His claims of not being able to afford a Ronin DGI Gimbal are risible. Not as ridiculous as saying he couldn’t afford his daughter’s haircut, but he has a habit of claiming abject poverty when it is clear he has enough money for these things. Google “Ronin DGI Gimbal” and you’ll see it’s a little under $300. He spent about a week in Budapest on a hooker holiday little over a month after making that video. Shave a day or two off that trip and voilà - he’ll have enough for the damn Gimbal.
Here’s what the real issue is - he doesn’t want to pay for that out of his own “salary”. He wants the company surplus to be pumped back up by donors so it can be taken from that pool. It’s his channel and his business. He wants it that badly and if it is so essential to creating content then he can pay for it himself! Or maybe take better care of your shit so that it doesn’t get lost?
Shit happens. A tyre goes flat, you pay for the replacement. Very simple, right? Not in Lloyd-land. He’d have it on his next Patreon video. “A huge blow to my activism came on Monday when I ran over some nails with my BMW. I needed to get all of them replaced, which left me €600 out of pocket. What am I going to do? I might need to step back from my activism if I don’t get to 620 patrons… I can’t afford to pay Tibor!”
I’ll take an educated guess and reckon that someone heard about his equipment loss on that video, and not wanting his “activism” to suffer, bought it on Amazon and shipped it to him direct.
Is that a conspiracy theory? Where’s Tibor when we need him?
Oh and whilst I have your attention, Mr Cecelja, I’d steer clear of your boss on 1 April. He’s not going to be in a good mood and your salary is going to lay heavy on his mind. Tell him you are going to see your granny or something.