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I was once the backer for a campaign that deliberately underbudgeted, because "project like theirs" were routinely getting 2x to 3x their goal, which was actual

by Fomite 13y ago

I was once the backer for a campaign that deliberately underbudgeted, because "project like theirs" were routinely getting 2x to 3x their goal, which was actually what he needed. His project made it, but barely. It, rather predictably, failed miserably.

efuquen 12y ago
This is such a terrible thing to do. You are intentionally taking advantage of your backers by giving them the false sense of security that you will be more likely to complete your project if you get far more then your goal, when in reality you could be far below what is actually needed to deliver because you really expected to get even more. Again, you are taking advantage of your backers if you do this and it shouldn't be OK. I wish Kickstarter had a penalty or some other system in place to discourage this.