From the page: How do I pledge? (It doesn't say: How do I buy?)

You pledge because you'd like to see the project exist, not because you need a watch. It just so happens that if you pledged enough, they would also send you a watch. I personally never look at the deadlines for Kickstarter projects - they are at best estimates. I don't know when my Pebble will arrive, but I know that it will eventually.

All of this hype is way overblown. We're not talking Duke Nukem Forever here.

In this modern world of litigation, they have to say it.

But come on, do they really have to say it??

A single ounce of common sense would tell you that this is inherently a risky proposition. I really can't sympathize with backers who did not prepare themselves for the possibility that not all business ventures are successful and deliver on time, regardless of their prior experience.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper...

I can find some from like 3 weeks ago, mainly one guy 'Graeme' who seems to have changed his name to 'Grrr' while everyone else is saying, 'no, Graeme, they said it was best case'. All the other comments seem upbeat and excited.

Also it's not really comments in the article, it's a singular comment and a singular cherry-picked quote from the kickstarter comments, as in two. With no mention of the encouragement comments.

The quote is from one guy Joshua Hernandez who seems to have been featured in this author's articles before.

Seems it was a slow news day for the author and he picked a story out of his back pocket. I wouldn't call this a balanced piece. And no quote from the company.

Also check the recent AMA, is there major outrage there? Is perhaps the shipping date drama the most u/ved question?

http://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/y7pki/august_ama_ask...

No.

I'm not a backer or affiliated in any way what so ever. But are lots of people blowing their lid over this as the article suggests?

No.

Are people upvoting this story out of some sort of weird Schadenfreude.

Probably.

This story kinda has a smell to it. It's a bit like code smell. One guy quoted over and over. Check. No company quote. Check. No real evidence. Check.

Stinky!