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Crowdfunding Smash: The Yves-Béhar-Designed Unagi Model Eleven Scooter
Please stop calling campaigns a smash hit just because they bust through a goal set artificially low just so people are impressed. $20,000 is 13 scooters, and no one is building this if they only got that much money. Even the amount raised at press time is 200 scooters. Let’s educate people on how expensive it is to make a thing, and maybe they’ll have a greater appreciation for manufacturing, and more healthy skepticism about crowdfunding campaigns.
Check out their reviews on the previous indiegogo. They make pricey scooters that they do not offer parts for repairs. I find that unacceptable personally. Dont need to make these products more consumable, Uber and Lyft have already filled landfills with e-scooters.