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I just don't see why they even bothered with the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6759634" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>No, it is not. How company X pays taxes on the money they earn from a Kickstarter does not classify the type of service that Kickstarter itself offers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Putting money down as part of an agreement that you'll receive something in exchange for it is a matter of contract law, and that goes with regard to anything where there's an exchange of something of value. In other words, that type of deal has a scope that covers more than just retail transactions. Trying to say that anything that involves the exchange of money where something is expected is necessarily a matter of retail sales is disingenuous.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Absolutely wrong. There are many other types of transactions where money changes hands with the expectation that you'll receive something for it. You can donate to a charity and get a book of stamps from them for having done so, but it's still tax-deductible.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You keep operating under the principle that things that are similar are therefore identical. That's not the case.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You also don't buy a product from them, which is also a legally-defined type of transaction. You're not helping your case by stating what it's not; you need to actually support what it <em>is</em>, and you haven't done that yet.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You do realize that this completely flies in the face of them being a retailer, right? Unless you think that retail stores also are a "special sort of employment contract."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which means that they're not a retailer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Neither of which are a retail outlet.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it's designed to give its users the opportunity to seek funds to create something, or pledge funds to help it be created.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>See above; this is flat-out wrong.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, this has already been demonstrated to be untrue; just having "legal rights and obligations" does not meet the (so far not cited by you) "legal definition" of what constitutes a "pre-order."</p><p></p><p>By the by, there's no listing for "pre-order" (or "preorder") at <a href="http://thelawdictionary.org/" target="_blank">Black's Law Dictionary</a>. So when you keep leaning on the "legal definition" of the term, you're not at all on solid ground.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Flat-out incorrect. It's not depriving those other outlets of the opportunity to compete with them for that product because that product does not yet exist. Likewise, when the Kickstarter closes and that book is in a store, then Kickstarter cannot compete with that store because it does not make the product available. There's no competition going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 6759634, member: 8461"] No, it is not. How company X pays taxes on the money they earn from a Kickstarter does not classify the type of service that Kickstarter itself offers. Putting money down as part of an agreement that you'll receive something in exchange for it is a matter of contract law, and that goes with regard to anything where there's an exchange of something of value. In other words, that type of deal has a scope that covers more than just retail transactions. Trying to say that anything that involves the exchange of money where something is expected is necessarily a matter of retail sales is disingenuous. Absolutely wrong. There are many other types of transactions where money changes hands with the expectation that you'll receive something for it. You can donate to a charity and get a book of stamps from them for having done so, but it's still tax-deductible. You keep operating under the principle that things that are similar are therefore identical. That's not the case. You also don't buy a product from them, which is also a legally-defined type of transaction. You're not helping your case by stating what it's not; you need to actually support what it [i]is[/i], and you haven't done that yet. You do realize that this completely flies in the face of them being a retailer, right? Unless you think that retail stores also are a "special sort of employment contract." Which means that they're not a retailer. Neither of which are a retail outlet. No, it's designed to give its users the opportunity to seek funds to create something, or pledge funds to help it be created. See above; this is flat-out wrong. Again, this has already been demonstrated to be untrue; just having "legal rights and obligations" does not meet the (so far not cited by you) "legal definition" of what constitutes a "pre-order." By the by, there's no listing for "pre-order" (or "preorder") at [url=http://thelawdictionary.org/]Black's Law Dictionary[/url]. So when you keep leaning on the "legal definition" of the term, you're not at all on solid ground. Flat-out incorrect. It's not depriving those other outlets of the opportunity to compete with them for that product because that product does not yet exist. Likewise, when the Kickstarter closes and that book is in a store, then Kickstarter cannot compete with that store because it does not make the product available. There's no competition going on. [/QUOTE]
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