The Card Caddy is the only playing card case that converts to a discard tray - now in a Double Decker version for bigger decks!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
GenCon and production update
over 7 years ago
– Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 09:54:01 PM
Hi everyone - just got back from GenCon and it was great. You can read up about how it went on our blog. I got to meet lots of you and really appreciated the words of support and understanding. The Double Decker, Box and Connector parts that I did have on hand were a big hit and lots of people really liked playing with the Dice Tower prototype, too.
On the rewards front, my manufacturer will officially call off the hunt for the products at the end of the week and rerun the production. I will make sure they photo-document every step of the process this time so you all can see what's going on as it happens.
In some other Card Caddy-related news, the day I got home from GenCon, my new Single Decker color arrived - Camouflage! These are available on our website now and will be on Amazon, Walmart.com and some other outlets in the next few weeks.
That's it for now - thanks again for your support!
-Chris
Still AWOL, but a silver lining...
almost 8 years ago
– Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 10:15:01 PM
We've still had no luck tracking down exactly where my shipment is. If you've got specific questions about what's going on, let me know - there's a whole Russian-novel worth of stuff I've been working through to figure this out. The short story is that there was some breakdown between the factory and ship and the pallets are most likely in some warehouse in China, but no one can seem to figure out where.
It's definitely a bummer, but there is some silver lining - if we can't find it in another week, we'll get a "redo" on the manufacturing at no cost and that order will ship to me expedited. So you'll get your rewards, just a bit later than I promised.
It's been a frustrating process - I'm still a small-scale customer, so I'm low on the priority list for the manufacturer and my representative. I get that, but at the same time, I shouldn't feel like that in my dealings with them. My normal routine is an email in the morning, and a call in the afternoon asking for updates and it's usually met with "we haven't heard anything yet, but we'll let you know as soon as we do". I want to see how things pan out before I drag any company's name through the mud, but the same old excuses are starting to get old.
I appreciate all of the positive and supportive comments from everyone - that's been a big bright spot during this setback.
In the meantime, we're looking forward to a really great time at GenCon later this week. If you're going to be there, we'll be in Entrepreneur's Alley at booth 2958. You can check out the prototype of the Dice Tower and our awesome new banners!
Prototype of the Dice Tower!
Come see us at GenCon Booth 2958
Happy gaming!
Chris
Bad news from the boat
almost 8 years ago
– Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:29:46 AM
Unfortunately, just when everything seemed to be going well, I've got some bad news to report. The ship that the rewards were supposed to be on arrived, was unloaded, and my products were not on there. My reps are still trying to track down exactly what happened - did they go on another ship, are they still in China on the docks, did they get missed on unloading? But, unless there's some sort of minor miracle, this will probably set us back a month on getting your rewards - very sorry to report that, but they are made, and as soon as they get to me, I am ready to ship them to you.
I had lots of other good news to report before this item came in - I received the custom backer-only tokens I am going to enclose as a special gift and they look great. I just got two really cool pop-up banners for GenCon and they look great, too. And, my first prototype for the snap-on Dice Tower is working well.
But, not having the Doubles and Connector + Box for GenCon is a real blow - I had made some big plans to roll them out there.
So, I will keep you all posted as I track down where, exactly, my products are. Sorry again for the bad news and thanks for your patience.
Production running along
almost 8 years ago
– Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 09:33:18 PM
Hi all-
Not too much news to report, but all is going well. Production is up and running. Got the first samples and they are looking great. Had some requests for more pix so here they are:
I just locked down the Backerkit survey - if you need to change or add anything, just let me know. Credit Cards should be charged at the end of the month if you added to your pledge.
Still looking good for shipping out in July.
That's it for now - sometimes no news IS good news!
-Chris
Last call for the reward survey!
almost 8 years ago
– Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 10:08:48 PM
The reward survey will close on June 9th. If you didn't get the link to the Backerkit pledge manager, here it is:
If you're having issues with Backerkit or the shipping, please contact me directly via the Kickstarter direct message or email me at [email protected]
One of my biggest takeaways from this campaign is to better manage communications through Kickstarter - there are Updates, Comments, Comments on Updates and Direct Messages and it's all too easy to assume that something you said in one place would be seen by all backers or forget to include in an update since you wrote it in a message to a backer.
We've got over 90% response on the survey - thanks to everyone who filled it out! Based on the counts I've received so far, I went ahead and put in the order for production. Here's the first shot of the Connector from the tooling - it was great to see that become a reality. The Double Decker and Cache (storage box) also look great.
Connector sample
Production will happen next week, then it's about 3 weeks to ship, so we're still looking good for July shipments to US Backers.
On your end, here's what to expect over the next few weeks:
June 9th: Surveys will be locked down. If I haven't heard from you by June 9th, you'll get my choice of color and my best guess of add-ons to fill up if you pledged over the base amount.
Week of June 13th - CC's charged for additional items
Jun 20-30 - shipping address surveys, locked down on 30th
July - shipments
That's it - now get out from in front of your screen and get gaming!
