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Re:They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they w... by toomuchtodo on Sunday December 30, 2018 @07:59PM (#18792317)
That's one interpretation. Another is a company is selling a product they don't have yet, but they will sell it to you when they have it. It's not your problem if they can't make or deliver what they sold, it's their problem. Up to a court depending on the amount at stake.
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Re:They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they w... by ghaff on Sunday December 30, 2018 @08:16PM (#18792405)
If Kickstarter were purely about pre-payments for guaranteed products it wouldn’t exist. Outside of deliberate fraud, lots of companies try to deliver things that they end up being unable to do so.
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Re:They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they w... by adambyrtek on Monday December 31, 2018 @05:53AM (#18794015)
Kickstarter goes into great lengths to communicate that it's not a store and there are risks involved: https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-not-a-store
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Re:They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they w... by toomuchtodo on Monday December 31, 2018 @11:33AM (#18795291)
A disclaimer doesn’t prevent civil legal action by customers.
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Re:They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they w... by poslathian on Sunday December 30, 2018 @08:48PM (#18792530)
Right or wrong, pretty clearly your problem when you give money to someone and they lose it and are too broke to make you whole.
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Re:They paid $100k to ride on Xcor's space plane. Now they w... by Ensorceled on Monday December 31, 2018 @06:08AM (#18794045)
You really have to stretch for that interpretation since the risk is explicitly explained in every kickstarter I’ve backed.
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