Five Dollar Fidget Spinner

Holiday Gifts and Bulk Prices (or buy the remaining stock!)
about 7 years ago – Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 01:54:53 PM

Hey Everyone,

I have had a number of requests to order more fidgets since a lot of people are gifting them for the holidays, so I figured I would just write a quick update.

I'm selling both the Ceramic and the Steel bearing for the same price now. $5US per fidget with caps. 10% off orders with 8 or more, grab bag style(random colours and bearings). If you want 30 or more they are $4US per fidget. All come with caps. Greater deals if you want a lot more than 30. 

If you really need them before Christmas, make sure you contact me before Nov 20th. Otherwise they may not make it to you in time.

We can deal directly through Paypal, so message me first on here and we can work something out, or email me directly at [email protected]

Also,I only have about 500 bearings left that are not installed, and around 7000 fidget bodies and caps! This means...

If you're someone who would like an incredible deal on the remaining fidget spinner bodies and caps, plus my custom bearing installer, contact me. 

Here is an album with the remaining fidget spinners(Click here). 

Thanks!

Sean H.

The Remainders and Cancellations
over 7 years ago – Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 10:22:38 AM

Hey Everyone, 

This update is not going to be sent to your emails, as it probably doesn't pertain to any of you active backers.

I'm currently going through the orders and cancelling the ones that do not have an address, and never pledged any money during the kickstarter(credit card declined).  Those who did pledge but had extra charges from Backerkit, but also have an address, the extra things causing the charges will be removed and you reward will ship without them. 

Those who have still not filled out your survey and have pledged money. Please finish your survey, or at least enter an address, and you will be shipped a reward at my choosing. 

Thanks Everyone,

Sean H.

Shipping Complete(ish)! Whats next?
over 7 years ago – Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 07:29:39 PM

 That is right! Tier 2 has completely shipped! Pretty much every package I can ship, has shipped! They are out of my hands. Nothing I can do now! 

So what happens next? Well...

Those who were late to the party will probably be shipped over the next couple days(only about 20 packages). These are people who were late to answering their survey, fixing their credit card, or had address problems. You know who you are.

Now I need to get all businessy.

To the remaining ~130 people, if you're reading this, answer these questions:

1) Did you fill out your survey? 

If you answered "No." You won't get a reward until you do! I will determine a date when it is too late to answer it, the survey will be cancelled, and there will be no refunds. I cannot sit on an incomplete Kickstarter forever. This won't happen right away, I will give plenty of warning. I am still considering how long I can wait for survey answers.

2) Was your credit card declined and you owe money in BackerKit? 

If you answer "Yes." - You have until the end of the month(August 2017) to fix your card. Otherwise, if you have completed your survey and there is a shipping address, come the end of the month you will be shipped whatever you backed in the kickstarter, minus the ADD-ONs. Example: You pledged for 2 fidgets in Kickstarter, but added an extra in backerkit but could not pay for it. You will receive the 2 fidgets, no extra.

3) Have you entered in a shipping address, or sent me one via PM?

If you answered "No." - Why not?! I can't ship you anything without a shipping address. Even if you don't fill out the survey, you can send me an address and I will ship whatever you backed on Kickstarter. Again, I can only wait so long...

So that is that! - We're pretty much complete. It was a long process, but it was a worthwhile experience. Future updates will be warnings will probably just be about cancelling pledges due to inactivity. 

I may also message you all about future Kickstarters. I have a cool project coming up that the majority of you may be interested in. You will be of the first to find out about it, and possibly get early bird access, so stay tuned!

Thank you all for backing! 

Sean Hodgins

One Third Shipped and Pre-Orders Open
over 7 years ago – Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 12:56:39 AM

Hey Everyone!

First off, quick news! Since I have a general idea of the quantities that will be available after all the packages have shipped, I have decided to open the Pre-Order store, which will start shipping after all of the Kickstarter backers have shipped and I have received the bearings for them(only got enough for the Kickstarter + a little more). 

So if you or any of your friends missed out on the Kickstarter, head to this link to buy one(or eight)! 

https://five-dollar-fidget.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

You may notice, there is no longer the option to get one without bearing caps, and there is no ceramic bearing option anymore. I may offer a few with ceramics because I have some ceramic bearings left over, but I will wait to make sure everyone from the Kickstarter get theirs first. 

Next, Backer News.

So far 1/3rd of the shipments for tier 2 have gone out the door and over 50% of the entire kickstarter has shipped! Miraculously my bearing installer managed to survive the 5000 bearing installs that it accomplished over the course of last weekend. I'm a little surprised there we're no issues!

 Then the caps had to be installed. That took a lot of time. 

The shipments began going out on August 1st, so in those 4 days over 800 packages were able to go out. A ton of packages will be created over the weekend and shipped on Monday(Aug 7th). The process only gets faster as efficiency increases. I don't see why the remaining packages shouldn't be able to go out by the end of next week!

 Not a lot of floor space in the house.

That is about it. I am still alive.

TL;DR

• Pre-Orders now available(Go Here! https://five-dollar-fidget.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders)
• 800 Packages Shipped in 4 days. ~1400 remaining.
• Over half way done Kickstarter (Proof)
• Should be done by next week. 

Thanks all!

Sean Hodgins

Tier 2 Addresses Finalized
over 7 years ago – Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 12:24:04 AM

Hey Everyone

Quick Update: Tier 2 Addresses have been finalized and packages for those will be shipping soon. You can no longer change your address. 

As I mentioned, we are about a week behind at this point. Majority of the package will hopefully(if all goes well!) go out next week. 

There will be one final shipping tier after this for those who:

• Credit Cards were declines(Chance to fix that) - 25 people
• Haven't filled their survey(Why not?) - 112 People
• Invalid addresses that were not fixed. A few.

If you're in this group, regardless of being in Tier 1 or Tier 2, you will now have to wait for all of Tier 2 before I can ship the final round. This is because all of the available labels will be printed in order to keep things organized. 

Also, if you were not notified of not having filled out your survey every week, or your card declined, you do not need to worry about being in that group. 

Thanks!

-Sean H.