Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Kickstarter)

[WTK]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/s...rica#/comments

I’m trying to help by spreading the word, but a common question that is asked that I don’t have clear answer for is “What happens to our money if the project doesn’t succeed.” The fear of people getting nothing for their pledge if it doesn’t make it is keeping a few of the people I talk to from pledging until we are closer to success. So if there is a better answer to the question I would love to hear it so I can try to get as many people to back this as possible.

Thank you for being an evangelist for Skip Beat! You know me from Time of EVE. I will not leave rewards unfulfilled.

[Reuben Green]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Apparently the $150 tier won't be available at retail unfortunately, that's incredibly unfair and especially for international fans.

[gundamcero]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Well the campaign is for US/Canada only due to the licensing restrictions. I can see them not wanting to spend the money to put out the deluxe edition in case it does not sell. Plus even when it does go to retail they won't ship it internationally.

[BlaizeV]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Plus even when it does go to retail they won't ship it internationally.

Assuming it goes to Right Stuf and Amazon then yes it very much will.

[Library-chan]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Does Indiegogo charge your card initially? Or does it only charge at the end?

[gundamcero]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

blaizevincent - That is not true. There are things on rightstuf that they do not ship outside US/Canada. For instance Aniplex titles specifically state this: Due to licensing and contract restrictions, this product can be sold and shipped to the US, Canada, Central America, and South America only. It cannot be shipped to Japan.

[gundamcero]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Indiegogo charges you when you pledge. Not at the end.

[progress]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

blaizevincent - That is not true. There are things on rightstuf that they do not ship outside US/Canada. For instance Aniplex titles specifically state this: Due to licensing and contract restrictions, this product can be sold and shipped to the US, Canada, Central America, and South America only. It cannot be shipped to Japan.

You must be new here... The only country TRSI will not ship to for such products is Japan.

[BlaizeV]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

blaizevincent - That is not true. There are things on rightstuf that they do not ship outside US/Canada. For instance Aniplex titles specifically state this: Due to licensing and contract restrictions, this product can be sold and shipped to the US, Canada, Central America, and South America only. It cannot be shipped to Japan.

You must be new here... The only country TRSI will not ship to for such products is Japan.

Yeah what progress says is right though I don't blame you for not knowing especially if you live in the Americas

[progress]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

And Pied Piper not shipping outside of the US/Canada here is not that strange. Most of the anime publishers in the US don't sell directly to overseas customers (e.g. Funimation shop), yet at the same there are no restriction imposed on retailers. Aniplex is different because they only distribute through a limited number of channels and they have contracts with those retailers that include export restrictions (basically if a retailer would break those terms they would no longer get stock from Aniplex, and they wouldn't be able stock at wholesale prices from other channels).

[Anime_Otaku35]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

For those outside the US/Canada that wish to participate in this campaign, I realize this would add to the total cost, but shouldn't it be possible to use a proxy service to obtain the rewards (such as the website Viabox that I've seen mentioned here)?

[Reuben Green]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Sorry, I only say it's unfair because there's a very limited window for such an expensive release, which will also have extra charges if we use Viabox. I'll probably pledge at the end and hope I don't go into debt too much, but I have extremely limited funds at the moment.

[WTK]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/s...rica#/comments

Hi! I’m considering supporting this campaign more substantially (I donated $1 to be able to leave this comment), and I have a question about the funding. I saw on the campaign’s main page that, even if you don’t quite meet the goal, you’ll try as best you can to stretch what you do have to complete the project. But, what happens if you’re not close enough to your goal to make that happen?

This is an excellent question. If we don't have enough funds to deliver the rewards as promised by March 31, we will extend the campaign. This is my first time on Indiegogo, and I'm discovering that it has a different rhythm than Kickstarter, where you get a big burst at the beginning, and then try also for a big burst at the tail end. For this campaign, I think we are going to see a steady build up as we make casting announcements and reach out to the core Skip Beat fandom.

[Buckeye]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

Four days in, and this campaign has netted $18k of the $210k needed.

[BlaizeV]

Re: Pied Piper, Inc. licenses Skip Beat! (dub crowdfunding via Indiegogo)

at this pace it'll only make $135k