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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9672055" data-attributes="member: 18">I haven't backed anywhere near as many, but also had two that never delivered and I kind of just forgot ever existed. I will say with both though, I don't think it's just people &quot;losing their minds&quot;, I think that sometimes the messages about not delivering can really, really make things worse. Particularly when you see a creator/team keep stringing people along, then go silent, then someone else comes to essentially string people along. Kickstarter is a speculative business in most cases, unless it's a very established creator - particularly a company - with an obviously well-scope product (in which case it is essentially a pre-order), one has to treat it as hope rather than certainty. But as such, it's much better when you get a solid &quot;It ain't happening, and also we spent your money so can't do refunds&quot; than &quot;Ohhhhh yeah there are issues right now but it'll be just a little longer&quot; x 5 followed by radio silence followed by &quot;Hi im not the creator im a friend of theirs, they're not having a great time but this project might still continue later!&quot; - which is a bit of a pattern.Just say &quot;Yo sorry, it's over dog, money spent, not going to be able to do refunds, forget about it!&quot;, because most people will!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9672055, member: 18"] I haven't backed anywhere near as many, but also had two that never delivered and I kind of just forgot ever existed. I will say with both though, I don't think it's just people "losing their minds", I think that sometimes the messages about not delivering can really, really make things worse. Particularly when you see a creator/team keep stringing people along, then go silent, then someone else comes to essentially string people along. Kickstarter is a speculative business in most cases, unless it's a very established creator - particularly a company - with an obviously well-scope product (in which case it is essentially a pre-order), one has to treat it as hope rather than certainty. But as such, it's much better when you get a solid "It ain't happening, and also we spent your money so can't do refunds" than "Ohhhhh yeah there are issues right now but it'll be just a little longer" x 5 followed by radio silence followed by "Hi im not the creator im a friend of theirs, they're not having a great time but this project might still continue later!" - which is a bit of a pattern. Just say "Yo sorry, it's over dog, money spent, not going to be able to do refunds, forget about it!", because most people will! [/QUOTE]

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