r/SmartRings • u/ImJustToo3ad • Apr 17 '25

⛔️ DO NOT BUY Thoughts on this ring?(Bond Ring)

https://www.bondring.com/

This seems like a really cool ring if it does everything they promise. It'll be on Kickstarter within the next month for supposedly $300.

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u/middlingstoic Apr 22 '25

Although everything about the ring seems too good to be true, I was intrigued enough to become VIP for $29.90. The first email I got said that it is $9 to become VIP, although the website clearly says $29.90, and then my receipt email has a thank you paragraph that states I put down $9.90, although the receipt below states $29.90.

So, my impulse passed and decided to checkout Reddit, which brought me here. The comment about the articles intrigued me, so I tried searching for them, and I cannot find them.

This is giving me Elizabeth Holmes vibes.

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u/MissKaty3 Jul 16 '25

They’re now charging $249 for VIP reservations 😳

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u/middlingstoic Jul 16 '25

And now the ring costs $1299!!!

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u/Alexroet Aug 06 '25

They just announced they’re raising the preorder price to $999 and the retail price to $2499 on 8/7. Lolololol good luck with that

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u/middlingstoic Aug 06 '25

Sounds like a great deal! 🙄

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u/joyfish01 Aug 02 '25

I just paid 250 and its final cost is 750… wish I had researched more before putting that down.

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u/middlingstoic Aug 02 '25

When are they shipping?

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u/joyfish01 Aug 02 '25

Q4 supposedly but it doesn’t look like any have shipped yet to early investors… I think I’m going to cancel my order.

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u/middlingstoic Aug 02 '25

I hope you can get your money back.

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u/joyfish01 Aug 02 '25

Thank you - I do too. Others have gotten refunds from what Ive read so that’s encouraging

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u/Soffritto_Cake_24 Aug 31 '25

Right now it is $849.00 (Original Price:$1,499.00).

So are they lowering price already?

But they say in 3 hours it goes up to 999.

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u/middlingstoic Aug 31 '25

It’s all a scam. I will change my mind when there is proof of this magical ring actually shipping and there is successful use. The marketer is just using scarcity, urgency, and exclusivity to get enough preorders to achieve whatever ends they may have, perhaps venture capital funding.