Financing / Crowdfunding : Why this jilted Kickstarter backer decided to sue — & why he was right by Andrew Heard

Andrew Heard

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12 years ago

Why this jilted Kickstarter backer decided to sue — & why he was right

I definitely learned something from this. http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/why-this-jilted-kickstarter-backer-dec...

Richard "RB" Botto

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- Andrew Heard
12 years ago

This is a really interesting article. Thanks for sharing, Andrew.

Lesley Fletcher

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- Richard "RB" Botto
12 years ago

News like this can hurt potential project creators. I hope that doesn`t happen. Fortunately it was a relatively small loss.

Jeffrey Apostol

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12 years ago

News like this should educate potential project creators on "what could happen if you don't deliver". The project creator got off light, IMHO. He wasn't honest and "adding an extra shipping/handling charge" to generate extra funds for the project is tantamount to fraud.

Andrew Heard

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- Jeffrey Apostol
12 years ago

Indeed. He should have known ahead of time that shipping and handling is an important part that you need to put there in the beginning. And certainly not for more money.