The spirit of kickstarter is not a pre-order service but ultimately that is how many projects (this one included) leverage it. Even Kickstarter has admitted thi

The spirit of kickstarter is not a pre-order service but ultimately that is how many projects (this one included) leverage it. Even Kickstarter has admitted this via the changes they've made to their policy in regard to product based campaigns. I certainly would agree that chargebacks are an inappropriate response as a blanket statement for dealing with kickstarters but in cases where the campaign is widely successfully and marketed primarily as a means to pre-order I see nothing wrong it.