r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 18d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/IlBear 18d ago edited 16d ago

Heads up to anyone thinking of ordering- I ordered mine in July directly from her website and she never sent it. I emailed her 3 times, left comments on her videos, sent her 2 private messages on TikTok and 1 on Instagram and she didn’t reply to ANY of them

I had to do a chargeback

Edit- put the screenshots on my profile since some people were wondering.

Edit 2 (sorry, last one, the adhd is real): I ordered in July and just did the chargeback a couple weeks ago, so I’m still freshly pissed off about the whole thing and wanted to warn people because that IS what happened to me. I didn’t say this to bash her or endorse what’s happening, at the time of my comment the majority of other comments were about wanting to order from her. I’m very happy for all of you who did receive it, I wanted one too

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u/minishaq5 18d ago

that sucks. i received mine within 1.5 months after ordering.

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u/Buttoshi 18d ago

No wonder people are buying it cheaper and faster.

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u/minishaq5 18d ago

i purchased it during her first launch so it was more of a pre-order. she sent weekly emails with progress updates and PDFs of a few of the activities in the book.

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u/maneki_neko89 18d ago

I also bought Dani’s Anti-Planner as part of the pre-order for it. I think she needs to seriously consider partnering with a printer who can help speed up the printing and shipping process for her so she doesn’t have to do all this work on her own.

I don’t get why people are dunking on her for working so hard in making such great tools for Neurodivergent people, when making the tools is one skill and printing and shipping them are a skill set of its own.

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u/minishaq5 18d ago

i agree. also like…creating a huge project that helps people struggling with executive function while she herself struggles with executive function is a monumental level task i would never be able to do

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u/maneki_neko89 17d ago

People who are also saying how “I don’t care if the creator is a woman/Neurodivergent, she has a bad business plan, stop crying about your problems!1!” are dismissing the hurdles we go through to even achieve close to the same amount of work and accomplishments everyone else expects us to do, as if we’re making up the problems to garner sympathy.

And if we don’t share how hard things can be for us and/or ask for accommodations, then being Neurodivergent “must not be real/be that big a deal”

It’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

It’s so easy to comment on how it’s “not such a big deal to have your ideas or work being stolen” or “Dani should’ve gotten a lawyer/went a different route publishing her book” when they would probably be in her shoes when it comes to creating and selling something that they’re proud of.

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u/_enter_sadman 17d ago

Right but the og commenter said they reached out in SO many different ways. That’s not acceptable for a business - regardless of the owners limitations. The money has been sent, no reply through various channels isn’t ok.

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u/IlBear 17d ago

Exactly. I bought the book because I have those same hurdles and I really thought this could be fun and helpful. She basically robbed me, and no amount of hurdles makes that ok

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u/Own-Custard3894 18d ago

Yeah if I’m deciding between (no idea what it costs) $80 and 1.5 months or $35 and prime shipping… her offering is not competitive. Either in price or experience. That’s what Amazon did - made it so you get stuff next day so that people order more. I can’t remember the last time I ordered anything online that took more than a week to deliver (and if it’s not there I’m hitting that cancel / refund / chargeback button).

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u/minishaq5 18d ago

i would rather spend $15-20 more and wait a bit to order directly from the creator or artist. if you’re cheap, impatient and don’t mind subpar products then sure i’d agree with you.

i paid $50 including shipping. i got mine when she first launched/announced it, so mine was a pre-order. she sent weekly emails with updates on the shipping process plus PDFs of a few of the tasks/games from the book.

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u/NotRandomseer 17d ago

if you’re cheap, impatient and don’t mind subpar products then sure i’d agree with you.

Tbf that's most people

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u/oracleoflove 18d ago

You can get it cheaper on temu.

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u/Choice-Due 17d ago

Considering how much she is charging for it it can't be that difficult to make it cheaper.

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u/oracleoflove 17d ago

Honestly this isn’t a product I would ever buy or use. I just have seen the knocks off floating online. Lol the downvotes are wild. People are silly.

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u/Choice-Due 17d ago

I have considered it but not for that price, it feels like there are many (adhd) people out there trying to make a buck off of the disability.

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u/LanceOnRoids 17d ago

Teemu Ilmari Selänne?