[yoster]

I would order this, but I have already heard about people getting ripped off from kickstarter. I know that most of these people actually deliver what they are supposed to on their end, but one bad apple can cause hesitation when it comes to my hard earned cash.

[elmuchoprez]

There are two kinds of "ripped off" when it comes to Kickstarter:

1.) They collect the money to do the project, attempt to do the project, and then fail for one of a hundred reasons and don't deliver a product.

2.) They collect the money to do the project, never actually try to do the project, and never deliver a product.

The first example is the nature of Kickstarter and embodies the risk that you take on if you choose to fund a project. Often times people feel like this is the same as being ripped off, but it's not.

The second example is just getting ripped off.

[gte910h]

I don't buy things from kickstarter in the thousands unless it's a proven name in a business. I often buy things in the hundreds, and have yet to be truly stiffed (although delays are a certainty)

[druiid]

Same here. I generally look at the 'ship dates' on Kickstarter as kind of a moving target with pretty much any project I have yet to encounter there. I have yet to actually NOT get what they promised (eventually).

I would also find it hard to accept paying more than a few hundred for a Kickstarter project. Anything more seems like asking for trouble.