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@onlyonepinman I’m currently at 904 Kickstarter projects backed (!), not counting the odd one or two on Indiegogo. Now admittedly about half of those are just me throwing in a few quid to show support, possibly gain access to any pledge manager they offer and to see updates. Of those I’ve pledged more serious money there have been less than 10 where the project has failed to deliver or could only partially deliver, and in at least one case the creator was upfront as soon as they realised they could not achieve what they wanted and immediately issued full refunds. There are several others that are currently in the progress of delivering rewards to backers but they have at least sent out something, whilst others are still in production. the key thing that any backer has to keep in mind is that whatever delivery date listed on the project page? The odds of them hitting that are so unlikely, you’ve got better odds playing the Lottery. Like you I’ve had a couple of projects deliver on time or even early, but in most cases (especially tabletop games and video games) stretch goals and project creep just throw all predicted timescales out the window.
I just start to get weary of how many times I see folks bitching in the comments of projects about how a project is running late, even after the creators have been in or made a post explaining the situation.
But your right, sometimes the creators come out and say they can;t complete the project and you have to write it off. There are options for recourse, but in most cases you do just have to accept you won’t get any return on your investment.
