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Old 10-26-2015, 08:55 AM   #110
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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan View Post
I don't like the look of that ereader at all. Why so much bezel at the bottom of the reader? Also, why use indiegogo and not Kickstarter? If they don't meet their goal on Kickstarter then no one loses any money. But on indiegogo they get to keep any funds that are donated. There's no way they're making their goal of $220,000. What happens if they only raise $10-15,000? There's no way they're going to produce an ereader with that. Have they said what will happen in that instance? Will they refund everyone's money?
Apparently they have said they'll try, but I wonder whether consumers have any recourse at all when it's this style of funding. So far there are fifteen backers.

I'll admit that there is a cynical part of me that wonders whether this is why they chose indiegogo. Caveat emptor, that's all I'm gonna say. (What's the closest Latin equivalent for "crowdfunding backers"? )

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