Scam's and fraud on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms
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Re: Scam's and fraud on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms
#2There have been a number of failed/undelivered products on sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo but there have also been a number of successful projects. These sites leave due diligence to the customers. Unfortunately you are not alone in pointing out the number of projects that are not completed or completed with subpar materials.
Re: Scam's and fraud on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms
#3Look to the platforms terms of service. It is likely explained in their TOS that you are utilizing their platform only and that they have zero responsibility for your support of a project. In short, buyer beware. It is a risk when you prepay for a product that has not yet been manufactured from any platform. There have been a number of failed/undelivered products on sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo but there h…
Re: Scam's and fraud on Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms
#4Look to the platforms terms of service. It is likely explained in their TOS that you are utilizing their platform only and that they have zero responsibility for your support of a project. In short, buyer beware. It is a risk when you prepay for a product that has not yet been manufactured from any platform. There have been a number of failed/undelivered products on sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo but there h…
I know that there is a terms of service and I also know there are some projects that succeed, but the failure rate is extremely high. Yes, there being zero responsibility for the project which got funded through the Kickstarter like platform where hundreds of thousands of dollars is being handled and having zero responsibility is absurd and should never be allowed, that's what my argument is. As a customer you can on…
What do you recommend the platforms do to help in situations where a project fails? I agree a zero responsibility TOS is an easy out but I am not sure there is a solution other than buyer beware. Almost all projects would fail if the platform would hold the money until fulfillment as they would have to borrow money to complete the orders. This would also add to the final cost as the business would have to factor in the interest, etc. One good thing that could come of that is that banks would see if the project had adequate funding to complete what was promised.
I am not trying to be difficult I truly just don't see a solution that works in these situations.