RPatrick wrote:Does him doing the kickstarter and then going out and buying a 20k car constitute a fraud? He can always just say he bought the car with his income from the site.
True, there is no obvious fraud here. In fact, I doubt there is fraud at all. I believe Harry will deliver on some sort of Season 2...it's clear he enjoys doing it and he would be an idiot to simply walk away. Will Season 2 cost what he raised? I'm sure the numbers will add up, whatever that means.
But in the long run he is really hurting himself. Buying a brand-new SUV is a ridiculous move on his part, regardless of how he funded it (I love how he points out on Twitter that it's financed for 60 months, as if that makes it perfectly fine). You don't go to the public pleading your financial need and then buy a brand-new car. Period. Even with a substantial down payment, the SUV he bought is one I couldn't afford, and I make a decent enough living. What this purchase shows is that Knowles is still a man-child with no sense of responsibility, accountability, or wisdom.
Nobody is begrudging the man's need for transportation. But if he had taken to Twitter to show the purchase of a decent, reliable used car nobody would be bothered. I may sound judgmental there, but I'm sorry--new cars are purchased either by people who are 1) in very solid financial shape, or 2) extremely gullible and stupid. And neither of those categories is someone you would feel willing to help out in any way again. I hope that sticks with folks.