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Re:The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and pro... by SoftwareMaven on Thursday July 12, 2012 @06:37PM (#4237215)
I talked with a guy who raised $220k. He saw about 8% of that "disappear" in failed charges (things like the card had expired). Of course, anybody can unpledge, but those numbers are reflected in the current total.
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Re:The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and pro... by laserDinosaur on Friday July 13, 2012 @10:54AM (#4240043)
So if a friend of mine had a Kickstarter project and I wanted to get it some attention, I could use a credit card, donate $10k, and then cancel my credit card straight after? Kickstarter would show it as a pledge but will never get the actual money. It seems like very dangerous idea of course =)
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