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by Leszek 3486 days ago
No, I know that I'll be getting a refund, I just wonder why the kickstarter money wasn't enough to fulfill the kickstarter rewards.
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detaro 3486 days ago
Kickstarter probably mostly covers production of the rewards, not the product development.
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gerryk 3486 days ago
It's business 101 that the retail price should cover all production costs, including R&D, otherwise you are in shortfall from day 0.
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detaro 3486 days ago
Retail price over the full sales run. Kickstarter was just the preorder phase of it and thus likely doesn't cover the full R&D, especially not if the estimates were off in some way.
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