
- essentially as it will be launched no big changes. just software
- work still being done for stretch goals & new features.
- Andrea V.
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9040474> over 2 years ago
- @WEDG Thank you for the about my concern! I greatly appreciate it.
- I’m just terrified that the overall saturation of T0R by
- conservative groups could have had the potential to turn the service
- into a honeypot. Now of course this is all hypothetical but if even
- the slightest chance remains i would want more research to be done
- on possible “sinkholes” in the service, where they could be+how we
- could use T0R to the best of our abilities so that the fundamentals
- are a help + not a hinder
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- How do we know what the current pledged amount is with regards to
- getting to the stretch goals. the indiegogo page i am looking at no
- longer shows the infinity sign to signify forever funding it just
- says “This campaign has ended, and is still offering perks.” and
- does not show the amount raised increasing. even though there have
- been recent pledges.
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, I will wait for them launch all they said they will then
- I will buy which one suits best my needs hence my initial question
- about future upgrades because I don’t want buy perks and more perks
- as things progress, I rather wait for your final notice on what is
- going to be launched and when and how then I will do a top purchase
- you can count on me for that. Sorry for the long messages and all
- the best going forward!
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, make it real, so as you guys get more and more orders
- allowing you guys to deliver more and more, it’s fair to say you
- have to ask more for the early birds but it’s also fair to say that
- a reasonable amount could be take into the consideration.
- Anyway, all this speech was to say congrats for the hard work and
- please consider “One of Fee Upgrade” for those who initially got one
- perk but now want to get the most of, in the way I can see you guys
- launching all I keep thinking is ..
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, for those who want the max of the product without have
- to pay such a premium price if you add every single perk upgrade, in
- other words, doesn’t feel the early birds would get real discounts
- at the end of the project comparing to the ones that bought after
- you guys are fully funded, not sure if I’m being so sentimental here
- but you guys are here for second time as I reckon so I’m sure
- initially you guys had the concern of might not go through again and
- people like me helped … cont.
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG, is does answer as well it does confirm what I was
- afraid, have to keep paying single upgrades prices, so here a
- suggestion, why don’t you guys work perks to ugprade from whatever
- you are to whatever you want to go ? Not sure if this would end up
- making you guys have to create ton’s of perks but I think it’s a
- good idea to simple offer a one off fee for all the upgrade the
- customer want so as much upgrades you want in once a small incentive
- would work perfect as a nudge … cont…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @AVN6293 thanks for your input. If/when we do enable TOR support for
- WEDG it will be very much a user choice to install and use.
- Naturally closer to the time a debate may very well be required
- amongst this community.
- Andrea V.
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9040474> over 2 years ago
- @Devs @All and @Wedg staff
- After two major p-2-p markets overtaken by poIitics, both using T0R
- im deathIy concerned about the use of T0R “baked into” the wedg by
- default.
- I think this is a issue that at the very least needs painstaking
- discussion!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @William Groh 2/2 …
- Perk 1 will take you to RAID1 with a 1TB HDD so you now have 2 × 1TB
- HDD, Perk 2 will then upgrade your 1TB HDDs to 2TB HDDs totalling 2
- × 2TB HDDs.
- I hope that helps!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @William Groh thanks for reaching out. For now we don’t have any
- further upgrade options unless you want the Carbon Fibre WEDG :D
- In order for you to max out your options you’ll need the following
- Perks:
- 1.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/contributions/new?perk_amt=90&perk_id=2359747
- 2.
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/contributions/new?perk_amt=112&perk_id=2491609
- Cont…
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- Also, will more updates coming requiring me to buy new perks ? I
- mean, once I already invested £225 I will invest as much as I can
- afford to have your top spec device at the launch time, I don’t want
- be an early contributor and not have the latest device just because
- I sponsor at the time you guys needed the fund so any guidance and
- early indication of future perks will be much appreciated.
- William Groh
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6101735> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I cannot wait to play with my WEDG but I’ve a concern.
- I appreciate the effort in make available as many things as you can
- specially when they’re ready but now I’m feeling a bit confused to
- what I can do to upgrade my perk.
- I have initially bought WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB for £225 and now I
- would like to have RAID + 2TB storage, so I would assume I need a
- perk that gives me 3x 1TB storage or 2 × 2TB and replace my 1TB
- originally bought ? I can’t see this as a perk so how should I do ?
- Andrea Pietroboni
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1106976> over 2 years ago
- Hi i can’t complete
- http://email.indiegogo.com/wf/click?upn=fQzVZ7ERXduzUTS-2FtYMbUfK2N2xQlUNbtMKfszn4SLjZWRIBWJBGAMCmT0-2FV-2BG0r_apDWgKE-2FO-2Fs1Dr9mDAF-2FnjKALX8rOt3sjyt12voND7L9FEs8ujgOsUi8jcsq3wXnTUP7RwVWYVbRBKtPzHhCOzB-2FxXgJIyB-2FKPdFmBPv5wTxd-2FcJIFD0MxP30MMhP7yw5TYdcSPP0imgAJdFKMvbgiuZ9fLnkWLFYU4Tar5DUCeQQitOnw5THLyFcOzsqG5h4oEET5aSG1xm5UJ-2F2xHiUmG2PWH7w3iYzqtK1-2FOcMVzN9u6zc-2FL2lkPji52KYku0
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor welcome back! That’s a good idea, yes we’ll publish
- those details with the survey results. Thank you for completing the
- survey, we appreciate your feedback and time :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shebaz, Congratulations, I go away for a few weeks and everything
- changes, from other campaigns i know there is lots of info that you
- get from Indiegogo, Any chance on letting us know where
- geographically the funding came from, how may ARM how many INTEL and
- how many upgrades to Raid there were. ETC. Good luck on Forever
- funding, I hope the team can keep the campaign in the media to get
- to the 135k stretch goal and further yet to be announced Goals.
- Active Sync? I have completed the survey
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Bryan Walker thanks for your feedback. I think the closest we can
- do is give the user the option to set the app to sit idle when not
- in the foreground. I’ll relay back to the dev guys anyway.
- Thank you for your support enthusiasm! :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K I think some of your suggestions could make it through gradual
- updates.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #33: support for S/MIME in the mail client. It’s a
- complimentary to PGP.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #32: support for a 3G USB dongle.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #30: TOR support
- Stretchgoal idea #31: support for VMware
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K loving it MK…some great suggestions! Hoping to launch the
- survey tomorrow so we can collect some suggestions from everyone.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thanks for letting me know, we have a small but
- great group of testers here. Right now the software is optimised for
- for our chosen hardware but in time we will expand that range.
- Yes absolutely, we will launch the forum after FF mostly likely if
- not sooner, we want to be able to engage with discussions by both
- communities and right now we’re not in a position to do that
- effectively either.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #29: a jumbo WEDG with multiple 3.5 inch HDD’s and
- raid 5 support.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea #25: reiserFS or BTRFS filesystem for ultimate
- snapshotting
- Stretchgoal idea #26: app suggestion: SABNZBd
- Stretchgoal idea #27: app suggestion: itunes server
- Stretchgoal idea #28: support for SMTP over TLS (STARTTLS)
- @Shehbaz: i’m still figuring out more stretchgoals!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for the latest updates – been a great campaign.
- I know you’ve stated your preference for keeping discussion on here
- vs forum, esp in light of forever funding, but dont discount a
- forum, worked really well for a very similar campaign im backing.
- Seperate question… Will the software run on other platforms? Just in
- case you need a few software beta testers before the hardware is
- really – I have a pi lying around and happy to do some uat, if you
- need it, of course :-)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K thanks for the feedback MK! :)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: cctv centric solution would be a real killer app on the
- WEDG IMHO!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus hahaha!! that was a good night!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K we don’t know too much ourselves at this point, but one of
- developers who has expressed an interest in developing apps for WEDG
- has an idea for CCTV centric solution. We will be contacting
- developers in the coming weeks and hope to be able to bring some of
- their ideas for WEDG to you guys.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Shebaz: Remember, you lost yours that one night somewhere… ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: could you elaborate on the independent dev?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus invitation only, or you can have mine ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K that’s on its way as an independent dev is building this feature.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- MK: We definitely need WEDG string tangas, don’t you think? :P
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal suggestion:
- -surveillance camera storage mode, so it can store IP camera streams
- on the WEDG (killer app)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: at 140k every contributer gets a NTHSTP sticker set.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen for the time being we’d like to keep the conversation
- going here until we’ve planned our strategy on how to maximise the
- Forever Funding opportunity – as this was unexpected for us. It
- helps us keep on top of the conversation too while we’re full
- throttle with WEDG Phase 2 as well.
- I’ll be in touch very shortly regarding VAT invoices.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, are you considering setting up a forum on your web site?
- I’m pretty sure a load of good ideas would come out of it and it
- would also give you a chance to set up a FAQ/User Manual section to
- save you answering questions over and over again. Also now this has
- gone through Indiegogo, where can I get a VAT invoice from?
- Scott
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Shebaz: Remember, you lost yours that one night somewhere… ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: could you elaborate on the independent dev?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus invitation only, or you can have mine ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K that’s on its way as an independent dev is building this feature.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- MK: We definitely need WEDG string tangas, don’t you think? :P
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal suggestion:
- -surveillance camera storage mode, so it can store IP camera streams
- on the WEDG (killer app)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: at 140k every contributer gets a NTHSTP sticker set.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen for the time being we’d like to keep the conversation
- going here until we’ve planned our strategy on how to maximise the
- Forever Funding opportunity – as this was unexpected for us. It
- helps us keep on top of the conversation too while we’re full
- throttle with WEDG Phase 2 as well.
- I’ll be in touch very shortly regarding VAT invoices.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG, are you considering setting up a forum on your web site?
- I’m pretty sure a load of good ideas would come out of it and it
- would also give you a chance to set up a FAQ/User Manual section to
- save you answering questions over and over again. Also now this has
- gone through Indiegogo, where can I get a VAT invoice from?
- Scott
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Mikhail Granin I’m sorry you didnt receive a , we don’t
- actually see a message from you. Nevertheless to upgrade to the
- Driveless WEDG Pro is £50 for early supporters and £40 for RAID, so
- £90 please. You select RAID Perk and manually increase the amount to
- enter the amount on the right and we’ll do the rest our side.
- Mikhail Granin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8719646> over 2 years ago
- I already asked in private comment and didn’t find a , please
- soon. I was backer on kickstarted and one of 1st backers here
- for ARM driveless, how much to pay for upgrade to intel driverless
- with raid? Hope for discount for 1st backers :)
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- ports should be freely configurable, the name for the wedgenet
- subdomain aswell i guess… plus the option to quickly find out the IP
- where it is pointing to, in case everything *.WEDG get’s blocked –
- which is very likely.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- As I understand right now you basically habe payload encryption,
- maybe SSL for the rest. That doesn’t help much for accessing data in
- firewalled countries, as you first problem is: gaining open access
- to the internet at all. since this should be pretty easy software
- solution on the WEDG, it could be easy to add – especially given the
- fact, that you have wedgenet dynDNS service.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K yes but we could make the interface a little easier some what
- for novice users
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Dont the remote apps already use encryption to get access to the
- WEDG butt device?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tiger bus good idea and an easy one piggybacking on the back of
- WEDGNET.
- Appreciate all the ideas guys!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- stretchgoal idea: EASYly configurable VPN server for local and
- remote use. Wouldn’t want to access my data over some crazy chinese
- internet café network plus I might need to circumnavigate local
- firewalls and gain full internet access via my own line at home.
- #china #iran #whatnot
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @richard alter the difference between a 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM
- and 24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL is £70. You can make a manual
- contribution on the right and send us a private message to
- infowedg.co if you prefer.
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> over 2 years ago
- I will try for an answer again. I purchased the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1
- WEDG ARM and wanted to take you up on the offer to upgrade to the
- intel. As best as I can figure, the price difference is 20 pounds
- but I cannot contribute that amount and write a comment about what
- it is for. Please advise on how to pay for the upgrade and make sure
- it is credited properly. The previous answers were vague and gave me
- no confidence that anyone on your end would know what the payment
- was for.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: Dual ethernet
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @spencer robinson we’re getting that a lot on emails too
- We plan to send out a survey early next week so we can collect real
- data and opinions from you guys.
- spencer robinson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/9152571> over 2 years ago
- Definitely +1 for a Tor router feature.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp no, we are committed to fulfilling our Q1 shipping date.
- FF will allow us to raise more funding so we can increase component
- qualities and reduce overall costs by buying in bulk.
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi can i just double check this forever funding wont push back the
- expected arrival time of our devices will it?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K hmm…i’ll add that to the list to consider
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Pierre Lang two good ideas, the VOIP is on our list here for sure
- but I also know there are developers also looking to create VOIP
- solutions for WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- WEDG as a internet proxy for outgoing internet traffic?
- WEDG as a reverse proxy for incoming internet traffic?
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- VOIP between two wedges maybe too?
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Stretch goal idea: WEDG as a Tor Proxy
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K yes a little. Keep scratching! ;)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Stretchgoal idea: WEDG mesh networking: group several WEDG’s in a
- group (mesh) and distribute encrypted parity backups over the mesh.
- Sounds complex?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thats sort of already available in different forms.
- But we’re not ruling it out here.
- I think we’ll invite everyone to a survey soon asking our loyal
- backers and supports for ideas which we can then review and pick the
- hot ones!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @team wedg -what about a remote control add-on for those wishing to
- use the xbmc feature?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K plenty of head scratching here – let us know if you have any ideas
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Andrew Cook by no means is the WEDG with ARM obsolete. We’ve
- decided to streamline our Perks here as one of the complaints from
- many was that the range of perks was confusing.
- The WEDG with ARM will still be available directly from our online
- store (coming soon) during this current campaign and post Indiegogo
- order fulfilment.
- Andrew Cook
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706115> over 2 years ago
- So the ARM WEDG is obsolete before delivery… I would not be happy if
- that were the model I’d bought. I must admit though that the
- dropping of ARM this quickly makes me concerned about the likely
- support I can expect in future on the device I paid for.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- Forever funding means new stretchgoals IMHO.
- ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu thank you so much for your kindness :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- what a wonderful surprise to discover the forever funding!
- Completely deserved in my opinion !
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @michiel pauwels thank you, we really really hope so!
- michiel pauwels
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3426891> over 2 years ago
- congrats on the forever funding, does this also mean that the last
- stretch goal will be realized as well?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Pierre Lang thank you!!
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Congrats! This is a great success!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Antoine C thank you! Same here! :D
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Congrats for the ∞ funding ! Can’t wait to receive my WEDG :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus thank you! Its non stop for us now we’re powering ahead!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Well…. done! Now 4 months to turn everything into reality! ;) Congrats…
- mark saunders
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8466324> over 2 years ago
- Hello TEAM WEDG.
- I had to place 2 different orders for the options i wanted. £249GBP
- WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB in first order. Second order £90GBP WEDG
- Pro RAID +1TB Upgrade #2;
- £112GBP 1TB to 2TB HDD Upgrade both drives to 2TB; and £6GBP
- Worldwide Shipping. Hope its not a problem ,,, Thanks again keep up
- the great work.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Neil Campbell thats awesome! thank you very much and thank you for
- the compliments :)
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> over 2 years ago
- Just added a second WEDG Pro with RAID. Hope my multiple pledges all
- make sense and congratulations on the successful campaign!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @fia10 ;)
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- I could use a time machine ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @fia10 thank you! Its been a lot of fun with you guys, we’ve made
- some friends a long the way which is ace :)
- Did you wish for online privacy and all the conveniences of my butt?
- because we have a surprise for you ;)
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- Congrats to you all! It’s been really fun following you for these
- past months. So happy to see how many got it and supported the startup.
- 4 month left til’ my birthday, guess what I wish for? ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu woohoo! that’s awesome! Thank you for bringing it to our
- attention!
- Thank you to every for the support and voting for WEDG! YOU GUYS ROCK!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/102207824
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu :-O how do you know?!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- We won the CNBC contest !
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K ahh!! you’ll just have to wait and see MK ;) as and when that
- time comes, our Indiegogo backers will be the first to know.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- OK. Was interested in finding out what your plans are after the
- release of WEDG? Are you planning hardware upgrades or other types
- of WEDG-es after 2015 and beyond?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K could you elaborate on that MK?
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: was curious about whether you a development roadmap for
- the WEDG (hardware, software etc.).
- Can you share us that information (if any)?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @aaddiikk LDAP support is something we are working along with SSO.
- It’s not something we expect to include in our initial launch, but
- we do plan to include it in future software updates, maybe 2nd or
- 3rd major software update.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG As some of us are going to use WEDG in our business
- environments, I’m wondering if WEDG is going to support external
- authentication databases like LDAP or Active Directory? If yes, do
- you plan to include single-sign-on (SSO) also?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K yes Advanced Format drives are compatible with WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: does WEDG support advanced format drives?
- (http://www.hgst.com/hard-drives/advanced-format-drives)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K we haven’t tested hybrid SSDs but we see no reason for them not
- to be compatible with WEDG.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG: does WEDG support hybrid SSD harddisks like the seaget
- SSHD?:
- http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/solid-state-hybrid/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Gordon Keys please drop us an email at infowedg.co so we can find
- your contributions and double check for you.
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- I added a new contribution the other day. Did it make sence that I
- wanted a complete upgrade of the ARM perk and not just 1 x perk and
- a contribution?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K as david.j.aldred and we are enabling the USB port on WEDG for
- wireless keyboards so that third party remotes can be used to
- control media and search for titles and use the features XBMC offers.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @M K – on the remote control, you can use a remote control, but
- you’d need an IR receiver for this to work, and unsure if WEDG will
- be compatible with this. All else fails, you plug in a keyboard (I
- have a small wireless keyboard I use in emergencies to control XBMC,
- but do most of it from my phone)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @M K – yes – there are some great apps for XBMC!
- For iOS, the official XBMC / Kodi (as it’s now to be called) is very
- good. For android, the official app is functional, but pretty basic.
- I use an app called ’ XBMC Music Pump’. Been using it since it was
- first released a couple of years ago, and is years ahead of the
- official app – looks amazing, both on phone and tablet.
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG:
- another question: how do I use the XBMC player, can I control it via
- an app? (or maybe a remote control?)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K yes, it’ll be a multi platform app which includes desktop OSs too
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG: will the IM app run on IOS?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen thank you Scott. I know exactly how you feel, I have
- clients from my previous job who used Lotus Notes and its built-in
- messaging function…still gives me nightmares!
- Privacy is key for WEDG and users and so that focus will be
- reflected in the IM app, along with other cool features of course ;)
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Great News and well done Team WEDG. Looking forward to the IM app to
- replace the ageing corporate icq (loved by many here but definitely
- not me) we still use, especially if it has an independent user db to
- the email side and the ability to broadcast to groups and ‘all’.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @James Taylor I don’t think we know how to do anything else any more
- :-| ;p
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> over 2 years ago
- Congrats!
- (Now get back to work! I want my Wedg…. ;) )
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Haitham Gad thank you! The feeling is the same here :)
- Haitham Gad
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8733244> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations for unlocking the third stretch goal! Now I can’t
- wait to get it :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @adrenalineslut thank you! Yes it does, its a user level option ;)
- adrenalineslut
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1998190> over 2 years ago
- Congrats on the success of the campaign!
- I was wondering if the Exif data will be removed from files when
- stored in the WEDG? Hope so!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thank you and thank you for your support too!
- haha! he doesn’t mind ;) we’re trying to figure out right now where
- to cram all this info in! He’s pretty awesome though, I’m sure we’ll
- figure it out.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations Team WEDG and supporters. I feel for the poor soul
- having to update the Stretch Goal graphics every couple of days! :)
- Can’t wait to see Multiplatform IM App UNLOCKED a new splash on the
- video launch graphic!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu fingers crossed!…after the performance this week, I am
- quietly confident ;)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- if we win the poll and with the project being among firsts in the
- “Ending soon” category, we could indeed…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred ditto! dare i say it, 2 days to go…£135,000 lets do it!!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Wow! What a few days – a week ago we were all fingers crossed we’d
- just manage to get WiFi, and a few days later we’re hitting the next
- stretch after it – awesome!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K BINGO! Thank you for your contribution!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu we’re proud of you guys who have made this happen! The
- best backers EVER!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus I know! :-o
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @loesljrg thank you! High5!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred will respond to you on a private threat shortly.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @M K haha! youuu! Thank you! :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- O.M.G!!!
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG:
- I pledged for an WEDG intel pro + raid + shipping.
- Did I had to do 3 separate pledges (179+6+40)?
- I pledged 225GBP at once, so hope that is going to get OK?
- Shehbaz. can you help me out?
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- congrats @teamwedg, you can be proud!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- un-be-lie-va-ble
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> over 2 years ago
- Well done!! 117K+ !!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @Team Wedg- could you remind me what it would cost to upgrade from
- the early special pro to the aluminium version? Will I be able to
- put my referrals credit towards this? (Does that all take place
- post-campaign?). Not 100% decided- I always liked the grey
- backlighting of the aluminium, just can’t decide if it’ll fit in.
- Tell a lie- I know it won’t, trying to decide if I care ;-)
- M K
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8914705> over 2 years ago
- YEAH!
- I just pushed it through 117k barrier! (been holding my pledge for
- weeks to do just that)….
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I don’t even know what I pledged for anymore, time for the campaign
- to end!! ;))
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- We’re one Aluminium WEDG away from Stretch Goal THREE!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu you’re a WEDGster now nothing else matters! Thank you
- for your vote! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus glad we made it, thanks for the effort!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Yeah… adblock wasn’t the key, though, had to disable this to vote:
- https://disconnect.me/ So I voted and turned it back on… incredible
- how much $hit this page is trying to load…. Thanx a bunch ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus how odd…oh wait. Are you running an add blocker? I can
- see ads are missing in places where I have ads so maybe its related?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I’m obviously too stupid….. http://up.picr.de/20165061tz.jpg
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Antoine C thank you! high5!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus scroll down a touch its defo there!
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/102194832
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Voted. Let’s go for the next stretch goal!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I actually don’t see where on the CNBC page I could vote?! I see a
- video…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gordon Keys ah! well let me clarify all the same. £50 difference
- for the driveless WEDG Pro with Intel and £70 for the 24 Hour WEDG
- Pro with Intel +1TB ;)
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- My question wasn’t rhetorical BTW ;)
- “I didn’t think the difference between the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM
- and INTEL was £70. Wasn’t it £50?”
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred that’s why you rock David! Thank you!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Voted – did look at mooltipass the other day – interesting project!
- (not sure if it was intentional, but mooltipass just reminds me of
- the film The Fifth Element – ‘Lilu Dallas Multipass’)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Hey guys we’re featured on CNBC News this week. This is a huge
- profile boost for us and we can make it go further!
- Please vote for WEDG on their online poll
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/102194832 and show the world how much we all
- love WEDG!
- Thank you! :D
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred great minds ;) I was just putting an update together
- about the possibility of hitting the next stretch goal!
- We’re also whipping up a flow chart here! :)
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- I didn’t think the difference between the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM
- and INTEL was £70. Wasn’t it £50?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Anyone else thinking next stretch goal is a real possibility?
- @Team Wedg – there have been quite a few people asking / getting
- confused about upgrades paths – worth knocking together a quick
- ‘flow chart’ or similar showing what people can upgrade to, what it
- would cost / how they should do it?
- (but like the ‘pro v arm’ one you did on the main page, I guess)
- Might get a few more people upgrading who are unsure of their options
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gordon Keys RAID came along due to consumer demand! a little later
- on. Thank you for your support at the start of our campaign. For you
- to upgrade to WEDG Pro with Intel +RAID is £70 + RAID £40 or £90
- depending on your RAID Upgrade and £6 for shipping please and we’ll
- do the rest on our side :)
- Gordon Keys
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8335278> over 2 years ago
- Hi, clearly I missed the fact I owe £6 too! Thought that was for
- overseas delivery charge.
- I would also lile to know how much it’ll be for me to upgrade to
- Intel + Raid + 1TB (+ delivery)? I’ve got the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG
- ARM. Had I known RAID was an option on the INTEL version that would
- have tipped the balance with me!
- Good work guys!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Paul Nichols sure, we had two 24 hour perks back then, the WEDG
- with ARM and the WEDG Pro with Intel. Both came with 1 × 1TB HDD. So
- pretty much all of the upgrades are available to you…lucky you! ;)
- Paul Nichols
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5748211> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I backed the 24hr special (kickstarter) at the start of the
- campaign, but I can’t remember what was included. Could you please
- remind me so I can purchase suitable upgrades. Cheers, Paul.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alexander Blaauwgeers OK, lets go back to the beginning just so I
- fully understand.
- I can see that you have backed WEDG with ARM @£129 + £6 for the
- pre-launch ‘24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM’.
- Are you looking to upgrade to the WEDG Pro with Intel?
- If you find it easier to email us please feel free to do so
- info@wedg.co where there is no character limit.
- Alexander Blaauwgeers
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8674531> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG @scott.henderson1 Relates how this related to the upgrade
- of @Antoine C at the same time just between my question and answer
- with just 90£ and I have to pay almost double £160
- Team WEDG
- @Antoine C yep! we’ll handle the rest on our side :)
- Antoine C
- Hi all. Just to be sure : i’ve pledged for an ARM version (129£+6£
- shipping). I want to change this for the Intel Version + RAID
- solution (179+40+6£ shipping). So I do just need to pay 90£ and
- you’ll know what I want, that’s it ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alexander Blaauwgeers, @scott.henderson1 is correct. Does that help
- you make your decision? Happy to help you further either way.
- @@scott.henderson1 thanks for chipping in there, had a conf call
- with suppliers and partners this morning that went waaay over!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- @ Alexander Blaauwgeers, I believe if you were a Kickstarter backer
- and purchased WEDG with ARM + 1TB @ £129 prelaunch, then you’d first
- have to upgrade to the Intel version which was £70 more during that
- period, then add the £90 for the WEDG Pro Raid + 1TB Upgrade #2.
- So you’d need to contribute an additional £160 to get WEDG Pro with
- Intel + 1TB plus WEDG Pro Raid + 1 TB Upgrade #2, from your current
- WEDG with ARM + 1TB. You would owe nothing more for shipping.
- Alexander Blaauwgeers
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8674531> over 2 years ago
- Hi , 3 days ago you replied on my comment
- " @Alexander Blaauwgeers Sure you can upgrade, ju … rest. "
- I am not quite sure about the amount of money. Before I am making a
- decision need to know the right price. I pledged £129 (+ £6 ) for "
- 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM ( Kickstarter) "
- Below I see the message " @Antoine C 16 hours ago " ;
- So if I add the upgrade perk £40 with an additional Gift of £50 = £90
- Then you’ll change my perk to WEDG INTEL with RAID ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus on the rear? No no, the BNC connector this goes on the
- front for pride of place! :D
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 200000 GBP: BNC connector in the rear! yay ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus please see stretch goal :P
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- How do I connect my Koax network to this?! :P
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus yep, and with the WEDG Pro with Intel that’s gigabit
- ethernet ;)
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- If I wanted to hardwire the WEDG behind a firewall with just a few
- dedicated ports forwarded to it, I could always completely disable
- the WiFi, right? ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thanks David :)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Great to see the impact the WiFi stretch has had. Been a great few
- days for the campaign – great work @team wedg!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp for sure.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Pif loads! You can upgrade to RAID support with or with out a 1TB
- HDD, you can also upgrade your 1TB HDDs for 2TB HDDs. If you really
- feel like pushing the boat out why upgrade to an Aluminium WEDG…or
- go nuts like one of our valuable backers and go for a Carbon Fibre WEDG!
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Shipping should now be correct, seems that wifi has pulled in a few
- people already
- Pif
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709078> over 2 years ago
- I have pledged the perk 24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL for £199+6
- (shipping) = £205 back in September. What upgrade options do I have?
- I cannot find the original perk and I am sure about the specs I
- signed for. Thanks in advance.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @temp32 correct and thank you! :) woohoo WiFi!! :D
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations to reaching the WiFi goal and thus allowing me to
- contribute :)
- Pierre Lang
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4161016> over 2 years ago
- Contributed for WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB + Radi Upgrade 1TB +
- Shipping in one payment. I hope it’s ok
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp if you paid the Perk listed price then you will need to
- add shipping please. Thats £6 per WEDG.
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi can I just double check I have got both the 24hr arm and 24 hr
- wedge pro did these include UK shipping or do I need to add it?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Antoine C awesome thank you! Just to make sure there is no
- confusion, could you email us your old and new email address please
- infowedg.co.
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Thanks ! It’s done (by the way, i’ve change my email address, I hope
- there will not be any problem)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Antoine C yep! we’ll handle the rest on our side :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Heiko Zeller thank you! hi5!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred I did!! Wake up!!
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> over 2 years ago
- Congrat’s guys to reach the wifi goal
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Hi all. Just to be sure : i’ve pledged for an ARM version (129£+6£
- shipping). I want to change this for the Intel Version + RAID
- solution (179+40+6£ shipping). So I do just need to pay 90£ and
- you’ll know what I want, that’s it ?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Will I be waking up to WiFi?! Exciting!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @paul.kulhavy yes you have paid for shipping. Thank you for your
- contribution and early support.
- paul.kulhavy
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709012> over 2 years ago
- Also receiving your prompts for postage – and frankly I’ve got no
- idea what I’ve paid for now. You have so many options – yet the
- “perk” title I have is not there.
- Perk: 24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL – Contribution Amount: £205
- Have I paid for shipping charges? No idea – as I can’t find the
- perk/price listed here at all.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus :D hahaha!!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I can almost SMELL those wifi giga-hertz frequencies…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Paul Targett thank you for your support at the early stages of our
- campaign, it means a lot to us Sure, to upgrade the WEDG Pro with
- Intel +1TB Early Bird price (£219) and RAID (£40/£90)…
- £90 + £40 or £90 depending on the RAID upgrade you prefer plus
- shipping if you haven’t already please. Just hit the CONTRIBUTE NOW
- button on the right and we’ll handle the rest our side.
- Thanks Paul :)
- Paul Targett
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706793> over 2 years ago
- I put £129 for the early bird ARM version (coming from Kickstarter).
- At the time if I could have afforded it, I would have paid for the
- Intel version. To help towards £110k, could I pay extra to upgrade
- to the early bird Intel version price and also include raid? If so,
- how much should I put.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @moelliott the shipping charges are for UK and International. The
- shipping fees were originally £6 for UK and ~£20 for International
- but with support from business advisers we managed to negotiate a
- flat fee for worldwide shipping and it stuck at £6.
- moelliott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707340> over 2 years ago
- Hello, just to echo Andrews’ comment regarding the shipping, is the
- £6.00 shipping charge also applicable for UK orders? Or just
- international?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Andrew Cook we wanted to show a clear distinction between unit
- price and shipping as well as show that prices from our campaign
- attempt on Kickstarter hadn’t changed.
- Andrew Cook
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706115> over 2 years ago
- I’m a little confused about continual reminders to pay for shipping.
- Is that a flat rate of £6 that needs to be paid for anywhere in the
- world, including the UK? and if so why wasn’t it included in the
- base price?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp you can add the additional drive later and the RAID
- management will start the replication process. Thanks, we’re really
- excited and relieved too :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @john34754 hi5 fellow Manc! Absolutely just contribute the
- difference and leave the rest to us! Sure we can arrange local pick
- up closer the time :)
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Another little question guys, if we start off with one drive then
- add our raid drive at a later date will the system just ask if we
- want to set up raid and start copying files or will it wipe
- everything and have to start from scratch? So glad this has came to
- fruition been a long time waiting since kickstarter haha.
- john34754
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707691> over 2 years ago
- Hello
- I backed the 24hr special ARM. Can I upgrade to 2TB by clicking the
- relevant perk? Also I live in Manchester, can I pick up? I’ll buy
- the beer!
- Cheers
- John
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gaston Cardey yes, default build is stored in ROM for first boot
- and system recovery purposes and then OS is stored on a MicroSD card.
- Getting there slowly but surely! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gaston Cardey yes, default build is stored in ROM for first boot
- and system recovery purposes and then OS is stored on a MicroSD card.
- Getting there slowly but surely! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Patrick Jones yeh! We’re edging closer every few mins right now.
- Come on WiFi!!
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 2 years ago
- Hi!
- I wonder where it will be saved the WEDG software, since we can
- replace both HDD. Is it in a non volatile flash memory or a ROM?
- Almos there! Only £ 1.701 to go!!!!
- Thanks!
- Patrick Jones
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5225415> over 2 years ago
- Looks like lots of us forgot to add postage!
- Good luck with getting to £110K…and beyond…we all want Wi-Fi…!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tiger bus haha! you should get it check out :p I’ll dig it out and
- send again.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Oops you did?! Never received anything so I’ve been coughing quite a
- lot lately! ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tiger bus I replied to your email with the revised calca weeks ago.
- You should get that cough looked at :p
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Ah spreadsheets… I think it got lost together with the power
- consumption calculations cough ;))
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- @david.j.aldred of course, you’re right… I was so happy with myself
- :(. I should have known, i have a t-shirt who says: “Dear math,
- solve your own problem.”
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred we did have a spreadsheet that did some sums for us
- to compare our forecasts against real results up until £43,000ish –
- it wasn’t accurate and we failed to keep it up to date due to other
- tasks taking priority. The with various update options we didn’t
- consider reviving it. Could fire it up again may take a day two to
- get the formula right.
- Shipping nudge goes out tomorrow.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- … although does show that just a little last push will get us wiFi,
- so the delivery reminder should be a big help!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @tetardbleu – just because it’s Friday and I’ve not got anything
- better to do… but I’m not sure that’s necessarily correct ;o)
- I might be wrong, but believe the ‘backers’ count is actually the
- sum of single contributions, not unique backers – so, I did £1 to
- start (to ask couple of questions), my Wedg, RAID upgrade, + £5 as I
- realised I’d not done shipping – but it counts that as 4 funders.
- Wonder if @Team Wedg know how many unique backers there are – or how
- many WEDG have now been funded?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetarbkeu haha! thanks! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- If everyone who contributed so far was adding £4 we could make it.
- Just saying :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @wj.van.duin we’ll be posting a Polite Reminder update shortly for
- those backers who might not have selected the shipping perk. Thanks
- for caring :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @richard alter simply hit the ‘CONTRIBUTE NOW’ button on the right
- and enter a ‘custom’ amount to the Perk difference value.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @sbensley2 we can’t confirm which HDD we’ll be installing in the
- WEDG at this moment, however drives engineered for NAS use are our
- preferred from our suppliers.
- richard alter
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/1968091> over 2 years ago
- I would like to upgrade from Arm to Intel Pro and I believe that
- would be a 20 pound difference. How do I make that payment? There is
- no contribution choice for that amount. Please advise
- Richard Alter at richardalter@yahoo.com
- wj.van.duin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8267955> over 2 years ago
- Hope these additional contributions will be rightfully understood as
- for the additonal upgrade to 2 × 2 Tb and for the worldwide shipping
- fee that has not been contributed before.
- Wouter J.
- sbensley2
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7967712> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I have ordered the Wedg driveless with Raid upgrade and I assume
- that it might be better to use Nas hard drives with this device. Can
- you please confirm?
- Thanks,
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alexander Blaauwgeers Wi-Fi will be supported on BOTH models of
- WEDG :-)
- Sure you can upgrade, just hit the ‘CONTRIBUTE NOW’ button on the
- right and manually enter the difference between your current Perk
- and the one you want – and we’ll do the rest.
- Alexander Blaauwgeers
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8674531> over 2 years ago
- 1. I really hope that my WEDGE also gets Wi-Fi support and that it
- is not only for the Intel version like RAID
- 2. At the moment of backing I didn’t know about the RAID future… is
- there any possibility to upgrade from ARM to Intel ?
- ( because it might push the project over the 110.000 line )
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you for your valuable words of encouragement
- and support Nikolai and for contributing again. I’ll looking into
- ‘Print the Legend’, we’re always open to learn from others’ experiences.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz (2 of 2), Stay focused, don’t lose sight on what makes WEDG
- important to your contributors. Continue with your enthusiasm, it is
- contagious. Thank you.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 2 years ago
- @Shehbaz (1 of 2), I have contributed again to support your
- project/philosophy in order to get back control of our data. Either
- way, I recommend that you and your team take the time to study the
- “recent” documentary called “Print the Legend”. It is about the home
- 3D printing movement and the obstacles that “start-ups” (similar to
- WEDG) went thru in order to develop a technology that works, a brand
- name that can sell and create an effective company.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Veehem we hear you and all supports who want to know more about how
- and when we will be releasing our code. You must understand this is
- something that needs to be done properly. We have no experience in
- managing an open community and we don’t want to get it wrong. We
- have started working with an advisor who will help us plan a
- strategy for the process to ensure its don’t competently and that a
- support structure is in place. This isn’t something we are prepared
- to rush into.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- I agree with Veehem.
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> over 2 years ago
- Hardware, hardware again. 2 TB? 10TB ? Carbon fire ?Aluminium ? A
- gold special serie? A underwear? A string? For secure actions, a
- carbon fire condom with Wedg logo ?
- Please stop all those gadgets. Now it’s necessary to talk about the
- software.
- Not any update information about the software.
- Please explain how and when, you’re going to liberate the software?
- How it looks like? How do you intend to build a real community?
- Yes, you promise to do so “in due course” Don’t you think its time now?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @jrogers31 awesome! Thank YOU!
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for the update – I have doubled up – I hope you make all the
- stretch goals. JR
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 complete oversight on our part, will resolve that
- asap. Thanks for the heads-up!
- And thanks for the feedback too ;)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG,
- With ENDING SOON upon us, you may want to reinstate, modify or
- remove all of the BUY NOW – £179 LIMITED TIME ONLY! links listed
- under the Story page, as they currently take people to a WHERE DID
- IT GO? page, which is kind of off-putting.
- If there is anyway to bring back the Driver-less WEDG Pro with
- Intel, I’m sure that would help in reaching the next Stretch Goal.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- @scott.henderson1 Well, Team Wedg was very convincing!
- @ david.j.aldred and @Team Wedg Maybe someone from IG can change the
- count manually (Not for me, it doesn’t matter and i trust you but
- for other people to give them the necessary impulse)?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred i know :-s we’re actually thinking of creating a
- banner to add to the top of the campaign page to mark the occasion
- and give kudos to @ tetardbleu
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Shame you can’t ‘count’ the CB model from @tetardbleu – it’s a
- massive vote of confidence in the product for anyone new / undecided!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- @ tetardbleu, congrats on purchasing the Carbon Fibre WEDG!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu done! A Carbon Fibre WEDG has your name all over it!
- (but we can’t change the count on the back end)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- don’t forget to reserve me one of the five precious! :) Go wifi!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor that’s a good question, there were a few reasons but one
- of the main reasons we decided to dump ActiveSync was due to its
- instability and it was also very resource hungry. But we do have
- ActiveSync under the ‘Revisit’ column on our feature list so ‘never
- say never’ right?
- PS. Thank you for the accurate calculations for the next Stretchgoal
- I think we might do it you know!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor your calculations are correct £162 will take you up to 2
- × 2TB drives capability.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Hi Team WEDG,
- is there a reason that Active sync (or freeware alternative) is not
- supported.
- I know caldav, and carddav are supported as well as IMAP and POP3.
- for user setup with sync of mail. contacts and other features Active
- sync with the one server settings for a user its the easiest rather
- than configuring each protocol.
- Is Active sync support a possibility or are there technical reasons
- that this cannot be supported?
- thanks
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @ Team WEDG, are my calculations right,
- I have a WEDG pro + 1TB plus shipping + Upgrade to Raid (£40)
- so to get 2×2TB…..
- I would need to pay £50 to make the raid 2×1TB then pay £112 to
- upgrade the drives to 2×2TB drives so….. £162.00 total? is this correct.
- need 154.92958% funding to reach £110,00 and the next stretch goal.
- Good Luck.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- i juste emailed you via your website’s mail, because i didn’t
- receive anything…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu i just sent it
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- ok, just tell me here when you did, just in case, as it seems that
- pm sometimes does not work well…
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu welcome to the darkside! I’ll message you privately as I
- need some details from you.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Thank you, thank you thank you!I now have to ask if it would be
- possible to have my config (2* 2TB HDDs) And the carbon fibre. I
- would completely understand if it wasn’t, but if You can make this
- happen (ssds replaced by hdds) and tell me how much it would cost
- me, as i imagine standard hard drives are less expensive, my crazy
- side is ready! Again i know it’s a lot to ask and i would completely
- understand a no.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @James Cowell yes, that’s correct
- James Cowell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4283722> over 2 years ago
- My contribution was for the “24 HRS SPECIAL 2 WEDG INTEL” but as
- it’s not listed anymore as a perk I can’t find the specifics of what
- it was. I believe it is equivalent specs to the “WEDG Pro with Intel
- + 1Tb”. Is that correct?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Seth Barribeau you can upgrade your drive in your WEDG as and when
- you like. The WEDG takes a standard 2.5" SATA hard drive.
- Seth Barribeau
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723584> over 2 years ago
- Regarding the 2Tb upgrade. Is this something where we could replace
- the HDs ourselves to improve space as needed, or do you need to
- upgrade additional hardware first?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @jrogers31 I understand and have taken your feedback on-board ;-)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Law Cheung spot on, that is the correct way to do it, thank you for
- your support and contribution!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @wj.van.duin you may certainly postpone your decision up until the
- end of the campaign only I’m afraid as the prices we have negotiated
- are only available to us until the end of 21st November. I’m sorry
- if this applies undue pressure upon you right now.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- Sorry to repeat my suggestion to help reach the stretch goals but I
- would like the option to “double up” on my current perks at the same
- rate as my first contribution, which was WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB
- (£219) plus WEDG Pro RAID + 1TB (£90). This may get you closer to
- the stretch goal targets – particularly if existing contributors
- want to double or treble up. JR
- Law Cheung
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2929772> over 2 years ago
- Hi Shehbaz,
- That’s a good idea of you to allow an upgrade to a 2TB drive. I have
- added an extra £56 to make £112 to have two of them for a raid
- setup. I hope this is the correct way of doing it.
- Kind Regards,
- Law Cheung (Mr)
- wj.van.duin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8267955> over 2 years ago
- I would like you to let me know if it will be possible to postpone
- the decision for the change of configuration from 1 × 1 Tb to 1 × 2
- Tb or even 2 × 2Tb until a later moment just prior to production and
- delivery.
- Wouter J. van Duin
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen I think I follow you now. WEDG does support POP3 and
- so you could add any POP3 accounts to your WEDG collecting mail on
- the fly. Aliases is also fully supported and you can setup a
- one-to-many email account like ’salesexample.com’ for example where
- the messages are forwarded on to designated users.
- Thank you for the compliments and of course your ongoing support! :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Veehem thank you for your feedback, we have every intention on
- providing more information in due course. Currently we have a tight
- schedule we’ve planned for and are working hard to commit to that.
- Veehem
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4067160> over 2 years ago
- An update message explaining how and when you’re going to liberate
- the code is necessary. Wedg is going to be a long time success if
- there is a real community. Without an open source code, people will
- go to Ownbutt, Yunohost, …
- Please, be more clear about that
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Team WEDG – Sorry was not clearer, By scheduled pop3 collection I
- mean, use pop3 to collect mail from a third party account, strip of
- everything after the ‘at symbol’ and distribute to the users of the
- mailserver every say ten minutes. This way I can include an existing
- pop3 mail address. Also will the WEDG support aliases and group
- forwarding?
- BTW Congrats on the 100K, well done to all involved!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu thanks for feedback! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- I’ll probably succumb if the offer stays the same… Still, if your
- meeting monday works out, i must say i prefer bigger hdds than
- faster ssds. particularly for mid-long term storage. SSDs are great
- but in case of failure it’s pretty definitive and unannounced, when
- HDDs can show preventive warnings and let us recover some data. Well
- its just a personal opinion of course. Good night and good luck today!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu agghh! dashed are my hopes of a Carbon Fibre WEDG backer
- today! ;-)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Ok so i’ll wait your monday’s report before letting go out my crazy
- side :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor this is a discussion we need to have again with our
- suppliers on Monday morning, as you stated cost is a factor and
- having discussed this topic previous with our suppliers 2TB disks
- weren’t cheap and didn’t even come under any price breaks at that
- time. But time has passed so worth revisiting. Either way I will
- report back on Monday.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- if you can meet minimum purchase requirements for 1tb and 2tb drives
- to keep prices good. i also vote for @ aaddiikk’s suggestion and it
- has been suggested before. as i will just be looking at possibly
- putting 2Tb drives in mine. but cost is a factor. also now featuring
- the 3k option puts the Wedg pro way down the list for funding
- choices. make the funding option look very expensive for someone new
- looking at the project.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Congratulations you guys we’ve hit a major milestone at £100,000! A
- little overwhelmed if I’m honest and very grateful to everyone for
- their everlasting and so valuable support. THANK YOU!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu listen to your crazy side ;-) yes @aaddiikk’s suggestion
- is pulling weight this side too.
- If you do decide to upgrade to the Carbon Fibre WEDG then please
- contribute the difference only and we’ll do the rest. The Carbon
- Fibre sample material is of a high standard to ensure its rigidity
- and the WEDG will be hand assembled start to finish. I should also
- emphasise that Carbon Fibre WEDG is only available on Indiegogo and
- won’t be available after the campaign ends.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- As you can guess by my previous comments here, i strongly support
- @aaddiikk suggestion.I’m also considering the carbon fibre perk. A
- bit pricey but seems to be a really cool design. Which perk should i
- choose if i want an upgrade? Just an arbitrary payment with the
- difference? Not sure i’ll do it but sometimes i have crazy expensive
- ideas!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @jrogers31 thank you for your suggestion, certainly worth
- considering along with other ideas too. Will report back.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @aaddiikk thanks for your feedback, we’ll certainly consider your
- suggestion and report back.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- I think one option you may consider to enable you to reach your
- stretch goal targets is to release a further time limited perk for
- the WEDG Pro with Intel + 1TB at £219 like you did for Tech Crunch –
- after all the campaign ends on 21 Nov 2014.
- Alternatively allow existing contributors to double up (or treble
- up) on their orginial contribution and perks at the same discounted
- rate. JR
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- Guys,
- How about extending storage options and allow people to pay extra
- for it? I mean extra options to double the storage (so from 1TB to
- 2TB in case of ARM, from 1TB to 2TB in case of Intel and from 1TB to
- 2TB so 2×2TB drives in case of Intel/RAID)? I’m pretty sure that
- many backers would go this way and get us closer to WiFi… What do
- you think?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 that’s a good idea. I’ll ask all registered
- developers to share their potential ideas.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Hey Team!
- Any chance of having the 7 campaign backing Developers mention what
- they are hoping to develop for the WEDG? Their potential ideas and
- solutions might help expand interest.
- Cheers!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor thanks for the precise maths :) we’re working on a
- couple of promos – can’t say too much now but we have high hopes for
- those alongside some press pushing too.
- Yes, a good few backers have missed the shipping perk but ultimately
- not enough to push us very far, nevertheless we will politely remind
- them.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thanks for the support, it means a great deal to
- us all here. Regarding perks…watch this space! :-o I’ve said too much!
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- I think there are LOTS of people who have not paid the £6 postage
- just looking through the Funders page but Shebaz should be able to
- see more so maybe a nudge to get them to pay but dont think it will
- get us any where near £110k but it all helps. we need 2.671 Wedg
- Pro’s to be funded per day with postage to make the next stretch
- goal by the end of the campaign.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- 2/2
- Are there any last minute perks that could be added to the project
- that would add £15-20 value to end product?
- While only needing just £10,500 to achieve Wi-Fi, if every existing
- funder paid an additional £16 / $25US towards the project right now,
- we’d meet it.
- Good luck on the home stretch! I hope we can hit that mark, once the
- “Ending Soon” promotion begins.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- 1/2
- With the initial Goal met and surpassed, is there any chance of
- making more Drive-less WEDG with Intel perks available again for the
- last two weeks of the campaign? It might help out.
- I somehow totally mis-read the Wi-Fi stretch goal at the beginning
- of the campaign, thinking it was an upgrade to an existing Wi-Fi
- feature, not an addition of Wi-Fi to the board. Wi-Fi is definitely
- a must have capability. I agree that not having this might actually
- be holding some people back.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen WEDG Pro with Intel can support ~68 users while WEDG
- with ARM can support ~38 users. Yes Spam filter and attachment rules
- can be configured as you prefer. POP3 is support by WEDG, can you
- elaborate on ’ scheduled collection from another server’?
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- How many users will the mailserver side of it support on the device,
- will it have sorting, spam and attachment rules and will it be
- capable of pop3 scheduled collection from another server?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu (y) Like! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Well, if i want to enjoy HDMI and network access, i will need wifi…
- Or to rewire my entire appartment to bring an ethernet cable next to
- my tv screen! I’ll keep praying for wifi :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred we imagine the same, as the campaign enters the
- ‘Ending Soon’ category on Indiegogo that might be enough to push us
- through the £110,000 mark. We’re working hard on our side try and
- hit some of the major publications and news channels too which might
- help increase exposure. Fingers crossed!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- ref WiFi stetch goal – it’ll be tight, but it can still be done –
- we’ve been on pretty much the same trajectory for a couple of weeks
- now, which should just about see us hit it. If there is the ‘ending
- soon rush’ that should certainly tip it in favour.
- Personally, not too fussed, but can certainly see its appeal to
- people. Slightly frustratingly, there are probably a good few
- holding off until WiFi is unlocked – I think the same was true with
- HDMI – but hey, that’s the nature of it all!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @tetardbleu :) we’d love to! But right now its just not feasible. If
- anything changes prior to shipping we’ll let our backers know.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Any hope to obtain wifi embedded under 110 k’ :) ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp No, see the WiFi stretch goal enables us to build a
- Wireless Connection and Network Management interface for WEDG. So we
- must hit the £110,000!!
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- In the event we don’t get to the wifi stretch goal will a usb wifi
- dongle work with the wedge?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Danilo Montesi yes, we don’t have a road map to detail this yet,
- but sometime soon after shipping WEDG we aim to release the s/w.
- Danilo Montesi
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2102128> over 2 years ago
- will the software running on WEDG be available freely to be used on
- a linux box?
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- Not a pb for me (I’ve several HDD copy if necessary, I’ll C/C all
- this). Thanks anyway :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Antoine C great! welcome on-board! Unfortunately RAID support isn’t
- physically possible for WEDG with ARM :s
- Antoine C
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4041109> over 2 years ago
- That’s a WEDG ARM for me, cleary enough for what I need (NAS/Mail).
- Can’t wait, I’ve been using a Synology for years so I’ll see what
- WEDG can do for me. Any possibility for a RAID with the ARM version ?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli ;) as many as you want but we expect users to
- respect a fair usage policy to prevent email address hogging.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Yes it does, and very fast as always too. :)
- So how many WEDGMail email adresses are included?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 2/2, The cost associated with WEDGNET at that point
- with be in the region of £2 a month and will allow 2 x WEDG devices
- but this is not for anyone who has backed WEDG on Indiegogo.
- We/WEDGNET is not a domain registrar so you’ll have to buy a domain
- from another party like GoDaddy, One&One, FastHosts, etc and then
- point your DNS to your WEDG.
- Does that clear things up?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 1/2 Sure, with WEDG there are no monthly fees for
- using the our WEDGMail (our domains), your own domain on you own
- WEDG, WEDGNET or any other service WEDG is capable of providing – no
- monthly fees at all. This is strictly true for Indiegogo backers.
- Post Indiegogo, a WEDG bought from a shop or online store will again
- have no monthly fees, except for WEDGNET only for those customers
- who buy a WEDG from a store.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- In ‘Story’ it says:
- “Alternatively, you can use the WEDG Mail web interface (webmail),
- compatible across all browsers and is mobile friendly too.”
- Can you clarify what services fall under the monthly fee and mark
- them in the discription?
- Can you also elaborate on the lifetime wedgenet membership? What
- does it give me, and how is it connected to the monthly fee?
- If I want to run my own email on WEDG I will have to get my own
- domain as well? Or do I use wedgnet and then pay monthly?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @john34754 thanks for your support at the start of our campaign!
- Yes!! The 24 Hour Perks included a 1TB drive – how awesome is that?!
- john34754
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707691> over 2 years ago
- Hi guys, I backed the 24 HRS SPECIAL 1 WEDG ARM in the first few
- hours of your launch from the email you sent to Kickstarter backers.
- Does that include a drive?
- Thanks
- John
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Bryan Walker love your enthusiasm! We’re focused on Sync and that’s
- what we intend on delivering :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @m562522 thanks for the feedback! I’ll add both suggestions to our
- wishlist and discuss them the dev team. If we are able to include
- such features they’ll either be available in our first release or in
- software updates post shipping.
- Mikhail Granin
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8719646> over 2 years ago
- Suggestions on couple of killer features\apps:
- 1 Will WEDG allow comments to photos and common albums? This way you
- are getting a great value for all those who are ready to pay for
- butt storage to Google+, Apple iButt photos (just released) and
- Dropbox Carousel users a much better option.
- 2 Will WEDG have it’s own web\mobile media player with
- 1) playlists\smart playlists
- 2) play counts
- 3) rating
- to replace iTunes Match, (I use it but I store mostly my own audio
- that is not matched)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Gaston Cardey unfortunately implementing a Kensington lock is not
- something we can currently build into the WEDG due to the cost of
- tooling and components. However, we realise how valuable this
- feature would be and if its something we can strategically implement
- without compromise during the manufacturing process we will
- certainly try.
- Gaston Cardey
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8821945> over 2 years ago
- Hi!
- I wonder if you plan to add some sort of kensington lock so we can
- secure the unit to a desk or some.
- Thanks and keep up with the good work!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @smadyk by upgrading to the ’WEDG Pro RAID +1TB Upgrade #2 perk you
- will receive another 1TB HDD giving you potentially 2 × 1TB drives,
- not 1 × 2TB drive.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Rich Willars awesome! Thanks! :D
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 2 years ago
- @Team WEDG Incredible, thanks! Going to share the news with the Lima
- investors over on Kickstarter, this looks like a viable alternative
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Rich Willars loving your enthusiasm! Yes, you can plug in an
- external unencrypted USB drive and access the files and watch the
- movies on it via XMBC!
- The backup process can capture external USB drives as well and…WEDG
- is a full sync and share solution, you can access your files via a
- desktop client, mobile app and web browser which is responsive for
- mobile devices too! There you go full marks 10/10!
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 2 years ago
- 2/2
- What’d be really nice if the WEDG could then backup those external
- drives onto the NAS server as well. It’d be acting as a full backup
- solution for encrypted and unencrypted data, with potentially
- unlimited storage limits.
- Other question is surrounding file access. How sophisticated is the
- solution for accessing files remotely (from say mobile phones over
- the internet). Does this work similar to Lima on Kickstarter in that
- it syncs files or is it just a simple file browser app?
- Rich Willars
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8442821> over 2 years ago
- 1/2
- Can’t wait for this.. March seems so far away!
- I’m planning to run the 1TB internal drive and then use the backup
- features on the WEDG to back everything up to a NAS drive. However,
- I don’t want to eat into that precious 1TB with media such as films,
- which don’t really need to be encrypted anyway. Does it support
- plugging external USB drives into the WEDG and being as fully
- featured as accessing files on the internal drive? For example,
- using an unencrypted external drive for XBMC.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Seth Barribeau yes we did this just before we launched on Indiegogo
- and ran GIT (sudo apt-get install git-core) on WEDG with ARM and
- WEDG Pro with Intel. But we didn’t build it into the WEDG as we want
- to allow independent developers build solutions like this for WEDG –
- or allow owners to install their own existing solution.
- Seth Barribeau
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723584> over 2 years ago
- Have you tried to set up a private Git repository on the wedg?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @jrodgers31 apologies *jrodgers31
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @jridger31 that’s all we’re thinking about and are internally
- preparing for the manufacturing phase of the project.
- jrogers31
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8764397> over 2 years ago
- All these stretch goals are great and when you have reached them can
- you get on and build the thing to exacting standards, make sure it
- works properly and supply it please. Many thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred WOOHOO!! Thank you David, and THANK YOU EVERYONE who
- has helped us reached this stage.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- 90k guys – congrats on hitting a significant milestone :o)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp, apologies *Alex
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Alan Stamp multiple! We’ve managed to test up to 6, there
- restriction would be at the WEDGNET side of things and we haven’t
- set a limit.
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> over 2 years ago
- Hi quick question how many wedg’s can you have in a master slave
- config? Is it just one master and one slave or can you have 1 master
- and multiple slaves?
- smadyk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7989688> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I contributed to get a “Wedg Pro with Intel + 1TB”.
- Now, I would like to contribute to get “Wedg PRO RAID”. However, I’m
- not really sure if I can contribute to get “Wedg PRO RAID + 1TB”
- getting 2TB to the end.
- Thank you!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Nickolas Not right now, but just had a quick word of confirmation
- of from the developers and yes its something we can and will
- implement for shipping target. Thanks for the tip! ;)
- Nickolas
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8474340> over 2 years ago
- Will WEDG include an option to be able to limit the number of times
- a shared link can be used? Like Dropbox?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Dan USB 3.0 hub yes RAID’d no as performance all round is severely
- hindered.
- Dan
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707396> over 2 years ago
- Not sure if it’s been answered, but will Wedg allow a USB 3.0 hub
- and multiple external drives to be RAID’ed?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Michael Right-Lawson :D thank you for the support! Means a lot to
- us here.
- Michael Right-Lawson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8741582> over 2 years ago
- ps. good luck at #TCDISRUPT see you on BBClick or something!
- Michael Right-Lawson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8741582> over 2 years ago
- Love what you guys are doing here. Frankly I can’t understand why
- you werent funded at kickstarter but every butt huh…and now you are
- back better which is awesome! Shows you have determination and
- courage and we respect you hugely for that. Its so important in
- today’s connected world to have a product like this, the giants
- can’t and wont relent on our privacy its what their business models
- are based on. keep it up we’re right behind you and don’t let anyone
- tell you otherwise.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli the website guys are actually waiting for me to
- provide company and contact details I just haven’t had a moment to
- respond. Anyway, here is our company number 08824160, search for
- that number here
- http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo
- and you’ll get these results http://wedg.co/company-details.jpg
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- On all your websites there is no company listed, no adress. Unless I
- have not seen it. What is the name of your company? Companies House
- has no search result for ‘Wedg’. Can you post the link to your company?
- It is not that I don’t trust you, but since we are all about
- security I though I’d ask.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 2/2 have over 300 happy supporters. Sure some will
- have their doubts and we respect that; but if and when they do
- decide WEDG is for them, we’ll be here to warmly welcome them into
- our community.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli 1/2 Hi! So we simply can’t see your data, your data
- is encrypted and you retain the encryption keys not us. Your WEDG is
- in your home/office not our data centre (we don’t have one). We have
- no interest in your data. We are in Manchester UK, our company was
- incorporated 23/12/2013 and you can search for us on Companies House
- http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- Ultimately, I guess it boils down to trust, we have done what we can
- express our product is secure and private and
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Dear Wedg,
- I know that my google email is red and analysed by a robot and
- potentially visible on demand by governments. But the chance this
- would effect me is minimal. That google themselves will be
- criminally active on my account is near impossible.
- With Wedg I have no risk of being analysed, but who tells me your
- team is not after my data? Can you see my data? Who watches over
- you? Who are you? Where’s your company located? Is there a company?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @loesljrg Thanks! Really want that £90k, so many of you voted for it
- in the Post Kickstarter survey and we want to deliver it to you!
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> over 2 years ago
- We’re creeping up on that 90K goal … and Wedg have just reinstated
- some of the better perks!! [Smart move, guys!] Come on, folks …
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Nickolas
- 1. Post Indiegogo WEDGNET will be offered to customers at a monthly
- fee of around £2 a month for up to 2 WEDG connections
- 2. Unlimited yes, however each WEDG will able to pair with another
- WEDG – like to 2 for the price of 1.
- 3. Yes, we can put something together, won’t be immediate as we are
- attending an even next week and will be showing casing WEDG
- there…details soon!
- Nickolas
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8474340> over 2 years ago
- I just have a few questions.
- 1. How much do you plan on making your WEDGNET service available for
- after the campaign?
- 2. Will a WEDGNET membership cover an unlimited number of WEDG’s?
- 3. Can you make a video demonstration on how easy it actually is to
- setup a WEDG for the first time?
- 4. Can you make a video showing off the WEDG control panel and WEDG
- apps?
- Thanks
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @bensonlow78 just sent you a direct message for company details.
- Thanks for the compliments!! :)
- Benson Low
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5581723> over 2 years ago
- hi, i need an invoice for my company claims. Can i have one? thanks!
- By the way, it is a great product especially recent news on Dropbox
- security on stolen pasword. Keep up the good work!!!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Igi Lama I recall reaching out to them some months back when we
- were on Kickstarter. I’ll reach out again. Thanks for feedback.
- Igi Lama
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5887739> over 2 years ago
- Also a suggestion – have you tried to cooperate with FreedomBox
- Foundation? They have exactly something like this in mind, maybe
- there is some common ground you could work with them on. They’re
- also very focused on open-source and well known in Free Software
- world so if you’re going the open-source way, cooperation with them
- could raise your profile in those circles and maybe provide some
- guidance…
- Igi Lama
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5887739> over 2 years ago
- “Soon after the campaign ends we will plan our road map for
- releasing the code and providing support to the community too.” –
- Well, I hope for the best but after the campaign is a little too
- late, I’d like to know what exactly I’d be pledging for – finding
- out after I pledged is really not acceptable for such a critical
- issue affecting security of the whole product, wouldn’t you say?
- Guess I’ll just wait and see … Thanks
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Stevan Newman: 1 ;) Been using Dyndns.org for 10 years until they
- pricing got ridiculous.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Steven Newman Like! :)
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 2 years ago
- @Marek459 – DynDNS prices have continued to climb dramatically over
- the last few years. WEDGNET being FREE FOR LIFE definitely helped
- bring me into the fold. :) Well, that an the security conscious,
- fantastic approach that these guys are taking.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @marek459 my pleasure. Have fun! :)
- marek
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8728643> over 2 years ago
- Excellent (and interesting – I hadn’t come across DynDNS before).
- Thanks!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @marek459 WEDGNET is nothing like bitsync or wuala. Its more like
- DynDNS. WEDGNET provides a dynamic DNS service so your WEDG can be
- located on the internet. It also provides a Relay Server for SMTP.
- Encrypted data from other WEDG devices would only appear on your
- WEDG if you have agreed with a friend to act as their remote backup
- and vice versa.
- WEDGNET is an optional service, so you could chose other Dynamic DNS
- and Relay providers. WEDGNET is also FREE FOR LIFE for Indiegogo
- backers :)
- marek
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8728643> over 2 years ago
- Could you provide a little bit more detail on the technology behind
- WEDGNet? It seems to share some features with services like btsync
- or Wuala, is it at all similar in the way it operates? (And would
- this mean, for instance, that some encrypted information from other
- WEDGs would spend some time on my WEDG?)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Steve Ng good questions;
- 1. Yes, scheduled replication to secondary drive is possible
- 2. This is something we are looking at as its on our wishlist, with
- particular attention on separating media such a movie and music file.
- 3. Yes, you can add a new HDD for RAID1 any time without the primary
- drive having to do anything
- Yes, the built in recovery tool asks you to authorise the backup
- archive with password or by uploading the encryption key.
- Thank you!
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> over 2 years ago
- With dual-drive support, would it be possible to
- 1. configure a scheduled replication from master drive to secondary
- drive?
- 2. Separate different content (doc, email, media) onto separate drives?
- 3. upgrade single-drive (with data) to RAID-1 later without data loss?
- Also, for backup to local USB, would it be possible to configure
- both encrypted and unencrypted backup? If encrypted, how can the
- data on the USB drive be restored with a WEDG?
- Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Igi Lama 2/2 Soon after the campaign ends we will plan our road map
- for releasing the code and providing support to the community too.
- This has to be done properly and that’s how we want to do it.
- Personally, we’ve all used open source software in our personal and
- professional lives and collectively we’re excited about the
- opportunity to give something back to the open community.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Igi Lama 1/2 glad you love our project :) there is no intentional
- obscurity and we have every intention to release our code. Since
- 06/13 we have been focused on building the solution, soon after we
- focused on getting our crowd-funding campaign up and ready, the
- first attempt failed so we tried again. Now our focus as part of the
- plan on is pushing and promoting the campaign as well responding
- backer queries.
- We want to do things properly; fail to prepare, prepare to fail right?
- Igi Lama
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5887739> over 2 years ago
- I love this project but there is no security through obscurity –
- unless it’s completely open-source, it can not be considered secure.
- You’re very vague about open-sourcing it … AGPLv3 would be ideal for
- this kind of project, I hope you’ll make clear your intentions as if
- there would end up being closed blobs, that would be very disapointing …
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus thanks for your input as always. I guess the choice is
- there for individuals, if/when the IM app is developed and made
- available. We see our future in privacy and security.
- Ultimately its you guys to tell us what you want by voting with your
- fingers on the survey; so if you haven’t already please compete the
- survey today – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QK36QSR – you have
- till Friday midnight GMT.
- We’ve had 158 responses so far!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you for your feedback and of course we very
- much value your and everyone’s ‘hard earned funds’ very much.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Oh yes, security all the way! But a messenger?! I Do you seriously
- want YET ANOTHER messenger on your phone? I have only two, one of
- them being fully encrypted, and I already have the problem with
- different friend groups using different services. Awful! Maybe we
- can find a different goal in the security/privacy ecosystem? I
- completely agree on all the media streaming blabla stuff. No need to
- build a mini dreambox here ;)
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> over 2 years ago
- I agree completely with contributor Steven Newman remarks about Wedg
- being a security centric product and everything else should take a
- back seat. That is what attracted me to this idea and product while
- providing my hard earned funds to see it into a fully functional
- device. All other options are bells & whistles since I rather have
- the security and privacy aspects of Wedg. My advice to Team WEDG is
- to FOCUS on security and privacy in order to create an ironclad device.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Steven Newman thank you for your input Steven :)
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 2 years ago
- I disagree regarding the Messenger feature. It’s expanding your goal
- of security. Because it wasn’t HDMI or streaming video that brought
- us to your product. There are oodles of devices out there that do
- that, and do it well. What brought us here was a company taking
- security seriously for a change, and offering that to folks.
- So for me? I’d rather have the secure Messenger feature before
- either the Wi-Fi or the HDMI goal. I know that’s just me, but please
- keep focused on the security.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli the bandwidth monitor allows you to see how much
- data is passing through your WEDG. You can limit the bandwidth if
- you wish to yes.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- In the features list it says: Bandwith and Data transfer monitor.
- Does that mean I also have control over it, can I limit bandwith?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- I’d fully support Philipp’s view in terms of features, stretch goals
- and the IM ;) Just keep it real and make the key features perfect
- for now… will be hard enough ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Staheli :) thank you so much we’re touched by your compliment!
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- Team Wedg, it is nice to see how professionally you keep doing this.
- Ever since I started following this campain on KS it’s become my
- standart in terms of PR/user contact and now I am frequently
- dissapointed by other campains not being as professional about it as
- you are. :)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli thanks for your feedback.
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- the answers are too limited for me to take the survey.
- the question should be which other strech goal should move forward.
- This LED is just kids stuff and you want to burn money on it. This
- messanger is an idea, but it is too far off your concept of secure
- data storage and transmission. Stay true to your concept and expand
- as you go. Don’t overload WEDG with things you do not know if there
- is a demand for it. People want HDMI, they want WIFI, why suddenly
- introduce this messanger thing?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @fia10 great minds! ;)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Steve Ng no, the Upgrade RAID perks enables the standard WEDG Pro
- with Intel to support RAID1 or two independent drives.
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- @Ken Taylor, that’s understandable, let me rephrase it. (English is
- not my native language…)
- I would prefer to bump up the development of the office suit , so
- the strechgoals would be something like
- HDMI
- wi-fi
- web-based office suit
- led/IM (don’t care what order)
- That’s my opinion and wish, I can see it might not be possible, but
- I rather have the office suit up and running before IM or the
- possibility to change the led.
- @wedge, glad you chose a suit I use already :)
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> over 2 years ago
- The Storage page states “Due to popular demand WEDG Pro with Intel
- now supports RAID1 or two independent drives. To enable RAID support
- for your WEDG Pro with Intel please select an Upgrade Perk on the
- right.”
- Does this imply that the standard WEDG Pro with Intel supports two
- independent drives and does not need the Upgrade Perk?
- Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @fia10 @Ken Taylor we have short listed LibreOffice and OpenOffice
- as the suites we will consider for development to make our own web
- based office suite with WPS Office as a possibility to consider too.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @fia10 – any mega corp butt solution be it google docs or web office
- docs is what the WEDG is going to replace so we can have total
- control over our own email and files, changing from one mega corp to
- another is not the goal
- We don’t know yet what office suite the WEDG will use yet but
- LibreOffice can be made to work as a web app, Its still in beta and
- under development. It would be easier to use an existing suite that
- users already know than learning and creating yet another office suite
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- or jump right to the web office docs apps? a perfect replacement for
- google docs
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- I haven’t decided yet if I’m keeping the first device for myself or
- installing it in the main office (Will probably end up with four of
- them). For home use the hdmi, xbmc, plex etc I could use quite
- easily alongside the secure features of the device but for work
- these are not needed, The secure IM, emails, and data storage are of
- much greater use. We use an old version of ICQcorp IM still to this
- day but a version integrated into the WEDG would be very useful
- alongside the WEDG’s other features
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> over 2 years ago
- I agree with the IM naysayers, I’m sorry to say. I’d rather have
- something like Crashplan support or richer functionality within the
- planned apps please.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- Thanks for the feedback guys. The point really is to expand on the
- privacy factor; email is a form of communication as is IM so why not
- secure them both off; was our thinking. Indeed it would be handled
- as a project in itself and introduced overtime – not at the same
- time as shipping the WEDG.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Mikko Värri if I understood you correctly; if you wanted to
- ‘format’ your WEDG and install your own software you may do so its
- your hardware; however by doing so none of the WEDG offerings will
- be available to you. If you wanted to run WEDG and other software
- side by side – we couldn’t be sure that other software won’t
- introduce performance and reliability issues so you’d need to aware
- of these possibilities.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Just to promote a discussion what are we looking for next after we
- reach the stretch goals – RAID5 ? – (only joking) ;-)
- HDMI, XBMC, WIFI, LEDs, WEB Office suite, are already on the list.
- so what else do we want from WEDG or external developers
- 2TB HDDs (upgrade perk?), USB Hub, Card Reader, messenger, SABNZB,
- BTorrent, Crashplan, VLC, antivirus, Airtame compatible, password
- manager (keepass?), OPTware, Asterisk
- what does everyone else want to see? is there a list of most
- requested APPs?
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- Dont think the messenger is a priority, think lots more coding
- required for the messenger over coloured LEDs, Getting people using
- yet another messenger is a Hard. OK for internal office but not home
- user, Interested in more INFO about the office App and getting to
- this stretch goal (Modifying something like Libra Office online
- would be good), Put messenger after existing stretch goals or let an
- external Dev create it. there are LOADS of good uses for the WEDG.
- but have them optional Apps.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @Mikko Varri, looks pretty open the board for the Pro can run Debian
- GNU/Linux, Windows 8.1, Yocto Project Compatible, Android 4.4 System
- and seen posts of other Linux versions and BSD being installed.
- http://www.elinux.org/Minnowboard:MinnowMax#Layout_2 details of the
- board
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- A messenger built onto the WEDG platform doesn’t really sound like a
- neccessity to me, especially the connection to the WEDG is rather
- “weak” if not… useless? Starting a secure messaging system is a
- whole new project, whether that’d be in times of numerous other
- working messengers (e.g. Threema…) a good idea, is not clear to me.
- If you can clearly define the selling point how the WEDG itself as a
- system would benefit from having a messenger…. why not ;) “Hey Fred,
- I have a file for you.”?
- Mikko Värri
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8212665> over 2 years ago
- Thanks team wedg. On many mobile phones the telephony side is
- running its own sw that isn’t as open as the app side (hw specs
- aren’t released). Another example: on many Linux PCs the BIOS is
- still closed source. On WEDG, will it be possible to replace all the
- software with Free Software, or will there be some hardware for
- which proprietary software is required?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Mikko Värri
- As individuals we consciously want give back to the open community
- by releasing our software so we are very serious; we just don’t have
- a road map yet.
- Could you elaborate on the hardware question?
- Mikko Värri
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8212665> over 2 years ago
- Hi, how serious are you guys about open sourcing the software? How
- about the hardware, will it be “Free Software friendly” or will
- there always be some closed source components? Thanks.
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred good question. It would be invitation based. So
- Person A would invite Person B to click on a link (download the app
- if needed) and join a list of contacts and start conversing.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Interesting update guys. On the face of it – I think it’s a fab idea.
- How would it work with regards to who can/can’t contact you via the
- system?
- Would it be only other WEDG owners, or is anyone you ‘give access
- to’ – like running your own whatsapp server, so to speak?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus let me catch up with our electronics guy and get back you
- and response to your emails too.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 3/3
- The amperage on the 5V side would of course be much higher, like
- 1.275A – which fits into reality given that you will probably need
- to supply a 2.5A@5V DC supply just like a raspi.
- As expected, the maximum ratings for borad and processor are in no
- way close to real life usage in THIS case. In fact, we’ll probably
- end up as less than half. Yay.
- Thanx!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 2/3
- So If I calculate back “in time” for the Intel variant I take
- 918whrs divided by 144 (?) hours and get am average wattage of
- 6.375W of board AND a single HD. Which is really ok, especially
- given the fact, that no power saving has been used. You state about
- 0.051A, which is most certainly AC side @110volts (not 5V!), as
- 6.375W/110V=0.057A indicates.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- 1/3
- Hmm….. I don’t understand the power consumption
- calculation/measurements. Over a time period, you measured WHAT? kWh
- I guess? Then on the other hand you multiply amperage (this is what?
- average over the time period?) that is most certainly AC with the 5V
- DC side to show wattage……. which is most certainly wrong.
- I guess you did not manually integrate over time, so you probably
- had some devoce to measure kWh on the AC side, right?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred yes it does and at the same time thanks to you and
- everyone who has supported us on Indiegogo we look forward to a new
- phase in the WEDG journey one we can embark on together.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Inching closer towards the 90k mark – which I’m sure holds
- physiological significance for the team as well as unlocking that
- first stretch goal! The Wedg message is spreading!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- @Philipp: I think you can limit mobile data to wifi-only in Android…
- with specials apps you can probably to that even per-app, but I
- haven’t tried personally… dig through Google and the Playstore,
- there is so much out there…….
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Philipp Staheli it’s not something we’ve built into our app. But
- it’s a good suggestion, and I’ll add it to our features wish list :)
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> over 2 years ago
- With the wedg app on my adroid phone, can I set it so it only
- synchronizes when connected to a wifi to save on my data
- limitations? (or is that something I need to set in adroid?)
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 hmm…thanks for the heads up, I changed it to ‘WEDG
- Pro with Intel @ £249’ almost immediately when the last Perk sold
- out. I’ve removed it and re-added it just in case – cleared my cache
- and its definitely set now.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Hey Team WEDG!
- With the £219 WEDG Pro with Intel + 1 TB now sold out, you may want
- to Feature the £249 version or the £149 WEDG with ARM + 1TB, as new
- supporters need to scroll down quite a ways to get to the actual
- hardware.
- Cheers!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus agreed.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Nice, that all of the recent press coverage seems to emphasize the
- privacy aspect. Good call these days!
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Peter Dalmaris no need to apologise, we’re here to help :) Yes,
- file versioning is available per user on WEDG.
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 2 years ago
- Hi Team Wedg, sorry if this is mentioned before. Will it be possible
- to restore a previous version of a file, like it is possible to do
- on Dropbox? If not now, maybe in the future?
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor thanks for chipping in there Ken, @jon.gagne exactly as
- @Ken Taylor said :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @jon,gagne : @loesljrg asked a similar question 3 days ago.
- Backups can be made To a USB drive or a NAS so if you have backups
- on a remote Drive then the standalone mini version of the WEDG
- Backup Recovery tool under development will facilitate this process
- allowing you to gain access to files which might not already be in
- your WEDG Sync folder. This should sort your problems out and allow
- you to access your files without a second WEDG
- jon.gagne
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7870344> over 2 years ago
- Hey Guys! Product looks great!
- Quick question. In a similar scenario as James Taylor below. In a
- situation where I do not have a WEDG device at a separate location
- that would be connected to my WEDG. What would happen if a natural
- disaster would destroy my WEDG? Is there a way to get those
- files/backups back? In other words, is a secondary WEDG necessary to
- ensure that I can reclaim my files if ever an unfortunate scenario
- were to happen to my WEDG.
- Thanks!
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Cheers, missed that one completely :s
- Team WEDG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8778164> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Scott McQueen @david.j.aldred pretty much covered it, thanks for
- chipping there ;)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Here is the vid….
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8470844#designanddev
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @Scott – Yes, all the LED’s can be turned off! There is a video
- about 2 thirds of the way down showing the different LED options
- available.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- I know the WedG is designed to be ‘pretty’ but is there an option to
- disable all led’s/warnings as I intend to store my device somewhere
- out of sight and secure. Not much point to me having secure storage
- and leaving it in plain sight ;)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Brian sure you can, just click the Contribute Now button and
- manually enter £40 or £90 and we’ll do the rest here.
- Brian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4535871> over 2 years ago
- Can we add the RAID ready perk to the driveless Intel WEDG? How do
- we update our contribution to add it?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @vasvi.cakir :)
- vasvi.cakir
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8713392> over 2 years ago
- Great!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Anders Stangeland yes that was my typing error, apologies. I mean
- to type 35mm
- Anders Stangeland
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8673957> over 2 years ago
- Standard 2,5" HDD size is 9,5mm, so 3,5mm look wrong.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor the current bay is 3.5mm tall as it was designed to
- house the operating and spare HDD. We may adjust the bay dimensions
- when building in additional support racks for RAID supported WEDG
- devices and and this will take the 15mm thick HDDs into
- consideration too.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- How big will the bays for the HDDs be as many of the 2TB drives are
- up to 15mm thick? will we be able to fit this thickness of drive.
- thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @James Taylor sorry to hear about your house fire. As
- @david.j.aldred (thank you!) kindly pointed out, yes you can off-set
- backups between two or more WEDG devices and that’s just one of the
- backup types WEDG is able to provide.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @James
- Yes absolutely you can!
- Take a look at the ‘Backups’ section..
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8470844#backups
- 2 of the (several) options include: ‘Master & Slave’ config which I
- think keeps your WEDG fully sync’d (probably not quite what you’re
- after in this case) and ‘Backup to Another WEDG’, which sends
- periodic encrypted backups to someone else’s WEDG (assuming they’ve
- allowed it, of course).
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> over 2 years ago
- If I have a WEDG and my parents have one as well, can we both use
- our own WEDG’s but also back up each others? That is, we would both
- be an offsite backup for each other.
- We lost a house years ago, and it was amazing (in a bad way) to
- realize just how much you lose when the house goes up in flames. We
- had backups of many things, but nearly all of them where in the same
- house together. This would be a great incentive for them to buy one
- (and be my back up…).
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- tetardbleu sorry I didn't get your message, I have reported it to
- supportindiegogo.com. Well just to say, you could still use 2×2TB,
- we currently aren’t in a position to offer it.
- PING! Your Upgrade just came through! Thank you for your on going
- support, good night!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> over 2 years ago
- Just to say after the @tigerbus comment, that i had sent you a
- private message via indiegogo too. i figured that you would answer
- when you could, but maybe you didn’t receive it after all? Anyway,
- it was about the 2TB or more drive, before the raid option was
- suggested. I’m happy with this option. except in my dream, it would
- have been : 2X 2TB drive. (I have a lot of multimedia files :) ).
- Good night and good luck for the stretch goals. I’m going for the
- updated perk right now.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor sl-eeep? :-| Thank you for the support and best wishes!
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> over 2 years ago
- @Tiger bus: Shehbas is normally right on top of emails, I dont think
- he leaves the office or sleeps
- I think there shouldn’t be more driveless WEDG (devices, appliances,
- servers?) offered but when the team have sufficient volume to Exceed
- MOQ’s they could offer another upgrade perk for 2TB drives but would
- need to calculate (may be by a survey?) if they will still meet
- MOQ’s or not. I have +1.5TB on USB HDD so need at least this space.
- Congratulations WEDG team roll on Easter.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @loesljrg Yes! We have a standalone mini version of the WEDG Backup
- Recovery tool under development which will facilitate this process
- allowing you to gain access to files which might not already be in
- your WEDG Sync folder.
- Thank you for the awesome support! :)
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> over 2 years ago
- Suppose I’ve been uploading encrypted .zip archives to a butt
- service such as Dropbox. Then, my Wedg fails or needs repair. Is
- there a disaster recovery tool for unencrypting the .zips stored at
- my butt service, when the Wedg is down?
- Congrats on meeting the 71K goal!! Press on.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus I do get messages from others via Indiegogo but I haven’t
- received any from you :( We are busy here yes but I’m keeping one
- and half eyes on the comments too, anything I can help you with?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- @shebaz: I tried contacting you via indiegogo, but it seems you
- either don’t receive these messages or are too busy? comment section
- seems to get updates frequently, so I’m trying to find the error in
- the system here ;))
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @fia10 uncross those fingers, you’ll need them to setup your WEDG!
- Stretch goal targets are unaffected and remain at the specified targets.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 hi-5! Yes agree with all you said!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Peter Dalmaris thank you Peter, means a lot!
- blandat
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6957871> over 2 years ago
- Congrats to you all, keep up the good work!
- just one question (for now…)
- Since the HDMI perk in my MOST WANTED to, is the £40 for the RAID
- upgrade included in the goals/stretchgoals or not? Guess it
- shouldn’t, but will the figures shown here be with or without?
- so I know when to stop crossing my fingers, hopefully before the
- need of medical attention ;)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- Congrats WEDG team and supporters!
- Now on to my MOST WANTED perk @ £90,000, HDMI connection on the back
- with built-in media player (XBMC).
- I also hope you reach your necessary target to release more
- Drive-less WEDG Pro with Intel models, as those sold really well and
- could definitely help with getting to further Stretch Goals.
- Cheers and Hi-5!
- Peter Dalmaris
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7104926> over 2 years ago
- Congratulations Team WEDG, very happy for you!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @aaddiikk thank you! No time to drink much hard work yet to do, some
- dancing and hi5’ing very likely though :)
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> over 2 years ago
- Hope the drives will be HGST as they are lasting ages comparing to
- other brands…
- P.S. We’ve done it guys! Congrats! (don’t drink too much today!)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred yes your plural example is perfectly accurate.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @stefan.woessner yes we’ll figure it out! Thank you for you support! :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred without getting into the complexities of MOQs,
- manufacturing contracts, guaranteed factory time, etc. we aren’t in
- a position quit yet to release more Drive-less WEDG Pro with Intel
- models.
- Thanks for caring so much about our brand values :) The plural for
- ’WEDG’s’ is WEDG or WEDG devices…we tend to say “the WEDG LEDs look
- stunning” or “if Tom has 3 WEDG devices how will he carry them?”
- :)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- @stefan – I wondered that, the Wedg is the brand, not the shape, so
- not sure you can really ‘es’ it? (But I make no claim to be an
- expert on English Language!).
- I thought Wedg’s, but wondered if simlpy keeping it an irregular
- noun – so Wedg as the plural – like fish, sheep
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred we haven’t finalised which brand of HDD we’ll be
- shipping yet as things can change over the course of 60 days but
- minimum specification will be SATA3 @7200RPM.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @t.munari we plan to run a decibel test with two internal hard
- drives later this week so I’ll report back the results.
- At this stage we aren’t concerned that heat will be an issue or a
- show stopper as during development we found the entire enclosure
- reached an average of 24.3 degrees Celsius with CPU and HDD under a
- great amount of load.
- stefan.woessner
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6518395> over 2 years ago
- Hi, I made two perks now, one for the Pro w drive plus one for the
- Raid upgrade w drive. I’m sure you guys will figure it out that
- these two belong together!?
- @ david.j.aldred I guess it should be Wedges ;-)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Just a thought – presumably you still need a few more orders to hit
- your original MOQ’s with your manufacturers. Given the RAID solution
- should now have given your HDD order a good boost, perhaps releasing
- some more drive-less Wedg’s is again an option – these seemed very
- popular and sold out fast.
- *Side note – what is the correct plural for Wedg? ;o)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thanks for chipping in there :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Steve Ng no the standard WEDG Pro with Intel supports one HDD, the
- upgrade then enables two HDD over SATA.
- Scott McQueen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8443500> over 2 years ago
- Well done guys, nice to know this is finally going to happen!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Guys, quick question – what drives are you planning to put in these?
- Heiko Zeller
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8715891> over 2 years ago
- Congrats guys!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- What a wonderful surprise to wake up to! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! I’ll
- get back to all of your comments individually shortly. :D :D :D
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- 71k!!
- Congrats guys – now let’s smash it!
- t.munari
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7463940> over 2 years ago
- Hi,
- I ma quite bothered by noise level,
- If it’s an appliance going to be always on, in a home environment, I
- would really like it to be as silent as possible,
- What are the plans?
- Could you assure passive cooling (also in the intel version) will be
- enough?
- Even with 2nd hard drive in raid?
- Thank you
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> over 2 years ago
- Hey guys, quick question regarding features. I know we’ve discussed
- shared calendars but what about a shared Task list(s)?
- Thanks,
- Steven
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> over 2 years ago
- @ Steve Ng, you’ll need to UPGRADE the standard WEDG Pro with Intel
- in order to gain the RAID1 or RAID1 + 1TB.
- So if you’ve already contributed to the campaign and chosen a WEDG
- Pro with Intel perk, you’ll simply need to select your desired RAID1
- or RAID1 + 1TB perk in order to have out of the box RAID-1 support
- when you receive the WEDG.
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> over 2 years ago
- Really happy to see the option of RAID-1 support!
- Quote “Due to popular demand WEDG Pro with Intel now supports RAID1
- or two independent drives.” – Does the standard WDGE Pro with Intel
- plaform supports two independent drives by default or need to
- UPGRADE to get the 2nd drive support (can be configured for RAID1 or
- two independent drives)?
- Thanks!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Avidan Perry thanks for the support!
- Avidan Perry
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8759384> over 2 years ago
- HI,
- I’m very excited with WEDG solution. I beleive this is the face of
- the future where privacy is respected and users consume competative
- online services.
- Good Luck t’ya all!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus thanks for the support…not long now!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @Dan sorry for the late , we don’t know but will find out for
- you as a soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> over 2 years ago
- Damn, seems like I will need to upgrade even though I’m broke
- already!! ;) Let’s wait for the good news to actually happen……. This
- campaign has already been won, congrats!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner over 2
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred we’ll figure it out ;p
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Hmm, the below didn’t quite come out as planned – but you get the
- jist I’m sure ;o)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> over 2 years ago
- Thanks for update guys – look forward to hearing the results
- today/tomorrow!
- <Voice tone=soft volume=Low>Upgrade Perk. Upgrade Perk
- </fingers crossed>
- Dan
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707396> over 2 years ago
- Can a USB 3.0 hub and multiple external drives be set up in a RAID
- configuration?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- There is not mich processing power involved in simple RAID1 logics,
- so there shouldn’t be huge power draw on this board. Main power draw
- will be in the second drive itself, which will most certainly not
- need active cooling…
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Mark Ragowski 2/2 load and all LEDs on for 24 hours. The HDD
- reported ~33 degrees (SMART) well within its recommended operating
- temperature and the board showed ~32 degrees using an infrared
- thermometer.
- We can reengineer the enclosure and or add a fan if we need to
- without having to pass the costs on to backers but we’re confident
- in the design and that heat is able to escape through the vents on
- the top back of the WEDG enclosure.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Mark Ragowski 1/2 we haven’t performed any thermal tests yet – we
- wanted to try and get RAID working first. Our meeting scheduled for
- Monday will cover this and other issues we need to be potentially
- aware of and our manufacturing partners are best placed to advise us
- of this.
- At this stage we aren’t concerned that heat will be an issue or a
- show stopper as during development we found the entire enclosure
- reached an average of 24.3 degrees Celsius with CPU and HDD under a
- great amount of
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- @Wedg – I’m curious if you’ve done the thermals with extra XOR RAID
- processor and 2nd drive. Seems like a lot of extra heat to dissipate
- with (I’m assuming) no cooling fan. Thanks.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- likey, likey
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus :) Yep! Same enclosure but we need to make some
- modifications to accommodate two drives, two sets of cables and
- fixtures to keep the drives securely positioned in the WEDG.
- I have a meeting planned with the manufacturing partners and tooling
- designer for Monday morning to discuss these requirements and I will
- report when I get back to base.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- So IF raid1, the two drives will fit in the same enclosure? Now THAT
- would be cool. “Native” system backup would be an argument to
- upgrade for sure, as I have experienced drive failures before ;)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 and @david.j.aldred thank you for your feedback.
- We have a preferred method too which we feel is fair for everyone,
- but will we keep mum until the results are in.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Agree with every point Scott made.
- Hopefully the survey results will match that – I think those who are
- interested in this will be more than happy to pay (if the price is
- right of course)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- WEDG Team thank you for allowing the community to choose which way
- to offer the RAID option within the campaign. I’ve voted for the
- Upgrade Perk options (RAID and RAID + 1TB) for a number of reasons.
- 1. A mid-level Stretch Goal makes it a possibility, but not a certainty,
- 2. The money raised with these perks gets us closer to the existing
- Stretch Goals.
- 3. More drives sold, might mean more Drive-less with Intel perks
- could be made available, which means even more money towards the Goal.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Chris Horsfield yes, you can pay the difference and upgrade to a
- WEDG Pro with Inte. Simply hit the Contribute Now button and
- manually enter the difference – and we’ll do the rest on our side :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred and Philipp Stäheli a dedicated media drive and or
- data only drive was supported via USB anyway and is now with SATA too.
- Chris Horsfield
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4115733> almost 3 years ago
- If the RAID add on goes ahead will there be a pathway for those who
- chose ARM to pay the extra £70 and upgrade to an Intel board? My
- initial judgement was that the extra expense of the Intel board was
- not warranted but twin drives and RAID would be a significant
- enhancement.
- Chris
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Indeed @David.j.aldred, that is a great idea. If there were
- according options in the software (strong seperation), it would be
- awesome if one drive could serve as NAS storage and the other as my
- butt drive. I would feel much more comfortable storing public and
- private data.
- Me personally, I’d choose mirroring though.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Awesome – drive for private, drive for public (media) – just awesome.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thank you! :) YES! You can also run two drives
- independently as well!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli yes printer sharing is possible, but we haven’t
- implemented it. Like you said we would prefer for a developer to
- take this on. If however no one does shortly after shipping, we will
- make this available in the system as part of an OS update.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Great news on raid guys, well done.
- Would this extend to running two drives without raid?
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Hey Wedg, have you looked in the printer share option again from KS
- still?
- Is this something a developer could add later if you do not?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @psalois yes sure I’ll add it to the list, we’re currently testing
- Opera Mail too!
- psalois
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8721127> almost 3 years ago
- This is a great project !
- You write that WEDG mail will support Outlook, AppleMail and
- Thunderbird. What about KDE Kmail and Kontact ? If not presently
- supported, can you think about adding it ?
- Thanks.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @loesljrg you’re very welcome :) and thanks for confirming the link!
- loesljrg
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4049843> almost 3 years ago
- @Shehbaz
- The alternative URL works here (after enabling Javascript).
- Regardless of the final implementation decision, thanks much for
- listening, and for finding a way to offer RAID. Awesome!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- Hi Steve Ng
- Sorry I don’t know why that is, looks like the link is pointing to
- another survey on our account, try this one –
- https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M5CRLKK
- Thanks
- Shehbaz
- Steve Ng
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/2113279> almost 3 years ago
- The Surveymonkey link does not work. Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred its agonising for us here! C’mooooon!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- £5k to go! Going to be a long 50+ day wait!
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- @ Ken Taylor – Thanks for digging through the list of contributors.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- 2/2
- The WEDGNET part is quite hard to judge, I still don’t fully grasp
- what’s this all about, mainly, because I personally don’t care for
- much more than dynamic dns service. All the rest will be done using
- standards I have in productive operation already. Maybe I just don’t
- understand it properly, but i will most certainly not have @wedgnet
- email aliases or alike to communicate securely ;) I’ll see once this
- tower of power actually ships ;)) To sum it up: I’m quite confident
- they’ll make it.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- 1/2
- @Mark Ragowski: These are “just” quite a few (open-source) software
- packages that need to be tailored and stripped down into proper
- symbiosis with some custom glue. Basis functionality should be
- pretty easy and is probably already there, advanced detailing to
- actually morph the whole thing into THE WEDG will most certainly
- take more time than they have – but a few updates after delivery
- will be highly appreciated, as long as key functionality is
- relaiable and secure.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- The more this campaign is “over-funded” the more funds can go into
- software quality. No need to deliver banana software like many
- other’s do, just because they anounced some ridiculous stretch goals
- wasting precious funds for crap ;)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- @scott.henderson1
- looking at contributions from mark “I love the vision and am
- genuinely interested in how they do (hence the reason I contributed)”
- To the tune of £1 looking through the funders list
- I may be wrong but looks like he only contributed just enough to
- comment.
- I hope the Wedg team smash the funding so they don’t need the
- additional support of family and friends to make this project fly.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- @Mark Ragowski – Thanks for pointing out your occupation and thus
- providing some context for your preceding comments. If you look
- back, I hope you see how they could be taken negatively.
- For those of us who backed the project initially in KS, we have a
- bit more context with regards to the 70K goal this time out.
- Needless to say the team is supported by a great bunch of friends
- and family members, who believe in them.
- Glad you are on board and interested in the end result. Cheers!
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- @scott.henderson1
- I’m a butt architect by day, so I know how difficult it is to pull
- this off. I have backed similar projects on KS (Transporter, Lima,
- Space Monkey) and some of the other backers asked me what I thought
- about Wedg.
- I love the vision and am genuinely interested in how they do (hence
- the reason I contributed). I just know how hard this is to do even
- with years of development and millions of dollars. I have no idea
- how they plan to get this done with only 70K quid.
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> almost 3 years ago
- I find it actually very entertaining to follow the comments here
- (thanks scott.henderson1). As always in crowdfunding and data
- security in general) there is the question of trust.
- I trust these guys here, too. More than some competitors who are
- seemingly getting down to dubious marketing practise at least.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- I have two great HP MediaSmart Windows Home Servers and a D-Link
- DNS-345 Sharecenter working fine right now here at home. However I’m
- still supporting the WEDG as I believe in the campaign, product and
- the team behind it. I don’t see the “kitchen sink” approach, I see a
- team that was unsuccessful raising funds initially, surveyed their
- supporters to see what they wanted in the product and went back to
- the drawing board to come up with a new campaign and products.
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- @ Mark Ragowski – I find it odd that you’d contribute to campaign
- that you obviously do not support, just so that you could post
- comments to promote another product and talk down about others. Is
- Connected Data that scared of innovation and competition from
- another company? It is also interesting that this is the first
- campaign that you’ve contributed to and commented on within Indiegogo.
- @ Steve Newman – Well said!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> almost 3 years ago
- We all make a decision to support or not. I’ve followed these chaps
- from the KS campaign. I believe in them and their vision. I believe
- enough to divert funds from other things to help this product see
- the light of day.
- I would much rather support a visionary team who are taking security
- and privacy concerns seriously, and making them available to home
- and small business users than a product that sort of meets my needs.
- I am 110% in their camp. I am a believer.
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- @Ken Taylor
- Exactly my point. The Wedg guys are promising more than Transporter
- or even Dropbox does today & they both have $M in VC backing, loads
- of really smart engineers & 5+ year head start. The Lima folks @ KS
- did the same “kitchen sink” approach, raised 10X Wedg’s goal & are
- almost a YEAR past their promised delivery date with no product in
- sight.
- @david.j.aldred
- Are you sure it’s existing hardware? I saw a guy soldering in the
- video and it’s clearly not off-the-shelf I.D.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu no worries, your support here is what counts and what we
- appreciate the most.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- Thats indeed exactly why i didn’t participated to the thunderclap…
- Sorry.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla point well made.
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 3 years ago
- @WEDG UK, I am not surprised that Thunderclap is only at 53% since a
- chunk of your contributors are privacy and security conscious group
- of people and Thunderclap requires Facebook, Twitter and Tumbler,
- which collect data, to propagate this campaign.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- Just a reminder, we’re running a Thunderclap for October 7th and
- we’re 53%… clapped(?) If you haven’t already please join in today,
- its FREE and will give our campaign a boost of awareness on social
- media! Here’s the link –
- https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16458-wedg-on-indiegogo
- Thank you all! :)
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- @Mark Ragowski
- The Wedg is not like the transporter, they share some of the same
- features but so does my NAS The Wedg is an email server with
- Groupware features + media server if stretch goal is reached +
- additional apps from developers
- I don’t see the Lima as a failure, OK its currently running 10+
- months late but it will eventually arrive
- if you want a product NOW with a guaranteed next day delivery wait &
- buy it at Amazon Ill continue to give patronage to ideas I believe
- are worth the risk
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Haha – Indiegogo projects, of course ;o)
- (spend waaay too much time on both sites!)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @Mark All KS projects have an element of risk – and it is of course
- down to the user (us) to balance risk v reward – and of course for
- the creators to be upfront with any risks and challenges, where they
- currently are with progress etc
- It’s worth noting that what the guys are doing is taking existing
- hardware elements, and building their own software platform on top
- of it. This takes away much of the challenge around building
- hardware from scratch, so the biggest risk is around the s/ware dev
- Mark Ragowski
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8735670> almost 3 years ago
- Interesting concept, but it has been done before and can be
- purchased today. I backed a similar product called Transporter
- (www.filetransporter.com) on KS over a year ago. It works great and
- they keep improving it all the time with free updates.
- The WEDG guys have promised the moon just like the failed Lima
- project on KS. Their backers are out over $1.2M US and are screaming
- for refunds. I hope these guys can deliver, but have serious doubts
- with the promises they are making. Good luck lads.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eliasz 2/2 If a vulnerability that affects WEDG is discovered we
- will commit to finding a fix as a matter of priority. Each situation
- is different and so I can’t commit to a time frame at this moment,
- rest assured the issue will be dealt with urgently and we will keep
- all lines of communication open to support and guide users.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eliasz 1/2 so, we have two methods of updating the WEDG OS, you can
- download the update manually from our website and flash the WEDG. Or
- you can use the built-in automatic update function. The automatic
- update function will download the patch and advise the Admin its
- ready for install.
- Eliasz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695051> almost 3 years ago
- Hi Guys,
- I’m curious about how you plan to release patches/system updates for
- the WEDG? If there is another vulnerability like the current issues
- in Bash or the recent heartbleed, how long could it be before we
- could expect a patch from your team? Will patches be manually
- applied, or will there be a way for the WEDG to pull system updates
- automatically? Will it based on something like apt or yum, or will
- you be creating your own custom update systems?
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli and @Ken Taylor correct! Bulk buying helps keep
- cost of production low and also helps us keep strong relationships
- with suppliers over the long term.
- We are working hard to get to the bottom of the RAID issue, I can
- apologise for the delay and thank you for your support and patience
- but we must get this right, first time, one way or another.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- @Philip Staheli
- In July they answered this as “economies of scale” they have to
- purchase a minimum number of HDD for a discount and if they do lots
- of diskless Wedg they would not be able to achieve this
- I would like a raid system myself £$ dependant
- I looked at possibility to mod Intel board with a seacat lure for
- mSATA & mPCIe for 802.11ac. but performance is the question?
- Hope Shehbaz can sort something out. he has emailed and posted an
- update so lets give them a chance to look in to it
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- @David Christian: I don’t think they can judge every USB device out
- there without having access to one. There are thousands of USB
- storage solutions with hundreds of special implementations of
- soft-raids and what not… No way they can support all of them or even
- know which devices use which specialties………….
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Hello Wedg,
- thank you for your quick and professional answer (as always) about RAID.
- It is looking very well for your campain. Have you considered
- re-prioritising
- the strechgoals in favour of a RAID? I like to play around with LED
- colours as much as anyone,.. but RAID trumps LED or maybe other
- things in the strechgoallist..
- A different question:
- Why do you limit the drive-less intel option? It seems a lot of
- people prefer this option.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eric Reddoch we see both contributions, thanks for the support :)
- Eris Reddoch
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4761761> almost 3 years ago
- I didn’t see a way to add the International Shipping when I made the
- first contribution, so I added the 6 pound one.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 SNAP! We love it here too and it will be a feature
- in the WEDG shipping for March! :)
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- Thanks for the Raid update team!
- I also like Alex Stamps idea if it is not already part of the basic
- controls for the LED display on the unit.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Alex Stamp that’s a really good idea, its not currently a feature
- we have in mind but I’ll add it to the feature wish list so it is
- available when the app is developed or even just part of the WEDG
- system anyway :)
- Alex Stamp
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6787108> almost 3 years ago
- I don’t know if it would be covered by the LED App stretch goal but
- would it be possible to look at having the LED profile set by time
- of day? For example show all during the day but notifications only
- at night. This would be useful say if it was kept in a room where
- someone sleeps so you wouldn’t have to go into the dash to turn of
- the LED’s every night.
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- There are only two left of the one I’m interested in.
- If your unable to provide a by then, I’ll have to pass.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- Here’s an update on the WEDG RAID support topic that many of you
- have expressed an interest in.
- We’ve had a lengthy discussion together and as a result we have a
- plan to action to determine if RAID is possible and if it is what’s
- involved in achieving it. We are going to action this work as a
- matter of top priority and aim to have a definitive answer for you
- as soon as possible.
- Thank you for your patience :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu noted!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian please bear with us, we think yes it will work but
- we’re waiting for a response from a contact who might have one…I
- want to give you a 100% accurate answer.
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- I Also vote for the eventual stretch goal of 2X 2TB drive instead of
- an imaginary 4TB 2.5 inches drive!
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Wedge, Any to my USB Drobo question?
- The Pro driveless option is filling up fast…
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @ZHUO YANG the ‘drive-less’ WEDG does not come pre-installed with
- storage.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Philipp Stäheli thank you for your passion and support for WEDG.
- This is a request made by many people which is obviously something
- that is in demand. I’m going to arranging an urgent meeting after
- this post with the developers and we’re going to find a solution to
- this one way or another. I will get back to you and everyone else
- when we have a definitive answer.
- Thank you for your patience.
- ZHUO YANG
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8355345> almost 3 years ago
- Hi, does the drive-less (INTEL) has storage pre-installed? It seems
- to me that it doesn’t include the 1TB.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Stefan Berger there is no VPN offering as such from us, however we
- do provide a Dynamic DNS service free for all Indiegogo backers for
- life called WEDGNET –
- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wedg-the-personal-butt-you-ve-been-waiting-for/x/8453832#wedgnet
- Philipp Stäheli
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8723017> almost 3 years ago
- Hello Wedg,
- I hoped you would add a second drive in the wedg. All Wedg is about
- is security and design. But then when it comes to the most
- essential, most important piece you ignore it and make me do weird
- backup solutions that go against your design and concept:
- - connect a USB drive kills the design
- - upload to gmail? try uploading 1 TB
- - get a second wedg? “all in one solution?”
- - upload to NAS? i want wedg as my NAS
- - seriously, how much is a raid controller?
- Stefan Berger
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4274586> almost 3 years ago
- Will there be VPN support?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Anders Stangeland there is no support ActiveSync, however our
- mobile app manages all sync elements and can even push calendar and
- contacts to your device calendar and address book if you’d prefer.
- Anders Stangeland
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8673957> almost 3 years ago
- I wonder if you are planning support for ActiveSync for mobile
- devices. ActiveSync is the easiest way for mail, calendar and
- contact sync on mobile. Or how will this work with iOS, Windows
- Phone and Android?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred yep! :)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- ok, thanks – so we have the option of a connected USB drive can
- being fully encrypted in much the same way as the existing internal
- drive?
- Perfect, thanks – gives a degree of flexibility in the setup!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- *…encrypt folders and files on the FLY or the entire drive.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred well let me clear that one up for you then. Yes,
- external drives can be encrypted as well, you can choose to encrypt
- folders and files on the file or the entire drive.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @Neil – didn’t mean to hijack your question, but yes, confirmation
- that the USB drive can be used as active storage.
- Where I’m not 100% sure – @Wedg … can Wedg manage encryption of an
- externally plugged USB drive? Or does it just manage the interfacing
- / accessing of the (unencrypted) data on it?
- Latter is still useful, as I can then use it to hold media content,
- but keep personal content encrypted within Wedg
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred correct, and thats how additional storage can be added.
- YES! Get those claps in only 13 days left!
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> almost 3 years ago
- My question was about USB drives, not internal 2.5" drives. So, can
- they be used for active storage, rather than just for backup?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- It’s also good to see the thunderclap gaining support too – 47%
- For those not yet done so – do back it here…
- https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16458-wedg-on-indiegogo?locale=en
- Helps spread the message in one big bang!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Thanks – so out of curiosity, why is it a connected usb drive works
- ok with it? Does it have its own controller?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred not at the moment as read/write performance degrades
- dramatically
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- “yes 2.5” drives but there is enough room for you to stack two
- drives (one on top of the other) easily"
- Very interesting – can both be connected / used at the same time?
- Neil Campbell
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5713479> almost 3 years ago
- Can we add storage (rather than just a backup device) via the USB
- port? If so, can it be a RAID device?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @jdifour yes 2.5" drives but there is enough room for you to stack
- two drives (one on top of the other) easily. We’ve done this so
- there is a secure location to store a spare hard drive during
- potential upgrade procedure.
- We can’t make recommendations/endorsements unfortunately, but a
- simple search will show results on good hardware options and public
- recommendations. :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @brad6936 we intend to release our source code but don’t have a road
- map as of yet.
- For WEDG Pro with Intel around 60 users
- For WEDG with ARM around 38 users
- As you’ve said performance issues, so WEDG can handle more but it
- just depends on their individual usage.
- James Ireland IV
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4111941> almost 3 years ago
- Just to confirm, because I didn’t see a spec listed, if we’re
- supplying our own drive, it must be a 2.5"? And is there a
- restriction on drive height, or will 15mm fit? What’s the best/most
- reliable/enterprise-level drive that you guys recommend?
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> almost 3 years ago
- Also, how many users (email and file storage) will the Wedge Pro be
- able to support without having any performance issues.
- Brad Magri-Olson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8709187> almost 3 years ago
- Hi There,
- will your OS be available to install on more power hardware going
- forward?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Rainer Stober keep your fingers crossed like us! :)
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Wedge, Thanks.
- Rainer, That seems a forgone conclusion!
- Rainer Stober
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/7857754> almost 3 years ago
- Hope this time you got hit your aims…
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian interesting, we’ll take a closer look at the Drobo
- D5 and confirm your original question one way or another. Thanks for
- your patience :)
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- The Drobo uses a Type B connection for USB 3.0 and it also has the
- newer Intel Thunderbolt.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian
- We don’t have a Drobo D5 to hand, however we understand it has USB
- Type A connections, like WEDG as such a connection cannot be formed.
- If the Drobo D5 has a Type B connection then its certainly worth
- investigating.
- Can you advise and or confirm?
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Wedge,
- You replied to my earlier question:
- 1. No you can’t connect the Drobo 5D to WEDG, you can however send
- encrypted backup archives to the Drobo or any NAS for that matter.
- So if the Drobo can’t be connected via USB 3.0 then the only option
- is a NAS.
- What is the reason the Drobo cannot be connected to the USB port on
- the Wedge?
- Is it strictly for single drives/USB sticks?
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- My hope was the Wedge would solve this shortcoming with VLC by
- allowing access to the content beyond the local network. To stream
- movies for the kids to view on IOS devices.
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- Tiger, thanks…I use VLC currently. It works by installing the client
- side to a computer with the file to be viewed. The app on the IOS
- device then streams the content.
- If content was on the Wedge drive, without an OS on the Wedge (VLC
- supported) there wouldn’t be a client for the app to connect to.
- Plus VLC only works on a local network.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus thanks!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian the USB ports can be used read AND write during
- normal use and during backup stages :)
- That’s a really an iOS question which we can’t answer in that
- regard, however we can confirm that our mobile app can play the MKV
- format.
- Hope that helps!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- @David Christian: This is an iOS specific problem completely
- unrelated to the WEDG, but here you go:
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html ;)
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- A few follow up questions & a confirmation.
- The USB is then strictly for writing to a external source? It cannot
- be read from except to restore a backup? presumably to the internal
- Wedge drive?
- The IOS video player does not play MKV files, so in instances of
- those formats, is there an alternative?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus good idea. We’ll get something drawn up soon!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- But hey let’s face it: Even the ARM board will do more or less
- NOTHING most of the day, once the OS is loaded. The services are
- mostly scheduled in large intervals (compared to how quickly they
- COULD be run) and are not even very CPU intensive. Unless, of
- course, you are encrypting some large files or watching some HD
- stream and alike. But those rare occasions will probably not
- influence the yearly average thaaaat much ;)
- Looking forward to your own measurements, maybe categorize them by use?
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- I found that you are advised to buy a 1.2amps 5V power supply for
- your RasPi to have enough power in all situations – that’s 6W on the
- DC side. Let’s consider this an “absolute maxium rating”. Then I
- found a thread by people who use batteries to power their RasPi and
- have great interest in actual power consumption. They did many
- measurements, most if them running a linux clone of some sort, even
- X. Result: 2W is most common, even starting X, maxium on shutdown at
- round 3W.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi
- side and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi
- side and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi
- side and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus because there are so many variables its difficult to give
- single definitive answer. Let us know what you find on the Rasp Pi
- side and we’ll kick off some tests here too tomorrow.
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- As I say… even the 2.5amps are absolute maximum ratings for the
- board itself. That means 100% CPU all the time. NO WAY ;) So again,
- I suspect the actual average to be way below that… I’ll try finding
- specs and user feedback from the raspi community, that should help
- judging the specs….
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus 2/2
- Assume 24 hours usage and 30 days average in a month;
- 24 × 30 = 5040 hours per month
- 5040 × 0.014 = 50.4 watts
- 10p = £0.1
- 50.4 × 0.1 = £5.04
- To run WEDG constantly costs £5.04 /month, £60.48 /year. But this
- will change as the drive spins down during inactivity.
- Hope this helps?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus 1/2
- Here’s what I have from our electronics guy:
- 5V * 2.5A = 12.5W
- 12.5W + 1.5W is 14W total.
- 14W is the total power consumption per second.
- 1000W = 10p rough guess
- 14 / 1000 = 0.014 kilowatts per hour
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- s/so/no/
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- About wattage etc: These are ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM ratings… so way this
- thing is going to burn 130W 24/7! A standard desktop PC has a 600+W
- power supply, but this is definately not constant power draw during
- average use. I suspect the actual average over a year to be rather
- in the range for 20% of the absolute maximum ratings….
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @David Christian
- Glad to know you’re think of backing the WEDG Pro with Intel.
- 1. No you can’t connect the Drobo 5D to WEDG, you can however send
- encrypted backup archives to the Drobo or any NAS for that matter.
- 2. Yes, your iPhone can play media on the WEDG and you dont have to
- use the app, Safari alone is fine as it will launch the video within
- the iOS video player.
- 3. The 4TB limit is implied by the CPU, we can’t say if an update
- will allow the CPU to see past 4TB.
- David Christian
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8374740> almost 3 years ago
- I am considering backing this with the Pro version. I do have a few
- questions though.
- 1) The USB port, can I connect a Drobo 5D and have access to its
- files and data through the Wedge? a. If it can, does it also encrypt
- the Drobo data? & if so, can you explain how.
- 2) Can the Wedge stream content to an iPhone through the LAN connection?
- This would then also need an iPhone app to work with.
- 3) Will the Wedge be able to accept firmware updates to install
- drives larger than 4TB?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Chris Thyssen well you could pick the perk where you’d be a our VIP
- guest? Otherwise we aim to ship for late March, closer the time if
- you are in Manchester we could arrange local pick up yes.
- Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/485007> almost 3 years ago
- when does it ship! Can I go to Britain and pick it up from your head
- office?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @vasvi.cakir we’ll be working super hard to get the WEDG out to by
- March!!
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- I totally agree with @sattler’s comment below, if the HD exists of
- course!
- vasvi.cakir
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8713392> almost 3 years ago
- Great Product-Idea “WEDG”.
- I’m still waiting for March 2015 (Delivery) ;-)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @sattler – could be wrong, but think 2tb is currently max size for a
- 2.5" drive – sure it won’t be long before it’s 3+tb though
- Personally, I foresee SSD’s out-sizing HDDs in the 2.5" arena
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @jane vassar lol! not sure we could afford the royalties! Thank you
- for your support and encouragement!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @sattler thanks for your support! We’ll add it to the list of
- possible stretchgoals :)
- jennifer jane
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8711702> almost 3 years ago
- how many times have people asked you if you will use, “Get Off of My
- Butt” as a theme song? How many times has Mick Jagger asked you that?
- anyway, brilliant, brilliant, and well done, you. or as we say in
- brooklyn, youse.
- cheers,
- jane vassar
- sattler
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8272012> almost 3 years ago
- Great to see you guys back. BTW, I guess a 2 or even maybe 4 TB
- upgrade perk would be much appreciated. At least by me it would ;-)
- I’m pretty sure this time WEDG will be funded! Keep going!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred correct its 5V, the maths looks right to me but i’ve
- asked the electronics guy to double check so will get back to you
- shortly.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Assuming it is 5v, my ‘back of a fag packet’ maths says it has a
- rating of 15w, or about 130kwh p/a
- I pay 10.1p per kwh, giving running cost of about £13 p/a
- But feel free to picks holes in my calculations (and assumes running
- at full power 24/7/365 – I assume the disk spins down when not in use?)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- You’ve mentioned a basic setup would run on ~3amp, but on what
- voltage does it run (so I can calc wattage—>kwh—>cost!). The
- Minnowmax wiki suggests 5v – is this correct?
- thanks!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Ken Taylor the £6 is for UK and International shipping.
- Ken Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/6123904> almost 3 years ago
- Hi,
- Is the extra £6 for shipping for outside the UK or do we need to add
- it for shipping to the UK as well,
- Just went through the contribute now and saw no option to add it.
- but am in the UK.
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tigerbus yes, CalDAV and CardDAV are fully supported on WEDG.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred echo echo echosystem has been replaced with
- ‘ecosystem’ :) thanks for the heads up!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @James Taylor thanks James!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- Btw, do you support standard CalDAV and CardDAV syncs or can I run a
- calendar server on the WEDG without internet connection? I don’t
- want to rely on anything but a private infrastructure, not even on
- wedgnet – possible?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Spotted another type guys…
- Our platform is built on Open Source software and as such we intend
- to honour the license agreements and respect the echosystem of free
- software.
- Unless it’s a new feature I’m unfamiliar with ;)
- James Taylor
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/5657565> almost 3 years ago
- Great to see you guys at it again! Hopefully, this time I’ll get the
- terrific product you have designed…. Can’t believe it didn’t fly the
- first time, but here’s hoping you get it this time.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred today was just for you, the Kickstarter supports,
- tomorrow we ‘officially’ launch and get messages out to many more
- channels including social media and press contacts.
- Correct, this campaign is for the maximum 60 days allowed, while the
- Kickstarter campaign ran for 45.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Charles Verghese thank you so much for your support and for backing
- us again :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Steven Newman thats a problem we look forward to having, although
- since your comment came through we’ve been head scratching and
- making a list of potential contenders.
- We appreciate your support Steven and value you as a backer very much.
- Yes, the process requires the WEDG app to access your mobile address
- book, import them into the app and then on to WEDG Mail address book.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Chris Horsfield thanks for the support! :)
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu thanks for your feedback. We’ll do something to address
- this and get back to you asap and then if we need to adjust the
- contribution amount we’ll help you through that.
- Charles Verghese
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3250887> almost 3 years ago
- One of the old Kickstarter backers!
- Glad you’re on round 2…though I wish it was a little bit
- later….running short on funds…but funded anyways!!
- All the best to Shehbaz & the rest of team WEDG !
- 2nd time’s a charm, eh?
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- @Steven
- It’s a great achievement – and testament to the great product the
- guys have come up with – but don’t forget 20k is ‘only’ a third of
- what had previously been raised, and all backers are those ported
- from the previous campaign.
- But it’s a great start, and sounds like the team have really taken
- on board all the previous feedback and built it into the revised
- product.
- Am I also right in thinking this is a much longer campaign at 60
- days? What was KS – 30?
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> almost 3 years ago
- 27% in under 5 hours. If we keep this up, you’ll need to come up
- with some new stretch goals! What an awesome problem to have!!
- As I’ve said before, I’m totally excited by your product and your team.
- Is there a way to sync email contacts between WEDG email and either
- iOS or Android systems?
- Thanks!
- Chris Horsfield
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/4115733> almost 3 years ago
- The Wedg Arm looks too good a bargain to not pick.It’s the original
- Wedg but cheaper. From a household with 3 Raspberry Pi’s it looks
- powerful enough for the job.
- Good luck second time around.
- Chris
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- @teamwedg I was wondering why this time, the aluminum edition didn’t
- come with a 2TB drive? Actually i was a little sad about it, even if
- i’m sure you had your reasons.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred i see how that’s misleading, its actually because
- the Minnowboard Max has USB 3.0 so 802.11AC is capable, while the
- Cubieboard2 has USB 2.0 and is limited to 802.11N.
- We will clarify this though!
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Wicked, thanks for clarifying – it read as though WiFi was Pro only
- “But the Minnowboard Max living up to its name also offers us the
- ability to add real 802.11AC Wi-Fi – see stretchgoals.
- "
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred whoops! we’ll get those corrected asap!
- No, the stretch goals are not model specific, they apply to both models.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- Sorry – another question!
- Are the stretch goals device specific – eg, does HDMI & Wifi
- Stretches relate only to Pro? Not clear if it is, but if so, may be
- worth clarifying on the page
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- ps – typo on your page…
- “Does the WEDG come with a warrantee?
- Yes, we offer a one-year replacement warrantee”
- Warrant-ee refers to the recipient of a warrant-y ;p
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @scott.henderson1 thank you for your support and best wishes Scott! :D
- scott.henderson
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3201718> almost 3 years ago
- You’re at 20% and the campaign doesn’t officially kick off until
- tomorrow! :)
- Can’t wait for my 2 Wedg Pros to arrive next March/April!
- Good luck Shehbaz and the rest of the WEDG team!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @david.j.aldred thanks for your best wishes. We’ll have a think
- about your comments for sure and see what we can do to help. Yes,
- photo backup is now standard with our mobile app for all mobile
- platforms; Android, iOS, Windows and BlackBerry – we are also
- including Firefox OS on our wishlist for post funding success.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- 3/3
- Did I read the description right that auto-photo-backup to wedg from
- android phone is now a standard feature? I use this feature within
- ownButt and works superb – better than the built-in Google Plus auto
- backup.
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- 2/3
- Incidentally, I’ve backed a similar project on Kickstarter (Slice,
- hence not fussed re XBMC stretch) that gave 2tb drive as a stretch
- goal (paid) upgrade, and was very popular – worth thinking about :o)
- (in fact, the diskless options were extremely popular there too –
- worth thinking about, as I think you’ve limited diskless options here)
- David Aldred
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8470844> almost 3 years ago
- 1/3 (silly 500 char limit!)
- Tricky choices guys.
- Like the sound of the pro – though don’t really need the extra power
- (though 4tb ability helps).
- I would go diskless, as I want a 2tb drive, but it’s only a little
- extra for the 1tb option. Shame the 24hr special Pro isn’t as
- heavily discounted as the 24hr ARM
- I’ll likely go pro, but need to figure out if it’s worth the extra
- £70 first. But either way – glad you’re back & hope it succeeds this
- time.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Eliasz Zurawka we’ve seen your email and have replied regarding
- adjusting your perk.
- For shipping, we now have a new perk just for shipping so you can
- also select that or hit the Contribute Now button and manually enter £6.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- What aaddiikk said or you can now add the ‘Worldwide Shipping’ Perk
- if you forget. :)
- Thanks aaddiikk!
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 3 years ago
- Guys, just click on ‘contribute now’ and put shipping cost there if
- you forgot to add it before.
- Eliasz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695051> almost 3 years ago
- Also, i forgot to add 6$(pounds) to the order i want for shipping.
- How can i adjust the pledge amount?
- Eliasz
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695051> almost 3 years ago
- Sorry im new to Indiegogo.
- I picked the 129 level frist, and realized i want the intel box
- instead. So i re-pledge at 199, however it looks like now i have
- ordered both??
- I thought it would just update my pledge. How can i remove the one i
- no longer want?
- Thanks
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Franco the WEDG Pro with Intel is actually capable of seeing drives
- with up to 4TB, while the WEDG with ARM is capable of seeing drives
- with up to 2TB of storage.
- Franco
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707014> almost 3 years ago
- For the Intel WEDG it lists max storage 4TB and ARM is 2TB. I
- understand the internal storage for both must be 2TB so what is 4TB
- referring to?
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Steven Newman welcome back and thank you for your support. Yes,
- anyone your send an email to is automatically whitelisted on the
- Spam Filter, unless you manually tag them as ‘Spam’ or ‘Block’ – for
- no future messages.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Jacob Ovard no worries, just add another contribution £6.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @aaddiikk thank you so much! You’re keeping our fingers crossed
- tightly too!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @tetardbleu thank you for your support! Fingers crossed!
- Steven Newman
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/925661> almost 3 years ago
- Hey, guys – just a question on the spam protection. Will you offer
- white listing so that automatically whomever we send an email to
- will always get through unless we manually add them to a spam block?
- Thanks and good luck! I completely believe in your product and team
- and am so excited to be a part of it!
- Steven
- Jacob Ovard
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8671772> almost 3 years ago
- Whoops! I forgot to add $6 for shipping. I can’t figure out how to
- edit the pledge.
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 3 years ago
- Taken both Intel and ARM (for main and backup site). Good luck guys
- and I will keep my fingers crossed till the end of the campaign! :)
- tetardbleu
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/3829087> almost 3 years ago
- Done! I hope this time it will work for you (and us) guys. Good luck!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @aaddiikk :D you’re pretty awesome too! Please kindly add £12, but
- if you choose the multiple Perk then its just £6 Thanks for you support!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Brian Somes thanks for you support! Yes, shipping must be added
- manually to the total. You can simply click the big pink ‘CONTRIBUTE
- NOW’ button and pay £6, and we’ll know its for your shipping charges :)
- aaddiikk
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8707168> almost 3 years ago
- if I buy two, and would like a shipping to Poland, should I add 6 or
- 12 pounds? BTW. you guys roooock! :)
- Brian Somes
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8705869> almost 3 years ago
- So I noticed this did not add the shipping. How to add?
- I’m in for the Wedge Pro Intel special !
- Good luck guys – very happy to see this going again!
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @MyWorks Design thank you so much! Glad you like the WEDG Pro! :D
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Nikolai Tesla thank you very much and thank you for your support!
- MyWorks Design
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8394882> almost 3 years ago
- Yay, #3 – with the Intel Pro version!
- Looking forward to seeing your progress, and I have no doubt this
- campaign will be successful!
- Nikolai Tesla
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8695962> almost 3 years ago
- Hope you success and looking forward to the Intel based solution.
- Carol Bohm-Scott
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8667053> Campaigner almost 3
- years ago
- @Tiger Bus
- :) WOOHOO! Thank you for your support!
- Tiger Bus
- <https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/8706731> almost 3 years ago
- #1! yay ;)
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