Gekko Device Stands
- Choose the Nanosuction Pad Mount (with the rectangle nanosuction base), the Suction Phone Mount (with the round suction-cup base), or the Clamp Tablet Mount (with the clamp base)
- The Nanosuction Pad Mount and the Suction Phone Mount hold your phone with nanosuction pads: millions of tiny invisible-to-the-naked-eye suction cups for a nigh-unbreakable bond without sticky residue, while the Clamp Tablet Mount holds your tablet with a bracket-type thing
- They all have flexy-bendy ball-and-socket arms that adjust to allow infinite viewing angles: let that blow your mind, man
- Model: 06-GS-NPM, 06-GS-CTM, 06-GS-SPMl (not only a bunch of hyphens and zeroes, but is that a lowercase L at the end there? do we have to explain why that’s a bad idea?)
Kicked By Reality
“Dwight if you ever get over to the UK drop by so I can beat the shit out of you and post pictures, this would satisfy your victims you thieving piece of lying shit” - Stephen Rowlatt
Sometimes a guy has an idea, and he needs money to get it going. So he goes to Kickstarter or some other crowdfunding site to raise money. Even though the terms of those sites warn backers that they’re only backing an idea, that the idea may never come to fruition, that the backers may never actually get anything, it’s only natural for people to expect that they’ll get what they pay for.
So it went with a guy named Dwight and his pet project, the Gekko Stand. He had the idea to make a phone stand with a flexible ball-and-socket arm and adhesive pads that use millions of tiny suction cups - so tiny they’re basically invisible - to create an extremely durable bond with almost any surface, without any sticky residue. (He also made a tablet stand without the nanosuction pads - we’re selling that one, too.) It’s a really cool idea that, when you see it in action, seems like magic. A phone stand probably seemed like a simple, low-risk product to introduce the nanosuction concept. 776 backers pledged more than $42,000 to bring it to life.
“The low life ball-less wonder, Dwight, logged in June 17 - what does it feel like to be the scrum of the earth, steal from people. your poor kids - what pathetic excuse for a human being and role model they have.” - Harold Bottoms
Like a minority of other crowdfunded projects, though, there were problems. After all, by its very nature, crowdfunding attracts people who don’t necessarily have the skills, connections, and money to make a business flourish. Months and years went by without some backers receiving their products. Dwight offered occasional excuses about needing to get his truck fixed, etc., but that he’d send out the stands just as soon as he could afford to have them produced.
Then a weird thing happened: Gekko Stands turned up for sale on Amazon.
The unsatisfied backers didn’t like that. They didn’t understand why Dwight had sent some distributor the Gekko Stands that they should have gotten. So they made their displeasure known in Amazon reviews: probably the only Amazon reviews that are negative because the item is for sale.
“Dwight, the petty thief cries earlier about failing to deliver Gekko Stands, and having to fix his truck transmission as the reason for the delays…yet he’s rich enough to buy an iWatch…” - Rob
Hmm. We can’t presume to know what’s going on with Dwight. We, of all people, know that the best of intentions can shatter on the jagged rocks of reality. But suffice to say, it does seem a bit weird to tell your backers you don’t have any stands to send them, when you apparently have enough inventory to sell to some third-party seller, who can in turn offer them through Amazon.
And apparently, enough inventory for us to get our hands on some, too. We’re sure this event is going to enrage those jilted backers even more. Dwight might want to lay off posting any more Facebook pics of his new gadget purchases or his tropical vacations. Those optics wouldn’t be great.
“Where is my stand 'Dwight? How the hell do you sleep at night? You are not a man of your word and you represent terribleness…” - Brian Hoa
This mess is good news for you, though. Because you’re a consumer, not an investor. You waited until the thing was for sale before you bought it - actually, even longer than that, so you pay even less than the backers did. We can’t guarantee you’ll think your Gekko Stand is as magical as we do. But we can guarantee we’ll send it to you, at least.
