when you back a kickstarter you don't receive a store of value that you can re-sell to another party. That's a vague statement to be sure; you could say the sam

when you back a kickstarter you don't receive a store of value that you can re-sell to another party. That's a vague statement to be sure; you could say the same thing about beanie babies, for example. But Ty did not sell beanie babies to people under the auspices of resale value. Therein lies the rub: the crime is not in selling a thing that has value that can be resold (since that describes all property), it's advertising your product as an investment vehicle.