Fat Chance Kickstarter

You say they made a fortune selling out, really? Think it was more along the lines of paying the bills so they could continue.
 
The reported sale price, as it was printed, was $250,000 with another possible $100,000 later. All went to creditors who were owed more than $500,000. \

Hardly a "killing."
 
ridevintagemtb":3r9r8fed said:
The reported sale price, as it was printed, was $250,000 with another possible $100,000 later. All went to creditors who were owed more than $500,000. \

Hardly a "killing."

Wonder how much it cost to buy back the brand rights in the end then.
 
ridevintagemtb":32vewwv9 said:
The reported sale price, as it was printed, was $250,000 with another possible $100,000 later. All went to creditors who were owed more than $500,000. \

Hardly a "killing."


mmmm, the number mentioned here was £250,000 with 100k (or even a bit more I forget) there after, which is either a considerable difference or human error misprint.

To be fair though, whilst the point I was making was more that the brand was Sold on, and less about the killing, Given what Keith Bontrager had to say ref his company, it wouldn't surprise me at all the pound was misprinted here instead of the Dollar, and the company was indeed on its Knees.

Would go some way to explaining the current start up scenario too.
 
M-Power":1rdrzyd5 said:
ridevintagemtb":1rdrzyd5 said:
The reported sale price, as it was printed, was $250,000 with another possible $100,000 later. All went to creditors who were owed more than $500,000. \

Hardly a "killing."

Wonder how much it cost to buy back the brand rights in the end then.

As far as I know, it was free for anyone to take early last year.
 
mtbmaniac":3ut8bp9i said:
M-Power":3ut8bp9i said:
ridevintagemtb":3ut8bp9i said:
The reported sale price, as it was printed, was $250,000 with another possible $100,000 later. All went to creditors who were owed more than $500,000. \

Hardly a "killing."

Wonder how much it cost to buy back the brand rights in the end then.

As far as I know, it was free for anyone to take early last year.

Interesting, I had read many posts on Fatcogs stating that the founder backer (il respectfully not mention their name) still owned the rights. Glad Chris decided to relaunch it. Doubt it would have worked as just a side rebrand for a main player.
 
mtbmaniac":36urf7a1 said:

Seems that the links have expired. Here are the details.

Word Mark YO EDDY
Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: Bicycles
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 86176451
Filing Date January 27, 2014
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition June 3, 2014
Owner (APPLICANT) Chris Chance INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 54 Mission Avenue San Rafael CALIFORNIA 94901
Attorney of Record Maria Crimi Speth
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Word Mark FAT CHANCE
Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: Bicycles
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 86176445
Filing Date January 27, 2014
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition June 3, 2014
Owner (APPLICANT) Chris Chance INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 54 Mission Avenue San Rafael CALIFORNIA 94901
Attorney of Record Maria Crimi Speth
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Word Mark FAT CITY CYCLES
Goods and Services IC 012. US 019 021 023 031 035 044. G & S: Bicycles
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 86176441
Filing Date January 27, 2014
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition June 24, 2014
Owner (APPLICANT) Chris Chance INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 54 Mission Avenue San Rafael CALIFORNIA 94901
Attorney of Record Maria Crimi Speth
Disclaimer NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "CITY CYCLES" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
 
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