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Kickstarter project hit by consumer protection complaint for failure to deliver
rgdot:
On the issue of delivering a physical product we should be very careful if we are willing to let kickstarter (or anybody else) off the hook. Dangerous path here.
wraith808:
On the issue of delivering a physical product we should be very careful if we are willing to let kickstarter (or anybody else) off the hook. Dangerous path here.
-rgdot (May 06, 2014, 05:00 PM)
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But kickstarter isn't delivering a physical product. The campaign organizer is. And should be held to some sort of accountability. Especially if he just disappeared.
That's rather unfortunate. People really should make an effort to read some of this stuff. Because it's those persnickety details and legal theories that our business and financial world operates under. And sometimes, once you struggle through and actually read real court filings, you develop an appreciation for the logic behind it as well.
-40hz (May 06, 2014, 03:49 PM)
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I understand the legalities behind it. I still call it specious. Just as the lawsuits following IPOs and the lawyers that specialize in them I find smarmy. Sort of like ambulance chasers.
Kickstarter is not entering into a business agreement with the backers nor the project owners, other than to be a platform to organize, which is where their cut comes from. I think if it was a flat fee then it would be a lot more obvious- the percentage is where it gets muddy. But I think that the principle is still the same.
If a person advertises on a billboard, and people are dissatisfied with the outcome of their transaction regarding the product advertised, is the owner of the billboard responsible?
rgdot:
On the issue of delivering a physical product we should be very careful if we are willing to let kickstarter (or anybody else) off the hook. Dangerous path here.
-rgdot (May 06, 2014, 05:00 PM)
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But kickstarter isn't delivering a physical product. The campaign organizer is. And should be held to some sort of accountability. Especially if he just disappeared.
-wraith808 (May 06, 2014, 05:10 PM)
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Ceding accountability anywhere in the supply chain is a slippery slope that will be exploited, if not by kickstarter then by another.
wraith808:
On the issue of delivering a physical product we should be very careful if we are willing to let kickstarter (or anybody else) off the hook. Dangerous path here.
-rgdot (May 06, 2014, 05:00 PM)
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But kickstarter isn't delivering a physical product. The campaign organizer is. And should be held to some sort of accountability. Especially if he just disappeared.
-wraith808 (May 06, 2014, 05:10 PM)
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Ceding accountability anywhere in the supply chain is a slippery slope that will be exploited, if not by kickstarter then by another.
-rgdot (May 06, 2014, 05:35 PM)
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How is kickstarter part of the supply chain?
rgdot:
On the issue of delivering a physical product we should be very careful if we are willing to let kickstarter (or anybody else) off the hook. Dangerous path here.
-rgdot (May 06, 2014, 05:00 PM)
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But kickstarter isn't delivering a physical product. The campaign organizer is. And should be held to some sort of accountability. Especially if he just disappeared.
-wraith808 (May 06, 2014, 05:10 PM)
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Ceding accountability anywhere in the supply chain is a slippery slope that will be exploited, if not by kickstarter then by another.
-rgdot (May 06, 2014, 05:35 PM)
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How is kickstarter part of the supply chain?
-wraith808 (May 06, 2014, 05:59 PM)
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How do you not consider it? By that logic you can never complain to ebay
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