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How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

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Re: How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

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https://twitter.com/Woodshedagency/status/943508162002513923

"These Tweets are protected Only approved followers can see @Woodshedagency's Tweets. To request access, click Follow. Learn more."

This does not exactly make them look like innocent above board victims of libel.

Re: How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

#53
post #16

I don't buy this story. The entire post is one sided - am I really supposed to believe some pr agency straight up stole your money? And now 7 months later you are "doing what we can on a legal front"? This is a perfect example of why we should all follow the "innocent until proven guilty" idea. There is no proof, no chance for the agency to refute claims, etc. Convenient that they are also asking for more financing.

Normally I'd agree with you. But it's kind of a huge red flag when a PR agency sets their twitter account to private.

Re: How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

#57
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The culprits have chosen to block people who ask them about it on twitter, and so far haven't told "their side".

Blocking people on twitter doesn't mean anything, and this blog post came out today so I'm sure the agency is working on writing something with actual proof to respond with.

They’ve had 7 months to get their story right.

Re: How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The culprits have chosen to block people who ask them about it on twitter, and so far haven't told "their side".

If there's pending legal action, it would be foolish to respond publicly. That in and of itself tells us nothing of right and wrong.

That’s not true. There are plenty of ways to respond without increasing your liability. “We can’t comment until pending legal is resolved due to advice of council” is one. Far better is, “It’s not true, facts are X, Y, and Z.” Telling the truth in public isn’t going to increase your liability, if you aren’t guilty of anything.

Re: How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

#59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their explanation was their marketing was already starting, they didn't have time to resolve the bank account issues.

In other words : we have our priorities all fucked up. They should have postponed until they had their financial infra in place.

You can’t always postpone marketing commitments. Sometimes ads, articles, events, etc are already commuted and it’s too late to pull out.

I’m giving them the benefit of doubt. A small group of entrepreneurs working fast to launch a project occasionally misses how long a critical piece will take before the launch is already conmitted.

Re: How a PR Agency Stole Our Kickstarter Money

#60
post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's in big bold letters. "We were wrong."

I see what you are getting at, but my comment stands. Responsibility is not being taken.

If “responsibility is not taken”, hopefully the courts can give The Woodshed Agency some responsibility.
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