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Re:Pebble's next step by Leszek on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @09:42AM (#13122814)
No, I know that I'll be getting a refund, I just wonder why the kickstarter money wasn't enough to fulfill the kickstarter rewards.
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Re:Pebble's next step by detaro on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @09:44AM (#13122835)
Kickstarter probably mostly covers production of the rewards, not the product development.
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Re:Pebble's next step by gerryk on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @10:28AM (#13123175)
It's business 101 that the retail price should cover all production costs, including R&D, otherwise you are in shortfall from day 0.
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Re:Pebble's next step by detaro on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @10:40AM (#13123284)
Retail price over the full sales run. Kickstarter was just the preorder phase of it and thus likely doesn't cover the full R&D, especially not if the estimates were off in some way.
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