[Arm-netbook] A biggish 3D printer on kickstarter

[joem]

On Sat, 2014-10-04 at 12:58 +0100, peter green wrote:
> joem wrote:
> > On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 17:41 -0400, Christopher Havel wrote:
> >   
> >> Flexible funding. That's a little concerning... not necessarily an
> >> out-and-out indicator of a scam, but a red flag to me nonetheless.
> >>
> >>     
> > I am not sure where that comes from.
> >
> > I was under the impression flex funding implies they had
> > all the resources they needed. So even an order for 1 unit
> > will get built because they are already building it.
> > There is video of working unit.
> >   
> I thought the whole point of crowdfunding campaigns was to deal with 
> those situations where you had a good idea but needed a minimum ammount 
> of committed funds to make it viable to move forward and where eaither 
> more traditional funding routes had failed or the creator didn't want to 
> give up control.
> 
> Flexible funding always strikes me as missing the point of a 
> crowdfunding campaign and treating the crowdfunding site as merely an 
> advertising and preorder site.
> 

Exactly correct but there is a point - and it being that you are
starting out but don't have much of a market presence for that new thing
and so rely on the crowd to help. Indiegogo is different in allowing
that kind of funding model and charge more for the service.