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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by danso on Monday September 03, 2012 @11:36PM (#4472950)
Out of curiosity, has anyone here invested in a Kickstarter project that entailed physical goods that actually made its proposed deadline? Between the three I've paid for so far, all of them have been at least two months late of the deadlines they made after funding was successful.

This includes the Elevation Dock, Kickstarter's first $1M+ project, which is shamefully late. I doubt mine will get to me before the iPhone 5 comes out, which is somewhat extra bitter to me since I just had my iPhone 4 stolen and am waiting for the 5 to come out...so I probably won't be using the Elevation Dock at all, if it ever actually comes.

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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by replicatorblog on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @01:34AM (#4473293)
A board game called "Zombicide" published by a company called CoolMiniOrNot.com - They've run three successful KS campaigns so far and seem on track to deliver all of them on time. It also helps they've been in business for a decade or more giving them a comfort level with design, sourcing, shipping, etc.
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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by doug11235 on Monday September 03, 2012 @11:51PM (#4472993)
I can't remember schedule exactly, but I feel like the Adonis Jot was on time.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/531383637/jot-capacitive...

I've backed one other project. It is severely late.

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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by jcfiala on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @03:17PM (#4476074)
I think my One Page Dungeon Codex came out fairly quickly, although this was before they made you estimate delivery: http://kck.st/9oJ3jq

And the Miskatonic School for Girls was actually a bit early, shipping in March when it was estimated for April: http://kck.st/rlbUrH

I'll admit I usually assume that the estimated delivery date is an early bound on the time range when it will actually be delivered.

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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by ojiikun on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @06:23PM (#4476853)
I supported a local bakery here in Seattle with the promise of some (literally) delicious rewards and they delivered several days before the begining of the estimated delivery month.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1185564491/hot-cakes-an-...

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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by jseliger on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @12:40AM (#4473153)
I think this titanium pen: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikebond/ti2-pen was delivered on time. I'm actually annoyed because I'd like one, but Kickstarter is already done, but a conventional online store hasn't been set up!
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Re:When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get Their ... by RyJones on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @12:19AM (#4473090)
OpenBeam was delivered on time. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ttstam/openbeam-an-open-...
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