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by mratzloff 4784 days ago
The video features F. Komaya, Product Development Director at Bitwize SARL and Lead Designer for Crypteks Inc.

Bitwize is a web design company in Lebanon.[1] Sorry, but I'm not going to be sending money to someone in Lebanon no matter how good the CAD renders look.

[1] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bitwize-sarl/62/b19/256
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kissickas 4784 days ago
Why not? I honestly have no idea what point you're making.
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mratzloff 4784 days ago
Hezbollah.

But I was also under the (incorrect) assumption that if the project is in the US that I as a US citizen would be able to file a claim in small claims court across state lines in my own jurisdiction should the Kickstarter project owner fail to deliver on his end of the contract.

A contract is largely useless if you have no practical recourse in the event of fraud.

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