[ghshephard]

You don't really "sell" products on kickstarter, you try and convince people that you'll actually follow through on your vision.

I've backed a dozen or so, and I've got about a 50% hit rate of anything coming through. The failures are always interesting. Trying to guess, ahead of time, which ones are failures (or scams) - is an education into itself. They always seem so earnest in the beginning.

But, yeah - go into kickstarters with your eyes open. Particularly with people who don't have a track record of deliverying - that, in my mind, is the best signal around. If they've come through more then 3 or 4 times in the past, that's a good indication they may come through on this one.

[alistairSH]

You don't really "sell" products on kickstarter,

The link doesn't mention Kickstarter at all - I assumed Unicorn was selling through their own website?

[djshelleyshell]

Correct. This was not a Kickstarter or anything like it. They represented like they had product at the time that I ordered.

[mrandish]

Then you have a legitimate claim. Unfortunately, it sounds like you are an unsecured creditor, thus you can get in line at the bankruptcy hearing (metaphorically speaking) but you are going to be second to last in line after the secured creditors, employee wages, taxes, etc thus are not likely to see anything.

[noonespecial]

I consider kickstarter an entertainment product. You pay to watch and participate a bit. The physical product/non-product at the end is part of the "story".