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Originally Posted by taosaur
Well, no. If you were investing in a startup, you could expect returns in the event they turned a profit. When you crowdfund, the most you'll ever get is the product itself (and/or any additional rewards they offer). It's not investment, just speculative consumerism.
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You're investing, and your potential return is the reward, and possibly other rewards or discounts in the future, and also in some cases, the reward of helping out an entreptenuer, or even society. It does not need to work like stocks and bonds to be an investment.