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"<p><a href=\"https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/1352-new-kickstarter-campaign-for-timemore-sculptor/93\" class=\"PostMention\" data-id=\"40600\" rel=\"\" target=\"\">LMSC</a> its certainly a different model. i was suprised the Weber went that way with the Key grinder. but that was another rip roaring success and every one got a pretty good quality grinder in the end.</p> \n\n<p>One of my duds was a portable espresso machine, not too many dollars down the gurgler (AU$200?) and I had seen a working prototype but they got hit with covid and slowly died. Not “hey sorry about this”, just disappeared. But frankly, with all the abuse that was hurtled their way I’m not too surpised they didn’t front up. They certainly should have but alas they couldn’t hack the vitrole I guess.</p>\n\n<p>The other dud was an out and out rip off. Again not a massive amount of coin (probably another $200) but it still hurt more than the first one. This item was a portable air compressor. The word on the street is that it was set up right from the get to go to raise a few hundered thousand and then disappear. I know it may be problematic for the crowd funding model, but I love it if they could figure out a way to hold people to account somehow.</p>"
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