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From the article: The project didn't actually raise* any money; a total of $12.2m was pledged, but none would be charged against anyone's credit card (not even
by samstokes 13y ago
From the article:
The project didn't actually raise* any money; a total of $12.2m was pledged, but none would be charged against anyone's credit card (not even the usual few percent from a failed project) under a special arrangement with IndieGoGo.*
Not true, as far as I understand it. Certainly my bank statement showed a transaction, and a subsequent refund.
I believe the article is correct in that Canonical never saw that money - I understand Indiegogo held onto it until the refund - but it was certainly charged.
- buro9 13y agoThat's actually one of the things that stopped me from ordering an Edge. I just don't have the cashflow to leave ~£500 in someone else's hands for a lengthy period of time. Would've been happy with a deposit amount and a final bill before dispatch. But when you're paying yourself bare minimum at a startup, the funds just aren't there in my personal finances to tie up a quite significant amount for so long and at relatively short notice.
- misnome 13y agoBut this is misunderstanding the point of kickstarter et al - although it may feel like you are just preordering, you are not - and actually funding the development (which could go wrong, and never get anything). It's why people shouldn't be too annoyed/upset if they don't get their items first/cheapest.
- buro9 13y agoThe headline would suggest that everyone believed this was pre-ordering. Hence the "How many phones were ordered".
- justincormack 13y agoThen you cant afford the phone surely? Its not cheap, and you are living on a budget, it was pitched as a luxury item pretty much.
- buro9 13y agoAfford is a strange word to use in the same context as the word luxury. I can afford the phone, but do not have the luxury of a high disposable income. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
- pessimizer 13y agoDepending on your definition of the word "afford." I, personally, can't afford luxury items if I suspect that my bank accounts will, within the next year or two, amount to less than the cost of that luxury item.
- ZoF 13y agoEhhh, What? Afford is a perfectly applicable word to use in the same context as luxury... In fact it is among one of the most applicable words. Oftentimes the determining factor when purchasing a luxury item is whether it is affordable... Your personal definition of "afford" might be different then the Oxford dictionaries definitions, but then we're talking semantics.
- diminish 13y agoDoes Indiegogo simply block the amount or really gets and refunds back?