Fanaelialae
Legend
Yeah, but even when that happens, an update explaining what happened is the least they can do, IMO.It is. However, there is little that stops someone from setting up an LLC, designing a campaign that will gather funding with a long fulfillment window, pay salaries, find extra unexpected costs, discover unexpected challenges in development, see the timeline extended, pay more salaries, etc... until the project becomes impossible to complete. And when those types of problems arise, it can be difficult to prove the difference between bad luck, bad management, and fraud.
For example, ZNAPS was a KS I backed (fortunately, only for about $20). They raised over $2 million.
Their last update was on 9/25/16, when they said they were starting shipping and to please be patient.
Based on the comments section, no one ever got anything.
I suppose it's possible that something extraordinarily catastrophic occurred, but it does seem unlikely. Even then, unless the warehouse was struck by a meteor and everyone involved in the project simultaneously died, they could have at least posted an update. It's hard to imagine that this one could have been anything other than a (fairly successful) scam.