[Coco] Introducing the next generation of Color Computer, the CoCo-X

Bill Gunshannon billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
Mon Mar 25 09:59:35 EDT 2013


> I'm waiting for my GCW-Zero. They said delivery in March. :-/

And liliputing says May.  :-(

bill

>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Bill Loguidice
> <bill at armchairarcade.com> wrote:
>> I've supported 40+ Kickstarter projects and have gotten around 14
>> delivered
>> so far. It's important to remember - and it's not really clear - that
>> this
>> is investing in a project rather than a pre-order. It's not a store.
>> While
>> there's an expectation of delivery, there is nothing in place to force
>> developers to deliver anything. Ever. Obviously that's a bad business
>> practice, and then there's the whole reputation thing, but it's a real
>> possibility. The same goes for many of the other, less well known
>> project
>> service sites.
>>
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>> ===================================================
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>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Bill Gunshannon
>> <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> While everyone seems hot on this kickstarter thing I feel it is
>>> necessary to point out the fact that I supported one of these
>>> kickstart projects last year.  It attained its goal, supposedly
>>> started with projected delivery of December 2012.  As of this
>>> point I have seen nothing and visits to the site have no current
>>> date when people can actually expect to get anything.
>>> Caveat Emptor.  :-(
>>>
>>> bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
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