Rubicon 3D scanner

I think whatever Interest I would have had to back the campaign has just evaporated...

Robert (I presume - Mikelson - the creator of said Campaign) , its a bit poor form to sign-up and Spam a Forum - even if it is a Kickstarter and Indigogo Campaigns - but hey - that is just me...

Would have been a lot nicer if you'd been a contributor to the forum before just coming along and spamming us for some crowd-sourcing-cash....

I don't mind people posting about their campaigns in the buy sell trade section, they need to get the word out to the kind of people who will be interested.  Just be honest, and don't try to pretend its not yours.  You might think the "social proof" aspect of someone else expressing interest is more effective than ordinary advertising, but the faking will damage your credibility if it is found out, and it isn't very hard to spot.

If you really want to use sock puppets to promote your campaign, at the very least use a vpn service to show an IP from a different location, and don't post on the same day you registered.

unless... he provides beer!

Interesting project, looks pretty polished, but unfortunately, the misguided push attempt here, makes it loose credibility.

Not sure how else I could convince you that I'm not a phony. )

You can see the scanned models here

p3d.in/u/Robert2013

Also a screenshot from inventor oi40.tinypic.com/b8qw55.jpg

Doh, I didn't see this post... probably because I look in this area for Solidoodle stuff 

It depends on your needs for accuracy and budget. )

If it were on Kickstarter I might get in, but on Indiegogo [at least on this project, as with most], your money goes in whether or not the project funds.  Too much risk without some assurance that the project and seller are a pretty sure thing.  Nothing personal, but we know nothing about you other than that you're able to post things on the Internet.

Incorrect, Kickstarter only has all-or-nothing. There is no equivalent of Indiegogo's Flexible Funding.

A large number of project creators choose flexible funding on igg, which leads to the post above - igg has become synonymous with flexible funding. It is really the only reason to choose igg over KS, since KS gets way more eyeballs.

I funded it

I love the simplicity and it beat the ridiculously overpriced maker bot digitizer.

Don't hate me

I just like the idea and price that's all

I wont speak for anyone else but I don't hate you.   In fact I think that if it works as advertised for $200 I'd gladly buy one.  The truth is; I'm skeptical.  Simply having a better optical camera doesn't mean it will WORK better.  The WFC (AKA Pretty Picture Camera) on the Hubble Telescope "only" has a CCD of ~8.3MP (well ok, it has two of them); but that doesn't mean this thing is going to be rendering the Butterfly Nebula anytime soon.

Add in the lame "look what I found which I'm totally not affiliated with" marketing ploy and at best; I'll wait until a few of them are in the wild before considering putting my wallet on the table.