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Pretty sneaky to advertise $159 and not mention the $10 shipping which makes it $169, and KS doesn't even advertise that until you've already clicked through to

by gergles 12y ago

Pretty sneaky to advertise $159 and not mention the $10 shipping which makes it $169, and KS doesn't even advertise that until you've already clicked through to the 'pledge' (aka purchase, what happened to "Kickstarter is not a store"?) page. And now that the 'early tier' is gone (great UX on that, they took me to the credit card page, I entered my info, then they reloaded it and went "oops, that tier's full now tee-hee!"), why would you save $10 to pay them for a product that might ship 2 months later if they get around to releasing it? So, no Kickstarter for me, it's actually plus because I'll get to see real reviews and not hype.

izolate 12y ago
Unless you can lock in the early bird, I don't believe there's any point in pledging. I just about scraped through and pledged $179 + $10, which puts me about $20 ahead of the final cost (assuming shipping will stay the same).
- mikestew 12y ago
  (If I downvoted you, sorry. Stupid tiny arrows on mobile, and no undo or even a way to see which way I voted.) Meh, you get it a few months early, and they're not shipping retail until the Kickstarters are released. That, and as an original KS backer I get a special engraving I'll never, ever see. :-)
  - what_ever 12y ago
    (Off topic) Is there any reason we can't undo voting on HN (like we can do on Reddit)?
    - cheepin 12y ago
      Especially since post editing is allowed, though maybe post editing could just drop the votes or something.
smackfu 12y ago
Yes, that is pretty sneaky. Especially since people are used to Kickstarter products including shipping.
- thirdtruck 12y ago
  I'm glad that they finally broke out shipping from the pledge itself. A lot of smaller Kickstarter projects have been caught off-guard and hammered by the high costs of international shipping.
  - smackfu 12y ago
    True. it's nice that they don't have to say, "manually add $10 to your pledge if you are outside the US." I bet the compliance with that is terrible.
    - thirdtruck 12y ago
      Without a doubt. Based on the horror stories, I excluded international shipping options from my own Kickstarter just to avoid all the headaches.

by gergles 12y ago

izolate 12y ago

Unless you can lock in the early bird, I don't believe there's any point in pledging. I just about scraped through and pledged $179 + $10, which puts me about $20 ahead of the final cost (assuming shipping will stay the same).

mikestew 12y ago
(If I downvoted you, sorry. Stupid tiny arrows on mobile, and no undo or even a way to see which way I voted.) Meh, you get it a few months early, and they're not shipping retail until the Kickstarters are released. That, and as an original KS backer I get a special engraving I'll never, ever see. :-)
- what_ever 12y ago
  (Off topic) Is there any reason we can't undo voting on HN (like we can do on Reddit)?
  - cheepin 12y ago
    Especially since post editing is allowed, though maybe post editing could just drop the votes or something.

smackfu 12y ago

Yes, that is pretty sneaky. Especially since people are used to Kickstarter products including shipping.

thirdtruck 12y ago
I'm glad that they finally broke out shipping from the pledge itself. A lot of smaller Kickstarter projects have been caught off-guard and hammered by the high costs of international shipping.
- smackfu 12y ago
  True. it's nice that they don't have to say, "manually add $10 to your pledge if you are outside the US." I bet the compliance with that is terrible.
  - thirdtruck 12y ago
    Without a doubt. Based on the horror stories, I excluded international shipping options from my own Kickstarter just to avoid all the headaches.