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I put money into the Pine64 Kickstarter campaign back in December and have yet to receive the unit. Part of the delay was adding on peripherals, but there wasn'

I put money into the Pine64 Kickstarter campaign back in December and have yet to receive the unit. Part of the delay was adding on peripherals, but there wasn't really an indication that there would be much of delay. Raspberry Pi announced the Raspberry Pi 3 on Leap Day (I think); I ordered it, it came within 2 weeks (on Pi Day!). Installed the Recalbox OS and the Pi 3 works like a champ! it streams videos from an external hard drive and handles ROM's and emulators really well. I highly recommend this if you want a media center and more. I hope playing with the Pine64 will make up for the wait time, but the execution on the campaign was a bit lacking (not that I could have done better). Still pretty excited, just was hoping to have it on time.

ascorbic 11y ago
There's a big difference between backing a project on Kickstarter and buying a product that's already on sale. Kickstarter is not a shop. I also backed it on Kickstarter, and as with everything I back I treat the shipping dates as a very optimistic estimate. I bought the Pi 3 on launch day too and it came next day, but that was buying from a shop. I had different expectations. The crap that the project creators have been getting is completely out of proportion. In a recent backer update, they said that they've had death threats, including one guy who actually turned up at their office to threaten them over a $22 pledge. They asked for $31k and took $1.7 million. It's hardly surprising it's taken longer than predicted. I'm looking forward to receiving mine but I'm not stressing over getting it quickly. I'll play with the Pi in the meantime.
- rajangdavis 11y ago
  I totally agree with you on the point that the hate the creators are receiving is ridiculous. I had never backed a Kickstarter project before but had heard of stories of projects not delivering on time (or at all). I was (naively) hoping that this would not be the case. Just thought it was interesting that Raspberry Pi Foundation was able to come out with a 64 bit single board computer without a hitch, but I chalk that up to having much more experience to consumer demand in this space. I am loving the Pi 3 and can't wait to get the Pine64! Do you have any specific plans for it?
  - ascorbic 11y ago
    I've backed lots of hardware projects on Kickstarter and run one myself [1], and ones that deliver on time are a small minority. Most are at least 2-3 months late (including mine). I haven't decided what I'll use it for yet. Right now I'm making a robot with my 4 year old daughter using a Pi Zero. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vela/vela-one-the-worlds-first-high-speed-led-flash https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vela/vela-one-the-world...
GauntletWizard 11y ago
I just got mine yesterday, so they are coming, if somewhat slowly.

ascorbic 11y ago

There's a big difference between backing a project on Kickstarter and buying a product that's already on sale. Kickstarter is not a shop. I also backed it on Kickstarter, and as with everything I back I treat the shipping dates as a very optimistic estimate. I bought the Pi 3 on launch day too and it came next day, but that was buying from a shop. I had different expectations. The crap that the project creators have been getting is completely out of proportion. In a recent backer update, they said that they've had death threats, including one guy who actually turned up at their office to threaten them over a $22 pledge. They asked for $31k and took $1.7 million. It's hardly surprising it's taken longer than predicted. I'm looking forward to receiving mine but I'm not stressing over getting it quickly. I'll play with the Pi in the meantime.

rajangdavis 11y ago
I totally agree with you on the point that the hate the creators are receiving is ridiculous. I had never backed a Kickstarter project before but had heard of stories of projects not delivering on time (or at all). I was (naively) hoping that this would not be the case. Just thought it was interesting that Raspberry Pi Foundation was able to come out with a 64 bit single board computer without a hitch, but I chalk that up to having much more experience to consumer demand in this space. I am loving the Pi 3 and can't wait to get the Pine64! Do you have any specific plans for it?
- ascorbic 11y ago
  I've backed lots of hardware projects on Kickstarter and run one myself [1], and ones that deliver on time are a small minority. Most are at least 2-3 months late (including mine). I haven't decided what I'll use it for yet. Right now I'm making a robot with my 4 year old daughter using a Pi Zero. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vela/vela-one-the-worlds-first-high-speed-led-flash https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vela/vela-one-the-world...

GauntletWizard 11y ago

I just got mine yesterday, so they are coming, if somewhat slowly.